Ulang Tahun Google: 27 September

Selamat ulang tahun ke-12 untuk Google di tahun 2010 ini.

Google yang berbasis di California itu pertama kali didirikan menjadi perusahaan swasta pada 27 September 1998. Namun sebelumnya Google adalah sebuah proyek riset dari Sergey Brin dan Larry Page yang disebut "Google Guys", pada Januari 1996. Saat itu keduanya masih berstatus mahasiswa doktoral di Universitas Stanford.

Semoga Google semakin maju dan memberikan banyak manfaat bagi umat manusia di dunia.

Irene Mwathi of the NBMBAA Talks about their Upcoming Funding Forum

Where are you from originally?



I was born and raised in Kenya until my teenage years. Thereafter we lived in Europe before I came to the United States for College.





What university did you go to?



I did my bachelors in James Clark School of Engineering – University of Maryland and McDonough School of Business – Georgetown University





What brought you to Austin?



I visited a friend of mine during her graduation and fell in love with the city. I later moved my consulting firm here and have loved it ever since.





What is the idea behind your group?



National Black MBA Association, Austin Chapter: http://www.austinblackmba.org/

The mission of Austin Chapter of the NBMBAA is to lead in the creation of educational opportunities and economic growth for African American Professionals in Central Texas. Our Chapter is comprised of a network of business professionals, business students, and entrepreneurs whose goal is to share knowledge, build business skills, and generate employment opportunities in management fields. The NBMBAA Austin Chapter was established in December 2006 and since then has continued to educate its members both on the professional and entrepreneurial pursuits.





What need does it fulfill?



The need for this event is to provide minority business owners who are set for their next challenge an avenue to take their businesses to the next level. By bringing VCs and AIs and minority innovators together we hope to enrich the community as well as educate our entrepreneurs.



What exactly does your group do?



In addition to providing professional, leadership and entrepreneurial development to our members we also have a leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) program, a high school mentoring program that has helped to expand the overall number of minority leaders in corporate America by providing mentor/leader relationships with business executives and high school students in the community. We also have the Rising Stars Collegiate Program launched on Oct. 13th, 2009 in partnership with Huston-Tillotson University. Local business professionals and leaders serve as volunteer mentors to students, one mentor per student. Events such as the upcoming event help us identify successful entrepreneurs who can mentor entrepreneurial innovators in our chapter.



Who is it for?



Anyone interested in the progress of minorities in Austin.





What was the most challenging aspect of starting up the group?



The most challenging aspect of starting a group is finding the resources to support the organization’s initiatives and also finding the right people who have enough time to volunteer and help execute the vision and initiatives of the organization.





What is the next step for you and your group?



Since we have only been existence for four years and the main focus has been getting started in the right direction, the next step is creating awareness about the organization in the Austin community and growing the chapter in membership and sponsorship. Building value for our members is our key focus 2011.





What advice do you have for entrepreneurs?



Austin has wonderful resource organizations to support your dreams. Joining such organizations as AEN, BootStrap Austin, Texas Venture Labs, Tech Ranch and leveraging RISE Alliance conferences, start-up conferences you are sure to network with like minds to take you to the next level.



Tell me more about your upcomingevent



This upcoming event program highlights different avenues for funding and sessions from some of Austin’s business leaders. We also plan to have a VC and AI funding symposium which will be the main feature after the luncheon, where at least 5 participants will get to pitch in front of an audience for funding between $150K – 5M. Keynotes include The path to entrepreneurship featuring Bijoy Goswami and luncheon keynote featuring Corey Bell on Serial Entrepreneur. The details are:



Event Location: AT & T Executive Center – UT,

Time: 8.00AM – 4.00PM

Date: November 12th, 2010



What Austin-based resource have you found to be the most helpful and why?



AEN and ABJ are the most helpful as they keep entrepreneurs connected and well informed on what is going on in the city. There’s never a shortage of business development ideas at their events and connecting with like minds helps keeps you innovative.

Menurunnya Penggunaan Netbook

Netbook adalah sebuah perangkat alternatif pengganti PC Desktop dan Notebook (Laptop) meski tidak bisa menggantikan secara sepenuhnya karena banyak sekali keterbatasan kemampuan yang dimiliki.

Pada masa resesi dunia 2009, pasar PC (personal computer) global terbebas dari pertumbuhan negatif karena konsumen agresif membeli netbook. Hal ini karena netbook adalah platform PC yang berharga paling terjangkau, kendati memiliki fungsi sangat terbatas.

Pada awal tahun 2010 pangsa pasar netbook mulai melemah karena netbook tidak mampu berkompetisi dengan notebook, dan komputer tablet seperti iPad produksi Apple Inc.

Menurut firma riset Gartner Inc, pangsa netbook di pasar PC global telah melemah sejak kuartal pertama (Januari-Maret) 2010, sehingga pada kuartal kedua (April-Juni) 2010 hanya tersisa kurang dari 18 persen. Padahal, Gartner Inc menegaskan, pada 2009 netbook mampu menguasai pangsa pasar global hampir 20 persen. Gartner Inc juga menyebutkan pangsa pasar global netbook akan terus melemah hingga 2014 sehingga hanya tersisa sekitar 10 persen.

Saat kondisi perekonomian membaik dan saat konsumen lebih leluasa berbelanja, maka konsumen pun lebih memilih membeli notebook, atau pun komputer tablet.

Hal yang dihindari konsumen terhadap netbook:

• Pertama, konsumen mulai menyadari limitasi netbook.
• Kedua, harga netbook menjadi tidak jauh berbeda daripada notebook karena para produsen notebook agresif memangkas harga.

Tahun 2007 adalah kelahiran netbook. Selanjutnya, netbook berjaya pada 2008 dan 2009. Namun demikian, pada 2010 daya saing netbook mulai melemah karena harga notebook menjadi semakin terjangkau dan mulai populernya penggunaan PC Tablet. menurut banyak pengamat, konsumen membeli netbook karena belum tentu menyukai platform tersebut, tetapi karena terpaksa. Ada juga yang karena ikut-ikutan trend atau memang senang lebih ringkas.

Tahun 2010 PC tablet mulai makin populer, hal ini diawali oleh lahirnya iPad, dengan demikian iPad akan tetap mendominasi pasar global tablet paling tidak hingga 2011. Setelah itu, iPad akan menghadapi kompetisi semakin ketat karena pesaing menjadi semakin banyak.

Semoga dapat menjadi referensi dan bermanfaat.

Samsung Galaxy Tab

Samsung Galaxy Tab merupakan salah satu komputer tablet yang menawarkan beberapa keunggulan yang tidak dimiliki oleh iPad.

Berikut beberapa keunggulan tersebut:

1. Ukuran
Samsung Galaxy Tab memiliki layar 7 ich yang berarti lebih kecil dibanding iPad yang berlayar 9,7 inch. Dengan ukuran yang lebih kecil itu tentunya tidak mengurangi fungsional kinerja tablet itu sendiri. Para pengguna masih bisa leluasa untuk menggeser maupun mencubit layar.

2. Berat
Berat tablet milik Samsung ini hanya sekitar setengah berat iPad yang membuatnya menjadi 'teman' yang menyenangkan bila harus memegangnya lama.

3. SD Memory Card
Galaxy Tab datang hanya dengan dua pilihan kapasistas memori, 16 GB dan 32 GB dibandingkan iPad yang memiliki kapasitas 16 GB, 32 GB dan 64 GB. Namun Galaxy Tab memiliki slot kartu memori lain yang dapat ditambahkan. Pilihan kartu memorinya juga fleksibel dan tak terbatas karena dapat ditukar dan tersedia sarana untuk mentransfer data antara Galaxy Tab dan perangkat lainnya.

4. Kamera
Jangan lupa bahwa kamera terkadang menjadi fitur penting dari sebuah gadget canggih. Dan Samsung GalaxyTab memilikinya di bagian depan maupun belakang untuk memenuhi kebutuhan penggunanya untuk teleconferance ataupun sekedar melampiaskan hawa narsis para penggunanya.

5. Flash Player
Apple baru-baru ini sedikit melunak pada pengembang software Flash namun sayangnya belum ada realisasi Flash Player ke dalam iPad. Namun bagi Samsung, hanya software Flash yang membuatnya 'berbeda'.

6. RAM
Samsung Galaxy Tab dipersenjatai kapasitas RAM dua kali lebih besar dibanding iPad, yaitu 512 Mb yang berarti lebih banyak aplikasi yang dapat berjalan pada tablet tersebut.

7. Multitasking
Saat ini iPad tidak memiliki multitasking lain dari aplikasi inti seperti pemutar iPod. Sementara bagi sistem operasi Android, multitasking bisa menjadi hal yang lebih mudah.

Sumber: PC World

Aaron Lyons of McCombs School of Business Talks about Texas Startup Meetup

Where are you from originally?

I’ve lived all over the country, but have called Austin home for the last 15 years.


What university did you go to?

I received my undergraduate degree from UT in 2005, and am currently in my second year of the full time MBA program at UT focusing on entrepreneurship.


What brought you to Austin?

I grew up in Austin but moved to Dallas to work after school. I moved back to Austin for school and to get back into the entrepreneurship scene.


What is your passion and strength?

Other than family and UT football, my biggest passion is entrepreneurship and taking things from an idea to reality. I think this passion, along with my creativity and the ability to understand and relate to the consumer, are the biggest strengths I bring to the table.


What need does it fulfill?

Anytime you’re starting a company or working for a start-up, you better have passion. Lack of resources forces you to be creative, and if you don’t understand the consumer there’s no way you’ll succeed.


What exactly do you bring to startups?

Because of my diverse experience and background, I have the ability to adapt, learn quickly, and wear multiple hats. In a startup environment you play different roles every day, so it’s important to be able to step outside of your comfort zone and take on whatever challenge may present itself.


What type of startup would benefit from your strengths?

Any company that is truly customer centric. It’s easy to say you’re customer centric, but I mean companies that revolve around and engage the customer in every aspect of the business.


What was the most challenging aspect of starting up a business?

Well since I’m going through the process now, I can tell you that investing the time and resources up front to validate the market opportunity is difficult and exhausting, but it’s something that must be done and is often overlooked.


What advice do you have for entrepreneurs?

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you, don’t be afraid to share your ideas and goals, spend as much time as you can up front validating your market


What Austin-based resource have you found to be the most helpful and why?

There is no shortage of them, that’s for sure. AEN, ABJ, AAS are all fantastic at reporting the latest happenings in the Austin entrepreneurial community. Paying attention to the calendars and going to networking events like Start Up Meet Up (SUMU) is ultimately the most valuable thing you can do as an entrepreneur in Austin.

Shaun Tinoco a SATOP Technical Consultant Talks about NASA Support Startups

Where are you from originally?



I grew up in Thousand Oaks in Southern California enjoying the great weather, beaches and mountains. The Dallas Cowboys used to hold their training camp in T.O., so I was always a fan and now I can watch them every weekend here in Texas. It’s still nice to visit my family out there, but it’s just not affordable anymore.





What university did you go to?



After being a Nuclear Plant Watch Officer in the Navy, I went to UC San Diego to get my BS Mechanical Engineering degree. I also attended the IC2 Institute here at UT-Austin in 2002 to obtain my MS in Technology Commercialization. This is the program that has led me down my present day path.





What brought you to Austin?



As I mentioned before, the affordability of California is difficult and the other side of my family, at the time, had family in Georgetown so we headed east. The timing was good and I landed a position at Applied Materials, but had to endure two separate layoffs in 1996 and again in 2001. So let’s say, I’m not looking to work there anymore.





What is your passion and strength?



Being in the Tech Commercialization field I thoroughly enjoy working with entrepreneurs, inventors and small businesses. These people have such great ideas, but unfortunately not always novel. I attempt to find another use or twist for their technology to keep the possibilities alive, but not at a financial or time cost. If it’s not good I recommend that they stop and move onto something else. I have covered many deserving technologies through IC2 and working at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Tech Transfer Office. By seeing so many it becomes easier to find ways to improve and implement them.





What need does it fulfill?



My desire helps to solve the need or “pain” that the people I work with have. Many are obviously engineers with tremendous intellect for solving technical issues, but don’t have the expertise to solve the business aspects to complete the technology’s lifecycle. I have been an engineer involved with design, quality, manufacturing, implementation, customer support and many other tasks, but now I am on the other side addressing market and risk analysis, partnerships, marketing and licensing.

I am able to understand my customers and then provide services to satisfy them.



What exactly do you bring to startups?



Presently I bring opportunity both through my expertise and with the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP).



Recently I was in Corpus Christi and spoke at the Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center promoting SATOP. There are a number of start-ups housed at their incubator and they were so excited learning about the 40 hours of FREE technical support from NASA that they could get by simply signing up. I had a waiting line after the presentation and signed up three companies that afternoon with three more now working a little more diligently to get their technology ready to be reviewed.



By sitting with them I was able to understand what they were working on, but also heard that they needed technical and business support. They weren’t sure what the next step best may be.





What type of startup would benefit from your strengths?



I’ll start with, definitely not a software or an IT company. I’m a hands-on person and have worked from the bottom of ships to the highs of NASA space technologies.

I enjoy learning about new technologies and how best to apply them. They can be in materials, systems, biotech, nanotech, energy, etc. It doesn’t really matter because I absorb it all and bring the best methods to the table.



Being at NASA has me constantly thinking of ways to use space technologies originally designed for the rigors of harsh environments and how to now implement them down here on Earth. Let’s say I want to bring technology to earth.





What was the most challenging aspect of starting up a business?



Getting paid. I have done plenty of pro bono work while starting up, but now it’s paying off. When you’re on your own you have to constantly be looking for the next customers to work with. Through the SATOP program I have been traveling and telling as many organizations and networking groups about it. This has been double good; small entities are getting free assistance to get them over a barrier and I get to network and develop relationships where I can continue with them during commercialization.



I look forward to talking with any of your entrepreneurial network members to determine what services I can provide for them.

What advice do you have for entrepreneurs?



Take advantage of real free opportunities and sign up for the SATOP program at www.spacetechsolutions.com. It’s funded by NASA with no cost to you. For once, a free government program that you can take from.



Network and get known. You never know when the next opportunity will happen.

What Austin-based resource have you found to be the most helpful and why?



My strongest relationship in Austin is with the IC2 Institute. Our alums are in so many different industries that there is always someone that can provide a quick answer.



Of course the Austin Entrepreneur Network and Austin Inventors & Entrepreneurs Association have been helpful in supporting my work with SATOP.

Thanks,

Shaun

Sales 101--The Three Basic Qualifiers

In sales, there are three basic qualifiers that indicate you’re on the path to a successful sale.



The first is confirming the need for your product or service. They must have a real need in order to go through with purchasing the product.



The second is to ensure the person you are talking to can make the decision to buy. If they can’t make the decision then you have to start over again with someone else.



The third is determining if they have a budget for the product/service you have to offer. If they don’t have the funds available then you’ll be convincing someone to buy your product who has no ability to actually proceed.



Best regards,

Hall T.

Selamat Idul Fitri 1431 H

Anangss.Blogspot.Com (Nanang'S Blog) mengucapkan Selamat Idul Fitri 1431 H. Mohon maaf lahir dan batin.

Dihari yang fitri ini semoga kita sesama blogger akan semakin erat dalam menjalin silaturahmi dan saling memaafkan jika ada kesalahan baik yang disengaja maupun yang tidak disengaja.

Semoga amal ibadah kita di bulan ramadhan diterima oleh Allah SWT.

Brandon Leblanc of Texas Evening Entrepreneurs Talks About His Group

Where are you from originally?



I was born in New Orleans, but I spent the first few years of my life in the Middle East(Egypt, UAE). I moved the Dallas area in the 6th grade.





What university did you go to?



I went to the University of Texas, and I am back there now getting my MBA.





What brought you to Austin?



School, and then I just couldn’t find a compelling reason to leave.





What is your passion and strength?



Providing services or products that add value to people’s lives in forum that is an integral part of its community.





What need does it fulfill?



For me it fulfills the need to see the results of my work. To feel like I did something productive and beneficial at the end of the day.





What exactly do you bring to startups?



I’m still working on that. My natural bent is creative solutions to problems or identifying a void in a market. But I am building the skills to implement all the moving parts to an idea.





What type of startup would benefit from your strengths?



Those that need an outside perspective. Someone who can understand what they are trying to do, but may not be married to the way they are going about it.





What was the most challenging aspect of starting up a business?



I wish I had a good answer to this but I don’t.





What advice do you have for entrepreneurs?



Research. Everthing.





What Austin-based resource have you found to be the most helpful and why?



So far grad school, and taking the opportunity to work with startups through educational partnerships.



I am in the part time program, which means I am working full time while I go to school. In lieu of internships we have the opportunity to work on ENHANCE projects. These are actual projects for actual companies that the grad students work on and present findings to the company. Most of these are found through University staff and are from larger companies.



As a member and now President of the Texas Evening Entrepreneurs I have been involved in recruiting projects from small businesses in the Austin area. It allows us to work on something entrepreneurial, and provides small business owners a team of 3-5 intelligent people to work on an issue they are facing for free.



Our official website is being revamped but if there is any interest in this or the other opportunities we have for entrepreneurs through TEE please email me at Brandon.Leblanc@mba12.mccombs.utexas.edu or connect to our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=79967277818

3D TV dengan Lensa Lenticular

Teknologi 3D selalu diidentikkan dengan kacamata 3D untuk menontonnya. Tapi di masa mendatang kacamata 3D sepertinya akan ditinggalkan oleh produsen 3D TV. Vestel, pembuat TV terbesar di Eropa baru-baru ini memamerkan 3D TV dengan layar 46 inci lensa lenticular, yang memungkinkan kita menontonnya tanpa menggunakan kacamata 3D.

Juru bicara dari pihak Vestel mengatakan bahwa TV 3D tersebut bakal mulai dipasarkan di Eropa mulai awal tahun 2011.

3D TV dengan lensa lenticular ini sudah tersedia, tapi hanya untuk jumlah yang sangat terbatas. Sebuah 3D TV yang berukuran 56 inci, yang sudah dikembangkan dan bekerjasama dengan Philips ini nantinya akan berharga sebesar Euro 40.000.

Menurut Maarteen Tobias, dirut dari Dimenco. 3D TV tanpa kacamata 3D ini akan diluncurkan sesegera mungkin. Karena Dimenco akan segera merilis 3D TV dengan layar monitor berukuran 52 inci dalam beberapa bulan ke depan.

Wah teknologi sepertinya semakin pesat saja. Lama-lama TV non 3D bakal seperti TV hitam putih yang sudah usang.

Aplikasi Twitter untuk iPad

Kabar baik bagi pengguna iPad, karena Twitter meluncurkan aplikasi khusus untuk iPad. Aplikasi ini tak jauh berbeda dengan Twitter untuk platform lainnya seperti aplikasi Twitter di Blackberry.

Aplikasi Twitter for iPad memungkinkan pengguna untuk menerima dan mengirimkan pesan laiknya mereka sedang membuka situs Twitter.com di PC. Bedanya, pengguna Twitter for iPad ini bisa menggunakannya dengan menyentuh menu-menu di Twitter for iPad.

Aplikasi tersebut bisa diunduh/download melalui Apple App Store secara gratis. "Tergantung pada konten, Anda akan melihat video, foto, atau mungkin berita, atau Tweet lainnya," tulis Twitter dalam blognya.

Aplikasi ini memanfaatkan antarmuka sentuh iPad, membiarkan Anda memindahkan banyak informasi dengan lancar dan cepat - tanpa perlu membuka dan menutup jendela atau klik tombol.

Twitter hingga saat ini mengklaim telah memiliki sekitar 145 juta pengguna. Dan angka tersebut hanya pengguna Twitter desktop. Sedangkan pengguna Twitter mobile diperkirakan lebih besar lagi.

Selain itu, CEO Twitter, Evan Williams, mengungkapkan hingga saat ini terdapat lebih dari 300.000 aplikasi pihak ketiga yang telah dikembangkan untuk layanan twitter.

Terkait akses Twitter melalui perangkat mobile, Williams mengatakan jika pengguna Twitter melalui perangkat mobile meningkat sekira 62 persen sejak pertengahan April lalu. Bahkan 16 persen di antaranya mendaftar menjadi anggota baru Twitter melalui ponsel. Angka ini naik sekitar lima persen pada April lalu.

Sumber: Twitter Blog
Semoga bermanfaat.

Ping: Jejaring Sosial Musik Apple

Apple telah meluncurkan layanan jejaring sosial berbasis musik yang diberi nama Ping. Layanan ini diumumkan sendiri oleh Steve Jobs, pada acara Apple Digital Media Event 2010 bertempat di Yerba Buena Center San Francisco.

CEO Apple tersebut menjelaskan, Ping merupakan jejaring sosial dalam hal musik. Karena berbasis musik, Ping nantinya dapat diakses melalui versi terbaru iTunes 10 yang saat itu juga diperkenalkan dengan logo baru.

Ping merupakan jejaring sosial dimana Facebook dan Twitter bertemu dengan iTunes. Layaknya Facebook atau Twitter, pengguna pun bisa mem-follow teman-teman ataupun artis idola mereka. Secara tampilan, Ping menampilakan live feed perihal musik apa yang tengah didengarkan teman kita di iTunes. Kita pun bisa mengomentari status teman-teman kita.

Untuk memainkannya, pengguna tentu harus mengupgrade iTunes 10 terlebih dahulu. Steve Jobs menjelaskan, Ping nantinya tak hanya tersedia bagi iTunes pada desktop, namun juga pada iPhone, iPod Touch, serta iPad.

How to Add/Install/Apply/Get GNU's General Public License to Your Programs/Software/Work

If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

"Name of Program/Software/Work"
    "Description of Program"
    Copyright (C) "year"  "name of author"
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:

"Program Name"  Copyright (C) "Year"  "Name of Author"
    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.
You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But first, please read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html.

this information can be found at GPL Site

NOTE:- Through GNU's General Public License you can freely distribute your Work/Program/Software without having to think about, Claim on the project of other people, i.e., through GNU's GPL you has right to claim over your software/Work.

Content-Based Marketing -- -5 Steps to Creating a Content-Based Marketing Campaign

To gain attention in today’s business world you need to have something relevant, informative, and interesting to say. The days of banner ads are long gone. Content-based marketing will help you establish your name in the market. Here are the five steps to creating a content-based marketing campaign:



1. Know your audience--know their interests, care-abouts, problems, and issues.

2. Create a Mantra and a Message--boil your core message down to a few words

3. Create a list of topics --these topics address what you found in step 1. Focus on what your audience wants to read or know about.

4. Write about those topics in your blog -- you need to write consistently over time to establish a presence in the market.

5. Reformat the content for other purposes -- take the show on the road with presentations, articles, etc.



As you build out your content, you’ll also find you’re niche and your target audience will become more clearly defined.





Best regards,

Hall T.