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January 27 news, according to media reports, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week, disclosed an Apple application patent called “universal remote control for the manufacture of the device and method”, it’s used a intuitive and easy touch-screen technology to simplify the complex of traditional button on the remote control, which makes it easy for a variety of equipment for remote operations.

Apple plans to release a remote control with dynamic touch screen, it’s with a “discovery” feature that can automatically discover remote control of appliances, users needn’t input the complexity of the code or individually programming for each electrical equipment.

According to documents submitted by Apple, this universal remote with a wide range of applications, not only control single or multiple TVs, game consoles, stereos, “smart home” control system, Mac computers, but also on the remote programs and functions on computers, such as allowing the user’s Mac or PC play musics on iTunes.

This universal remote will simplify the user interface by the smartest way. First, it would receive a specific interface sent by the wireless remote control device, and then automatically identifies and presents the users need input options then replace the complex button on the push-button universal remote control.

January 29 news, according to media reports, with the first Ice Cream Sandwich phone Samsung Galaxy Nexus released, Google officials have urged the Android application developers to stop using the menu button, Android phones will remain the screen back, Home, and recently using the application of three buttons.

Google suggested that application developers should use the action bar, the action bar can display applications and the user’s actions. For example, on the top of Google + application action bar, users can search, writing a message, or open the notification.

Android Application Development Web site developer.android.com editor Scott Main on Thursday said: “The application not only should stop dependent on the hardware menu button, but also developers should not consider any action by the menu button. Developers activities should be directly in the column or other parts of the screen to provide button bar for users.”

For users, it will affect users habit of using the Android mobile phone. Currently, most users are accustomed to using the menu button to access other options, most of the menu buttons as a circle or three parallel lines. Google said that these options will display in the phone screen  elsewhere, and generally focus on the top of the screen action bar. Traditional action bar including refresh, delete, share, star, etc.

January 17th evening news, the relevant German court spokesman said on Tuesday, Apple has filed a lawsuit for the Samsung electronic once again in Germany, seeking to ban ten version of Samsung smartphones including the Galaxy S II sold in German.

Apple in the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, filed the lawsuit on Samsung Electronics, claimed that Samsung infringed Apple’s ownership of the design in Europe. Apple has also filed a separate lawsuit for five version of Samsung Tablet PC, the lawsuit related the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet PC ban in last September.

Last month, the Düsseldorf District Court said it’s unlikely to release injunction for the Samsung new Galaxy Tab 10.1N. An appeals court is questioned the scope of application on the design of Apple’s ownership in the EU. Apple had made the Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned with the design ownership.

A spokesman from Samsung Electronics said that Samsung has informed of the two lawsuits. After the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was banned, Samsung Electronics launched an upgraded product Galaxy Tab 10.1N, in order to avoid the ban.

January 18th morning news, Facebook specifical page analysis company EdgeRank Checker released the latest research report, after an average of over 3 hours released information on Facebook page, there’re comments from users. The report pointed that in order to maximize the information-driven user participation, impressions and traffic, Facebook specifical page owners release the time interval between two pieces of information should be at least 3 hours.

Industry noted that the study results can help Facebook Page owners to avoid releasing the excessive of new content and lead to shortened the information life expectancy.

It should be pointed out that the 3-hour average life expectancy does not mean Facebook Page owners should be issued a message on every three hours, because everyday for eight information is likely to force the release of poor quality content, it may make its fans disgusted. The best release frequency depends on the best special page of the audience, content manufacturing techniques, information life and other factors. Most of Facebook Page owners are insist on release two to three messages every day.

Dear Valued Customers,

Please reference the following closing dates for the upcoming holidays.

Chinese Lunar New Year (January 23rd)
All order processing and customer service will be closed January 19nd through January 29th HKT

Hong Kong warehouse will be out of service from January 19st to January 29th HKT. International warehouses will remain open to process existing orders but orders placed after January 19th will be processed after January 29th.

We will fully resume on January 30th.

Happy New Years
Batterymall.co.uk

January 16th evening news, the Russian well-known portal website Mail.ru launched a microblogging service Futubra beta on Monday. Analysts said the move aims to emulate their Chinese counterparts.

Mail.ru Group holds nearly one third share of the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov had invested in Twitter last year. In addition, Usmanov also holds a majority DST Global shares.

Since the site launched the Russian version last year, Twitter has 2 million Russian users now. However, from the China’s development of micro-blogging service, local service is more popular than the foreign service. China Internet Network Information Center released data show that in 2011 the number of Chinese microblogging users reached 249.9 million, an increase of 296%.

Industry sources say that the community greater transparency has came a new era, but also for Sina and other market-leading operators to create a huge new business opportunities. If Mail.ru and other Russian portal websites can replicate the success of their Chinese counterparts, they can open up a new business.

January 16th evening news, Google apologized to Kenya Venture Mocality for its employees erroneous statements on last Friday.

Google Europe products and engineering director Nelson Mattos said: “Unfortunately, we heard that a Google project team used the Mocality local data inappropriate, and the error description of our relationship with Mocality to encourage users develop new sites. ”

He also said: “We have apologized to Mocality unreservedly, We are still investigating how the incident occurred. Once we grasp all the facts, we will deal with relevant staff as appropriate.”

Mocality CEO Stefan Magdalinski wrote in a blog last week, Google employees in Kenya and India with inappropriate behavior. Before that, he accused Google of systematic access to Mocality database, and tried to sale competitive products with Mocality customer. He pointed out that Google employees incorrectly described Google and Mocality relationships, and Mocality business activities.

January 16th news, according to media The Daily reported that Microsoft was developing a new TV set-top boxes, the new set-top box will integrate Kinect functionality, and provide video, music and games, applications to connect.

Reported that Microsoft plans to build an entertainment media center, this set-top box will be the key. Kinect features integrated set-top box with three codes, namely: Live Xbox, Kinect Box and Kinect HD. Although Microsoft has suspended video service plan, it’s decided to continue to develop the device.

At the bottom of new set-top box larger than Kinect, but lower than Kinect, the design is very simple. It’s been identified that HDMI, power supply and USB interface with a cable connection, but other ports on the device has not yet determined.

Microsoft will integrate the Kinect features into new set-top box, which means movement and voice control will be its features. In addition, Microsoft’s Xbox Companion application may also be integrated into the new equipment. With this application, users can search for content in the mobile phone, then use the Xbox to the TV broadcast.

January 15th morning news, Skype’s vice president of product Rick Osterloh in Las Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show revealed in an interview, Skype for Windows Phone will be released in the near future.

Microsoft has acquired of Skype with $ 8.5 billion in October last year, but both of them didn’t achieve real cooperation in the new software and hardware product development. Right now, Skype users are most concerned about the issue may be when Windows Phone version of Skype client will launch.

Osterloh said in an interview, Skype is developing Windows Phone version, but he refused to disclose the specific launch date, he just said it would be released soon. He also pointed out that, Skype is working to integrate its software into Microsoft’s other products, including Xbox 360 and Windows 8.

Microsoft at CES for the keynote speech disclosed that the number of Skype users are more than 200 million per monthly, these users call in 2011 totaled for 300 billion minutes long. Skype has also announced that in 2011, Skype users to call duration international calls accounted 25% for the total length of duration international calls.

January 13th evening news, innovative products flash shopping site Fab.com announced that it has acquired the retail site FashionStake, the specific amount of the transaction were not disclosed.

After the acquisition, only FashionStake founder Daniel Gulati Vivian Weng would join Fab.com, while other employees wouldn’t join in it, FashionStake site would also stop operating.

FashionStake site was founded in September, 2010, initially it’s wanted to ask the consumer share with the designer’s new works. They can support their favorite designers through pre-order, donations, etc.. When a works attract sufficient orders amount and funds, it will be put into production, and finally to the user.

FashionStake found that consumers were used to directly purchase, so it’s adjusted the business model. In March, 2011, FashionStake adjusted its business model again, it’s like a traditional online boutique.

Nevertheless, Fab.com CEO Jason Goldberg does not plan to introduce FashionStake retail model or back-end technology. Goldberg said he was interested in more than 400 independent designers which were FashionStake partnership.