Samsung: 100M Galaxy S Phones In Channel

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(click image for larger view and for slideshow) Samsung today announced that it has pushed 100 million Galaxy S devices into the channel. That total includes shipments of the Galaxy S, the Galaxy S II, and the Galaxy S III. Actual sales to consumers are unknown but obviously number in the many tens of millions.

According to Samsung, the original Galaxy S smartphone, which was released in April 2010, shipped a total of 24 million units. It reached the 10 million mark in about seven months.

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The Galaxy S II, which arrived in April 2011, shipped a total of 40 million units. It reached the 10 million unit mark in five months, selling at a faster rate than the original Galaxy S. The S II was very much like its predecessor, however, in terms of looks, features, and functionality.

[ Samsung has killed plans to launch a Windows RT-based tablet in the U.S. Read more at Samsung Nixes Windows RT Tablet For U.S. ]

The Galaxy S III, which went on sale in May of this year, reflected a dramatic overhaul of the design and the software. Samsung has shipped more than 40 million of them so far. The device reached the 20 million unit mark in just 100 days, making it the fastest-selling Samsung smartphone so far.

There's no doubt Samsung's Galaxy S-branded smartphones have been popular. The S III is one of the best-selling smartphones of 2012, which was made clear based on the number of S IIIs I saw in the hands of Consumer Electronics Show attendees last week. It has a massive 4.8-inch display, 8-megapixel camera, powerful processor, and tons of custom software.

Part of the device's success is its ubiquity. It is sold by nearly every carrier in the U.S., and many more worldwide. It is priced to compete with the Apple iPhone 5 at $199 with a contract.

Samsung is expected to debut the Galaxy S IV later this year, and reports about its features are already hitting the Web. Many believe it will feature a 5-inch screen with a full 1920 x 1080 pixels, one of Samsung's newer Exynos processors, and of course support for 4G networks. Don't look for it to appear at Mobile World Congress, however. Samsung will likely introduce it at a stand-alone event later this spring.

Frankly, I will be more interested to hear how many Galaxy Note IIs Samsung is able to sell. The world's leading phablet is a handful, but has been a strong seller so far. Can it garner the same level of success as Samsung's more mainstream S III?

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Former Reliant president to lead Tulsa energy company

Jason Few, former Reliant president, has taken a job at Seminole Energy in Tulsa, Okla.

Former president of Reliant Energy in Houston, Jason Few, was named on Jan. 14 as president and CEO of Seminole Energy in Tulsa, Okla.

The position was effective the same day, according to a statement from Seminole, as was the departure of the company?s former president and CEO Robert Rosene Jr., who retired.

Few said he?s looking forward to becoming an integral part of the Tulsa company and in its community around the nation.

?Seminole is a strong company with a great reputation,? he said.

Few left Reliant on Oct. 19 to pursue other opportunities.

He had joined Reliant in 2008 and worked as president from 2009 through his departure in October 2012. John Ragan has since been named president of NRG Energy?s Gulf Coast region, which is owned by Reliant.

Seminole is a natural gas company and markets services to producers, end users and wholesale trading partners throughout the central and southwestern United States. The company has a total customer base of more than 90,000 customers with average daily sales of 1.1 billion cubic feet.

Deon Daugherty covers energy and law for the Houston Business Journal.

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Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Inside a small bungalow on the street separating Kansas City, Kan., from its sister city in Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs are working on their ideas for the next high-tech startup, tapping Google Inc.'s new superfast Internet connection that has turned the neighborhood into an unlikely settlement dubbed the "Silicon Prairie."

The home on State Line Road is one of several startup-friendly locations that have sprouted up in Kansas City in recent months. The catalyst is Google Fiber, the search-engine giant's fiber-optic network being tested in the Kansas City area that advertises speeds of up to a gigabyte per second ? a rate that massively exceeds the average Internet speeds at homes hooked up with cable modems.

The advantage here for startups is simple: A fast Internet pipe makes it easier to handle large files and eliminates buffering problems that plague online video, live conferencing or other network-intensive tasks. Though the Kansas City location presents challenges for startups, including the ability to raise money outside the traditional Silicon Valley venture capital scene, entrepreneurs like Synthia Payne believe it's the place to be right now for up-and-coming tech companies.

Payne is one of those entrepreneurs hoping to launch her startup dream ? an Internet subscription service for musicians who want to collaborate online ? on the cheap. She shares the State Line Road house, known as the "Home for Hackers," with other startups under a deal that allows them to live rent-free while they develop their business plans.

Google's network was attractive, Payne said, because her business plan "is dependent upon really good, really fast Internet."

"Without this on-ramp here I probably would have found it very difficult to come here," said Payne, who in December moved from Denver to develop CyberJammer.

Residents here were thrilled when Google announced last year that Kansas City, Kan., and neighboring Kansas City, Mo., would be its test bed for Google Fiber. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company spent months and unknown sums installing optical fiber around the area. Google provides the full gigabit service for $70 a month and its own cable-TV like service for another $50. A slower Internet connection is free on a monthly basis after a $300 installation fee.

The first homes were installed with fiber optics in the fall, with more "fiberhoods" planned in stages over the next several months. Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., remain Google's only fiber market, though the company has said it plans additional roll-outs. Many in the tech industry believe Google's move could ultimately force broadband providers to accelerate their networks to compete. Making Internet access faster would give the company more opportunities to attract traffic and sell more advertising ? the main way Google makes money.

The "Home for Hackers" and its unique business pitch is the brainchild of local web developer Ben Barreth, whose property was among the first wave of houses to be fiber-wired and is a block away from the Google Fiber offices. "Hackers" who pass Barreth's application process and show a real intention to work on a viable project can live there rent-free for three months. Since starting the home in October after cashing in his Roth IRA and putting a down payment on the $48,000 home, Barreth has gotten applications from nearly 60 people seeking a spot in the home.

"The whole startup thing in Kansas City is like this huge growing beast," he said. "It's got this crazy momentum."

The house has been full since mid-December with Payne and two others. One of the rooms also is reserved for fiber tourists who want a place for a day or two where they can download anything faster than they could elsewhere.

"The hope is that these startups will move their operations to Kansas City and this will really bless Kansas City, bring jobs and taxes and we'll build a really cool tech scene," Barreth said.

A few homes away from the "Home for Hackers" is the headquarters of the Kansas City Startup Village, which was started by local entrepreneur Matthew Marcus and where Mike Farmer, founder of mobile search app Leap2.com, has his offices. Farmer said Google Fiber brought attention to Kansas City's startup culture, "because it sort of ignites the imagination about what you can do with that sort of bandwidth capability."

"Most every week I meet one or two or three people that are looking to come in from out of town," he said.

Despite the growth, it remains a challenge for startups to raise money from Kansas City, Farmer said. Silicon Valley venture capital groups in particular want startup entrepreneurs to be nearby in California, he said.

"I've had some really incredible conversations with some big name VCs, and their first statement is that when you're in this early stage you have to be here, right next to us," he said. "That is a hurdle."

Andy Kallenbach recently launched FormZapper.com, an online forms management site, and also has offices near the "Home for Hackers." He said Kansas City has no aspirations to be the next Silicon Valley and may never have a "Facebook or a giant consumer-level company that takes over the world."

He said it may also be "better for us" that it's more difficult to raise money in Kansas City.

"The hardest thing about a startup is execution, OK? A lot of people can go out and raise money and get money for an idea or for some product or they can come up with some awesome presentation. But it doesn't matter if you can't build something that people will use," Kallenbach said. "I think here in Kansas City you have to at some point put your money where your mouth is. You have to 'do.'"

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/googles-ultrafast-internet-draws-startups-174542119.html

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3 Reasons Why Diamonds Are So Expensive ? Host Home Party ...

Why not offer synthetic diamonds for the same size, but half the price? Will the average Joe know the difference? Probably not. It is safe to say that the De Beers marketing campaign has got to be what the most persuasive marketing scheme ever!

There are three main reasons diamonds are so expensive:

1. Diamonds are historical

Diamonds have been used by many people worldwide to store and transport wealth across geographies and generations, especially people who have been persecuted throughout history and forced to migrate against their will. For instance, there are many stories in pre-WWII Nazi Germany of Jewish families trading family assets through diamonds because they were easy to conceal. (There?s actually a scene in Schindler?s List that shows some family members hiding diamonds in a loaf of bread.)

2. Diamonds are emotional, and closely tied to marketing

The popularity of diamonds is the result of one of the most successful marketing campaigns in history. This was largely orchestrated by De Beers and included product placement as well as celebrity and royal associations. The modern symbolism of diamonds along with the idea of the diamond ring as a perfect gift of love are largely creations of the marketing departments.

The DeBeers company has basically controlled the supply of rough diamonds for years. Many believe this set up to be a cartel, like OPEC.

Diamonds have been branded as the default signal for wealth, interpersonal commitment, purity, rarity, scarcity, brilliance, and all the emotions which mark each of these moments. By artificially controlling the scarcity of the product (which is not really scarce), it drives up the cost. Consumers don?t usually deviate from the norm for these special occasions. We all want the best of the best, don?t we?!
3. Diamonds are an accumulation of marginal costs (Basically, everyone wants a piece of the pie!)

If you peel back the layers of the diamond trade and think about just how a diamond gets on the finger of a young woman (or man) ready to marry, consider this chain of events:

• A diamond is mined by an employee of a company and sent to a warehouse where rough diamonds are packaged together and sold to traders.
• Those traders transport the diamonds to cities in the world where the best diamond-cutting talent exists, such as Antwerp, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, and places in Southeast Asia. These cutting centers buy the rough diamonds and use a mix of handmade skill and technology to cut the diamonds in the right shape and in the right way to maximize each stone?s brilliance.
• The stones are put into parcels and then sold to wholesalers, who look through boxes of stones from similar lots, but are so dense that they are not able to investigate each small stone individually. Instead, they have to apply crude statistical tests on looking at small samples. The wholesalers buy up parcels and then sell the best stones to individuals, sell the majority of stones to jewelry makers, and in some cases, make standard jewelry to sell directly to retail players.
• Lastly, many hands touch the diamond in making the jewelry as well, such as those who make settings, who polish the stones, and the runners who deliver pieces back and forth.

Whew, that is a lot of people in the diamond production process! By the time a wedding ring reaches someone?s finger, it has literally touched so many hands and each person in the chain needs to profit a bit from the transaction.

So next time you go shopping for a diamond and think: ?Man that?s expensive!??.now you?ll know what you?re paying for and why. I sure do wish I was born into the DeBeers family. Maybe in my next life?.

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Gasp! Microsoft's Former Windows Chief Uses an iPhone

Just a few short months after leaving Microsoft, the former head of Windows Steven Sinofsky has been busted for firing off some of his tweets from?HOLD THE HANDSET?an iPhone. Traitor!

Or maybe this isn't such a big deal? As @stevesi quite reasonably responded to inquiring Twitter user Albert Jelica, it's not odd for a big time executive to be using phones made by the competition.

That makes perfect business sense, even if it's kind of a PR nightmare. [9To5Mac]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5975733/gasp-microsofts-former-windows-chief-uses-an-iphone

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Apple Cutting Back its Orders for iPhone Components

Published on: 14th Jan 2013

?Apple has been reducing orders it places with iPhone component suppliers, apparently due to weaker than expected demand for its latest smartphone.

Apple?s orders for display screens in this financial quarter are down by a half on previous expectations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing two people familiar with the situation.

Countering possibilities that the company has stock-piled display screens or was looking at other suppliers, the company has also reportedly cut back orders for other essential components across its supply chain.

Normally a reduction in component orders is taken as a hint that the company is winding down production of an older model in favour of a replacement, but these cuts are reductions in expected orders and outside the company?s usual handset replacement cycle.

Apple has been coming under increasing pressure from Android and Samsung in particular and suggestions of weak sales will increase calls for the company to expand its product range away from just the one high-end handset to the larger mid-market consumer base.

Apple is due to report its financial results later this month.

On the web: Wall Street Journal

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Flu Vaccine: Q&A About Shortages And How The Shot Works

WASHINGTON ? Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those "get vaccinated" ads? A scramble for shots is under way as late-comers seek protection from a miserable flu strain already spreading through much of the country.

Federal health officials said Friday that there is still some flu vaccine available and it's not too late to benefit from it. But people may have to call around to find a clinic with shots still on the shelf, or wait a few days for a new shipment.

"We're hearing of spot shortages," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Colorado offers an example. Kaiser Permanente, which has 535,000 members in the state, stopped giving flu shots this week. But it expected to resume vaccinations when new shipments arrive, expected this weekend.

Some questions and answers about flu vaccines:

Q: Are we running out of vaccine?

A: It's January ? we shouldn't have a lot left. The traditional time to get vaccinated is in the fall, so that people are protected before influenza starts spreading.

Indeed, manufacturers already have shipped nearly 130 million doses to doctors' offices, drugstores and wholesalers, out of the 135 million doses they had planned to make for this year's flu season. At least 112 million have been used so far.

The nation's largest manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, said Friday that it still has supplies of two specialty vaccines, a high-dose shot for seniors, and an under-the-skin shot for certain adults, available for immediate shipment. But it also is working to eke out a limited supply of its traditional shots ? some doses that it initially hadn't packaged into syringes, said spokesman Michael Szumera. They should be available late this month.

And MedImmune, the maker of the nasal spray vaccine FluMist, said it has 620,000 extra doses available.

Q: Can't they just make more?

A: No. Flu vaccine is complicated to brew, with supplies for each winter made months in advance and at the numbers expected to sell. Although health officials recommend a yearly flu vaccination for nearly everybody, last year 52 percent of children and just 39 percent of adults were immunized. Most years, leftover doses have to be thrown out.

Q: Should I still hunt for a vaccine?

A: It does take two weeks for full protection to kick in. Still, health officials say it's a good idea to be vaccinated even this late, especially for older people, young children and anyone with medical conditions such as heart or lung diseases that put them at high risk of dangerous flu complications. Flu season does tend to be worst in January and February, but it can run through March.

Q: I heard that a new flu strain is spreading. Does the vaccine really work?

A: Flu strains constantly evolve, the reason that people need an updated vaccine every year. But the CDC says this year's is a good match to the types that are circulating, including a new kind of the tough H3N2 strain. That family tends to be harsher than other flu types ? and health officials warned last fall that it was coming, and meant this winter would likely be tougher than last year's flu season, the mildest on record.

Q: But don't some people get vaccinated and still get sick?

A: Flu vaccine never is 100 percent effective, and unfortunately it tends to protect younger people better than older ones. But the CDC released a study Friday showing that so far this year, the vaccine appears 62 percent effective, meaning it's working about as well as it has in past flu seasons.

While that may strike some people as low, Frieden said it's the best protection available. "It's a glass 62 percent full," he said. "It's well worth the effort."

Q: What else can I do?

A: Wash your hands often, and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Viruses can spread by hand, not just through the air. Also, cough in your elbow, not your hand. When you're sick, protect others by staying home.

And people who are in those high-risk groups should call a doctor if they develop symptoms, added CDC spokesman Tom Skinner. They might be prescribed antiviral medication, which works best if given within the first 48 hours of symptoms.

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AP Medical Writers Lindsey Tanner and Mike Stobbe contributed to this report.

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