Behind the Name and Logo
The name and logo of a company is very important, you have to think about it carefully. The name and logo will be its identification; it’s a representation to whatever business you have. A very well thought of and catchy name will help appeal to the public, if you use something distasteful it may have a negative factor.

Samsung
Lee Byung-chull founded the company and wanted to establish Samsung as an industry leader in a variety of enterprises (insurance, securities, retail). According to the founder himself, the word Samsung means “tristar” or “three stars”. The word “three” represents something “big, numerous and powerful”; the stars mean eternity. It’s simple as that.
Samsung had 5 different logos beginning with the Samsung Byeolpyo noodles logo in 1938, in the late 1969 the Samsung Group logo, in 1980 the Samsung Group logo (“three stars) replaced in 1992 with the Samsung Electronics logo. The current logo design is intended to emphasize flexibility and simplicity, while conveying a dynamic and innovative image through the ellipse (the symbol of the universe and the world stage). The opening on both ends of the ellipse where the letters “S” and “G” are meant to show that Samsung is connected with the world.
The color blue of the logo, symbolizes stability and reliability, and also stands for social responsibility as a corporate citizen (explained by a company official).

Motorola
Back in the 1920s it used to be called Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, named after the founder Howard Galvin. The story was after two guys from zenith showed up with a new product, a battery eliminator which eventually led to the company producing car radios. So they needed a new name for this brand new product, and the trend at that time was putting the suffix – “ola” in brandnames (like Crayola, Victola, and Moviola). Thus the word Motorola – motor because their radios were being used in cars.
The brand name was established in 1930, but it wasn’t until 1947 that the name was taken for the company. During that time, the brand name’s logo had a handwritten, cursive look. The logo changed to a bold block lettering when the company took the name officially. In the year 1955, Morton Goldsholl (award winning Chicago graphic designer) proposed a visually strong graphic mark. “It should capture the eye of all observers-consumer, dealer, salesman, casual onlooker, or the most prejudiced company employee… [And] it should have the visual strength to last,” Goldsholl said.
The stylized “M” insignia (emsignia as the company called it) says was born. It featured two aspiring triangle peaks arching into an abstracted “M” symbolizing the progressive, leadership attitude of the company. Motorola has kept the logo to this day.

Sources:

http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=NEWS&source=&category=economy.business&art_id=1042338

http://www.samsungvillage.com/blog/2011/03/did-you-know-three-stars-on-noodles.html

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://highnames.com/motorola-naming-origin/

http://www.motorola.com/blog/2011/10/12/how-motorola-got-its-wings-batwings-that-is/

http://www.motorolasolutions.com/US-EN/About/Company+Overview/History/Timeline#1950

Apple Reaches 50 Billion apps Downloaded!
Apple has come a long way with its Apps, with people downloading apps everyday… Iphone and IPad users have made apps a part of their lives and most of the users are dependent on them. Apple with it reaching its 50th billion app downloaded has reached a new milestone that will be written in its history books.
With the release of iPhone OS 2.0 in July 2008, Apple launched the App store, a service allowing users to purchase and download new apps for their device wit only 500 apps. ITunes was launched on April 28, 2003, a music store for Apple’s iPod and Mac computers. ITunes also did well launching only 200,000 songs with more than a million sold for its first week of business. “We don’t know any other company that has these assets under one roof. We know that only Apple could have created this Apple music store,” Jobs said at the event. “The iTunes music store, we think, will become the hottest way to acquire music”. On October 23, 2012 CEO Tim Cook announced that the company has over 35 billion App Store downloads with only over 700,000 apps available to download.
It was earlier this month when Apple announced that it was nearing their 50th billion iPhone and iPad app downloads since the launch of the store in 2008, and as a celebration they would be awarding the 50th billion app downloader and a $10,000 gift card for the next 50 down loaders will also get a $500 gift card. The App store is now available in 155 countries, and has now over 850,000 apps, 350,000 of which are designed for the iPad.
With over 800 apps being downloaded per second (2 billion per month) May 15, 2013 marks Apple’s 50th billion App download, Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio won the grand prize of $10,000 iTunes gift card for downloading a word app game called Say The Same Thing. The game is currently ranked #60 in the free games apps for iPhone, and 158th most popular. While the all time top paid apps are; WhatsApp Messenger, Heads Up!, Downhill Supreme, Minecraft and A Beautiful Mess respectively. The top all time free apps are; Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds Space, Guncrafter, Vine and Tetris Blitz.
What will be the top apps downloaded when Apple reaches 100 billion? A better question is, what will they be giving away when that time comes? Let’s all download our way to that 100 billion app downloads to find out!

Sources:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/05/ohio-man-downloaded-apples-50-billionth-app-and-was-suddenly-10k-richer/

http://www.technotin.com/news/apple-app-store-will-soon-cross-50-billion-app-downloads/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_store

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/10/23/apple-announces-35-billion-app-store-downloads-6-5-billion-paid-to-developers/

http://www.loop21.com/succeed/apple-app-store-reaches-50-billion-downloads

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2325625/Apples-App-Store-hits-50-billion-downloads-gives-away-6-550-celebrate.html

What’s in a Logo?

The name and logo of a company is very important, you have to think about it carefully. The name and logo will be its identification; it’s a representation to whatever business you have. A very well thought of and catchy name will help appeal to the public, if you use something distasteful it may have a negative factor.

Apple

There were a lot of speculation as to where the name Apple came from like; because Jobs and Wozniak wanted their name to be in front of Atari in the phone book, a difference from the usual computer imagery like Digital Equipment, IBM and CINCOM, a tribute to Apple Records (music label of the Beatles). But according to a conversation from the founders themselves, Jobs after coming from an apple farm, the name Apple seemed “fun, spirited and not intimidating”. In iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon, Wozniak explains it this way:

“It was a couple of weeks later when we came up with a name for the partnership. I remember I was driving Steve Jobs back from the airport along Highway 85. Steve was coming back from a visit to Oregon to a place he called an “apple orchard.” It was actually some kind of commune. Steve suggested a name – Apple Computer. The first comment out of my mouth was, “What about Apple Records?” This was (and still is) the Beatles-owned record label. We both tried to come up with technical-sounding names that were better, but we couldn’t think of any good ones. Apple was so much better, better than any other name we could think of.”

In an interview in 2006 with an MIT newspaper, Wozniak was asked again about the rationale behind the Apple name. Wozniak confirmed that it was Job’s creation, and that he came up with the name after spending a few months working on an apple orchard. “After trying to think of better and more technical names, both Jobs and I realized that Apple was a good fit,” he told the newspaper.

A book titled Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World’s Most Colorful Company says that both Wozniak and Jobs tried out alternate brand names such as Executex and Matrix Electronics, but they didn’t like anything as much as Apple Computer.

Now, the first Apple Logo was designed last 1976 by Ronal Wayne. The logo was an image of Isaac Newton under a tree with an apple dangling above him. The boarder contains a phrase that says “Newton…  A mind Forever Voyaging through Strange Seas of Thought… Alone”. The logo lasted only a year, when Jobs appointed Rob Janoff to conceive something new. Janoff’s design would be the now recognizable corporate icon in history. The design was simply an apple; the bite was there so people wouldn’t mistake it for a tomato. The rainbow stripes were rumored to be the insistence of Jobs on making a colorful logo as a means to “humanize” the company. The multi-colored logo was used for 22 years, until it was replace by a more monochromatic look which took on a variety of sizes and colors, the apple shape, however, continues to be the same to this day.

Sources:

http://www.edibleapple.com/2009/04/20/the-evolution-and-history-of-the-apple-logo/

http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/2011/11/how-did-apple-computer-get-its-brand-name.html#.UZ2kwKK1GSo

The Samsung Galaxy S4 was released last 26th of April, just 5 days ago. The S4 already reached 10 million pre-orders in the first 2 weeks after its announcement. And here are the S4’s specifications.

The body is 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm and weights 130 g, 3 g lighter than the S3. The screen size is 5 inch, but sometimes stated as 4.99 inch which features a PenTile RGBG Full HD Super AMOLED with 441.46 pixels per inch. Has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 as protection.

The sound system comes with a Mono speaker with Qualcomm DAC or Wolfson Micro WM5102 audio chip depending on the version and a 3.5 mm jack.

S4 comes with 16 GB, 32GB or 64GB internal storage, and is compatible with a microSD card up to 64GB memory.
Has GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth (with A2DP, EDR, LE), NFC, Infrared port, WLAN, USB and a speed of HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps.
Has a 13 MP 1080p Full HD Video Recording, autofocus, LED flash, and check quality. The front camera, 2 MP 1080p@30fps, features dual video call.

The Galaxy S4 features Google’s Android mobile operating system with Samsung’s custom TouchWiz “Nature UX” GUI. The names of the Samsung software are usually named with an “S” following the function and a battery of 2600mAh with an optional Qi wireless charging.

The S4 comes in 2 variants that differ primarily in the internal hardware:
The GT-l19500 and SHV-E300S version will feature Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa (octa-core) 5410, while the GT-19505 will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600.
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Additional software’s will include Group Play, Share Music, Share Picture, Share Document, Play Games, Story Album, S Translator, Optical Reader, Samsung Smart Scroll, Samsung Smart Pause, Air Gesture, Air View, Samsung Hub, ChatON, Samsung WatchON, S Travel, S Voice Drive, S Health, Samsung Adapt Display, Samsung Adapt Sound, Auto adjust touch sensitivity, Samsung Link, Screen Mirroring, and Samsung KNOX (business mode only).

Sources:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9500_galaxy_s4-5125.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4

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What can our Phones do against Water?

All of us have probably  submerged our phones in water, or knocked water over it, or got caught in rain with it, and it’s really a frustrating thing to happen (it’s one of the most common damage our cellphones could experience). But we have ways to save them when we accidentally get our phones wet, or prevent it from happening.

We all know that we’re the reason behind this, we can be careless. Because we’re always with our phones, when we go swimming, eating/drinking and we just display it on the table and when we use the toilet.

So obviously, number 1 is to keep it away from water or be very mindful when water is near. Also, when you’re at a resort or wherever there is open water like pools or the ocean, don’t walk around with it, keep it in a protective/ water proof bag. Resorts most likely have lockers or safety deposit boxes, keep it there; it won’t hurt to be away from your phone a bit. But if you really can’t separate from your phone, there’s always the Liquipel. Liquipel keeps every feature of your device safe from water, the coating is not noticeable and it’s also long lasting (doesn’t mean you could go swimming with your phone). Or you could always just get a waterproof phone; some devices coming out are built for it (like the Sonim XP5520 BOLT, The Vertu Ti, Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 or Motorola MOTOGO TV).

But say, we still soaked our phone, and never did anything to avoid and chose to be careful, there are ways to save our wet phones/gadget (hopefully)

Firstly, take the phone out of the water ASAP, the ports and case might seem tiny and tight, time could make a huge difference. Also, don’t assume only a few water got in. If you dropped it in the ocean, wash it first with fresh water before salt crystals form. And if connected to charger while submerged (how) in water, do not attempt to remove it, get a professional to help you as you might get electrocuted. Immediately after removing from water, take out the batteries and turn it off (to avoid a short circuit), also take out your memory card and SIM (dry them separately). Wipe off the visible drops of water. (Do not use a heated blow dryer, or any source of extreme heat. This will only add more damage to your phone. You can however use your blow dryer on ‘cool’ mode). Use a substance with a high affinity for drawing out moisture, placing your phone overnight in a bowl of uncooked rice, but dessicants may absorb better than rice. Desiccants are what we find in newly purchased bags, shoes and other stuff, remember the “Do Not Eat!” warning, that would be it. One more thing we can do with it is slip our phone into a plastic bag or any airtight container, add the dessicant packet and leave it for absorption. After the absorption phase, lay it out on an absorbent towel, napkins or other paper.

The goal is to get all the moisture out, after at least 24 hours of drying, put them all back together (make sure you checked every part for any moisture) and give it a try, test out all functions, it might turn on but it doesn’t mean it fully functional.

If everything failed and the phone just won’t work, do not open it up and fix it on your own (unless you had training). Send it over to a professional, like Out Of Warranty where it’s so easy to have your phone repaired. http://www.outofwarranty.com/index.php

Sources:

http://www.liquipel.com/

http://www.phonerated.com/gallery.php?type=waterproof-rugged&page=2

http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone

Cell Phone Water Damage