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To: puborectalis who wrote (23938)	12/4/2012 10:41:50 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

AAPL testing the weekly 50 MA at $574.... god help the isheep if it breaks below the 50MA for the week...

To: puborectalis who wrote (23938)	12/4/2012 11:16:35 AM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Respond to of 32680

AAPL at $572 imploding... great contrarian predictor that Cramer... LOL

To: puborectalis who wrote (23938)	12/4/2012 11:57:34 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32680

Google Maps keeps on getting better with latest Android Maps API. Can the competition ever catch up? by J. Angelo Racoma on Dec 04, 2012 with 0 Comments androidauthority.com Google Maps has certainly evolved a lot since its inception in the mid 2000's. But while the Maps web and mobile applications are important in themselves, a big driving force of growth and innovation for Google Maps are the third-party applications and services that use mapping data from Google. As such, updates to its API are usually something worth watching from the point of view of both users and developers. The latest API update for Android enables app developers to utilize more data with less effort, hence resulting in more engaging location-based apps. Google says more than 800,000 applications currently use the Google Maps API to serve geo-location data to users. These include travel sites, weather mapping apps, apartment-locators and even apps that help coordinate rescue efforts during calamities. Location data is now an essential part of a web and mobile user’s daily life that Apple’s sudden shift to its own mapping app and data in iOS 6 resulted in an outcry among users who found their app and data to be inadequate. Google Maps, in contrast, keeps on improving. The latest API update for Android brings these new features that both developers and casual users will enjoy with third-party apps: Dynamic and flexible UI designs, which support different screen sizes, particularly aimed at tablet users. More layers in third-party apps, including satellite, hybrid, terrain, traffic information, and even indoor maps — perfect for apps that will require indoor information such as shops and establishments within buildings. The ability to create markers and windows with reduced coding requirements. The latest API update allows for a more fluid UI in third-party apps, which can be evident with how a user can see a three-dimensional representation of buildings in apartment-search app Trulia for Android. Expedia Hotels and Flight Track will also offer an improved user experience for Android users. Photo SphereApart from the Android Maps API update, Google Maps now has a Photo Sphere API. This enables app developers to build applications that can capture and view photo spheres — those 360-degree photos inspired by the Google Street View project. This update is part of the new Google Play Services, and it lets app developers check if an image is a photo sphere, and then open it using the Photo Sphere viewer if it is in this format. There is no word, though, on whether Android versions prior to 4.2 will support this functionality. Maps is already an excellent Google product, although Google’s support of better functionalities in third-party apps keeps on making their data and user interface better. Competitors are likely to have a harder time catching up, although Apple seems to be scrambling to improve its own mapping implementation amid concerns of inaccuracies and lack of detail. Check out the video a few demos and explanations on the Maps API v2.

To: puborectalis who wrote (23938)	12/4/2012 2:54:42 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32680

Rats abandoning CrAPPLE titanic.... Apple Inc. (AAPL) SVP of Technologies, Bob Mansfield Sells off $20.4M worth of Company Stock He sold them at $582 after a $125/sh plunge... I wonder what he knows and why he didn't wait for $800... ROTFLMFAO... too funny...

To: puborectalis who wrote (23938)	12/5/2012 7:50:26 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

Another rat abandons the crApple Titanic... he sold ALL his shares at $584 except 285. What does he know??? Why didn't he wait for $800?? Maybe because he didn't want to wait for $400 instead. The iSheep should follow the rats as they abandon ship to save their lives, or end up going down with it and drowning.. xml.10kwizard.com