Exclusive App for Live Broadcasting on London The Olympic Games 2012 Coming from BBC

As the world's biggest news corporation, BBC released the application based on iOS and Android platform right before the opening of 2012 London Olympics, supporting up to 24 games live broadcast. Once the app is installed, it can notify the latest match status and switch to any game process at will.

BBC announced that the goal of the application is to achieve live broadcast the London Olympic Games content, release the scoring results at the first time and set specific page for each participated country. At the appointed time, users only need to login in this page and get access to the country's awards and events forecast.

In May this year, BBC has started "the first digital Olympic Games" plan. It is said then 24 live flow channels will be supported within 4 large screen. That is to say, the audience can decide when and where to watch which game: PC, smartphone, tablet, TV, PS3 or BBC red button.

During 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, BBC provided 6 extra live broadcast channels and during 2012 London Olympic Games the channels will be four times as the previous one. The total time of the 24 channels will be 2500 hours. And PC, tablet, mobile phone, and TV users can get news the first time.

American TV network NBC and Adobe announced partnership, trying to set up the similar Olympic coverage alliance in the United States. At present the application supports iOS 5.0 or above, Android 2.2 or above.

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CNET Leawo Blu-ray Creator for Mac First Debut—to See What Fantastic CNET Brings to You

OK, I have to say that CNET is quite excellet in news, articles, blogs and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics, and I have to admit that it has changed my view on technology during the past few years, and as well it has provided me with something creative that can even change  my life style. Well, I am over praising CNET unwittingly, move to my point today right away: a new stuff Blu-ray Creator for Mac coming from Leawo Software is going to make a first debut on CNET.

Take a brief look at what is Leawo Blu-ray Creator for Mac and what tasks can this stuff do for you:

Leawo Blu-ray Creator for Mac is a two-in-one disc making tool that enables users to burn video to DVD as well as Blu-ray disc without limit. ISO file format is supportable for later burning uses. With abundant disc menu templates, users are able to freely pick up one for DVD/BD creation. Menu preview and menu design functions are allowable for personalizing output menu. In addition, various video editing features such as Trim, Crop, Rotate, Effect and Watermark are accessible. Output DVD and Blu-ray video can also be added with 3D effect.

How do you think of this stuff according to the description? I consider it a useful tool in maiking DVD and Blu-ray disc. And I believe that you will as well like it once you have taken it for a trail.

All right, just go forward to CNET Leawo Blu-ray Creator for Mac launch on July 12, 2012.

Windows 8 Access Will be Available by Late October according to Microsoft

Finally Microsoft officials confirmed that Windows 8 on track to be released to manufacturing by the first week of August and to be accessible by late October.

According to the statement of the corporate vice president of Windows, Windows 8 is on track to be released to manufacturing the first week of August, and will be available by late October 2012. The statement is also with a connotation that Windows Server 2012 will be released to manufacturing by the first week of August. But the server bits will not be available to customers until September. 

The business users (volume licensees with Software Assurance) will have access to the final Windows 8 bits "as early as the beginning of August."

The October general availability date has been rumored for months. A late July RTM date for Windows 8 has been rumored for a while. Microsoft has sold 630 million Windows 7 licenses to date, up from 600 million at the beginning of June.

The Windows team's @BuildWindows8 account on Twitter recently repeated that the official guidance was that as of May 31, Microsoft execs had said to expect Microsoft to enter the "final phases" of the RTM process "in about two months," assuming all was seen as progressing well by Microsoft and its partners.

Microsoft officials said in late June that the newly announced Microsoft Surface PC/tablets running Windows RT would be available at the time Windows 8 is generally available. So that means the ARM-based Surfaces will be out by then, one would expect.

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Listen up: iPhone and iPad Users Can Get Angry Birds Seasons for Free

To enrich your game life, Apple is giving away this level-packed game for both iPhone and iPad users.

I think you have been waiting for quite a long time, just for this moment, the free release of Angry Birds Seasons.

Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Seasons HD (for iPad) are the iTunes free apps of the week. They're normally priced at 99 cents and $1.99, respectively.

True to its name, Angry Birds Seasons is a theme-oriented spin-off of the original game -- that theme being, well, seasons. Thus you've got level collections ranging from summer and winter to St. Patrick's Day and Halloween.

Rovio updates Seasons on a regular basis, with the game now approaching a whopping 300 levels. All the new themes and levels come free, making for almost unparalleled bang for the buck.

In this case, bang for the click, as no money will change hands unless you make an in-game purchase. (The 99-cent Mighty Eagle, for example, can help you get past a particularly tricky level.)

It's worth noting that these are the full, ad-free versions of Angry Birds Seasons. If you don't yet own the game and want to see what all the fuss is about, this is the freebie for you.

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Motorola Defy Pro Was Announced Surprisingly

It seems that there has been a long time since the last minute we heard something new from Motorola. And currently with the release of the new Motorola Defy Pro, we seize something new from the mobile manufacturer.

Motorola Defy Pro was released several days ago. According to the introduction, it can resist dust, water and scratches, but it still looks sleek enough to be your day-to-day phone. It is qeuipped with a 2.7-inch Gorilla Glass touchscreen display and with a four-row physical QWERY keyboard. The handset also has three different "dashboards" or user profiles, which include outdoor, hiking, and workout view. These views give you details on the weather, track your hiking trails, and monitor your workouts, respectively.

This Android-based device also has BlueTooth capabilities, comes loaded with Quickoffice and sports a 5-megapixel camera with flash. According to report, it will be available in Brazil starting July 15. We only need to wait several days and then get access to the latest phone from Motorola.

Top 10 iPad Apps to Bring You with more Fun

2012 summer holiday is on the way right now. I start my holiday journey with my iPad. In the following I will list some apps which add fun to all along my way.

● Flipboard: Flipboard launched on the iPad and is a fantastic way to view news and social networking updates. It gives Internet feeds a magazine look and feel and after testing it out a while ago I now use it every day to enjoy content.

● MLB At Bat: When you travel outside your local area you end up having to watch whatever sports are on in the hotel for that particular destination. With MLB At Bat you can view and/or listen to your favorite home team on the go. I love the pitch tracking feature and all the real time stats too and as you may know serious baseball fans love their stats.

● Angry Birds Seasons: Rovio just released an update to Angry Birds Seasons for the iPad that includes a new water feature. That's right, you sling your bird through the air and then figure out how to get through the water in the scene to knock out the pigs. I love that they keep updating the game with new levels and functions.

● Evernote: I use Evernote to capture lots of things and with the solid camera on the new iPad it is handy for receipts, lists of movies to watch, attractions you want to visit, and much more. Evernote takes advantage of the large display on the iPad to give you an excellent experience that I even prefer over the version on my Macbook Pro.

● ABC Player: We no longer have cable TV in my house so I catch up on all the shows I missed on ABC through the ABC Player app. I can't stop laughing through episodes of Modern Family and enjoy the intrigue in Castle. The ABC Player app is free and is great for viewing TV content. I even use the app with the adapter to play shows on my HD TV at home so the whole family can enjoy TV without paying for cable.

● Facebook: My family and friends share most of their photos and activities on Facebook and during the summer it is fun to see where people have been, invite people over for barbeques, and share memories with Facebook on the iPad. Every once in a while I will login too and use Facebook to chat live with family and friends.

● Newstand (Mac Life): I am moving away from paper magazine subscriptions and have a couple magazines I subscribed to through Newstand. The iPad is perfect for modeling the magazine experience and it is much easier to carry an iPad loaded with five magazines rather than five physical magazines. There is quite a good selection of titles and you can buy single issues or subscribe at a much lower monthly rate.

● Kayak: I use both TripIt Pro and Kayak for travel, but have to say the Kayak iPad app is much better than TripIt. I love the way it uses the full screen to present your itinerary and since my iPad is always with me when I travel it is great to have along, especially since it is free. You can also use Kayak to plan trips on the go with its powerful search features.

● IA Writer: I was using the default Apple Notes application to write in the past, but when I sent this content to copy and use in my posts the margins were all goofed up. I recently discovered IA Writer for the iPad, after hearing others talk about it for quite some time, and already wrote a couple ZDNet posts and extensive Facebook posts using this app. IA Writer gives you a full screen, basic experience for writing and is already proving that 99 cents is cheap for such a powerful document creation tool.

● Skydrive: There are a number of cloud storage solutions out there now and I have accounts with several of them. I was signed up early for Skydrive so I have a free 25GB account and use this on all my devices to keep documents backed up for easy access from my devices.

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Summary: There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps on the Google Play Store and with fantastic devices like the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III I wanted to share what apps I use during the summer to enjoy my travels and time off.

Now that the Samsung Galaxy S III is rolling out on the various carriers, my top pick of the 5 hottest summer smartphones, I wanted to share my ten favorite Android apps to use during the summer. It is likely I will be picking up my own T-Mobile Galaxy S III and the Android apps I have in my image gallery are great for this device and other Android smartphones.

● Flipboard: This application is now officially available for all Android devices, launched as a full version on the Galaxy S III, and has been available on iOS for some time. You can setup your favorite feeds (news, sports, entertainment, etc.) and social networks to be pulled into Flipboard and presented to you in a magazine-like layout. I love the user interface and find it a much better way to view news feeds. The latest update, released last week on Android, adds in support for Google+. You can also setup your Pocket or Instapaper account to read longer stories at a later time.

● Wunderlist: I am a long time user of Evernote and have it on all my devices, but it isn't always the quickest for writing down quite task lists and managing them. My buddy Kevin Tofel recommended I try Wunderlist for these types of task lists and I am very happy with it. I use it in the summer for my Honey Do lists, packing lists for trips, grocery lists when preparing for summer parties and barbecues, and even my ZDNet review plans. There are clients for multiple platforms and desktop computers too.

● Weatherbug: You need to know the weather before traveling and one of my favorite weather applications is Weatherbug. I have about 10 locations that I monitor, some for where I normally travel, some for places I know I am going to, and some for places where I want to travel. It is one of the most extensive weather applications available and you can setup alerts to notifiy you of current conditions.

● Sports Tracker: Summer is a great time to get out and run and an app I use for monitoring these and sharing my data with others is Sports Tracker. You can even capture images along the way, great to do when you are out for a run while on a business trip or vacation, and have them geotagged to show up along your tracked route. Sports Tracker has a slick interface and does an excellent job of accurately tracking my route and speed.

● Kobo: While I read for hours on end with an eInk device, when I am out and about I use my Android smartphone to read a few pages. I am a big fan of the Kobo Touch eReader and thus use the Kobo Android application to read my books on the go. I like the Kobo home screen widget that shows me the status of the book I am reading and when I last read it. Kobo is one of the more social ebook apps where you can share with others and also discuss books within the Kobo community.

● Chrome web browser: The Android web browser is good, but my default browser is Google Chrome. Since I use Chrome on the desktop, having the cross platform syncing on my phone is outstanding and it is my ultimate favorite browser for phones. If you have an ICS phone, you must give Google Chrome a try.

● Words with Friends: I am not a heavy gamer, but I do love playing word games and challenging friends via Facebook. Words with Friends is an excellent word game with only one real improvement I would like to see. Like AlphaJax on Windows Phone, I would like to see the point total for words as I create them in the game before I submit my entry. If you want to play me, you can generally find me online during my evening train commute.

● Flixster: My family enjoys going to the movies during the summer, including our annual trip to the drive-in, and Flixster is my favorite movie application. You can setup your favorite theaters, view trailers, check out upcoming movies, read reviews, and even purchase tickets through the application.

● TripIt Pro: I saved nearly $400 on an airplane ticket last year thanks to TripIt Pro's ticket price monitoring service and am using that savings for a long weekend wine country getaway for my wife and I this summer. TripIt Pro lets me bring my travel itinerary to my Android phone so I don't have to carry printed pages for everything. I get alerts, such as gate changes, and do not travel without using TripIt Pro.

● MLS MatchDay: My family loves soccer, I have been coaching my youngest for over eight years too, and we are huge Seattle Sounders FC fans. Thus, MLS MatchDay is on my phone to monitor all of the great games being played this summer as the Sounders attempt to win the US Open Cup again and make it to the MLS playoffs. There are apps for Major League Baseball fans too.