Logo Design

I chose this font because , the bottoms are cut-off and it represents emptying music into your ears.

The whole logo represents a mind controlled by music.

My other logo represents something that is rough , un-cut and original but simple , easy and straight-forward on the inside.

And I chose those fonts because I think they represent the message that they are trying to get through really well.

LG shows off solar phone, battery cover at MWC

Proving (as usual) that it's not too big for a little tit-for-tat with its crosstown rival, LG showed its own concept solar phone at MWC this week to match up with Samsung's Blue Earth. The prototype LG handset doesn't have a name -- takes a whole team of high-priced consultants to christen a product like that, we'd wager -- but we do know that the slider can eke 3 minutes' worth of life out of a 10-minute charge in natural light. The thing looks like it was thrown together in a week, but hey, as long as it works, we know LG can take care of the design side of things by the time production rolls around.

Samsung Eco-Phone Runs on Solar Power

South Korea's Samsung today unveiled a solar powered mobile phone made from recycled plastic water bottles.

Dubbed 'Blue Earth,' the touch-screen phone is charged with a solar panel located on the back. It is made from recycled plastic that is extracted from water bottles, helping to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions in the manufacturing process.

Designed to symbolize a flat, rounded pebble, the handset and charger are free from harmful substances.

The packaging is also made from recycled paper, and comes with a 5 star energy efficient charger that uses standby power lower than 0.03W.

Users can set Blue Earth to 'Eco Mode,' reducing screen brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth to an energy-efficient mode. With 'Eco Walk,' users can count their steps with an in-built pedometer, even calculating how much CO2 emissions have been reduced by walking as opposed to motor transport.

"Samsung's 'The Blue Earth Dream' demonstrates our small but meaningful commitments for the future and our environment," said JK Shin, Head of Mobile Communication at Samsung. "We are committed to achieving the highest eco-status with our customers and business partners by providing the best eco-products and promoting eco-activities."

Blue Earth is the latest in a series of eco-friendly products. Samsung previously introduced a biodegradable phone made from corn. Sony Ericsson announced a program to research green technologies using bio-plastic housings and recycled plastic keypads. Last month T-Mobile released the Motorola Renew, a similar eco-friendly mobile phone also made of recycled water bottles.

Samsung Blue Earth will be showcased at Mobile World Congress 2009 next week.

Netflix breaks the 10 million subscriber mark

We can't say the economic crisis has been too kind to every industry, but it's been a best friend to Netflix. As consumers divert their out-on-the-town dollars to sit-on-my-arse-and-watch-Netflix dollars, the by-mail and streaming movie rental company is just breaking records left and right. After closing a stellar 2008 with 9.4 million customers, the company has today announced that the 10 million mark has been crossed. For those struggling with basic math, that means that it has added 600,000 net subscribers since January 1st. So, where does Netflix go from here? Into every nook and cranny it can, of course, so don't be shocked to see Watch Instantly creep onto your next HDTV, set-top-box, Blu-ray player or portable microwave. Seriously, it could happen.

Why no multitouch on the G1? Because Apple said so.

When the G1 launched back in October, a common question clanged through the halls: wheres the multitouch? When a few clever minds managed to patch in their own multitouch support, proving that the hardware could handle it, things got even more perplexing. Had Google just not ironed out the multitouch workings enough to support it in this first device, or had Apple's patent stranglehold scared them away?

According to details given to VentureBeat by an Android team member, it's something along the lines of the latter. If their source's retellings ring true, Apple "asked" Google not to make multitouch a part of the device. it's unclear whether "asked" here means "Please don't include multitouch support" or "Please don't include multitouch support, or our lawyers will eat your face."

The source also adds that they were glad Google didn't challenge Apple's request. Google and Apple have a rather strong relationship, especially in the mobile realm - the iPhone comes out of the box with Google Maps installed, Google's search engine in the browser's top bar, and Apple has seemingly turned their heads on the fact that Google's voice search application relies on restricted APIs.



While it might work out for everyone involved for the time being, I can't imagine it'll stay that way for long. Heavy marketing of the capabilities of many-fingered input on Apple's part has made it a look-for feature, and no manufacturer wants to be on the wrong side of a trend. Palm seems to be moving forward with the Pre (which makes heavy use of multitouch), regardless of the threat of litigation by Apple's COO Tim Cook. Multitouch has become a staple and, if they have hopes for Android to be successful as a platform (beyond the initial rush of device's we'll likely see at Mobile World Congress next week), Google will have to find a way to offer it.

It's highly unlikely that a simple request from Apple has scared Google from multitouch altogether. What's more likely is that multitouch support is being developed and maintained throughout the platform, but in a seperate (and private) development branch - in other words, "behind the scenes". When an end to the dispute is reached, be it by Apple licensing the patent (probably not going to happen) or losing the legal ability to dictate who can detect two fingers rather than one (more likely), Google could be ready. As we've seen through the user-made demos, Android supports multitouch with just a few lines of code in the right places; with a few quick switches, multitouch could be sent out to the masses.

Google's G1 phone makes it easy to track surfing habits

The new Google phone, dubbed the G1, has been touted as a working man's smartphone — a cheap, Web-friendly wireless device that can make life easier for millions of consumers.
The G1, in many ways, embodies the best and the worst of the mobile Web. The device is based on the new Android operating system, whose development was overseen by Google. More than 30 companies participated in the development of Android, but Google had decision-making authority over design, engineering and more.

The G1 is high-performance and incredibly easy to use. It comes preloaded with familiar Google applications, allowing users to reach, with one click, some of its most popular services: Google Maps (MyLocation, satellite, traffic and Street View), Gmail (e-mail), YouTube, Google Calendar and Google Talk (IM service).

It also has a touch-screen, traditional qwerty keyboard and a 3.2-megapixel camera. Music player? Of course. You can also add and subtract applications.

On the downside, once you fire up the G1, you're on Google's radar — whether you like it or not.

To use the device, users must set up a Google account. The registration process creates a "personal identifier" — basically, a number that Google uses to store information about you, which Google does not consider to be personal information.

It enables Google to field your search queries quickly when you're on the run. It also gives Google access to your contact lists, IMs, e-mails, personal calendar, social networking and video downloading — the videos you'd fess up to publicly, as well as the ones you might not. As for all those "personal photos" swapped with pals on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter: Google can grab those, too.

Everything gets crammed into your personal "file," so to speak, along with a lot of other stuff — such as where you bank, shop and cruise on the Web when you're lonely, bored or just in the mood for a little fun.

You can't see what information is collected

Once your information has been collected and stored, there's no way to get rid of it. You can't see what's been collected or have it expunged. It's Google's for as long as it wants to hold onto it.

Students at USF developed a Brainwave controlled Wheelchair

Those crazy kids at the University of South Florida are at it again they've given us 'intelligent' scarecrows and engaged an RFID network in the fight against Alzheimer's, and now they're doing some rather interesting work with the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). The device uses an electrode-covered head cap to capture P-300 brainwave responses and convert them into action, such as "typing" or manipulating a robotic finger. The team has developed a motorized "smart wheelchair" that allows users to pilot the chair and even control a robotic arm without any physical movement whatsoever. USF researchers say that this will be a great help not only for those with special needs, but also for the extremely lazy.