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Monday 30 September 2013
Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500000 Euro Property Investment - PR Newswire (press release)
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Spain Approves Immigration Residency Visa for 500000 Euro Property Investment - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
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Cannabis for Kreuzberg - Alaska Dispatch
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Spanish "golden visa" to boost interest from non EU buyers - A Place in the Sun
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Sunday 29 September 2013
Cannabis for Kreuzberg - GlobalPost
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Criticism grows of Latvia immigration law that buys Schengen access - Business New Europe
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Want To Live In Europe? "Buy" A Residency Permit - Forbes
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Friday 27 September 2013
Spanish Parliament Approves Investor Residency Law - World Property Channel
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iPhone 5s vs iPhone 5c Comparison Smackdown
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iPhone 5s vs iPhone 5c Comparison Smackdown
Lisa Gade compares the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. Both are new for fall 2013, and $100 sets them apart. The iPhone 5c is made of polycarbonate plastic while the iPhone 5s continues with Apple’s Leica-inspired metal construction. They have the same 4″ Retina display and iOS 7, but the iPhone 5s benchmarks 2x faster, has a fingerprint scanner and has a new camera with larger pixels that can do burst mode shooting and slo-mo video capture. Watch our reviews of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c to learn even more about each model.
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Thursday 26 September 2013
2 great new Surface tablets unveiled: Why I won't be buying either one
Summary: As expected, Microsoft recently unveiled the second generation Surface tablets with much improved hardware. Unfortunately, that's not enough to get me to buy one.
Microsoft is getting the hang of throwing device launch events. The debut of the new Surface tablets was an exciting affair that showcased the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, complete with great refreshed hardware. Both new tablets will have state-of-the-art hardware components when they become available October 22. As good as both Surface tablets look, they each lack something which will keep my wallet firmly in my pocket.
Surface 2
The Surface 2 tablet is the refreshed version of the original Surface RT. Of the two Surface models, the Surface 2 can be viewed as the true tablet. It will have the latest ARM chipset from Nvidia that will make the Surface 2 a real powerhouse.
The Tegra 4 used in the Surface 2 is especially good at running intensive games, so Microsoft has the opportunity to make the tablet a good gaming platform. It will easily handle non-game tablet apps so it's got the whole package.
Microsoft says the Surface 2 is less than 1.5 pounds so it's a decent size and weight for a tablet. Unfortunately, it seems to have the same casing as the Surface RT which I found to be uncomfortable to use in portrait orientation. That's my preferred method to use a tablet so I'd have to try the Surface 2 to see if it would work for me.
The hardware of the Surface 2 looks good but it's the software that kills the deal for me. The Windows RT software to be exact. Being an ARM device, Windows RT 8.1 is what will come with the Surface 2 and that's no good. I must have the ability to install desktop apps on my Windows tablets, specifically Chrome, and that's not possible with Windows RT. That kills the Surface 2 as a possibility for me, the same as it did for the Surface RT.
Surface Pro 2
The Surface Pro 2 is the most exciting of the two new tablets from Microsoft due to the updated hardware. It packs the latest Core technology from Intel, aka Haswell, and that should make the Surface Pro 2 more powerful while yielding almost double the battery life of the original Surface Pro.
The inclusion of the Haswell technology is significant as I've experienced with my MacBook Air. The Surface Pro 2 uses a faster 1.6 GHz processor compared to the 1.3 GHz in the MacBook Air and should get better performance. I get over 9 hours of battery life which should be slightly better than what the Surface Pro 2 will get due to the slower processor in the Air.
Everything inside the Surface Pro 2 indicates it should be a vast improvement over the original Surface Pro, so it should be a fantastic PC. And make no mistake, it is a full PC running Windows 8.1 so it has no limitations like the Windows RT packing Surface 2.
If the hardware of the Surface Pro 2 is so good why won't I buy one? It's the form factor that breaks the deal for me. Having used heavy Tablet PCs for years due to a lack of choice, I am no longer willing to sacrifice form for function.
The 'about 2lbs' Microsoft is listing for the Surface Pro 2, which is the same as the Surface Pro, is too heavy for tablet use as far as I'm concerned. The times I've played with the Surface Pro clearly demonstrated that the tablet is too heavy and bulky for typical tablet use.
To be fair, Microsoft is clearly pitching the Surface Pro 2 as a laptop with tablet benefits. It is certainly that, but I'm not willing to compromise tablet use with any device.
My ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a fantastic tablet at 10 inches and 1.3lbs. Its form is vastly superior to the Surface Pro 2 for tablet use, and I won't buy the Surface for that reason.
Great tablets, just not for me
To be clear, I find both new Surface tablets to be made of great hardware and they are vast improvements over the first generation models. I am sure that many will find them to be good purchases, and snap one of them up. They will probably serve buyers well and will be highly competitive in the Windows laptop and tablet space. They're just not for me.
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Amazon unveils Kindle Fire HDX with 24/7 live help
SEATTLE -- Amazon is refreshing its lineup of tablet computers with new devices called Kindle Fire HDX, which are significantly faster and lighter than the previous generation.
The 7-inch and 8.9-inch versions also have sharper, more colorful displays than older models, and both have more pixels per inch than the latest iPad.
To help those who are unfamiliar with tablets, the new Kindles come with a feature called 'Mayday,' which allows users to summon a live customer service representative in a tiny video window. The helpers can explain new features or troubleshoot problems while guiding users with on-screen hand scribbles. They can even take control of the device from afar.
CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the feature to reporters Tuesday, saying it is 'completely unique' and takes advantage of Amazon's massive cloud computing and customer service infrastructure. It also builds on Amazon.com Inc.'s reputation for excellent customer service.
'You shouldn't have to be afraid of your device,' Bezos said.
In a demo, Bezos asked an on-screen customer service rep to recommend a hot app. The rep mentioned 'Angry Birds: Star Wars II.' Bezos also received instructions on how to set time limits on various activities for children.
While the new Kindles are upgraded in several ways, Amazon also cut the price on what will be its entry-level 7-inch tablet, the Kindle Fire HD with 8 gigabytes of memory, to $139. The base HD model previously cost $199, but had 16 gigabytes of memory. The price makes the tablet just $20 more than Amazon's latest dedicated e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite. The Kindle Fire HD is sheathed in a new magnesium alloy body like the HDX models, but has the same screen resolution and processing power of the older model. However, it drops the front-facing camera and microphone found in last year's HD.
Stephen Baker, a consumer technology analyst with research firm NPD Group, said the price cut to the Kindle Fire HD will do more to help Amazon compete in the tablet market than the added features on the newer models.
'That's where that model needs to be priced,' Baker said, explaining that there are numerous manufacturers with tablets with screens that measure 7 inches diagonally - all priced around $150. 'A big focus in that 7-inch category is just price.'
In the May-July period, Kindles accounted for 17 percent of all tablets sold in the U.S., compared with 48 percent for Apple's iPad and 8 percent for Samsung's Galaxy line, according to NPD.
Globally, Amazon's shipments in the April-June quarter were down 59 percent from a year earlier at 470,000, NPD said. That compared with 14.6 million for Apple's iPad, down 17 percent from a year ago, and 10.8 million for Samsung's Galaxy line, which is more than six times more than a year earlier. Amazon sells most of its Kindles around the Christmas holidays, Baker said.
The Kindle HDX models come with Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, which is top of the line for tablets. Amazon said they are three times faster than the older Kindle Fire line. For graphics functions, the HDX models are four times faster than before.
Beyond the improved specifications, Amazon also unveiled more features that incorporate data from its IMDb movie database business. With the newer tablets, users who turn on the 'X-ray' feature can see a small window that lists the name of a song that is playing in some TV shows and movies. One tap brings up the option to buy the song. Users can also look for all music in a show and zip to the exact spot where a particular song is playing.
People who have set up Amazon's video player as an app on their Internet-connected TVs or through game consoles can also follow along in real time on their tablets, getting information on actors and trivia related to the shows on the big screen.
Music lovers can see song lyrics when they play songs purchased from Amazon. Lyrics are highlighted as they are sung. Tapping on the lyrics will zip to the appropriate point in the song.
Bezos said these services are only possible because Amazon provides the hardware, operating system, applications, cloud infrastructure and services for the devices. The 'hardest and coolest' services such as its 'Mayday' service lie at the intersection of 'customer delight' and 'deep integration through the entire stack,' he said.
Amazon also unveiled new 'origami covers' that lie flat when closed over the screen but can be folded and snapped into place as a stand that works both in horizontal and vertical position. They'll come in seven different colors and be sold separately for between $45 and $70.
The 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX starts at $379 for 16 gigabytes of memory, while the 7-inch starts at $229 also with 16 gigabytes. Buyers can order them starting Wednesday. The 7-inch will ship Oct. 18, while the 8.9-inch will ship starting Nov. 7.
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Wednesday 25 September 2013
Amazon Unveils Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
SEATTLE: Amazon is refreshing its line-up of tablet computers with new devices called Kindle Fire HDX, which are significantly faster and lighter than the previous generation.
The 7-inch and 8.9-inch versions also have sharper, more colorful displays than older models, and both have more pixels per inch than the latest iPad.
To help those who are unfamiliar with tablets, the new Kindles come with a feature called 'Mayday', which allows users to summon a live customer service representative in a tiny video window.
The helpers can explain new features or troubleshoot problems while guiding users with on-screen hand scribbles. They can even take control of the device from afar.
CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the feature to reporters Tuesday, saying it is 'completely unique' and takes advantage of Amazon's massive cloud computing and customer service infrastructure. It also builds on Amazon.com's reputation for excellent customer service.
'You shouldn't have to be afraid of your device,' Bezos said.
In a demo, Bezos asked an on-screen customer service rep to recommend a hot app. The rep mentioned 'Angry Birds: Star Wars II'. Bezos also received instructions on how to set time limits on various activities for children.
While the new Kindles are upgraded in several ways, Amazon also cut the price on what will be its entry-level 7-inch tablet, the Kindle Fire HD with 8 gigabytes of memory, to $139 from a $199 version that had 16 GB of memory.
That makes the tablet just $20 more than Amazon's latest dedicated e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite. The Kindle Fire HD is sheathed in a new magnesium alloy body like the HDX models, but has the same screen resolution and processing power of the older model.
The Kindle HDX models come with Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, which is top of the line for tablets. Amazon said they are three times faster than the older Kindle Fire line. For graphics functions, the HDX models are four times faster than before.
The 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX starts at $379 for 8 GB of memory, while the 7-inch starts at $229 also with 8 GB. Buyers can pre-order starting Wednesday. The 7-inch will ship October 18, while the 8.9-inch will ship starting November 7.
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Public schools in Fresno, Calif., to provide tablet computers to students
Updated 9/24/13 12:55pm EDT
A public school district in Fresno, California, in one of the first such programs in the country, will provide each of its 15,000 students with a tablet loaded with curriculum specifically designed for the new technology.
The plan, scheduled to be announced Wednesday, will put a tablet in the hands of all kindergarten through 12th graders in the district's 21 schools next year.
The Central Unified School District has been working with the Boston-based educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for two years to develop interactive learning materials that will allow its teachers to get rid of traditional textbooks and gear instruction to each child's level.
'We're working along with our publishing company to develop curriculum, not PDF versions of textbooks, that will actually be interactive and adaptive, meaning the curriculum and the software that it's hosted upon will adapt to a student's learning level, learning ability,' said Mike Berg, the superintendent of the Central Unified School District.
AT&T is providing the tablets -- the 10 inch ASUS MeMO Pad FHD LTE -- along with high-speed Ethernet and wireless internet access with AT&T's 4G LTE network. Students will be able to collaborate with others online through email, instant messaging and other options.
'It's a very exciting new way of learning using digital content, the vast resources of the Internet, as well online adaptive testing, which allows the district to pinpoint where students need help or where they're advanced in their learning,' said Kevin Carman, the director of Education Segment Marketing for AT&T Inc.
The tablets 'will allow the teacher and the student to interact through the software so the teacher has a monitoring role and an ability to help differentiate instruction to students at various levels in the same grade level,' Berg said.
For example, Berg said, if an eighth grade student is unable to solve an algebra problem involving the multiplication of fractions, the software will direct the student to relearn what is a fourth-grade skill.
'Meanwhile the other 29 kids in the classroom weren't delayed for the re-teaching of the one student,' he said. 'And that one student wasn't left behind. That's the uniqueness of this. It meets the students where they are so the teacher doesn't have to be five places at once.'
The 700 teachers in the Fresno school district are receiving the tablets this year; the students will get them next year.
The district has spent between $3 and $4 million over the last four years to bring WiFi to every classroom, Berg said. It will spend $2.5 million for the tablets; $1.5 million for the software from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and less than a million for the annual licensing of the software.
It now spends about $1.5 million each year for textbooks, he said, so the tablets will offer 'pretty substantial savings in the long run.'
John Black, a professor of telecommunications and education at Columbia University's Teachers College, said there were a number of projects in the works similar to the one being implemented in Fresno.
'The ones I know are pretty much in development,' Black said. 'The tablets are great. You can integrate not just pictures and text but also animations and simulations that you can interact with.'
Amplify, the education division of News Corp., is also providing a tablet especially designed for the kindergarten through 12th grade market and loaded with custom software. About 15,000 students in Guilford County, North Carolina, schools are using the Amplify tablets, and the company is planning to expand from there.
The technology for the Fresno schools will be partly funded through the federal Universal Service Schools and Libraries Program, or E-Rate Program, intended to help communities get affordable telecommunications services.
Because the district has a significant population of impoverished families, it will receive a rebate of 81 percent for WiFi infrastructure and purchase and maintenance of the software.
About 30 percent to 40 percent of families in the school district currently do not have internet access, Berg said.
But he pointed out that the program is not just about spreading technology. Students will spend less than half of their day in front of a tablet, he said. Teachers will still be expected to teach.
'We are not proposing to put students in front of a screen seven hours a day,' he said.
Mary Cullinane, Houghton Mifflin's chief content officer, said Berg had taken a careful approach to the new technology.
'There's been a lot of, quite frankly, noise in the marketplace, talking about adaptive learning, talking about the benefits of technology in the classroom, talking about one to one, and I think what is really unique here is he's laying the appropriate foundation to allow for all of those things to come to fruition,' she said.
A survey of teachers of American middle and secondary school students in February found that digital technology was central to their teaching.
Conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, it found that 92 percent of advanced placement and National Writing Project teachers said the internet had had a 'major impact' on their ability to access material for their teaching. Sixty-nine percent said the Internet had had a 'major impact' on their ability to share ideas with colleagues. But 84 percent agreed that technology was leading to greater disparities between affluent and disadvantaged schools.
Correction (9/24/13 12:55pm EDT): Students will receive tablets starting next year, not in two years.
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iPhone 5s Review
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iPhone 5s Review
Lisa Gade reviews the iPhone 5s, Apple’s flagship smartphone released in the fall of 2013. The iPhone 5s has a 4″ Retina Display and a metal casing that’s identical to the iPhone 5 except for the camera and flash placement. It runs on the new 64 bit A7 dual core CPU that’s extremely fast and it has a gig of RAM. New features include an 8MP camera with larger pixels in the sensor, an improved front camera, the M7 motion processor and Touch ID for fingerprint authentication. Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iPhoto and iMovie are bundled free with the iPhone 5s.
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Tuesday 24 September 2013
Cuba's Revised Travel Laws Allow Citizens To Experience US Tourism - Huffington Post
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Spains Property Market Set For Revival - Property Abroad News
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Sunday 22 September 2013
Cuba's Revised Travel Laws Allow Citizens To Experience US Tourism - Huffington Post
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Cuba's Revised Travel Laws Allow Citizens To Experience US Tourism - Huffington Post
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Spain set to follow Portugal with residency for €500000 RE spend - Property Investor Europe (subscription)
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Friday 20 September 2013
Tablet computers lighten the load on drivers
Thursday 19 September 2013
Number of foreign buyers surge in Spain, govt data shows - Property Wire
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Tablet computers lighten the load on drivers
Wednesday 18 September 2013
How to clean your PC, smartphone and tablet
Monday 16 September 2013
Property buying abroad hit by RBI block - TruthDive
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Wednesday 11 September 2013
Israelis switching to tablet computers; sales double in first half of year
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Saturday 7 September 2013
Sasri, President of the Moroccan Workers Association - Vox Online News
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Visa problems threaten foreign teachers in Kansas - The Garden City Telegram
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Friday 6 September 2013
Take Two Tablet Computers And Call Me In the Morning (NSFW)
Tuesday 3 September 2013
The benefits of buying property abroad - Moneyweb.co.za
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