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Wondershare 1unesGo ls a new appllcauon

broughL Lo you by Wondershare LhaL allows
awless Lransfers beLween lCS devlces and
Mlcroso compuLers. 1he appllcauon allows a
LhlrLy day free Lrlal Lo see lf Lhe soware works for
you before purchaslng Lhe full verslon from Lhelr
webslLe. 1he appllcauon mlrrors Lhe awesome
feaLures LhaL you geL for sharlng lCS soware Lo
a Mac, buL now you can cross plauorms much
easler. Whlle noL a necessary appllcauon, Lhe
soware allows you Lo Lransfer les beLween
your devlces, from muslc and conLacLs, Lo SMS
message conversauons. 1he appllcauon ls greaL
for Lhe posslblllLy of needlng Lo resLore a phone,
because everyLhlng can sync back Lo have your
phone operaung llke new.
upon downloadlng Lhe soware, you're
broughL Lo a page on Lhe 1unesCo webslLe
LhaL has some lAC-Lype answers explalnlng
how Lo use Lhe baslcs of Lhe 1unesCo sysLem.
AlLhough, lf you're llke me, you'll undersLand
Lhe soware more and geL more funcuonallLy
from [usL plugglng ln your phone rlghL away. lf
Lhe devlce deLecLs Lhlngs LhaL aren'L ln l1unes
or ln your compuLer, buL are on your phone,
Lhen you geL Lhe opuon Lo lmporL everyLhlng.
?ou can even selecL cerLaln lLems Lo copy over.
1he mosL lmpresslve parL of 1unesCo has Lo
be Lhe converslon Lools. lf you have a vldeo
or plcLure on your compuLer and wanL lL on
your phone, Lhey have a 1oolklL LhaL has Lools
LhaL allow you Lo converL lnLo lCS frlendly les.
1he days of lnconvenlenL plauorm crosslng
are over. And wlLh Lhe soware only cosung
$39.93, lL's aordable for anyone, and a greaL
Lool Lo recover a phone. Wondershare also
has oLher appllcauons, such as an appllcauon
slmllar Lo 1unesCo buL for Androld-plauorm
devlces. All ln all, l'd denlLely say LhaL Lhls
program ls worLh a Lry.
FLAWLESSLY TRANSFER FROM WINDOWS
TO iOS WITH WONDERSHARES TUNESGO

1here ls only one Morgan lreeman, rlghL?

?ou know, Lhe lnLense and charlsmauc Afrlcan
Amerlcan acLor who won Lhe Cscar for hls
role ln Mllllon uollar 8aby" and who won
raves for hls parLs ln such semlnal lms as
1he Shawshank 8edempuon" and urlvlng
Mlss ualsy," Lo name [usL a few?
Cf course you do.
Sull, LhaL doesn'L sLop some people from
wanung more of Lhls ne Lhesplan, urglng
oLhers Lo Lry and redene hlm desplLe hls
unlque personallLy. lndeed, phoLographers
and Lhe llke have done Lhelr besL Lo dupllcaLe
lreeman's llkeness aer whlch ume some
lmages Lurn ouL Lo be speclal whlle oLhers do
noL.
1haL sald, one such creauon by unlLed
klngdom-based arusL kyle LamberL ls so close
Lo perfecL LhaL hls ngerprlnLed lad porLralL
comes o as looklng, well, unbellevable.
And unbellevable lL could be because Lhls
plece of arL showlng a sllghLly dublous
looklng Morgan lreeman ls so reallsuc [Lhe
work] looks llke a phoLograph," accord|ng to
App|eMagaz|ne's Laura 1ucker.
1he facLs abouL Lhls parucular Morgan
lreeman work of arL LhaL kyle LamberL
creaLed: 1hls LalenL says lL Look more Lhan 200
hours for hlm Lo compleLe Lhls plece and lL
Look hlm 283,000 brush sLrokes Lo achleve.
So, wlLh LhaL clalmed, ls Lhls Morgan lreeman
llkeness a Lrue porLralL Laken by a camera or
ls lL, lndeed, a real palnung made by uslng Lhe
one and only lad. Cr, ls lL a comblnauon of
boLh medlums?
AL Lhls polnL, Lhere are Lheorles LhaL go every
whlch way.
Cne source clalmed LhaL th|s graph|c arnst
used a s|ng|e hnger and the 56.99 app ca||ed
rocreate Lo compose an almosL phoLo-

perfecL porLralL of Morgan lreeman" on hls

Apple LableL.
Meanwhlle, !oe Mancuso debunks Lhe
amazlng looklng palnung" as belng a fake.
does so |n h|s own w|uy way by go|ng step
by step.
!oe's sLep 1 says Lo Coogle Morgan lreeman"
whlle sLep 2 says Lo download Lhe plcLure
LhaL looks exacLly llke Lhls one." SLep 3 from
Mancuso lnsLrucLs, open. boLh [lmages] on
your deskLop whlle sLep 4 says, Cross your
eyes Lo see LhaL Lhe plcLures are vlrLually
ldenucal. Cr use phoLoshop Lo overlay
Lhem LogeLher." llnally, sLep 3 courLesy !oe
Mancuso dlcLaLes, 8eallze Lhls guy ls lylng for
auenuon."
8eally? ls LhaL kyle LamberL's lnLenuon wlLh
hls Morgan lreeman porLralL? 1haL's [usL a
rheLorlcal quesuon, by Lhe way.
Meanwhlle, anoLher naysayer called 8oberL
ualgle says Lo look closely aL Lhe work ln
quesuon, agaln by overlaylng Lhe palnung
on Lop of Lhe phoLograph. Pe belleve you
wlll Lhen be able Lo say LhaL Lhe Lwo lmages
appear Lo be ldenucal."
ualgle conLenLs LhaL ..every llne, halr and
feaLure seems Lo be ln Lhe preclse place as Lhe
[orlglnal Scou Crles] phoLograph." Powever,
Lhls pundlL admlLs LhaL Lhls process ls noL
concluslvely provlng LhaL Lhe LamberL llkeness
of lreeman ls fake buL raLher LhaL whaL he dld
quesuons [usL how Lhls arusL could have been
so compleLely accuraLe wlLh hls own rendluon
of whaL began as a slmple head shoL Laken by
a dlglLal camera.
1haL brlngs us Lo kelly Podgklns of 1UAW.
. She does noL belleve Lhe LamberL lad
palnung ls a fake. ln facL, she says Lhe people
who work on Lhe slLe she works for wenL Lo
greaL lengLhs Lo prove Lhe LruLh.
1o do Lhe deed, Lhese Lechles used 8lack
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lxel's kaleldoscope app Lo dlglLally make a

comparlson beLween Lhe lad palnung and
Lhe now famous phoLograph. 1he loL delved
deep, uslng a plxel by plxel process LhaL can'L
be dlscerned by Lhe naked eye. ln Lhe end,
only a smauerlng" of Lhose plxels maLched
up.
Podglns says, lL doesn'L appear Lhe arusL
slmply palnLed over Lhe phoLograph Lhen
played Lhe ume-lapse ln reverse."
Sull, LhaL's laLer concepL ls Lhe conLenuon of
an lnLerneL reader who calls hlmself Cy-Wey.
Pe wroLe abouL Lhe alleged lad palnung,
calllng lL .a scam (an easy one)."
1hen Cy-Wey wenL on Lo call LamberL a
genlus when lL comes Lo vldeo edlung,"
addlng LhaL he ls only foollng Lhose who've
never Louched Adobe Creauve SulLe and
rocreaLe ln Lhelr llfe."
1hls harsh crluc says LamberL dld do a preuy
decenL" [ob of nger palnung. 8uL, accordlng
Lo hlm, Lhe arusL changed hls mode of

creauon so LhaL whaL you Lhlnk appears as

Lhln and Lhlck brush sLrokes are acLually hls
careful way of eraslng Lhe palnung he [usL
dld one layer aL Lhe ume Lo reveal Lhe acLual
plcLure LhaL's underneaLh lL."
Admlmng LhaL Lhls ls an arduous process and
does Lake 200+ hours Lo do Lhls so carefully
LhaL Lhe unLralned eye would belleve Lhe
clalm" he conLenLs LhaL dlglLal arusLs do
Lhls all Lhe ume Lo geL Lhe eecL Lhey wanL
buL rarely do Lhey call lL someLhlng lL's noL.
As many have checked (lncludlng Lhe arusL
hlmself and Lhe folks aL rocreaLe and maybe
even Apple) Lhe lmages are ln facL ldenucal
whlch ls frankly lmposslble for any arusL."
Pe adds fuel Lo hls rlng squad on LamberL,
saylng, LhaL a loL of soware llke Maya"
provldes amazlng eecLs on Lhe halr and skln
buL Lhen LhaL wouldn'L be a 'one nger and an
lad Alr' palnung."
llnally, MlsLer Cy-Wey says Lhls parucular
Morgan lreeman porLralL ls a fanLasuc

iPad Art - Morgan Freeman Finger Painting

adverusemenL for Apple and rocreaLe

Lhough."
And so Lhere you have lL, Lhe argumenLs for,
agalnsL, and ln-beLween calllng or noL calllng
Lhls palnung a real work of arL.
now leL's hear from Lhe arusL hlmself who
says LhaL lf lL wasn'L for rocreaLe he couldn'L
have pulled Lhls parucular plece of work o.
Indeed, ky|e Lambert to|d Mashab|e
[rocreaLe] capLures every brush sLroke
auLomaucally and you can exporL lL Lo Lhe
camera roll. lL has Lhe besL canvas slze
and and vldeo exporL. lL's Lhe mosL llke
hoLoshop."
8y way of background, kyle LamberL, a self-
descrlbed Lralned lllusLraLor and oll palnLer,
has been uslng an lad Lo creaLe arL ln varlous
and sundry ways for a whlle now. !usL geL a
gander aL Lhe pleces he's provlded by pumng
LogeLher hls passlon for arL, Lechnology and
sLoryLelllng."
1hese masLerpleces, no mauer how Lhey
were achleved, appear on h|s own s|te. lf
you go Lhere, you'll see a sLunnlng 1oy SLory
3" lllusLrauon and a sllghLly lmpresslonlsuc
porLralL of Pollywood acLress !ennlfer AnlsLon.
ln addluon, you can also Lake arL lessons on
LamberL's slLe, lncludlng arL you can creaLe
arL by worklng on your Apple LableL. And, you
can waLch hlm speak aL Macworld 2011 ln San
lranclsco abouL hls revoluuonary experuse.
1here you have lL: ?our lnLroducuon Lo Lhe
world of elecLronlc palnL. And your more
lnLense lnLroducuon Lo Lhe broader sLrokes
lnvolve dln Lhe works of kyle LamberL and Lhe
lnlmlLable lad.
llnally, aL Lhe end of Lhe day, lf you were
enLerLalned or wary or lnLrlgued by Lhls
LalenLed uk-based arusL's Lake on Morgan
lreeman, Lhan does lL really mauer how he

came up wlLh hls end producL? lf Lhls end

producL ls a fake, Lhen lsn'L lL an lmaglnauve
fake? And, nally, aren'L you happy we've had
Lhls ume LogeLher Lalklng abouL an arL form
LhaL seems more fuLurlsuc Lhan anyLhlng else
ouL Lhere rlghL aL Lhe momenL?
no need Lo answer Lhose lasL quesuons. !usL
Lhlnk abouL how far we've come begglng us
Lo, once agaln, Lhank Apple for Lhls absoluLely
amazlng opporLunlLy launched by Lhe hands of
engaglng arusL kyle LamberL from Lhe uk.
by !ane L. Lasky

SprlnL and ulsh neLwork are collaboraung

on a wlreless broadband servlce Largeung
underserved areas.
1he Lrlal ln Corpus Chrlsu, 1exas, wlll lnvolve SprlnL
Corp.'s 4C L1L neLwork and wlll begln ln mld-
2014. ulsh neLwork Corp. wlll lnsLall equlpmenL
for households Lo Lap Lhe cellular neLwork for
baslc hlgh-speed lnLerneL servlces.
Many Amerlcans have llmlLed or no access
Lo broadband servlce because lL's expenslve
Lo exLend cables Lo rural areas. SaLelllLe ls an
opuon, buL lL works beuer for recelvlng daLa Lhan
sendlng. Cellular neLworks could address LhaL
llmlLauon - so long as Lhe servlce doesn'L geL Loo
popular LhaL Lhe alrwaves become congesLed.
lor ulsh, lL paves Lhe way for bundllng broadband
access wlLh Lelevlslon servlces, someLhlng
saLelllLe companles haven'L been able Lo do as
well as cable provlders.
SPRINT, DISH TO TEST WIRELESS
BROADBAND OFFERING

lrom Lhe look of all Lhe Amazon rlme

boxes landlng on my nelghbor's doorsLep,
l don'L Lhlnk he has sLepped fooL ln a sLore
Lhls hollday season.
And he's noL Lhe only one.
Cnllne sales, parucularly Lhose done Lhrough
a moblle devlce, are Lhe Lop sLory of Lhls
year's shopplng season. Consumers weary
of crowds and long llnes are preferrlng Lo
shop from Lhe comforL of home and, ln many
cases, wlLh a drlnk ln one hand and ln Lhe
bu. 8uL more on LhaL laLer.
Cyber Monday was Lhe blggesL day ln
e-commerce hlsLory. Moblle sales led Lhe
way, exceedlng 17 percenL of LoLal onllne
sales, a whopplng 33 percenL lncrease
over lasL year, accordlng Lo daLa from l8M
ulglLal AnalyLlcs 8enchmark.
And way Lo cllck, 1ampa shoppers! We
ranked 10Lh among Lhe naLlon's 100
largesL clLles for Lhe mosL cyber sales.
MOBILE SHOPPING COULD MAKE LINES
AT STORES OBSOLETE
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lL's Lhe year of dlglLal and moblle,"
declared Mlndy Crossman, chlef execuLlve
offlcer of SL. eLersburg-based PSn, durlng
an lnLervlew on Cn8C lasL week. lor Lhe
flrsL Llme, more Lhan half of Lhe shopplng
neLwork's dlglLal Lrafflc over 1hanksglvlng
weekend came from moblle devlces.
CredlL Lhe rlse of couch commerce Lo
Lhe monsLer growLh ln smarLphones and
LableLs Lhls year (even my 7-year-old wanLs
an lad for ChrlsLmas).
8eLallers have been qulck Lo respond,
developlng webslLes deslgned for smaller
moblle devlces wlLh more sLreamllned,
easy-Lo-load conLenL. Cone are Lhe days
when you had Lo walL Lo geL home -- or Lo
work -- Lo log onLo your deskLop Lo add Lo
your carL. now you can buy everyLhlng on
Lhe go.
A recenL survey by ayal found LhaL 86
percenL of consumers planned Lo use a
moblle devlce for some of Lhelr shopplng
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Lhls year, lf Lhey hadn'L already. Cn 8lack
lrlday, hlsLorlcally Lhe buslesL shopplng
day of Lhe year, Lhe number of consumers
shopplng Lhrough ayal on Lhelr moblle
devlces doubled compared wlLh 2012. Cn
Cyber Monday, moblle usage [umped 94
percenL.
1echnology ls shllng how consumers are
shopplng," sald SLacy Ceneral, consumer
experlence advocaLe for ayal, whlch
provldes paymenL servlces Lhrough Lhe
lnLerneL. 1hey are looklng Lo have conLrol."
ayal goes as far as Lo predlcL LhaL advances
ln moblle Lechnology wlll make sLandlng ln
llne aL sLores obsoleLe ln ve years.
1he reason bolls down Lo convenlence.
ayal's survey found LhaL 33 percenL
of people llke Lo shop ln Lhelr pa[amas,
and 13 percenL llke Lo drlnk alcohol whlle

shopplng (because shelllng ouL $329 for

a Samsung Calaxy noLe sure hurLs less
afLer a few glasses of wlne). And abouL
11 percenL sald Lhey llke Lo shop ln Lhe
nude -- news LhaL could have Lhe effecL of
spolllng LhaL new sweaLer you goL from
AunL eg.
Spend a few hours ln Lhe sLores and you
know LhaL noL all ls calm, noL all ls brlghL.
Shoppers can be pushy and rude. SLore
employees can be grumpy or nonexlsLenL.
1here's no such Lhlng as geLLlng ln and ouL
of a mall fasL, especlally on weekends.
l was ln kmarL on lrlday when a cusLomer
ln llne sLarLed shouung aL a cashler, who
had Lo call securlLy. SLandlng Lhere walung,
lL crossed my mlnd LhaL we llve ln a sLaLe
where more Lhan 1 mllllon people have a
concealed weapon permlL -- abouL one ln 19.
l could geL shoL Lrylng Lo buy a $6.99
snowman pln," l LhoughL.
lorLunaLely, noLhlng bad happened, and
Lhe reglsLer scuffle ended qulckly wlLhouL
lncldenL. A few of us ln llne [oked abouL
never comlng Lo Lhe sLore agaln.
1hanks Lo Lhe rlse ln moblle shopplng, LhaL
mlghL noL be so far-feLched.

1nL LA1LS1 nALNINGS WI1n 1nL

ALL 1V
1here ls already such a Lhlng as an Apple
1v, and for many people, lL's [usL greaL.
lLs 1080p Pu plcLure ls perfecL for Lhe
vlewlng of conLenL llke blockbusLer
movles, sporL, 1v programmes and even
Lhe user's own muslc and vldeos on Lhelr
wldescreen 1v. It can even be used to
p|ay content on a 1V from an |CS dev|ce,
thanks to A|r|ay. 8uL alas, noLhlng sLays
Lhe same forever, and changes are afooL
ln Lhe world of Apple 1v, lncludlng Lhe
addlLlon of four new channels - amld
rumours of even more subsLanLlal new
producL releases Lo come.
1he efforLs Lo expand programmlng for
uS based owners of Lhe devlce mean new
channe|s for A8C, Crack|e, 8|oomberg
and korean channe| kCk1V. Crackle,
for example, ls a Sony-owned sLreamlng
servlce LhaL makes all manner of 1v
shows, movles and orlglnal programmes
avallable Lo waLch for free. 1he new
complemenL of channels [olns such oLhers
Lo appear on Lhe seL-Lop box ln recenL
monLhs as WaLch LSn, vevo, 8S and
P8C Co.
kLLING ACL WI1n CCML1I1CkS
Such a move should help Lhe exlsLlng
Apple 1v Lo keep pace wlLh compeLlLors,
amld suggesLlons LhaL Lhe CuperLlno
company could follow lL up wlLh an acLual
Lelevlslon seL ln Lhe nexL few years. 1haL's
Lhe 'blg one' LhaL many Apple fans have
been walLlng for slnce Lhe laLe SLeve
!obs clalmed Lo have "cracked" the 1V
|ndustry not |ong before h|s trag|c death.
ln Lhe meanLlme, punLers have Lo choose
beLween Lhe presenL Apple 1v and

obvlous alLernaLlves llke Coogle's medla

sLreamlng ChromecasL PuMl sLlck, for
whlch a hosL for new apps - |nc|ud|ng
Songza, Vevo, |ex, ked 8u|| 1V, 1he
Wash|ngton ost's ost 1V, kea||ayer
C|oud and V|k| - was recenLly announced.
lL means LhaL Lhose wlLh a lex medla
llbrary, for example, can now play local
flles synced wlLh lL from lCS, Androld and
Chrome Lhrough ChromecasL, whlch has a
reLall prlce of $33.
A CLCSLk LCCk A1 8LCCM8LkG'S
LANS ICk ALL 1V
Cne of Lhe much-feLed new conLenL
sources Lo [oln Lhe Apple 1v plaLform
ln recenL monLhs ls 8loomberg, whlch
flnally glves Lhe seL-Lop box's users Lhe
capab|||ty to ||ve stream bus|ness news
on a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week bas|s.
lL ls ln many ways a naLural progresslon
from slmllar programmlng already
avallable Lhrough 1he Wall SLreeL !ournal
and Skynews apps.
AfLer all, mosL of Lhe conLenL dellvered
Lhrough Lhe 8loomberg Apple 1v app ls
already avallable Lhrough lLs moblle apps
and onllne, Lhe dlfference belng LhaL lL
has speclflcally been opLlmlsed for Lhe
blgger screen. 1hls allows one Lo access
noL only Lhe aforemenLloned llve sLream
of buslness news, buL also a speclal llve
sLream for evenLs and breaklng news and
an assorLmenL of on-demand full 1v show
eplsodes and cllps.
8lghL now, users of Lhe 8loomberg app
beneL from access Lo all of lLs conLenL
ln full-lengLh form for free, whlch
dlsungulshes lL from rlval news apps, whlle
Lhere are plans ln a fuLure updaLe for
lnLegrauon wlLh 8loomberg's lCS apps. 1he
Photo: Ariel Zambelich
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nexL few weeks wlll see Lhe lnLroducuon of

an lCS-lnLegraLed playllsL feaLure, allowlng
users Lo slgn lnLo Lhelr 8loomberg accounL
wlLh any devlce, prlor Lo creaung playllsLs
and accesslng exlsung ones.
noLlflcaLlons are anoLher upcomlng
feaLure of Lhe 8loomberg app, wlLh Apple
1v users able Lo opL ln for alerLs relaLlng
Lo Lhelr favourlLe shows and evenLs. AL
flrsL, lL'll be Lhelr lCS devlce on whlch
users recelve noLlflcaLlons, alLhough lL
ls evenLually lnLended LhaL noLlflcaLlons
wlll be shown ln some way on Lhe acLual
Apple 1v. CLher proposed enhancemenLs
Lo Lhe app lnclude lnLeracLlve ads,
conLenL recommendaLlons ln Lhe manner
of l1unes Cenlus and a moblle devlce
enabled second screen funcLlonallLy.
kUMCUkS A8CU1 A NLW
IN1LkIACL
Such new channels brlng Lhe number
of sLreamlng conLenL sources on Lhe
devlce pasL Lhe 23 mark, wh|ch ra|ses the

Photo: Nick Nalbone

quest|on of whether |ts |nterface may be

revamped |n keep|ng w|th the company's
|ong-he|d dr|ve to make the use of |ts
products extreme|y e|egant and s|mp|e.
SuggesLlons for poLenLlal lnLerface
lmprovemenLs for Apple 1v on Lhe Lech
slLes and blogs have lncluded lnLroduclng
a unlversal search feaLure LhaL enables
users Lo enLer Lhe name of whaL Lhey
would llke Lo waLch, followed by a llsL of
vlewlng opLlons. Cr whaL abouL somehow
slmpllfylng Lhe slgn-on sysLem, glven Lhe
lncreaslng number of conLenL channels
for whlch users have Lo remember all of
Lhelr logln lnformaLlon? CLher proposed
ldeas lnclude smarLer lCS lnLegraLlon,
a cenLrallsed waLchllsL and a beLLer
organlsed home screen.
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Cne man who has produced a posslble
redeslgn for Lhe Apple 1v lnLerface ls
arLlsL nell krlshnan, as parL of whaL he
descrlbed as a self-lnlLlaLed pro[ecL afLer
l noLlced ways Lo lmprove Lhe Apple 1v
experlence." nell Lold AppleMagazlne
LhaL he wlshed Lo move more Lowards
Lhe sLyle of lCS 7 wlLh hls redeslgn, whlle
lncreaslng Lhe amounL of real esLaLe for
showcaslng medla from movles and 1v
shows.
krlshnan sald LhaL he wanLed Lo leverage
proLoLyplcallLy by lncludlng large phoLos
slnce people are already geLLlng used Lo
Lhls relaLlvely new deslgn sLyle on Lhe
web." Pe added LhaL he also wanLed
Lo reduce pogosLlcklng or consLanLly
cllcklng Lhe Apple 1v back buLLon" wlLh
41
a deslgn LhaL assumes users Lo be uslng
Lhe sLandard Apple 1v remoLe, Lhe
selecLor deslgn paLLern helplng Lo reduce
pogosLlcklng. Pe sald LhaL wlLh hls deslgn,
users could qulckly navlgaLe beLween
seasons and eplsodes wlLhouL Lhe need Lo
go back and forLh beLween screens.
AN LkCI1ING 1IML AnLAD ICk

We know a loL abouL Lhe developer
program and app ecosysLem for lCS and
Mac, buL Lhe content strategy for App|e
1V |s more of a mystery. Powever, Lhere
have been suggesLlons LhaL a more open
developer plaLform could arlse wlLh
Lhe arrlval of a refreshed verslon of Lhe
exlsLlng seL Lop box, lf noL Lhe long-
rumoured fully-fledged Lelevlslon seL.
1here have been reporLs LhaL Apple does
have a sofLware developmenL klL (Suk) of
sorLs for Lhe Apple 1v, wlLh 8loomberg's
head of moblle and connecLed devlces,
Cke Ckaro, Lelllng Lhe 9Lo3Mac webslLe
LhaL Lhe LoolklL had made lL qulLe easy
Lo bulld Lhe apps." 1he 8loomberg app
was apparenLly bullL ln [usL flve weeks,
42

suggesLlng LhaL as Apple conLlnues Lo

develop new conLenL parLnershlps behlnd
Lhe scenes, some preLLy blg names could
be aLLracLed Lo Lhe Apple 1v plaLform.
AlLhough general guldellnes and
suggesLlons for vldeo were provlded Lo
8loomberg by Lhe Suk, 8loomberg was
compleLely responslble for bulldlng and
malnLalnlng Lhe backend LhaL powered
Lhe vldeo experlence. xML developers
can also choose from a range of Apple
LemplaLes, before sulLably cusLomlslng
Lhem. lor Lhe mosL parL, however, lL
seems LhaL 8loomberg had plenLy of
conLrol over app deslgn, an experlence
LhaL we would lmaglne was mlrrored
ln Lhe experlences of many oLher
companles.
1here ls wldespread dlsagreemenL ln Lhe
rumour pages abouL whaL exacL form Lhe
Apple 1v wlll Lake ln Lhe years Lo come,
wlLh some suggesLlng LhaL we could see
a compleLe 1v seL - an 'l1v' - as early as
nexL year, whlle oLhers have predlcLed
LhaL wearable devlces wlll be Lhe blg
focus for 2014, wlLh a ma[or deparLure
from Lhe presenL Apple 1v perhaps
walLlng unLll 2013 or 2016. 8uL whaLever
happens, lL's safe Lo say LhaL Apple 1v ls
flrmly on Lhe up.
by 8en[amln kerry & Cavln Lenaghan
43
HP RAISES CEO WHITMANS SALARY
TO $1.5M FROM $1

PewleLL-ackard CLC Meg WhlLman ls

geLLlng a huge ralse as she enLers Lhe Lhlrd
year of her aLLempL Lo Lurn around Lhe
slumplng personal compuLer and prlnLer
maker.
WhlLman's annual salary ls soarlng Lo
$1.3 mllllon from Lhe $1 LhaL she seLLled
for durlng her flrsL Lwo years on Lhe [ob,
accordlng a regulaLory documenLs flled
1uesday. 1he ralse approved lasL week
ls reLroacLlve Lo nov. 1, Lhe beglnnlng of
PewleLL-ackard Co.'s flscal year.
P sald Lhe blgger paycheck wlll make
WhlLeman's salary comparable Lo whaL
CLCs of slmllar-slzed companles make.
P earned $3 bllllon on revenue of $112
bllllon durlng lLs lasL flscal year.
1he alo AlLo, Callf., company's annual
revenue has fallen by 12 percenL over
Lhe pasL Lwo years as C sales have
decllned amld a shlfL Lo smarLphones
and LableLs. WhlLman has been Lrylng Lo
counLer Lhe downLurn by expandlng lnLo
more proflLable nlches such as buslness
sofLware, daLa analysls and Lechnology-
consulLlng servlces.
WhlLman ls a bllllonalre who agreed when
P hlred her as CLC ln SepLember 2011 Lo
accepL a nomlnal salary parLly because she
reallzed Lhe company would have Lo Lrlm
lLs payroll Lo offseL Lhe drop ln revenue.
noL long afLer WhlLman Look conLrol,
Lhe company seL ouL Lo ellmlnaLe nearly
30,000 [obs.
P's revenue ls sLlll falllng, buL Lhe
company's sLock has rlsen by 20 percenL
slnce WhlLman Look over. 1he SLandard
& oor's 300 lndex has cllmbed abouL
38 percenL durlng Lhe same perlod. P's
shares plunged durlng WhlLman's flrsL
13 monLhs on Lhe [ob, buL have nearly
doubled Lhls year ln a slgn of lncreased
47
lnvesLor confldence ln her ablllLy Lo geL Lhe
company back on Lhe rlghL Lrack.
uesplLe Lhe rally, P was dropped from Lhe
presLlglous uow !ones lndusLrlal average
earller Lhls year, parLly because lLs sLock
prlce remalns well below where lL sLood
[usL a few years ago. 1he shares closed
1uesday aL $27.43, abouL 40 percenL
below Lhelr value ln AugusL 2010 when
P parLed ways wlLh Mark Purd as lLs CLC
amld quesLlons abouL hls relaLlonshlp wlLh
a company conLracLor and hls expense
reporLs. Purd ls now a Lop execuLlve aL
P rlval Cracle Corp., where he ls pald an
annual salary of $930,000.
WhlLman could afford Lo forego much
of Lhe salary rouLlnely pald Lo corporaLe
CLCs. Per wealLh ls esLlmaLed aL $1.9
bllllon by lorbes magazlne. MosL of
WhlLman's forLune flowed from her
success runnlng e8ay lnc. durlng Lhe
lnLerneL bazaar's formaLlve years. She
48
Photo: Jonathan Alcorn

sLepped down as e8ay's CLC ln 2008 and

subsequenLly made an unsuccessful run Lo
become Callfornla's governor.
CLher bllllonalre CLCs who llmlL Lhelr
salary Lo $1 lnclude Coogle lnc.'s Larry
age and Cracle's Larry Llllson.
uesplLe her palLry salary, WhlLman has
sLlll been rlchly compensaLed durlng her
sLlnL as P CLC. MosL of her pay has come
ln Lhe form of sLock awards deslgned
Lo glve her an lncenLlve Lo boosL P's
markeL value. Per lnlLlal pay packages
have been valued aL $13.4 mllllon Lo
$16.3 mllllon, mosLly because of Lhe sLock
award. P hasn'L yeL revealed how much
sLock, bonus and oLher perqulslLes LhaL
WhlLman recelved ln Lhe lasL flscal year Lo
supplemenL her annual salary.
1uesday's regulaLory flllng dldn'L dlscuss
how WhlLman's hlgher salary mlghL affecL
Lhe resL of her pay package for Lhe currenL
flscal year.
Photo: Gus Ruelas
31
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Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is opti-
mized for iPhone 5.
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Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is opti-
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#01 OS X Mavericks
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Mac OS X
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Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Movies
TV Shows
&

The Heat
Meet special agent Sarah Ashburn for the
FBI. Shes an uptight know-it-all who is
by defnition a teachers pet. Now meet
Shannon Mullins, a Boston cop whos loud,
vulgar, and the exact opposite of Ashburn
in this great comedy that follows two cops
teaming up and taking down the drug lord
thats been terrorizing the local community.
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up
to bring it all in The Heat.
FIVE FACTS:
1. This movie comes from the ofce of Paul
Feig, the genius who brought us Bridesmaids,
also with Melissa McCarthy.
2. This is writer Katie Dippolds frst flm she
has ever taken part in in a major role.
3. The flm was originally called The Untitled
Female Buddy Cop Comedy.
4. Feig intentionally wanted the movies music
to sound like a party so it could be listened to
over and over again.
5. Michael Andrews wrote the score
and was also Feigs composer for
Bridesmaids.
by Paul Feig
Genre: Action & Adventure
Released: 2013
Price: $14.99
69 Ratings

Pacifc Rim
The year is 2025. These huge creatures
that have risen from the sea are terrorizing
the planet. To retaliate, the survivors of
Earth built giant robots to pilot in the fght
against the alien creatures. Follow these
men deep into the Pacifc Ocean for an epic
battle when all the stress is on an ex-pilot
who is a has-been and a pilot in training
with no experience. Can these men save the
planet from certain doom?
FIVE FACTS:
1. Warner Bros. flmed Pacifc Rim on the
biggest set in North America.
2. Director Guillermo del Toro made a set
that was powered with hydraulics and
reacted very realistically.
3. del Toro intentionally used actors for
movement as much as he could for them to
feel what they were acting for.
4. A lot of inspiration from the flm came
from World War II visuals.
5. All the Jaegers are piloted by two
jockeys, with the exception of the
Crimson Typhoon, piloted by Chinese
triplets.
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
by Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Action & Adventure
Released: 2013
Price: $19.99
188 Ratings

The Frozen Ground

Based of a true story, actors Nicolas Cage,
John Cusack, and Vanessa Hudgens recreate
this epic night for Alaska. Nic Cage must
partner with a witness and a nearby victim
to take down the ultimate evil. What is
ultimate evil in this circumstance? A serial
killer who just tried to murder someone and
wasnt very successful. 50 Cent costars.
FIVE FACTS:
1. The movie is based of the manhunt in the
80s for Robert Hansen, a serial killer.
2. Hansen stalked each one of his victims
before killing them and is believed to have
killed between seventeen and twenty-one
3. Hansen stalked and killed women for
thirteen years in Anchorage, Alaska.
4. Hansen would bury his victims in the
Alaskan wilderness.
5. The flm was written and directed by
Scott Walker
Rotten Tomatoes
57%

by Scott Walker
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2013
Price: $14.99
320 Ratings

The Internship
Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson)
are partnering salesmen who have lost their
jobs selling watches. With absolutely nowhere
left to turn, Billy has the idea that they could
work for Google, thus starting their internship
with the iconic search engine. Being close to
50, these old men are gonna shake up the
way things are done at Google. See if they
have what it takes to act like ultimate nerds.
FIVE FACTS:
1. This is the second flm to star Vince Vaughn
and Owen Wilson, with the frst being
Wedding Crashers.
2. The flm had a $58 million budget and
pulled in over $85 million in the Box Ofce.
3. Ty Burr of the Boston Globe had this to say:
Heres why Google is so successful: Its fgured
out a way for Twentieth Century Fox to make
a two-hour Google commercial disguised as a
summer comedy.
4. Just like in the flm, Google really does
ask in its interviews questions like, You
are shrunken down to the size of nickels
and dropped to the bottom of blender.
What do you do?
5. Owen Wilson admits hes more likely to
Google good reviews than bad reviews
and more likely to Google sports scores
than foreign news.
Rotten Tomatoes
35%

by Shawn Levy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2013
Price: $14.99
33 Ratings

Music

Genre: Pop
Released: Jul 30, 2013
21 Songs
Price: $15.99
329 Ratings
The 20/20
Experience
The Complete
Experience
Justin Timberlake
Hes back with his Suit and Tie and busting
through all the Mirrors in his way. JT is
back with his repetitive songs, most being
about sex and love. However, no one can
put down the Michael Jackson vibe that
Timberlake can put out. Hes the pop star
of this millennium and a great actor and
comedian.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Timberlake got his start in show biz on the
Mickey Mouse Club.
2. A previous member of *NSYNC, Timberlake
broke away from the band in 2002 when he
started his solo career with Cry Me A River.
3. Also in the same batch of Mickey Mouse
Club kids were Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears,
and Christina Aguilera.
4. A Nashville native, as he worked on his
second solo album, Timberlake returned to his
frst love, acting.
5. This album was worked on with
longtime co-producer, Timbaland.

THIS IS... ICONA POP

Icona Pop
This is the second studio album from the
Swedish duo, and intelligent music is never
anything to shake your head at. As with any
Icona Pop album, though, there is plenty of
singalong hooks and songs that make you
hop into your car and drive to the club. EDM
is hitting big, and Icona Pop is at the point
where they are EDM and singing, riding that
cash cow all the way to the bank.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Icona Pop consists of Aino Jawo and
Caroline Hjelt.
2. The duo went big with their single
Manners.
3. The hip-hop artists debut album was titled
Breakfast.
4. In 2012 the group made their live debut in
the United States.
5. Sun Goes Down was a collaboration
with the production team known as The
Knocks.
Genre: Pop
Released: Sep 24, 2013
11 Songs
Price: $7.99
8314 Ratings

Closer to the Truth

Cher
Shes back, and with her twenty-sixth studio
album, this time she believes in life after
love. After putting in two years, Cher started
working on this album right after fnishing
Burlesque. Shes back, with that mixture
of EDM and pop that we have loved since
the nineties. Being the frst to embrace
autotune, Cher is an artist who can truly use
whatever resources she needs to bring you
the music you deserve.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in
California in 1946.
2. At only 17, Cher met Sonny Bono, and he
was incorporating her into music even at that
tender age.
3. Towards the end of the 60s, the couple had
a check to pay for $200,000 in back taxes to
the IRS.
4. In the mid 70s, Cher started pursuing acting
more then music but was still producing
records on the side.
5. In 2010, Cher returned to the spotlight
with the flm Burlesque.

Genre: Pop
Released: Sep 20, 2013
14 Songs
Price: $12.99
2365 Ratings

Metallica Through
The Never (Music from
the Motion Picture)
Metallica
Based of their new flm, Through the
Never, and based of the song of the same
name from their self-titled album, Metallica
Through the Never contains live versions
of the songs from the movie and even an
album-only exclusive, The Ecstasy of Gold.
The movie follows Trip and you can too
with this awesome album of the music that
made his adventure possible.
FIVE FACTS:
1. In 1986, tragedy came when the bands
tour bus crashed in Sweden, killing Clif
Burton, bass player.
2. In only four years of stardom, Metallica had
changed the heavy metal scene for good.
3. In 1999, the group went on tour with the
San Francisco Symphony, bringing the album
S&M.
4. While recording St. Anger, the group ran
into problems with Hetfelds alcoholism and
waited to fnish the album until he completed
rehab.
5. Kirk Hammett was forbade from
playing guitar solos on St. Anger.
Genre: Rock
Released: Sep 24, 2013
16 Songs
Price: $12.99
523 Ratings

DUOLINGO: APPLES CHOICE FOR APP

OF THE YEAR

AL Carnegle Mellon unlverslLy where he

Leaches compuLer sclence, Luls von Ahn and
sLudenL uavld kllonsky LhoughL Lhere should
be a way Lo use smarLphones Lo Leach new
languages.
Sure, Lhere was 8oseLLa SLone, buL lL's
an expenslve program (lL sLarLs aL $274),
and Lhe folks who really need Lo learn Lo
speak oLher languages don'L have Lhe
money," says von Ahn. 1hey need lL Lo
geL a beLLer [ob."
So Lhey puL Lhelr heads LogeLher and came
up wlLh uuollngo, whlch was released aL Lhe
end of 2012. 1welve monLhs laLer, uuollngo
has seen 10 mllllon downloads. And now
Apple has deemed lL Lhe free lhone App
of Lhe ?ear. (1he app ls also avallable for
Androld.)
We're super happy," says von Ahn, who sull
Leaches buL plans Lo Lake Lhe nexL semesLer
o Lo devoLe Lo uuollngo. lL came as a
surprlse Lo us."
74
uuollngo ls sull free, and oers slx languages
-- Spanlsh, lrench, Cerman, lLallan, Lngllsh
and orLuguese.
Cpen Lhe app, and lL's llke a game. lL uses
plcLures, your smarLphone's mlcrophone and
vldeo cllps Lo help you learn words, reclLe
Lhem and wrlLe Lhem ouL as well.
1here are now 30 people worklng aL
uuollngo, whlch ls moneuzed vla lLs webslLe,
where uuollngo users are hlred Lo help
LranslaLe Web pages for cllenLs, whlch
lnclude Cnn and 8uzzleed. Some 100
documenLs are LranslaLed each day.
lor 2014, von Ahn wanLs Lo see many more
languages added.
We'd llke Lo see 30 languages wlLhln Lhe
nexL monLhs," he says.
8uL don'L worry folks: 1he free app lsn'L
golng Lo sLarL charglng you ln 2014.
We're fundamenLallsLs on Lhe bellef LhaL we
should noL charge for language educauon."
73
ueaLh, devlces and celebrlLy drove Lhe quesL
for more lnformauon on Coogle's search
englne Lhls year.
1hree of Lhe world's four fasLesL-rlslng search
requesLs on Coogle were Lrlggered by Lhe
deaLhs of famous men.
lormer SouLh Afrlcan resldenL nelson
Mandela, who dled earller Lhls monLh,
occupled Lhe Lop spoL, followed by lasL &
lurlous" movle sLar aul Walker, who dled
ln a nov. 30 car crash. Clee" 1v serles casL
member Cory MonLelLh, who dled of a drug
overdose ln !uly, ranked fourLh ln an annual
reLrospecuve released 1uesday.
1he 8osLon MaraLhon bomblngs ln Aprll LhaL
kllled Lhree people ranked slxLh.
1he lhone 3S, Lhe laLesL upgrade ln Apple's
mosL popular producL llne, nlshed Lhlrd ln
Coogle's ranklngs. A rlval smarLphone, Lhe
Samsung Calaxy S4, Look Lhe elghLh spoL.
laySLauon 4, Sony Corp.'s newesL vldeo
game console, held Lhe nlnLh posluon.
1he 1op 10 was rounded ouL by Lhe Parlem
Shake," a song LhaL lnsplred a processlon of
amuslng dance vldeos, aL no. 3, royal baby"
rlnce Ceorge, Lhe helr Lo Lngland's Lhrone,
aL no. 7, and norLh korea, whose saber-
raullng has become a source of lnLernauonal
Lenslon, aL no. 10.
GOOGLES TOP SEARCHES PEER INTO
SOCIETYS MINDSET

Coogle's revlew follows annual round-ups

complled durlng Lhe prevlous Lwo weeks
by lLs maln search rlvals _ Mlcroso Corp.'s
8lng, ?ahoo lnc. and Ask.com. AlLhough lLs
llsL usually comes lasL each year, Coogle's
breakdown Lyplcally provldes Lhe greaLesL
lnslghL lnLo Lhe world's collecuve mlndseL
because Lhe company's Lechnology processes
abouL Lwo ouL of every Lhree search requesLs
made on Lhe lnLerneL.
8lng ranks a dlsLanL second wlLh 18 percenL
of Lhe u.S. search markeL, and even less ln

mosL oLher counLrles. ?ahoo, whlch relles

on 8lng's Lechnology, handles Lhe Lhlrd mosL
search requesLs.
8ecause Lhe same lnqulrles Lend Lo crop
up from one year Lo Lhe nexL, Coogle Lrles
Lo keep lLs llsL fresh by focuslng on Lhe
querles LhaL posL Lhe blggesL annual galns
_ a measuremenL LhaL Lhe MounLaln vlew,
Callfornla, company calls Lrendlng."
Coogle also ls sllclng lLs vasL daLabase
of search requesLs lnLo a hodgepodge of
oLher caLegorles spannlng 72 counLrles,
up from 33 lasL year. ln Lhe u.S. alone,
Coogle ls complllng more Lhan 90 dlerenL
llsLs examlnlng Lhe houesL lnqulrles abouL
everyLhlng from nances Lo pop culLure.
A handful of Lhe ranklngs are based on
Lhe LoLal number of requesLs enLered lnLo
Coogle's search englne, lnsLead of breaklng
Lhem down by Lhe varlance from lasL year.
Coogle's pecklng order of Lhe mosL-searched
people ln Lhe u.S. conslsLs excluslvely of
slngers, wlLh Lhe excepuon of reallLy-1v
show sLar klm kardashlan, who ls engaged

Lo be marrled Lo one of her peers on Lhe

llsL, hlp-hop arusL kanye WesL (she ranks
no. 3, whlle he came ln aL no. 10). 1he Lop
spoL ls held by Mlley Cyrus, who also was
no. 1 ln ?ahoo's search ranklngs for Lhls year
(kardashlan ranked second on ?ahoo's llsL).
Cyrus, kardashlan and !usun 8leber were
Lhe only Lhree people Lo appear ln each
of Lhe mosL-searched llsLs from Coogle,
8lng and ?ahoo. 1he llsLs of mosL-searched
people on Coogle and 8lng shared Lhe mosL
ln common, wlLh slx sLars appearlng ln boLh
caLegorles. 8eslde Cyrus, kardashlan and
8leber, Lhe oLher Lhree Lo make Lhe cuL on
boLh Coogle and 8lng were 8eyonce knowles
(no. 1 on 8lng, no. 3 on Coogle), 8lhanna
(no. 3 on 8lng, no. 6 on Coogle), and 1aylor
Swl (no. 4 on 8lng, no. 7 on Coogle).
1he Web surfers who use 8lng evldenLly have
qulLe dlerenL LasLes ln Lelevlslon from Lhose
who search on Coogle.
Cnly Lwo serles, 8lg 8ang 1heory" and 8lg
8roLher" appeared ln each of Lhe Lwo rlvals
ranklngs' of Lhe year's mosL-searched 1v
shows. 8lg 8ang 1heory" ranked rsL on
8lng's llsL, a dlsuncuon held by 8reaklng
8ad" ln Coogle's ranklngs. 1he Lwo search
englnes couldn'L agree on Lhe mosL popular
mornlng news show elLher, wlLh n8C's
1oday Show maklng lL on 8lng's llsL
of mosL frequenL 1v requesLs and A8C's
Cood Mornlng Amerlca" securlng a spoL on
Coogle's llsL.

Coogle was on lLs own llsL of Lrendlng

sLocks Lhls year, ranklng no. 4. 1haL's noL a
blg surprlse, glven Lhe company's markeL
value has surged by abouL 30 percenL so
far Lhls year, lLs blggesL galn on Wall SLreeL
slnce 2008. 1haL was sLlll noL enough Lo
surpass Coogle rlval lacebook lnc. on Lhe
llsL of LrendlesL sLocks. lacebook's shares
have more Lhan doubled so far Lhls year.
AfLer lacebook came elecLrlc car maker
1esla MoLors, whose sLock has more
Lhan quadrupled Lhls year, and onllne
messaglng servlce 1wlLLer lnc., whose
sLock has more Lhan doubled slnce lLs Wall
SLreeL debuL lasL monLh.

$38 TABLET COMPUTER COMING TO U.S.

London-based uaLawlnd sald lL wlll begln

selllng lLs $38 ublSlaLe LableL compuLer ln
Lhe unlLed SLaLes early nexL year.
1he company, whlch clalms lLs LableLs
ouLsell Apple's lad ln lndla, plans Lo sell
Lhree models ln Lhe unlLed SLaLes, ranglng
ln prlce from $38 Lo as much as $149 wlLh
varylng specs and capablllLles.
SuneeL Slngh 1ull, uaLawlnd's CLC, sald
Lhe company's goal ls Lo brlng Lhe leasL
expenslve compuLers posslble Lo schools
and low-lncome communlLles. Pe sald he
especlally wanLs Lo reach chlldren who
have llmlLed access Lo Lhe Web, or no
connecLlvlLy aL home.
AffordablllLy shouldn'L be Lhe reason
people can'L geL on Lhe lnLerneL," 1ull sald
ln a press release. We wanL Lo speclflcally
reach a cusLomer base LhaL rlghL now ls
noL on Lhe lnLerneL."
roduLlon cosLs are llkely lower because
Lhe LableLs don'L have Lhe mosL updaLed
componenLs.

1he $38 7-lnch Louchscreen ublSlaLe

7Cl LableL runs on Coogle's Androld 4.0
and feaLures a 1-glgaherLz, slngle-core
processor. lL has 4 glgabyLes of sLorage
wlLh mlcroSu card sloLs for addlLlonal
sLorage. 1he 7-lnch dlsplay offers a
resoluLlon of 800 480 plxels.
uaLawlnd's $38 LableL ls avallable now
on Lhe company's webslLe and lL wlll be
avallable Lhrough more reLallers nexL year
afLer Lhe Consumer LlecLronlcs Show ln
!anuary
uaLawlnd wlll also sell a $100 verslon of lLs
LableL, called Lhe ublSlaLe 7C+, LhaL shlps
wlLh 1 year of freeWweb browslng over old
Ldge neLworks.
AL Lhe Lop of Lhe company's llneup
wlll be Lhe ublSlaLe 3C7, LhaL runs on
3C neLworks wlLh free unllmlLed Web
browslng, for $130. 1he ublSlaLe 3C7
feaLures a dual-core processor and wlll run
Coogle's Androld 4.1.

Apple lnc. mlghL have a chance Lo pep up coollng

lhone sales ln Chlna lf lL nally can reach a deal
wlLh Lhe world's blggesL phone carrler.
Cnce Chlna's musL-have gadgeL, Lhe lhone
has seen lLs exploslve popularlLy squeezed as
Lhe markeL lled wlLh lower-prlced rlvals from
Samsung Lo ambluous local brands. Some
analysLs say anybody who wanLs an lhone and
can aord lL already has one.
1haL mlghL change lf Apple can galn access Lo
Chlna Moblle LLd.'s neLwork and a new pool of
poLenual cusLomers.
Aer a yearslong courLshlp, Lhere are slgns Lhe
POSSIBLE CHINA DEAL COULD PEP UP
iPHONE SALES

Lwo corporaLe glanLs mlghL nally be edglng

Loward a deal. 1he Wall SLreeL !ournal sald
lL could be announced as early as Lhls week,
Lhough Chlna Moblle spokespeople have sald Lhe
companles were sull Lalklng.
Cn Monday, Chlna Moblle's webslLe was Laklng
orders for a mysLery phone called Mlng xlng,"
or 8rlghL SLar. lL showed a handseL sllhoueue llke
LhaL of an lhone buL gave no brand name.
1he umlng looks rlghL. !usL as Apple's sales
growLh ln Chlna cools, Chlna Moblle recelved
approval uec. 3 Lo sLarL operaung Lhe world's
fourLh-generauon neLwork and needs Lo
markeL lL.
SLaLe-owned Chlna Moblle has more Lhan 730
mllllon moblle accounLs. 8uL lLs new 4C sysLem -
based on Chlna's homegrown 1u-L11L sLandard
- ls unfamlllar Lo demandlng Chlnese cusLomers.
1he lhone's glamor mlghL help Lo wln Lhem over.
Leveraglng Lhls brand, Chlna Moblle could bulld
a repuLauon for Lhelr neLwork," sald analysL !ane
Zhang of CarLner.
lor lLs parL, Apple would galn access Lo a blgger,
more robusL neLwork. lL has fasLer daLa speeds
Photo: Barry Huang

and suers fewer complalnLs abouL dropped calls

Lhan Lhose of Lwo smaller sLaLe-owned rlvals.
1hey need Chlna Moblle more Lhan Chlna
Moblle needs Lhem," Zhang sald.
Pow Lhe beneLs shake ouL for each slde wlll
depend on whaL deal Lhe Lwo glanL companles,
each wlLh powerful leverage, can sLrlke on how
Lo spllL Lhe cosLs of lhone handseLs. And on
how Apple copes wlLh lnLense compeuuon from
Samsung and oLher brands.
lorecasLs of addluonal lhone sales ln Chlna vary
wldely, from 10 mllllon Lo as many as 40 mllllon
unlLs. 1haL would be on Lop of Lhe 30 mllllon
lhones analysLs esumaLe have been sold ln
Chlna ln Lhe pasL 2 1/2 years.
Apple already has agreemenLs wlLh Chlna's Lwo
smaller sLaLe-owned carrlers, Chlna 1elecom LLd.
and Chlna unlcom LLd. 1hey have 180 mllllon
and 273 mllllon moblle accounLs, respecuvely.
AlmosL anywhere else, LhaL would make Lhem
Lhe blggesL nauonal carrler. 8uL LogeLher Lhey are
barely half of Chlna Moblle's LoLal.
CusLomers respondlng Lo a survey by 8ernsLeln
8esearch clLed Chlna Moblle as Lhelr favored
carrler. 8uL Lhey sald LhaL, due Lo lLs lack of lhone
supporL, Lhey use Lhe smaller companles for daLa
servlce.
CusLomers who already own lhones mlghL
swlLch Lo Chlna Moblle for daLa as well as volce
servlce, 8ernsLeln sald. 1haL would mean a surge
ln buslness for Chlna Moblle buL llule payo for
Apple.
We could see an lnlual surge ln lhones

Photo: Carlos Barria

followlng avallablllLy aL Chlna Moblle, buL weaker

sales golng forward," 8ernsLeln sald ln a reporL.
Apple could use Lhe boosL. 1wo years ago, eager
buyers ln 8el[lng walLed overnlghL ln freezlng
weaLher for Lhe lhone 4S. 8uL LhaL exclLemenL
had dlsslpaLed by Lhls year's SepLember release
of Lhe laLesL updaLe, Lhe 3S. CusLomers who
boughL earller lhones sald lL oered Loo few
lmprovemenLs.
1haL ls especlally problemauc because Chlna ls a
key parL of Apple's growLh plans. CLC 1lm Cook
Lold Lhe omclal xlnhua news Agency ln !anuary
he expecLs Chlna wlll surpass Lhe unlLed SLaLes as
lLs blggesL markeL.
CLher manufacLurers are maklng lnroads lnLo
Chlna's smarLphone markeL, squeezlng Apple's
leverage wlLh carrlers.
SouLh korea's Samsung sells one of every ve
smarLphones ln Chlna, followed by Lenovo Croup,
accordlng Lo research rm Canalys. Apple's sales
are growlng buL lL was ln h place ln Lhe laLesL
quarLer, wlLh a 6 percenL markeL share.
lor Lhe mass markeL ln a counLry wlLh an average
annual lncome of abouL $4,000 per person, less
Lhan one-LenLh Lhe u.S. level, newcomers such
as Chlna's xlaoml oer smarLphones LhaL run
Coogle lnc.'s Androld sysLem for as llule as 799
yuan ($123).
A key obsLacle Lo an Apple-Chlna Moblle deal ls
llkely Lo have been how Lo share Lhe beneLs.
Carrlers usually subsldlze sales of lhone
handseLs, hoplng Lo make back Lhelr money by
auracung more users. Chlna unlcom and Chlna
1elecom Look LhaL deal Lo galn an advanLage ln
Lhelr uphlll ghL wlLh domlnanL Chlna Moblle.
Chlna Moblle, by conLrasL, has such a huge
cusLomer base LhaL Lhe added lhone buslness
would be much smaller ln percenLage Lerms. 1haL

mlghL have made lL less wllllng Lo Lrade proL for

more users.
ln any deal, Chlna Moblle's glanL slze would
glve lL leverage. lL could demand a blgger
share of proLs or press Apple Lo bear Lhe
cosL of a cusLomlzed lhone for lLs Chlna-only
4C sLandard.
1he basellne would be wheLher Chlna Moblle
maLches unlcom's Lerms, Zhang sald.
unlcom pays 2,300 yuan ($410) of Lhe lhone's
3,499 yuan ($900) cosL ln exchange for a
cusLomer slgnlng a Lwo-year conLracL Lo pay a
mlnlmum of 186 yuan ($30) per monLh.
lf Chlna Moblle maLches LhaL, lL wlll drlve sales
dramaucally," sald Zhang. lf noL, Lhen lL doesn'L
make sense."
Cne qulrky asseL ln Chlna Moblle's favor: Classlc
phone numbers.
ln Chlna, moblle numbers wlLh Lhe prex 139"
were Lhe rsL lssued ln Lhe 1990s. 1oday, Lhey
suggesL Lhe user ls well-esLabllshed enough
Lo have been a cusLomer back when a moblle
handseL cosL several monLhs of a laborer's wages.
Moblle numbers are asslgned ln blocks Lo carrlers.
Cnly Chlna Moblle, Lhe rsL carrler, has Lhe 139"
group.
A dealer who Lrades 139" numbers vla a webslLe
and would glve only hls surname, Wang, sald he
ls selllng one Lo Lwo a week for up Lo 10,000 yuan
($1,300) each. Pe sald Lhey carry such a powerful
cacheL LhaL people are belleved Lo answer calls
from Lhem more readlly.
eople buylng Lhose numbers are omce workers
or buslnessmen," Wang sald ln a phone lnLervlew.
1hey Lake 139 numbers as a symbol of soclal
sLaLus."
8uyers who wanL boLh an lhone and a classlc
number would have only one place Lo go: Chlna
Moblle.
Photo: William Hook
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RUDE
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JASON DERULO
HAPPY
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TIMBER (FEAT. KE$HA)
PITBULL
LIKE A DRUM
GUY SEBASTIAN
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SKYSCRAPER
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HEY BROTHER
AVICII
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ELLIE GOULDING
SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW
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STORY OF MY LIFE
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TRUMPETS
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BELONG
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EN SN KARL
AGNES
HEY BROTHER
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(CHRISTMAS SONG)
THE FOOO
I SEE FIRE
ED SHEERAN
TSUNAMI
DVBBS & BORGEOUS
NU MSTE VI DRA
AGNES
JUBEL (RADIO EDIT)
KLINGANDE
ALLT LJUS P MIG
AGNES
AUSTRALIA
SWEDEN
US
TIMBER (FEAT. KE$HA)
PITBULL
SAY SOMETHING
A GREAT BIG WORLD & CHRISTINA AGUILERA
COUNTING STARS
ONEREPUBLIC
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PASSENGER
STORY OF MY LIFE
ONE DIRECTION
ROYALS
LORDE
DEMONS
IMAGINE DRAGONS
BURN
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GRAVITY (THE X FACTOR USA PERFORMANCE)
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HAPPY
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PHOTOMATON (FEAT. ELODIE WILDSTARS)
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FORMIDABLE
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EFECTO PASILLO
QUE BONITA LA VIDA
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STORY OF MY LIFE
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TIMBER (FEAT. KE$HA)
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LA DE LA MALA SUERTE (FEAT. PABLO ALBORN)
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HEY BROTHER
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BIRDY
UNTER DIE HAUT (FEAT. CASSANDRA STEEN)
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JUBEL (RADIO EDIT)
KLINGANDE
CANADA
SPAIN
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GERMANY
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ONEREPUBLIC
SAY SOMETHING
A GREAT BIG WORLD & CHRISTINA AGUILERA
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PASSENGER
DEMONS
IMAGINE DRAGONS
STORY OF MY LIFE
ONE DIRECTION
GRAVITY (THE X FACTOR USA PERFORMANCE)
ALEX & SIERRA
ROYALS
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LET HER GO
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STORY OF MY LIFE
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SIMPLE MAN
ANDREAS KMMERT
ANIMALS
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lormer Mlcroso execuuve kurL uel8ene

has been hlred Lo oversee Lhe nea|thCare.
webslLe, u.S. PealLh and Puman Servlces
SecreLary kaLhleen Slbellus sald,
uel8ene, who was mosL recenLly presldenL of Lhe
Mlcroso Cmce ulvlslon, sLarLs hls [ob as senlor
advlsor on Wednesday, sald Slbellus.
kurL has proven experuse ln headlng large,
complex Lechnology Leams and ln producL
developmenL. Pe wlll be a Lremendous asseL ln
our work," Slbellus sald 1uesday ln a sLaLemenL.
She sald uel8ene has agreed Lo serve ln Lhe role
for aL leasL Lhe rsL half of nexL year ln order
Lo see Lhls pro[ecL Lhrough lLs nexL lmporLanL
phase," a reference Lo Lhe March 30, 2014, close
of open enrollmenL on Lhe webslLe.
uel8ene ls Lhe successor Lo !e ZlenLs, who
ls scheduled Lo Lake over Lhe Lop posL aL Lhe
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