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terça-feira, 27 de setembro de 2011
4 de outubro - iPhone 5
Vem aí o mais novo sonho de consumo... Vejam que os caras inovam até no convite: Terça, dia 4, às 10 h, naquele endereço do mapinha e haverá um mensagem pra você! Veremos.
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Gangorra financeira - teremos um alívio hoje?
(BN) Stocks, U.S. Futures Rise on European Outlook; Copper Snaps Seven-Day Drop
Stocks, Metals Gain on European Crisis Outlook; Treasuries Fall
Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks gained for a third day and commodities rallied, with copper snapping a seven-day slump, on optimism European leaders will solve the region’s debt crisis. Treasuries and bunds declined.
The MSCI All-Country World Index added 1.6 percent at 10:29 a.m. in London as the Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 2.4 percent. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures climbed 1 percent. Copper rose 1.6 percent and silver futures advanced 6.7 percent. The 30-year Treasury yield increased six basis points, with the 10- year German bund yield gaining seven basis points. Italian and Spanish 10-year bonds traded higher as the nations sell debt. The euro weakened 0.2 percent to $1.3502.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner predicted that European governments will use more force to resolve the region’s crisis after they heard the concerns of global finance officials during meetings in Washington last weekend. Opting for a government default in the euro region would be “voting for suicide,” European Central Bank Executive Board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi said in an interview with the Australian Financial Review published today.
“There has been no concrete alteration in the structure of the euro zone since the end of last week but the market has been willing to clutch at the idea that politicians at least recognize there is an urgent requirement for action,” Jane Foley, a senior foreign-exchange strategist at Rabobank International in London, said in a report today.
BNP Paribas
The Stoxx 600 is heading for the biggest three-day gain this month after sliding to a two-year low on Sept. 22. Allianz SE and Axa SA, Europe’s biggest insurers, surged more than 7 percent. BNP Paribas SA and Deutsche Bank AG, the largest banks in France and Germany, rallied 7.6 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
The cost for European banks to convert euro payments into dollars, measured by the one-year cross-currency basis swap, declined to 68 basis points less than the euro interbank offered rate, from 70.5 basis points yesterday. The cost was 75 basis points under Euribor on Sept. 22, when the swap was the most expensive since December 2008.
The cost of insuring against a default on European bank bonds fell, with the Markit iTraxx Financial Index of credit- default swaps dropping 16 basis points to 260, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The gain in S&P 500 futures indicated the U.S. gauge will climb for a third day. Data today may show the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 U.S. cities fell 4.4 percent from July 2010, the 10th consecutive year-on-year drop, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. A separate release may show consumer confidence climbed this month from the lowest in more than two years.
Silver, Oil
Silver futures rose after falling 26 percent the past three days, and copper rebounded from a 17 percent slide in seven days. Oil advanced 3.1 percent to $82.72 a barrel in New York.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 3.9 percent, set for the steepest rally since May 2010, after closing yesterday at a two-year low. South Korea’s Kospi Index jumped 5 percent, the most since January 2009. Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite index added 5 percent. Benchmark indexes gained more than 3 percent in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The rand appreciated 1.9 percent against the dollar as commodity prices surged.
Israel’s TA-25 Index rose 1.6 percent after the central bank unexpectedly cut the benchmark interest rate for the first time in 2 1/2 years yesterday after the market closed.
The two-year Treasury note yield rose as high as 0.2391 percent, the highest since Aug. 9, before the government sells $35 billion of the notes today.
Debt Sales
The yield on the 10-year Spanish bond declined nine basis points. The government sold 3.22 billion euros ($4.3 billion) of three- and six-month bills, compared with the Treasury’s maximum target of 3.5 billion euros. The yield on the three-month debt was 1.692 percent, compared with an average of 1.357 percent when similar securities were last auctioned on Aug. 23. The six- month bills yielded 2.665 percent, compared with 2.187 percent last month.
Italy’s 10-year bond yield slid six basis points. The nation auctioned 8 billion euros of 182-day bills to yield 3.071 percent, up from 2.14 percent at the last auction of similar- maturity debt on Aug. 26. The Rome-based Treasury also sold 3 billion euros of 76-day bills to yield 1.808 percent. The 3.5 billion euros of 2013 bonds yielded 4.511 percent.
The 17-nation European currency depreciated 0.2 percent against the yen, with the Dollar Index, which tracks the U.S. currency against those of six trading partners, rising 0.2 percent. The New Zealand dollar advanced 0.8 percent against the greenback, with the Australian currency rising 0.5 percent.
To contact the reporters on this story: Stephen Kirkland in London at skirkland@bloomberg.net Shiyin Chen in Singapore at schen37@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Justin Carrigan at jcarrigan@bloomberg.net
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Stocks, Metals Gain on European Crisis Outlook; Treasuries Fall
Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks gained for a third day and commodities rallied, with copper snapping a seven-day slump, on optimism European leaders will solve the region’s debt crisis. Treasuries and bunds declined.
The MSCI All-Country World Index added 1.6 percent at 10:29 a.m. in London as the Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 2.4 percent. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures climbed 1 percent. Copper rose 1.6 percent and silver futures advanced 6.7 percent. The 30-year Treasury yield increased six basis points, with the 10- year German bund yield gaining seven basis points. Italian and Spanish 10-year bonds traded higher as the nations sell debt. The euro weakened 0.2 percent to $1.3502.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner predicted that European governments will use more force to resolve the region’s crisis after they heard the concerns of global finance officials during meetings in Washington last weekend. Opting for a government default in the euro region would be “voting for suicide,” European Central Bank Executive Board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi said in an interview with the Australian Financial Review published today.
“There has been no concrete alteration in the structure of the euro zone since the end of last week but the market has been willing to clutch at the idea that politicians at least recognize there is an urgent requirement for action,” Jane Foley, a senior foreign-exchange strategist at Rabobank International in London, said in a report today.
BNP Paribas
The Stoxx 600 is heading for the biggest three-day gain this month after sliding to a two-year low on Sept. 22. Allianz SE and Axa SA, Europe’s biggest insurers, surged more than 7 percent. BNP Paribas SA and Deutsche Bank AG, the largest banks in France and Germany, rallied 7.6 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
The cost for European banks to convert euro payments into dollars, measured by the one-year cross-currency basis swap, declined to 68 basis points less than the euro interbank offered rate, from 70.5 basis points yesterday. The cost was 75 basis points under Euribor on Sept. 22, when the swap was the most expensive since December 2008.
The cost of insuring against a default on European bank bonds fell, with the Markit iTraxx Financial Index of credit- default swaps dropping 16 basis points to 260, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The gain in S&P 500 futures indicated the U.S. gauge will climb for a third day. Data today may show the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 U.S. cities fell 4.4 percent from July 2010, the 10th consecutive year-on-year drop, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. A separate release may show consumer confidence climbed this month from the lowest in more than two years.
Silver, Oil
Silver futures rose after falling 26 percent the past three days, and copper rebounded from a 17 percent slide in seven days. Oil advanced 3.1 percent to $82.72 a barrel in New York.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 3.9 percent, set for the steepest rally since May 2010, after closing yesterday at a two-year low. South Korea’s Kospi Index jumped 5 percent, the most since January 2009. Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite index added 5 percent. Benchmark indexes gained more than 3 percent in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The rand appreciated 1.9 percent against the dollar as commodity prices surged.
Israel’s TA-25 Index rose 1.6 percent after the central bank unexpectedly cut the benchmark interest rate for the first time in 2 1/2 years yesterday after the market closed.
The two-year Treasury note yield rose as high as 0.2391 percent, the highest since Aug. 9, before the government sells $35 billion of the notes today.
Debt Sales
The yield on the 10-year Spanish bond declined nine basis points. The government sold 3.22 billion euros ($4.3 billion) of three- and six-month bills, compared with the Treasury’s maximum target of 3.5 billion euros. The yield on the three-month debt was 1.692 percent, compared with an average of 1.357 percent when similar securities were last auctioned on Aug. 23. The six- month bills yielded 2.665 percent, compared with 2.187 percent last month.
Italy’s 10-year bond yield slid six basis points. The nation auctioned 8 billion euros of 182-day bills to yield 3.071 percent, up from 2.14 percent at the last auction of similar- maturity debt on Aug. 26. The Rome-based Treasury also sold 3 billion euros of 76-day bills to yield 1.808 percent. The 3.5 billion euros of 2013 bonds yielded 4.511 percent.
The 17-nation European currency depreciated 0.2 percent against the yen, with the Dollar Index, which tracks the U.S. currency against those of six trading partners, rising 0.2 percent. The New Zealand dollar advanced 0.8 percent against the greenback, with the Australian currency rising 0.5 percent.
To contact the reporters on this story: Stephen Kirkland in London at skirkland@bloomberg.net Shiyin Chen in Singapore at schen37@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Justin Carrigan at jcarrigan@bloomberg.net
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quarta-feira, 14 de setembro de 2011
iPad vários dias depois
Vale a leitura completa (há inclusive links para o que ele escreveu após 100 e 300 dias) e por aqui vou comentar os tópicos que achei mais importantes
- Seu tempo de uso tem sido entre 30 e 60 minutos diários. O meu certamente está mais. Desde a compra não uso mais caderno no MBA e no trabalho, além de ter a assinatura digital da EXAME;
- 75% do tempo ele navega na Internet. É possível que meu percentual também seja alto, mas o de todo mundo seria;
- Embora tenha algumas assinaturas de revistas, ele não tem utilizado o iPad para lê-las. No meu caso só leio a EXAME nele, a VEJA sempre sai a versão gratuita e a edição de sexta-feira do VALOR, além dos aplicativos do Globo e da Folha;
- Ele já não usa o 3G. Eu nem comprei a versão 3G...
- Ele ainda prefere o MacBook Air como o dispositivo móvel preferido. Talvez se eu tivesse um também preferisse, mas a portabilidade do iPad é incomparável;
- Ele acredita piamente que o iPad é o futuro da computação... Quem sou eu pra discordar...
Lá há outros pontos, mas estes são os que achei mais relevantes. Sem dúvida nenhuma o iPad faz jus à fama que tem. Li ontem que Tablet da RIM (fabricante dos BlackBerries), o PalyBook, teve um "razoável" volume de vendas no trimestre passado. Não me lembro o número exato, mas a proporção era de 1 para 19 contra o iPad. Isto mesmo, a Apple vendou 19(!) vezes mais iPads do que a RIM vendeu o seu coitado. E os caras ainda estão satisfeitos...
Também, poderia ser pior... A turma da HP que o diga.
segunda-feira, 12 de setembro de 2011
GVT lança hoje pacote de banda larga de 35 MB a R$ 99
Já escrevi sobre a GVT algumas vezes. Sou louco para que eles, ou qualquer concorrente que faça a banda larga realmente valer a pena, apareçam por Macaé.
A ausência de concorrência me faz paga 120 reais por exíguos 3 MB... Chega a bater aquele desânimo. Pago 20 reais a mais para ter uma velocidade 11 vezes menor. É a vida...
Do Portal Exame
Banda larga de 35 Megabytes custava R$ 199. Novo pacote será lançado na Futurecom 2011
São Paulo - A GVT lançará hoje na Futurecom 2011 um pacote de banda larga de 35 Megabytes (MB) a R$ 99, uma redução em relação ao valor praticado anteriormente de R$ 199. O presidente da GVT, Amos Genish, afirmou que pelo mesmo preço em 2012 o pacote poderá crescer para 50 MB. "Hoje, 56% das novas vendas da GVT em banda larga são 15 de MB ou mais. Isso significa que, quando se apresenta ao usuário um preço acessível, ele, que tem necessidade, vai comprar", disse o executivo, que falou na abertura do congresso, logo após o presidente da Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), Ronaldo Sardenberg.
Em uma clara crítica à Anatel, o presidente da GVT disse que investimento em Backbone (infraestrutura de rede) é chave e que a agência tem a oportunidade de tornar o preço acessível para a população. "De verdade, ninguém vai acreditar que 1 MB a R$ 35 com garantia mínima de download de só 10% seja o suficiente. Tudo bem para começar, mas não é ideal para o futuro".
Fonte: http://exame.abril.com.br/tecnologia/noticias/gvt-lanca-hoje-pacote-de-banda-larga-de-35-mb-a-r-99
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A ausência de concorrência me faz paga 120 reais por exíguos 3 MB... Chega a bater aquele desânimo. Pago 20 reais a mais para ter uma velocidade 11 vezes menor. É a vida...
Do Portal Exame
Banda larga de 35 Megabytes custava R$ 199. Novo pacote será lançado na Futurecom 2011
São Paulo - A GVT lançará hoje na Futurecom 2011 um pacote de banda larga de 35 Megabytes (MB) a R$ 99, uma redução em relação ao valor praticado anteriormente de R$ 199. O presidente da GVT, Amos Genish, afirmou que pelo mesmo preço em 2012 o pacote poderá crescer para 50 MB. "Hoje, 56% das novas vendas da GVT em banda larga são 15 de MB ou mais. Isso significa que, quando se apresenta ao usuário um preço acessível, ele, que tem necessidade, vai comprar", disse o executivo, que falou na abertura do congresso, logo após o presidente da Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), Ronaldo Sardenberg.
Em uma clara crítica à Anatel, o presidente da GVT disse que investimento em Backbone (infraestrutura de rede) é chave e que a agência tem a oportunidade de tornar o preço acessível para a população. "De verdade, ninguém vai acreditar que 1 MB a R$ 35 com garantia mínima de download de só 10% seja o suficiente. Tudo bem para começar, mas não é ideal para o futuro".
Fonte: http://exame.abril.com.br/tecnologia/noticias/gvt-lanca-hoje-pacote-de-banda-larga-de-35-mb-a-r-99
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quarta-feira, 7 de setembro de 2011
Peguei esta época - Once a Leader, Yahoo Now Struggles to Find Its Way
Do New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has been one of the most-visited sites on the Internet since its glory days as a Web portal. Yet as the rest of the Internet moved on to social networks and mobile devices, Yahoo has failed to keep up.
That became painfully clear Tuesday when Yahoo’s board abruptly fired its chief executive, Carol A. Bartz. She focused on bolstering Yahoo’s online media and original reporting, but neglected to develop the new social networking tools, video services or mobile apps that people now prefer to use. In that way, the tale of Yahoo’s misfortunes is not just one of management woes, but a vivid illustration of the transition from Web sites that publish professional content to a new digital world dominated by mobile phones and sites where the users are the content creators.
Leiam mais aqui...
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has been one of the most-visited sites on the Internet since its glory days as a Web portal. Yet as the rest of the Internet moved on to social networks and mobile devices, Yahoo has failed to keep up.
That became painfully clear Tuesday when Yahoo’s board abruptly fired its chief executive, Carol A. Bartz. She focused on bolstering Yahoo’s online media and original reporting, but neglected to develop the new social networking tools, video services or mobile apps that people now prefer to use. In that way, the tale of Yahoo’s misfortunes is not just one of management woes, but a vivid illustration of the transition from Web sites that publish professional content to a new digital world dominated by mobile phones and sites where the users are the content creators.
Leiam mais aqui...
quinta-feira, 1 de setembro de 2011
Apresentação de trabalho no iPad - um show de antes do início até depois do fim
Depois de duas semanas consecutivas de provas posso voltar a falar sobre o iPad. E desta vez não terei como comparar com o Galaxy Tab. Não tem comparação.
Uma das verdades sobre o iPad, em minha opinião, é que ele tem um grande, enorme, diferencial: é feito pela Apple. Pode parecer pouco, mas só quem conhece a marca de perto entende o que estou dizendo.
Em um destes sábados de prova eu também tive uma apresentação de trabalho. A matéria, excelente por sinal, era Estratégia e objetivo era criar um negócio fictício para exercitar os conceitos aprendidos (Definição de Negócio, Missão, Análise de Porter, PEST, SWOT, etc).
Éramos 9 no grupo para entregar uma parte escrita e uma apresentação de até 20 minutos.
A parte escrita ficou por conta do Google Docs. Uma experiência incrível em que 18 mãos, por vezes escreviam ao mesmo tempo. Tudo ali em tempo real. Além disso, o Skype mostrou serviço e nos capacitou a conversar enquanto escrevíamos... Ficou excelente! Minha parte foi toda escrita na versão móvel do Docs.
Mas foi na apresentação que o iPad se sobressaiu. De antes do início até depois do fim...
Talvez tenha sido o momento até agora em que mais coloquei em prática aquilo a que me propus de dispensar qualquer outro computador e tocar toda minha vida via iPad. No limite.
Já estava me coçando para colocar meu Keynotes (o "PowerPoint" da Appel - versão para iPad) para trabalhar e com a parte escrita mais ou menos definida parti para criar uma nova apresentação. Atenção: deitado no sofá da minha casa, com as pernas para o ar.
Estava com três operações rodando ao mesmo tempo. O Keynotes onde criava a show, o Google Docs no Safari (navegador da Apple) onde ia buscar os textos e o Google Images, também no Safari, para buscar imagens para enriquecer o conteúdo. Só isso e mais nada...
A coisa é de uma facilidade que parece mágica. Pegava fotos, colava, dimensionava, rotacionava, acrescentava efeitos, animações. Tudo na ponta dos dedos. Incrível.
Como estava em Macaé apareceu a primeira e única dificuldade. Com todos os outros integrantes morando no Rio e sem iPad (coitados) não tinha como mostrar a eles. O que fazer? Que sorte ter um computador Apple por perto.
Transferi as versões para o Mac, mas não tinha o Keynotes para abrir lá. O que fazer? Comprar e esperar chegar o CD de instalação? Nem pensar... Estamos falando de Apple e isto é coisa do passado. Há uma App Store para computadores Macs. Fui lá, encontrei o Keynotes, 19 reais, 3 minutos para baixar mais uns 2 pra instalar e lá estava eu com a apresentação em minha máquina. Por que isso?
A versão do Keynotes para iPad só exporta para o formato próprio (que eles não conseguiriam abrir), PowerPoint (que não teria graça nenhuma) e PDF (nem a pau!). Já no Mac eu teria a possibilidade de exportar para vídeo e eles teriam a real noção do que nos aguardava. É claro que ficaram encantados.
Para o dia "D" mais um agrado. Por 69 centavos de libra comprei o Remote para iPhone. Assim com o telefone na mão seria capaz de controlar as mudanças de slide via Bluetooth (funciona também via wifi). De quebra ainda teria o slide atual na tela do iPhone com um espaço dedicado ao tempo decorrido e anotações ocultas na projeção. É ou não é um espetáculo?
Chegar em aula apenas com um Tablet debaixo do braço, conectar ao projetor, tirar o iPhone do bolso e começar a falar é incrível. E este Tablet só pode ser um iPad. Palmas pra ele, que dizer, palmas para o grupo. Ao final, com o trabalho escrito em mãos (aquele do Google Docs), o professor nos elogiou e disse assim: quem é próximo? É só desfazer a "estrutura" Apple que foi montada...
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HP 12c faz inacreditáveis 30 anos sem mudanças e ainda é um sucesso
Do site CNET
You probably change your computer every couple of years and update your phone based on Apple's release cycles. But chances are that inside your briefcase or in your desk drawer, there's a gadget that hasn't been changed for decades. It still works well, and you like it just the way it is.
The device in question is the HP 12c calculator, first launched exactly 30 years ago today, on September 1, 1981. Ever since, without much fanfare, it's been a quietly vital tool in finance, business, and academia. According to HP, the 12c is still one of only two standard calculators permitted for use during financial professional certification exams. This is because when it was released, the calculator offered more-accurate computations than the federal standard. It also features an unmatched keypad layout that provided unprecedented ease of use. The device itself is compact enough to fit in a pants pocket.
During a chat with CNET, Dennis Harms, the project manager of the original HP 12c, revealed a few secrets of the HP 12c's success. First of all, it was the first calculator from HP to feature Reverse Polish Notation (RPN), which improves user input efficiency. For example, to get the total of 4 plus 6, you just have to type in "4 [enter] 6 [enter] +", instead of having to use the equal sign. This cuts down the time a user has to work on the keypad.
However, the design is one of the best parts, according to Harms, because it minimized the amount of components inside. Essentially, the calculator has only three main parts: the processor, the RAM ROM Display Driver chip (aka "R2D2") and a digital clock. This allows the product to last for years on just two miniature replaceable batteries. "The processor itself computes in decimal, instead of binary, making the calculation very accurate and fast at the time," Harms said. The HP 12c is also one of the first devices that uses CMOS for its circuit-board and 10-digit registers as its memory.
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You probably change your computer every couple of years and update your phone based on Apple's release cycles. But chances are that inside your briefcase or in your desk drawer, there's a gadget that hasn't been changed for decades. It still works well, and you like it just the way it is.
The device in question is the HP 12c calculator, first launched exactly 30 years ago today, on September 1, 1981. Ever since, without much fanfare, it's been a quietly vital tool in finance, business, and academia. According to HP, the 12c is still one of only two standard calculators permitted for use during financial professional certification exams. This is because when it was released, the calculator offered more-accurate computations than the federal standard. It also features an unmatched keypad layout that provided unprecedented ease of use. The device itself is compact enough to fit in a pants pocket.
During a chat with CNET, Dennis Harms, the project manager of the original HP 12c, revealed a few secrets of the HP 12c's success. First of all, it was the first calculator from HP to feature Reverse Polish Notation (RPN), which improves user input efficiency. For example, to get the total of 4 plus 6, you just have to type in "4 [enter] 6 [enter] +", instead of having to use the equal sign. This cuts down the time a user has to work on the keypad.
However, the design is one of the best parts, according to Harms, because it minimized the amount of components inside. Essentially, the calculator has only three main parts: the processor, the RAM ROM Display Driver chip (aka "R2D2") and a digital clock. This allows the product to last for years on just two miniature replaceable batteries. "The processor itself computes in decimal, instead of binary, making the calculation very accurate and fast at the time," Harms said. The HP 12c is also one of the first devices that uses CMOS for its circuit-board and 10-digit registers as its memory.
READ MORE HERE
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