Contador Harrison

Today is the 366th day of 2012 and as we wind up, millions of pictures will be taken and shared on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter by people across the world. Young and old alike will take more photographs than any new year celebration before and I bet big that traditional camera makers will miss out on a bigger share of the love. The latest research has found smartphone as one of the two popular devices used for taking pictures together with traditional cameras and is considered to be a bigger motivator for amateur photographers irrespective of the age and gender. Some studies have been quoted as saying that eight in every ten smartphone users take at least one picture a week on their phone, while less than half who use a point-and-shoot camera take pictures at the same frequency.This year, analysts believe that majority of people take pictures with a smartphone with less than a third taking pictures with a digital single lens reflex while a quarter of i

China Satellite Navigation Office has revealed that Beidou system's performance was equivalent to GPS as the system started providing services to civilians in the region today and is expected to provide global coverage in seven years time. Signals from The Beidou can be received in countries such as my home country of Australia and New Zealand. The Beidou system comprises 16 navigation satellites and four experimental satellites.CSNO  added that the system would ultimately provide global navigation, positioning and timing services. The start of commercial services comes a year after Beidou, which literally means the Big Dipper in Chinese began a limited positioning service for China and adjacent areas. China began building the network in 2000 to avoid relying on GPS.Having a satellite navigation system is of great strategic significance. It is the latest accomplishment in space technology for China, which aims to build a space station

After sharing recently how Televisions are facing stiff competition from Tablets , I received mixed reaction from my readers. Some agreed while those who did not told me off and reminded me of how year 2012 marked the rise of smart TVs in many countries including the developing countries. Although television sets with Internet connectivity are just in the embryonic stage in most countries, I expect the consumers will be offered more digital television treats in 2013. Let me admit that electronic companies have recently been announcing collaborations with local content providers in various fields like movies, music, news, documentaries among others in order to bring full-blown entertainment to television through their target applications.  Most manufacturers are planning and some are already using cloud-based Internet services on which consumers can install unlimited applications and receive information from their servers with no need to access a browser. I can confirm I h