Elephone 12 12 sale get handsets for just $12.12

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Elephone 12 12 sale get handsets for just $12.12

Elephone 12 12 sale get handsets for just $12.12

Elephone will be running a series of Pre-Christmas Elephone 12 12 sales, the first  will be on the 12th of December  followed by a second sale running from the 16th to the 18th of December.
Elephone will have a range of phones up for grabs at just $12.12, which is up to 180$ off
The available handsets will include the P8000, M2，P6000 Pro，S2/S2 Plus and more.

This will be a very busy promotion, so make sure you head over early and see if you can grab a bargain or two.

Please leave comments and questions below.

Regards Shane

CUBE Talk98 U58GT 9.7 inch 3G Tablet Phone review

CUBE Talk98 U58GT 9.7 inch 3G Tablet Phone

CUBE Talk98 U58GT features a 9.7 inch Retina screen; MTK8135 quad-core CPU; 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM; 5MP + 8MP; 7200mAh; Bluetooth 4.0, Miracast, GPS, Gyroscope.

MediaTek MT8135 unlocks the power of quad-core processors for tablets with sophisticated heterogeneous multi‐processing. Based on ARM® big.LITTLE™ multiprocessing technology, MT8135 features two high-performance ARM Cortex™-A15 and two energy-efficient Cortex-A7 processors.

CUBE Talk98 U58GT comes with a 9.7-inch high definition 2048 x 1536 resolution display, which gives you crisp images, sharp text and clear video enjoyment.

Take your world along with CUBE Talk98 U58GT, as with its huge internal storage of 16GB which can be further expanded up to 32GB storage is never a problem and its 2GB RAM facilitates better and smooth functioning of the device.

CUBE Talk98 U58GT is with big capacity battery, 7200mAh, which make it possible to use CUBE Talk98 U58GT to play games and watch movies for a long time.

http://www.tinydeal.com/cube-talk98-...-p-142625.html

FCC Chairman correctly notes that carriers love Title II when it financially helps them

As I discussed the other day, Verizon is outraged at the FCC even considering classifying their business under Title II. When Verizon isn’t releasing a new press release claiming that Title II would torpedo any future investment, Verizon is busy collecting millions from a number of different states in which Verizon classified their own business under Title II for tax savings purposes.

But now, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is calling out Verizon and others for their Title II hypocrisy and their constant whining about how Title II classification would force the wireless carriers to scale back their investments.

As the Washington Post reported, Wheeler “shot down” both arguments.

Responding to comments made by Verizon’s chief financial officer this week, Wheeler said the telecom industry’s been plenty willing to invest when it sees a market opportunity. He pointed to a massively successful auction of government airwaves that’s raised more than $43 billion so far, nearly quadruple some of the sunniest predictions….He said, infrastructure upgrades have continued without much problem when it comes to other services regulated under Title II. - Washington Post
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Wheeler also commented on how much Verizon, AT&T and others enjoy Title II when it helps them financially.

“For 20 years, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, all the wireless carriers have been living under Title II with appropriate forbearance and have been able to raise and invest hundreds of billions of dollars and build a mobile network that is the envy of the world.” - Tom Wheeler, Washington Post
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Although it is good to see Tom Wheeler calling out Verizon and AT&T for their insane hypocrisy, I continue to doubt that Wheeler is going to put forth strong net neutrality regulations when this is all done.

BusinessWire

In October, the Wall Street Journal reported that the FCC was considering a “hybrid” approach to net neutrality which would not have classified broadband providers under Title II. It was a terrible idea then and is still a terrible idea now. It allows for “fast lanes” and does basically nothing to protect consumers from monopolistic practices by the providers.

Uber is the biggest story for startups in 2014, period

Uber has quickly turned from media darling to media villian, no thanks to accounts of rape and assault by Uber drivers, accusations of mysoginy by white male execs, and Uber CEO’s subsequent botched apology.

But these stories distract from what’s fundamentally at the heart of it all: that Uber has risen from the soup of nascency and become a behemoth, no matter that it’s more like Goliath than a gentle giant.

The numbers say it all: Uber is on track to generate US$1.5 billion to US$2 billion in revenue this year, according to leaked documents. The company’s latest fundraising round values it at US$40 billion, and the craziest thing is that this seems reasonable if revenue projections are accurate.

The investments into Uber totalling over US$2.7 billion, and not counting the recent rumored Baidu round, is the product of its sweeping vision, as well as the outsized resources needed to achieve it. I’ve spoken to a couple of Silicon Valley investors who passed on the Uber deal and they’re regretting it.

In essence, Uber wants to bring on-demand transportation to everyone. While it’s ferrying people now, its grand vision is to disrupt logistics. Bearing this in mind, we can now set some context for the so-called taxi app wars in Asia and how it has affected startups.

Uber is pushing up valuations for taxi apps


When Uber started in 2009, it begun as a company that matched private drivers with passengers. It was only three years later that it launched UberTaxi, a move which upsetted taxi unions and set the stage for its legal battles today.

Around that time, a whole gamut of similar taxi services started around the world, and some debuted earlier than UberTaxi. Olacabs and TaxiForSure launched in 2011, while Easy Taxi in Brazil, GrabTaxi in Malaysia, and Didi Dache from China began in 2012. Not as headline-grabbing but still significant are logistics-on-demand services like EasyVan andGoGoVan. Both began operating in 2013.

Mega Man theme song composer still jamming over 20 years later

Manami Matsumae studied music at university. Classical piano formed the core of her education, though she studied other types of music as well. But the end of her university education was looming, there was no job offer on the horizon. Until one day, she looked at a campus bulletin board and saw a job opening as a video game composer at Capcom.

That was the start of Matsumae’s career with the video game industry giant. Matsumae, then better known by her maiden name Gotoh or credited as her alias, Chanchacorin, composed music for the original Mega Man game, as well as for titles like Dynasty Wars, SonSon II, and Carrier Air Wing. While Matsumae went freelance once she left Capcom in 1991, she has since returned to work on music for games like Mighty No. 9 and Shovel Knights.

These days, Matsumae also works on other non-video game projects, like jingles for schools in Japan. Matsumae has also been collaborating with Indonesian game studio Touchten Games on a Mega Man-inspired running game for mobile called Target Acquired. She recently visited the Touchten Games office in Indonesia, where we were able to spend some time with her.

Matsumae says composing video game music today is easier. Back in her days at Capcom, she says there were huge technological limitations on what they could include. “I could only enter a few notes for a very limited duration. Now I can put anything I want into my music and the game can still run it without any problems.”


She adds that she feels more comfortable working with smaller and independent teams. “In small teams communication is easier, so requests or explanations are conveyed easily as well. In large teams, there are a lot of layers that restrict communication and creativity.”

Matsumae says that with small teams, she’s able to compose music and present it directly to the team, who then immediately give feedback on whether they like it or not.

“I don’t really see a striking difference,” she says, of working with teams of different and diverse cultures in the past couple of decades. Matsumae says teams from Japan are the most different. “They could be said to have a great limitation and are very stringent about work quality. I often have to redo an entire song when working with a team from Japan.”

“Teams from other countries and cultures can be very flexible,” she adds.

Target Acquired is currently still in development. You can keep up with it on its Kickstarter page.

Taiwan’s iFit raises $3M series A round led by Cherubic Ventures

iFit, a Taiwanese startup centered around all-things health and fitness, announced today it has closed a US$3 million series A round. Previous investor Cherubic Ventures led the round, while other contributors included Yuan-Jin Capital, Sino Strategy Group, angel investor Alan Chien, and former manager of Lenovo Taiwan Ou Ming-Zhe.

Cherubic says that the iFit will use the round to grow its staff, which has increased from 20 to 60 employees since we last covered the company in April.

iFit is perhaps best understood as a media outlet and lifestyle brand, rather than a tech company. Originating as a Facebook page in 2012, founder Alice Chen used social media and cutesy cartoons to build up a following of Taiwanese women interested in fitness. Two years later, Chen has turned herself and iFit into a media entity that spans books, television shows, sponsored events, and ecommerce.

It’s that latter category that makes up the bulk of the iFit’s revenues. According to Cherubic, the company is set to bring in over US$6.6 million in revenue for 2014, up from US$2 million in 2013. On a standalone group buying site, iFit sells a range of health foods and fitness products. Some of these products are sourced from third-party vendors and then re-sold under the iFit brand, like the Fitty line of workout equipment. In 2015, the company intends to introduce its own line of readymade meals and open physical storefronts.

Total Revolution MK1 s802 - Finless rom 1.0

Total Revolution MK1 s802 - Finless rom 1.0

I got sent this box and finally made a ROM for is. I have no idea who actually makes this board Venz or something like that. Anyway info here:

http://www.totalxbmc.tv/newsite/total-revolution/


This was made from a stock AMLogic SDK based ROM with parts ported from the Stock ROM and some other goodies.


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Features and release notes for my 1.0 ROM:

1) It roots the ROM properly and is not using any scripts!
Let me tell you Rooting on Kitkat in the ROM itself gets harder all the time to do it correctly and not using scripts! Once again due to changes with SuperUser and SU with SELinux, it was more difficult to root the ROM so it did not need to update the SU binary on firt boot! Enjoy...

2) Updated Google framework core files. The ones in the stock ROM were out of date.
On first boot NOTHING will need to be updated once you logon to Google Play.
That is as of this date.

3) Debloated of junk APPs and Google Apps you can get from Google Play.
There was quite a few useless apps! Some I have no clue what they even were!
I did remove XBMC and other pre-install APPs as well. I like a CLEAN ROM that you the user can setup the way you want.
Having APPs in /system leaves that junk in there forever (unless you delete them by hand with a root explorer).
NOTE: The XBMC that came with the stock ROM is in this ZIP package. Feel free to install it if you like.

4) As always, full init.d support! If you do not know what that is... ignore it. For geeks that want to use it. It is there!

5) I add the AOSP Launcher and modified several things:
Removed the google search bar by request.
Added more than one screen for scrolling.
Updated the dock icons to things more useful.
Apps installed with Google Play will automatically be added to the home screen.
I think you will like this launcher better 

6) Calendar and Contacts sync is added and works.

7) I give you a TWRP recovery! Yes this flashes a TWRP recovery to NAND.
However, understand how recovery works.
If you put a recovery.img on External SDcard the box will boot that recovery instead of TWRP in NAND.
In this package I give you a stock recovery flasher. This ZIP will install the stock recovery to NAND if you don't want TWRP.
Or you can open this zip and you will see recovery.img.
Just copy that out and put it on SDcard anytime you want to use the stock recovery instead of TWRP.
See the README in the recovery folder for more details.

8) Build.prop edit to open up the Google Play store to APPs that normally say "not compatible".
I am spoofing a Samsung device (Nexus 10) that will show almost any APP as compatible.

9) I added a reboot APP that will allow optional reboot options like reboot to recovery for easier updates.

10) Adjusted some permissions so stock XBMC/KODI works.

11) There was an APP in the stock ROM called NANDKEY. I think this allows you to change your MAC address?
But I am not sure and I do not know how to use it! It was all in Chinese so I translated it to English.
I left it in the ROM as a pre-install APP (can be uninstalled). Maybe someone knows what ti si for?

12) Carrier spoofs for better APP compatibility.

13) Fixed issues with some streaming APPs like Bell TV.

14) The usual tweaks I do for better performance e.g. TCP buffers sizes, etc etc.

15) Did a little "themeing" to the AOSP Launcher stock wallpaper.

16) Updated the boot logo to show if your booting up in 1080 or 720.



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DO NOT just copy this download ZIP to SDcard and expect it to work!
UNZIP it and read the README for instructions!

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OK so here is the download!

READ the README.TXT in the zip for instructions!


ROM -> Total Revolution MK1 - Finless ROM 1.0 (424 megs)


Bob