Android is the leading smartphone operating system in the United States, while Apple is the leading smartphone manufacturer, Nielsen said Tuesday.

The research firm said 71 percent of U.S. smartphone consumers have either Android phones or iPhones, up from 67 percent in July, when Nielsen issued its previous report.
And while there are app stores from other phone makers, such as BlackBerry and Windows, 83 percent of those who have downloaded an app in the past 30 days had either an Android phone or an iPhone.
According to Nielsen’s latest data, for the third quarter, 44 percent of all U.S. mobile subscribers now have smartphones, and “among those who purchased a new mobile phone in the last three months, 56 percent chose smartphones.”
RIM, which makes BlackBerry, continued its decline in US share; Nielsen says RIM had 17.8 percent of the U.S. market, down from 20 percent in July.

source:msnbc

After smart phone market tablet is new buzz in Market ,Now Apple is not only the tablet producer the market is now share by other electronics leader also, we have several expensive tablets from companies like Apple, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Sony, Dell, HP and many others.
Along this some Indian developers and companies have developed their own innovative and low-priced tablets with Google Android OS. Since Android is available free for all, technology makers could roll out products with the operating system.here is the list of some best and economical tablet’s.

Reliance 3G Tab

It is a 3G tablet from Reliance Communications, a cellular service provider in India. Reliance has produced 3G Tab to be used with its 3G network connectivity. The low-priced Android tablet was manufactured by the Chinese technology developer ZTE for Reliance, which sells the product for INR 12,000, roughly $287. It is also a 7-inch tablet with a capacitive touchscreen that has a resolution of 800 X 480 pixels. Reliance 3G Tab is equipped with 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and a microSD slot that can support 32GB memory stick. It sports a 2-megapixel camera in the real panel and a VGA camera in the front for video calls.

Aakash

Aakash -‘sky’ in Hindi – is an educational tablet from the government of India. In fact, Aakash was developed by a team of students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Prem Kumar Kalra, director of the IIT worked along with the students to develop prototype of Aakash. Later, the government of India borrowed the technology to develop a cheap tablet for educational purposes for rural areas of the country. Indian government made a deal with a London based technology maker DataWind to mass-produce the tablet. As a result, Aakash is now available for a price of just $35 for students in India and $60 for common users across the world.

Ave

Ave is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread tablet developed by two teenage students from Hyderabad. The full-fledged tablet PC was created by an engineering student Sareddy Chiman Prakash and another youth Nikhil. Ave is a 7-inch tablet and it is powered by a 1.2GHz processor and 8GB built-in memory. The device is expected to be mass-produced by U.K.-based technology company, Sareddy Technologies, which is owned by the family of Mr. Sareddy Chiman, one of designers of the tablet. The innovative tablet was officially unveiled by Ponnala Lakshmaiah, IT and Communications Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Maybe, the device will raise stiff challenge to leading tablets like iPad and Galaxy Tab in Indian market.

Beetel Magiq

Beetel Magiq is yet another brilliant 7-inch tablet from India. The INR 9,999 Android 2.2 Froyo tablet PC is up with a 1GHz processor, 8GB internal memory and 16GB expandable microSD slot. Beetel Magic has a 7-inch WVGA screen and dual cameras for video chatting and general use. The tablet from Beetel, a producer of telecommunication devices, is wonderful with its cheap price, high performing processor, large internal storage when compared with other cheap tablets from India.

Magnum Pepper

Magnum Pepper is a 7-inch Android 2.2 tablet from a Delhi based company. The table PC, priced just at $99 (INR 4,500) has an 800 MHz processor, 256MB of RAM and 2GB internal memory under the hood. Its 7-inch LCD screen has a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels. It is a sensitive touch screen and the device supports Wi-Fi, LAN port, USB 2.0, microSD slot for 32GB external memory stock and many others. Magnum Pepper also features 3G compatible dongle, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, front camera for video calls and supports audio formats like MP3,AAC,WMA,AAC+, video formats like 3GP, AVI, MP4, H.264,720P and others.

HTC recently launched the much-awaited HTC Sensation XE smartphone in India.
Company has officially launched its Beats Audio smartphone Sensation XE in the Indian market. HTC Sensation XE is the first Android smartphone to come with Beats Audio integration in India. HTC Sensation XE features a 1.5GHz dual core processor, 4.3 inch display and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Operating System

HTC Sensation XE Features:

• 4.3 inch qHD display
• 540 x 960 pixels resolution
• 8MP rear camera with HD (1080p) video recording and playback
• 0.3MP front camera
• 1730 mAh battery
• HTC Sense 3.0
• 768MB RAM
• 1GB Internal memory + 8GB microSD card in the box
• Beats by Dr. Dre in-ear headphones in the box

Other features include a 3.5 mm headset jack, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity, 768 MB RAM, Internal GPS antenna, Gyro sensor, Proximity sensor, Ambient light Sensor, Micro-USB port, DLNA, Stereo sound video recording, up to 9 hrs 16 mins talk-time, up to 540 hours stand-by time an a 1730 mAh battery.

HTC Sensation XE ships with the Beats by Dr. Dre in-ear headphones and 8 GB microSD card. The exclusive Beats by Dr. Dre in-ear headphones feature a remote control, allowing you to pause, play or skip through tracks and answer/end calls while the phone is in your pocket. This handset comes with a price-tag of Rs.35,490, but you can easily get this smartphone at a best by price of Rs.33,990.

Indeed’s Top Job Trends – a list of the fastest growing keywords found in job postings.
Indeed’s Top Job Trends of 2010 provided a clear picture of fast growing employer demand for expertise in mobile operating systems, social media, and a variety of areas in information technology. The updated list shows that demand is continuing to increase.

Top Job Trends

1. HTML5
2. MongoDB
3. iOS
4. Android
5. Mobile app
6. Puppet
7. Hadoop
8. jQuery
9. PaaS
10. Social media
The exponential growth of HTML5 job postings kept it at the top spot on the list. HTML5 is the fifth major revision of HTML.

Popular job titles for positions that cite HTML5 as a desired skill include: web developer, front end developer, software engineer
The four keywords below also maintained a spot on the updated Top Job Trends. The most common job title for each trend is listed next to it.
Android (mobile operating system): android developer

Mobile app (application software for handheld devices): mobile developer
jQuery (web application framework): web developer
Social Media: marketing manager
Additions to the Top Job Trends include:
MongoDB (open source, document-oriented database): software engineer

iOS (mobile operating system): iOS developer
Puppet (IT infrastructure management): systems administrator
Hadoop (distributed computing platform): software engineer
PaaS (platform as a service): programmer analyst

Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world´s 12 largest economies (based on nominal GDP), Universum releases the global talent attraction index: “The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2011”.

This is the only global index of employer attractiveness and highlights the world’s most powerful employer brands, those companies that excel in talent attraction and retention. The World’s Most Attractive Employers Index is based on the employer preferences of students from Brazil, Canada,China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, U.K., and U.S.

Global Top 50 Business List:

The founder of Hotmail, Sabeer Bhatia has launched mobile application called JaxtrSMS. JaxtrSMS is the application that allow its users to send text messages all over the world free of cost.

The recipient of the SMS won’t be required to install the application to read the message. It is believed that the JaxtrSMS application will put competition to other messaging application like Whatsapp, in which users can only send free SMS’s within a specific area.

Those who are planning to install the application will be required to get a new number. The application uses WiFi or 3G/2G data services for sending and receiving messages. However, it has been reported that some features of the JaxtrSMS are missing like delivery report. A person sending messages through the application won’t be able to know whether or not the message has been delivered to recipient.
Besides, it has been informed that the message might be delivered to recipient a little late. It will take the massage two to 15 minutes to reach to its destination. Therefore, it has already been declared that the JaxtrSMS won’t be replacing the emergency calls and SMS.
Although the application sounds promising, it does have some drawbacks. It has been informed that the application can’t be shifted to SD Card.
A review conducted over the application has awarded it 4 stars for its services. The application has just launched and about 10,000 times it has been downloaded. The founder of the application, Sabeer Bhatia said, “The fact that our application has been downloaded by users across 197 countries in just a few weeks since our soft launch amply reflects our belief that JaxtrSMS will prove to immensely useful to mobile users across the world”.

If you are the fan of Katrina kaif and always make search on google for katrina kaif wallpapers and video.Then it’s alert for you because your favorite actress now become `most dangerous Indian celebrity` in the Indian cyber space for year 2011, according to a report by the internet security company McAfee.As the cyber criminals are using her name as a favorite key word that exposes computers to malicious software.

Katrina Kaif fans looking for results on search engines using strings such as `Katrina kaif wallpapers,katrina kaif videos` combined with words like `free downloads`, `hot pictures`, `screen savers`, and `celebrity videos` are at a risk of running themselves into websites with malicious software and online threats.
According to McAfee.Katrina is on top among the most dangerous celebrity-related key words in the Indian cyber space that expose computers to malicious software, leaving behind Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor.
The list of `dangerous celebrities` includes actors Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan.

Blackberry Smartphone maker Research In Motion(RIM) will provide free aptitude test application on its for students in India in partnership with content providers Ipomo and mobile operator Vodafone.

Aptitude Competition for Excellence(ACE) is the free application which provide by Black berry ACE help the student for their competitive exams preparation.

The application and content of ACE has been designed by Ipomo for BlackBerry users, Shah said, adding that initially the content for the test will be available for select examination and grades. It will be expanded and updated gradually.
The three partners are running Aptitude Competition for Excellence (ACE 2011) program in Karnataka and will start it in Pune from January.
Around 300 Students from over 40 engineering and management colleges competed against each other using BlackBerry smartphones to answer the test, Shah said.
“We are looking at the way a student can utilise his time for productive work on mobile phones. Hence, we have decided to give students Aptitude Competition for Excellence (ACE) applications free so that he can utilize his time to prepare for competitive exams,” Hitesh Shah, director – commercial relationship India, Research In Motion said.

Under the programme, the three partners will jointly provide scholarship worth Rs 1 lakh to the winner, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 to first runner-up and second runner-up.

Google Analytics soon launch their new look with new features that makes easier to explore your web data here are the list of new features in Google Analytics.

Google Analytics Real-Time
Real-Time reporting shows you what’s happening on your site – right now! The reports are updated continuously and each pageview is reported seconds after it occurs on your site. You’ll find Real-Time reports in the ‘Home’ tab.

Multi-Channel Funnels
See which channels your customers interacted with during the 30 days prior to converting or purchasing. Conversion path data includes interactions with many media channels, including clicks from paid and organic searches, affiliates, social networks, and display ads.

Mobile Reporting
More and more, visitors are using mobile devices to browse the web. Mobile reports in the new version of Google Analytics help you understand how mobile visitors are interacting with your site. You can even see which mobile devices your visitors use and optimize for those devices.

Flow Visualization
Flow Visualization is a beautifully designed and highly sophisticated tool for graphically showing how visitors navigate through your site. We’ve completely re-imagined and redesigned the navigation tools available in the old version of Google Analytics.

After Smart phone, Tablet market is in boom each and every electronic companies are ready with their tablet, then how the leading electronic maker Sony stay behind. Just a month and a half after introducing the Tablet S overseas, Sony has officially launched the slate in India. This is Sony’s first tablet and the brand expects to make a splash in the market as this tablet has a slightly unconventional design,

The Sony Tablet S runs on Android Honeycomb (Android 3.0) and is powered by a Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 NVIDIA Tegra2 processor. It also features a universal IR remote that allows you to control your TV, Blu-ray disk player, etc. Apart from this, one can play games on the tablet, which are original PlayStation certified titles. There are also pre-loaded apps to access Sony’s online services such as Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited.

Features list of the Sony Tablet S
• 9.4-inch capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi with DLNA support and hot spot creativity
• Bluetooth version 2.1
• 5 Megapixel AF camera with 720p video recording
• Front facing 0.3 Megapixel camera
• 16 GB internal storage along with Micro SD card support up to 32GB
• 3.5 mm handsfree socket
• MicroUSB

You can buy this at Rs.29,990 (yet to be made official) for the 16GB version.