Connected Health: This week in health and fitness tech : Shiny Shiny

The health and fitness tech market is growing rapidly, from wearable tracking devices like the Fitbit to more obscure medical gadgets that could have a big impact on those living with disabilities.

Each week we'll be bringing you a round-up of the best from Connected Health, our sister site that's dedicated to the world of health tech, fitness gadgets and awesome apps:

MappyHealth analyses Twitter data for health trends

Admittedly we spend far too much time tweeting about absolute rubbish on Twitter, but data mining company MappyHealth hopes to weed through the useless stuff and find out important information about health trends across the globe.

Nike+ Accelerator launches to drive digital fitness innovations

Nike is taking its commitment to digital health and fitness tracking a step further by launching an accelerator programme to encourage developers and fledgling companies to make awesome products and services using the Nike+ platform.

Google Now app gets a pedometer: The first step in Google's fitness tracking mission?

The Google Now application now has a way of tracking miles that have been walked and cycled, which may seem a bit "so what" to those without an Android phone, but could well be Google's first step into the world of mobile health and fitness tracking.

Tinke: The next must-have gadget in health and wellness tracking?

So we've seen a range of health and fitness tracking gadgets launch this year, but Tinke is set to become big in 2013 because it's not bothered about the steps you've taken or other trivial data like that, it wants to know your heart is performing well and it wants to allow you to find out in the simplest of ways.

Tactio's apps help teens lose weight and get fit

Health app company Tactio are producing a lot of products to track weight, BMI and other health metrics, but we're particularly interested in its niche products aimed at teens.

Source: http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2012/12/connected_health_this_week_in_health_and_fitness_tech.html

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Chicago, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/12/2012 -- Sales Performance Management Consulting Firm SimplySell was founded with the philosophy that winning sales shouldn?t be complicated or costly. Brian Tucker, Founder and President finds more often than not, sales problems begin with business stakeholders in non-selling areas of the business. ?When executives ask us to help them make their sales people and processes more effective and efficient they immediately look at not just the sales force processes but further dissect the end-to-end cross-functional business processes, especially in the business areas the sales force depends on for support. They identify hidden deficiencies and complexities that unknowingly create headaches and hassles that make selling difficult, waste time, money and prevent overall business growth.? explains Tucker.

Tucker says most of the clients that call for help suffer from the same fundamental types of problems, regardless of size or age. He says some of the most common warning signs they see are when a company has long sales cycles, spends too much time and money to win a sale and it?s killing profit margins. Or, they lack structured sales processes and struggle with unnecessary and over-complicated business and legal rules that make selling harder than it should be. He further explains that most of the time new clients have no way to measure sales performance, no data to start with and no one to figure it out. Tucker said these problems tend to occur when businesses experience a rapid amount of growth or lots of change in a short amount of time. Often times this happens when a company restructuring just took place or a big shift in management ?just went down?. He also finds many businesses need assistance before and after creating a new sales division or in transitional times when a merger or acquisition takes place or they need to combine multiple sales organizations.

?Our clients hire us because need someone who not only understands sales, but also understands business. They need a partner who can speak sales and business fluently, who really understands the business behind selling to help them diagnose these sales-related problems ? including the hidden ones sprinkled across their business ? and establish efficient sales processes and systems where they don?t exist in their business now. Our solutions get the salespeople focused solely on selling while getting rid of the problems that waste time and money, get in the way of selling and keep the business from growing at the speed it should be.? says Tucker.

SimplySell has helped many companies improve sales performance and realize tremendous boosts in efficiency. ?They recently had a client with random acts of sales support sprinkled across many different areas in their business,? explained Tucker. ?When they totaled their hidden costs, they found that they were paying 10 times more than they should have. After taking action, they were able to cut their sales cycle times from weeks down to a matter of minutes. They helped them recover lost time and money, and as a result, they further leveraged their cost savings to put more sales people out on the street.?

Potential clients can download a free sales improvement scorecard and receive no-strings-attached advice about their most challenging issues through SimplySell?s website. ?They believe in taking a proactive approach with our clients even before they develop a formal working relationship. People often tell us that this is the catalyst they need to call on us to help them jump start change within their business,? said Tucker.

?Everything they look at is a trickle-down effect as a whole. When they restructure sales and its supporting efforts, it?s not unusual to see other areas across the business improve along with the sales force. It makes everyone?s life easier when they equip them with the ability to SimplySell.?

About SimplySell
SimplySell is a sales performance management consulting firm focused on business strategy, process improvement to help executives and business owners eliminate sales-related financial waste and sell more with less, faster and easier to drive business growth. For more information, visit their website at http://www.simplysell.com

Source: http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sales-performance-management-consulting-firm-helps-executives-simplysell-187089.htm

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Business-Ethics Stories Prominent In Global Coverage

Dec 10th, 2012 ? Posted in: News

British employees say they are feeling pressure to cut ethical corners during recession; Wall Street Journal looks at ethics of granting pay raises to execs of companies headed for bankruptcy; many U.K. investors protest that ?ethical? investment funds often are ethical in name only

LONDON and NEW YORK

Developments at the intersection of business and morality were the subject of several headlines last week. Among them:

• The recession is apparently prompting U.K. employees to take ethical shortcuts, reports the London-based Guardian. A report from the Institute of Business Ethics says 84 percent of British employees indicate that they work honestly ?always or frequently,? but 9 percent say they have been pressured to compromise their ethical standards. Eighteen percent say there is an ?unethical culture? prevalent within their organization. A fifth of British employees say they have witnessed unethical acts, but of them only half say they reported it, notes the Guardian.
• Relationships between management and workers at the troubled Hostess Brands, Inc., began to sour months ago after workers learned executives received pay raises shortly before seeking bankruptcy protection, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reports that such practices are common and often stir emotions, but are not entirely clear-cut in terms of ethics. On one hand, ?financially ailing companies often pay bonuses and other compensation to executives, directors, and private-equity owners in the months before filing for bankruptcy protection. Federal law restricts ?retention? bonuses paid to such ?insiders? after a bankruptcy case is filed but not before,? notes the Journal. ?Companies often say they are using their best business judgment when paying bonuses to executives who are working overtime to keep operations afloat. A firm?s fate often isn?t known when bonuses are paid, and companies argue they must motivate some executives to stay lest they suffer exoduses that further destabilize troubled situations.?
• Angry investors are dumping some ?ethical? funds after concluding that not all funds so labeled are really that good, according to a report from Investors Chronicle, a publication of the Financial Times group. The Chronicle writes: ?Independent financial advisers claim the ethical investment market, which has almost trebled in size over the last decade, is clogged with a growing number of ?disillusioned? investors who have bought the funds while under the impression they are more ethical than they are in reality.? Morley reports that a recent study by FairPensions, a charity that promotes responsible investment by pension funds, claimed that almost half of ethical funds fail to fully disclose their investments.

Sources: Investors Chronicle, Dec. 8 ? Guardian, Dec. 7 ? Wall Street Journal, Dec. 3.

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Freeport to buy Plains, McMoRan Exploration for $9 billion

(Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Wednesday it would acquire Plains Exploration & Production Co and McMoRan Exploration Co for $9 billion in cash and stock in a major expansion into energy.

The combination would create a company with gold, oil and natural gas assets around the world. Freeport said the new entity, on a pro-forma basis, would generate almost three-quarters of its 2013 operating earnings from mining and the rest from oil and gas.

The deal would help Freeport diversify, with its mining profile largely outside the United States and Plains and McMoRan concentrated in energy plays in California, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.

Freeport said it would pay $25 cash and 0.6531 shares of its common stock for each Plains share, adding up to $50 per share, or a total deal value of $6.9 billion.

Freeport would pay $14.75 cash for each McMoRan share, or $2.1 billion after taking into account shares in McMoRan that Freeport and Plains already own.

McMoRan shareholders would also get 1.15 units of a royalty trust for each share they hold. That trust would hold a 5 percent royalty interest in future production from McMoRan exploration properties in ultra-deepwater territories.

Shares in Plains rose 25 percent to $45.10 in premarket trading from the $36.05 close on Tuesday. McMoRan Exploration jumped 74 percent to $14.76 from the close of $8.46 Tuesday.

(Reporting by Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Jeffrey Benkoe)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/freeport-mcmoran-buy-plains-mcmoran-exploration-9-billion-135254190--finance.html

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New Jersey Legislature Could Pass Online Gambling Bill Before ...

New Jersey Assembly delivers a wake up call to proponents of online gambling.

A New Jersey Assembly Committee revived a bill on Monday that would authorize intrastate internet gambling, including poker.

State Senator Raymond Lesniak believes the proposed legislation will receive a full Assembly vote on December 17 and will appear before the Senate on December 20, according to a report by John Brennan for NewJersey.com.

Bill A2578 would authorize casinos in Atlantic City to offer a full slate of internet gambling to people within the state. Delaware is currently the only state to have authorized online casino gambling and Nevada has legalized online poker, though neither state has yet taken its first online wager.

This is not New Jersey?s first dance with online gambling. Last year, Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have legalized online gambling in New Jersey. Online gambling legislation was then reintroduced to both the Senate and the Assembly earlier this year.

The New Jersey Assembly Appropriations Committee passed bill A2578 by a 6-0 margin in June. However, the issue was forced to the back burner following statements by the Governor that no such legislation would be approved until after the US presidential election.

As recently as May, Lesniak maintained that online gaming would be ?up and operational? in New Jersey by the end of 2012.

Even if Lesniak has correctly predicted a vote by both arms of the New Jersey Legislature on internet gambling by the end of the year, Governor Christie?s signature is not a given.

Source: http://pokerfuse.com/news/law-and-regulation/new-jersey-legislature-could-pass-online-gambling-bill-before-year-end-04-12/

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SMEs Forum and Exhibition and Forum launched at the Bahrain ...

The Minister has received Mr. John, the keynote speaker at the forum in presence of president of Bahrain Small and medium enterprises society Dr. Abdulhasan Al Diri and a number of society's members, where they informed the minister on the latest arrangements for organizing SMEs forum and exhibition.

In this regard, the Minister commended the role played by the society and its ongoing efforts with the ministry to enhance this sector.

Dr. Fakhro also stressed government and ministry support and encouragement for all Bahraini enterprises, noting in this context the role achieved by these institutions in supporting the national economy.

The minister also pointed government's guidelines and ministry's efforts presented in Coordinating Committee to support small and medium enterprises, which completed a lot of steps in order to support these institutions to implement leadership and government directives in this aspect

From his part, Mr. John thanks the government and the Ministry on their efforts made in order to support SMEs in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Source: http://www.ameinfo.com/smes-forum-exhibition-forum-launched-bahrain-321170

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Republicans block U.N. treaty to protect people with disabilities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Tuesday blocked a treaty to protect people with disabilities from discrimination despite a passionate plea from former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who was severely wounded in World War Two.

The Senate voted 61-38 to pass the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, falling short of the 66 votes needed to ratify the treaty.

The former Republican presidential nominee and Senate majority leader from Kansas tried to persuade Republicans to ratify the treaty and sat in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Senate floor as lawmakers voted.

Only eight Republicans, including Vietnam War veteran Senator John McCain of Arizona, voted with the Democratic majority in the Senate.

"It is a sad day when we cannot pass a treaty that simply brings the world up to the American standard for protecting people with disabilities because the Republican Party is in thrall to extremists and ideologues," said top Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Utah.

The treaty was modeled on a U.S. law that is designed to ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunities in employment as well as state and local government services.

Ultra-conservatives associated with the Tea Party, including former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, had opposed the treaty saying it threatened U.S. sovereignty and parental rights.

Santorum, who has a daughter with special needs, had argued that the treaty would effectively put the United States under international law and give the U.N. discretion over decisions about how special needs children are educated.

Dole was the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and 1976 conservative vice-presidential nominee.

(Editing by Eric Walsh)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-block-u-n-treaty-protect-people-disabilities-215256577.html

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Egypt's top court shuts down, blames Islamist protesters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the head of state.

The Supreme Constitutional Court said it would not convene until its judges could operate without "psychological and material pressure", saying protesters had stopped the judges from reaching the building.

Several hundred Mursi supporters had protested outside the court through the night ahead of a session expected to examine the legality of parliament's upper house and the assembly that drafted a new constitution, both of them Islamist-controlled.

The cases have cast a legal shadow over Mursi's efforts to chart a way out of a crisis ignited by a November 22 decree that temporarily expanded his powers and led to nationwide protests against him and his Muslim Brotherhood group.

The court's decision to suspend its activities appeared unlikely to have any immediate impact on Mursi's drive to get the new constitution passed in a national referendum on December 15.

Judges supervise voting in Egypt, and Mursi will need them to oversee the referendum.

But in a blow to the president, an influential body representing judges decided on Sunday not to oversee the vote, the state news agency reported. The Judges' Club's decisions are not binding on members, however.

Vice President Mahmoud Mekky said on Sunday he was confident the judges would perform that role, despite calls by Mursi's critics in the judiciary for a boycott.

Three people have been killed and hundreds wounded in protests and counter-demonstrations over Mursi's decree.

At least 200,000 of Mursi's supporters attended a rally at Cairo University on Saturday. His opponents are staging an open-ended sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the cradle of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.

The National Salvation Front, an alliance of liberal, leftist and socialist opposition groups, called for protests in Tahrir Square on Tuesday against Mursi holding the referendum on what it branded an "illegitimate constitution".

Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood, which propelled him to power in a June election, hope to end the crisis by pushing through the new constitution hastily adopted by the drafting assembly on Friday. The next day the assembly handed the text to Mursi, who called the referendum and urged Egyptians to vote.

"The Muslim Brotherhood is determined to go ahead with its own plans regardless of everybody else. There is no compromise on the horizon," said Hassan Nafaa, a professor of political science at Cairo University.

DEEP SUSPICION

Outside the Supreme Constitutional Court, Muslim Brotherhood supporters rallied behind the referendum date. "Yes to the constitution," said a banner held aloft by one protester. Chants demanded the "purging of the judiciary".

The interior minister told the head of the court that the building was accessible and that the protests were peaceful, according a statement from the ministry.

The protest reflected the deep suspicion harboured by Egypt's Islamists towards a court they see as a vestige of the Mubarak era. The same court ruled in June to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood-led lower house of parliament.

Since then, several legal cases have challenged the legitimacy of the upper house of parliament and the 100-member constituent assembly that wrote the constitution.

Those against the upper house have focused on the legality of the law by which it was elected, while the constitutional assembly has faced a raft of court cases alleging that the way it was picked was illegal.

Mursi believes securing approval for the new constitution in a popular referendum will bury all arguments on the legality of the constituent assembly, as well as controversy over the text it worked through the night to finish on Friday.

It will also override the November 22 decree that drew concern from Western governments and a rebellion by sections of the judiciary. The decree shielded Mursi from judicial oversight.

While the Islamists' critics, including representatives of the Christian minority, have accused the Brotherhood of trying to hijack the constitution, investors appear to have seen Mursi's moves as a harbinger of stability. They were also relieved that Saturday's mass Islamist protest went off calmly.

The main stock market index, which lost a tenth of its value in response to Mursi's November 22 decree, rallied more than 2 percent when the market opened on Sunday.

"The events that took place through the weekend, from the approval of the final draft of the constitution and the president calling a referendum, gave some confidence to investors that political stability is on track," said Mohamed Radwan of Pharos Securities, an Egyptian brokerage.

OPPOSITION INFURIATED

But opposition parties have been infuriated by what they see as the Brotherhood's attempt to ram through a constitution that does not enjoy national consensus. Mursi's opponents warn of deeper polarisation ahead.

Liberal figures, including former Arab League chief Amr Moussa, pulled out of the constituent assembly last month, as did Christian representatives.

The draft constitution contains Islamist-flavoured language which opponents say could be used to whittle away human rights and stifle criticism. It forbids blasphemy and "insults to any person", does not explicitly uphold women's rights and demands respect for "religion, traditions and family values".

New York-based Human Rights Watch said the draft constitution protected some rights while undermining others.

The text limits presidents to two four-year terms, requires parliamentary approval for their choice of prime minister, and introduces some civilian oversight of the military - although not enough for critics. Mubarak ruled for three decades.

Mursi described it as a constitution that fulfilled the goals of the revolution that ended Mubarak's rule. "Let everyone -- those who agree and those who disagree -- go to the referendum to have their say," he said.

The Islamists are gambling that they will be able to secure a "Yes" vote by mobilising their core support base.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-top-court-shuts-down-blames-islamist-protesters-155821537.html

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Counselor: Manning's history showed self-harm risk

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? An Army private charged with sending U.S secrets to the website WikiLeaks had a history of suicidal thoughts and aloof behavior that outweighed a psychiatrist's opinion that he was no risk to himself, two former counselors testified Sunday.

Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Jordan and Marine Master Sgt. Craig Blenis testified on the sixth day of a pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. The hearing is to determine whether Manning's nine months in pretrial confinement at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., were so punishing that the judge should dismiss all charges. The 24-year-old intelligence analyst is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the secret-spilling website in 2009 and 2010.

The counselors, both of whom worked in the brig, sat on a board that recommended to the brig commander that Manning remain in maximum custody and on either injury-prevention or suicide-risk status ? conditions that kept him confined to his cell 23 hours a day, sometimes with no clothing.

Jordan said under cross-examination by defense attorney David Coombs that besides the mental-health report, he considered evidence that Manning had contemplated suicide after his arrest in Iraq in May 2010. The evidence included a noose Manning had fashioned from a bedsheet while confined in Kuwait, and a written statement he made upon arrival at Quantico in July 2010 that he was "always planning and never acting" on suicidal impulses.

Jordan acknowledged Manning had been a polite, courteous and nearly trouble-free detainee at Quantico.

"Wouldn't his past six months of performance be an indicator of his potential for future behavior?" Coombs asked. But Jordan maintained that Manning's unwillingness to converse with him and other brig staff was a warning sign he was at risk of self-harm.

Jordan said he considered the opinion of the brig psychiatrist, Navy Capt. William Hocter, that Manning was no longer at risk of self-harm. But Jordan said the weight he gave to Hocter's views was tempered by the fact that another detainee had recently killed himself after his custody status was reduced on Hocter's advice.

"I would consider it, but I would always consider it with care, sir," he told Coombs.

Blenis, who spent more time with Manning, said Manning chose not to speak most of the time except for short, yes-or-no answers. He said Manning spurned his offers to play chess or work brain teasers by arrogantly responding, "They're a little below my level."

"I've got a person not communicating with me that's sitting in his cell, not doing anything," Blenis said.

He said he supported the brig commander's decision in March 2011 to strip Manning of all clothing at night and place him on suicide watch after Manning told another staffer that if he really wanted to kill himself, he could use the elastic waistband on his underwear.

"If someone tells me they're going to shoot themselves in the face, I'm not going to give them a gun," Blenis said.

Manning was moved in April 2011 to pretrial confinement at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He's been held there in medium custody since then.

Earlier Sunday, the military judge said Manning's trial, previously set to begin Feb. 4, would be pushed back to sometime in March due to lengthy pretrial proceedings.

The hearing on Manning's confinement was to recess Sunday and resume Wednesday.

Manning is charged with 22 offenses, including aiding the enemy, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/counselor-mannings-history-showed-self-harm-risk-175239354.html

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Securing Your On-line Business with World wide web Security

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Holiday Guide: Give the gift of better apps for Android

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Alan Henry , Lifehacker

The gift of a good app can turn a phone someone's frustrated with into a device that they'll fall in love with again. A great mobile app can be a lifesaver, fill a real need in your life, and be well worth a little cash. Here are our favorite (and your favorite) paid apps worth giving to the Android owner (or Android?owner-to-be) on your gift list.

Many of these apps also have free versions that you or the Android?fan on your list may or may not be used to working with, but when it comes down to it, they're all apps where you can get great additional features if you're willing to lay down a few bucks for the pro versions or unlock keys.

TWEAKING AND CUSTOMIZATION

Nova Launcher Prime

Reader In_Sweden?recommended Nova Launcher Prime, and we agree: it's?one of your favorite Android launchers, and it turns your Ice Cream Sandwich device into a brand new device. It supports themes from ADW Launcher, another popular Android launcher, is flexible with how many home screens you configure, supports beautiful animations and gestures, and?comes packed with widgets.?With Nova Launcher Prime, you even get unread message and notification counts for email, voicemail and more. If the Android user in your life is frustrated with a carrier's crappy UI, this is a great gift for them.

Tasker
The ultimate Android tweaking utility, and definitely not for everyone, Tasker gives you total control over your device. If you've ever thought "I wish that would happen when this happens," Tasker is the app to do it. If you have an Android lover on your list and they're ready to get their hands dirty customizing their device, Tasker is a great gift. To get them started, hook them up with our?Tasker tips?and tricks. Then, tell them to install the Tasker App Factory and export some of their profiles so you can enjoy your gift too!

SwiftKey 3
Android's stock keyboard is pretty good, but offering users options is what Android is all about, and SwiftKey is a fantastic keyboard option for beginner and advanced users alike. It's our favorite keyboard, and its word prediction and auto-correction are unmatched among its many competitors. Plus, with SwiftKey Flow on the way, it'll be even more versatile and customizable, so it's worth getting in on the ground floor. SwiftKey comes in phone and tablet versions, so even your friend with a Nexus 7 in the gift pile this year can get some use out of it. Trust us, once you've used a keyboard that's smart enough to scan the apps you use to learn the way you write, you'll never go back.

MEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Doggcatcher
If the Android user on your list this year loves to listen to or watch podcasts, give them the gift of portability with our favorite podcast manager for Android. It's come a long way since our first recommendation, and while it's still not perfect, it's more than worth the $5 you'll put down on it. It's fast, flexible, supports audio, video and RSS, and lets you create "virtual" feeds???or playlists mixed up of your favorite podcasts so you can watch new downloads in any order you choose. You can tell it to download new episodes only?when you want (at night, over Wi-Fi, etc.), and the app offers variable-speed playback, for those people who prefer to listen at two?or?three times regular speed. Plus, it doesn't hurt that the developer is super-responsive to user inquiries.

Camera ZOOM FX
We think Camera ZOOM FX is the best camera app for Android, and recent updates have only made it better. The app gives you control over your photos that most stock camera apps don't, like white balance, burst shooting, geotagging, and 1-tap uploads to Flickr, Instagram, Picasa or any other service you use. Recent updates have brought in tap-to-focus (a highly requested feature) and editing tools so you can crop or apply photo filters to your shots immediately after taking them. The app even lets you clap to take a photo, or use the stable-shot timer to snap a photo right when you're holding your phone still.

NewsRob
If there's a voracious reader on your list, or just someone who loves their blogs and can't get enough of their RSS feeds, NewsRob is still one of the best Android feed readers around. The free version is probably already on their phone (or should be,) and syncs with Google Reader so they don't have to sift through feeds on their desktop that they already read on their phone or tablet. The Pro version here drops the ads, opens up some filtering options, lets you save articles for offline reading, and more.

Plex
Going mobile doesn't mean that you???or the Android user in your life???has to be without all of the music and movies they have at home. We've shown you how to take your media on the go with Plex in the past, and the app's real strong suit is that it transcodes on the fly and plays virtually anything you throw at it on any supported device. Plus, the app is only getting better, even if you don't have a huge media center set up at home.

PRODUCTIVITY

Astrid Power Pack
Astrid is your favorite to-do app, and for good reason. It's fast, flexible, cross-platform, and just keeps updating with new features and improvements that leave its competition behind. If you're shopping for someone who could use a little organization, Astrid is a great app suggestion, but buying them the Astrid Power Pack ensures they'll get the most out of the service. The Power Pack offers up home screen widgets so they can always see their to-dos without having to open the app, and most importantly it lets them talk to their phone add and manage to-dos with their voice. The Power Pack also includes voice reminders when something is due, so they can't just ignore it.

QuickOffice Pro
Don't let anyone tell you that you can't be productive on an Android phone or tablet. With QuickOffice Pro, the Android user on your holiday shopping list can turn their device from a casual emailing and entertainment machine into something they can get real work done on. QuickOffice Pro supports Microsoft Office documents, including spreadsheets, opens them, edits them, saves them and exports them easily. The app has a built-in file manager to grab email attachments, and even supports reading and annotating PDF documents. Plus, the tablet version isn't just a port of the phone version??it's much larger and well suited to real productivity.

Splashtop Remote Desktop
Sometimes you can't do everything you want to do from your Android device and really need to get to a desktop. For those times, Splashtop Remote Desktop is the answer, and if you're shopping for an IT professional or someone who just loves their Android phone or tablet more than they love their laptop or desktop (especially after hours), do them a favor and give them this app. Splashtop Remote Desktop streams WIndows and Mac desktops to your Android phone or tablet and gives you complete control over them so you can manage them or stream files, music, photos, or movies via Wi-Fi or 3G/4G.

MailDroid Pro
If the only email accounts you use with your Android phone are Gmail accounts, you may not need an additional app, but if you have multiple POP, IMAP, or Exchange accounts you want to use your phone with, you'll need a better mail app than the stock one. MailDroid Pro is a great alternative, and while we pooh-poohed it when compared to our favorite Android mail app, K-9 Mail, the app has come a long way and gotten a complete rewrite and overhaul since we looked at it last. It's still pricey, but that's what makes it a good gift, as reader Philip Pratt?notes. Plus it supports custom rules, enterprise calendars, signatures, customizable alerts for different accounts, Dropbox and more. There's a free version to try first, and once your Android lover wants the ads gone and the pro features, that's when you can give them their gift.

OTHER USEFUL UTILITIES

Sleep As Android
If there's someone on your list that's having a little trouble sleeping, Sleep as Android makes a perfect gift. The app tracks sleep patterns and stages over the course of a night, making sure you wake up gently at the right stage of your sleep cycle so you're refreshed for the day ahead. We've mentioned the app before, and how it can show you your sleep patterns over weeks or months, sleep recordings, and more. The free version keeps a two-week limit on some of the advanced features, while the pro unlock key opens up natural sound alarms, graph history, and more. What better gift to give a friend or loved one than the gift of a good night's sleep?

Titanium Backup Pro Key
Why not give the gift of data security this holiday season? Titanium Backup for root users is free and does a great job of keeping all of your data safe in case your phone dies or needs to be replaced. If you pick up the Pro Key for the Android user on your list, they can automate their backups, and even sync them to Dropbox. Better than that though, they'll never have to worry that the important data on their phone will be lost if their device is stolen, wiped, or damaged.

A special thanks goes out to everyone who provided suggestions! It made putting together these guides a lot easier, and a better fit for you.

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Sunlit Nanoparticles Turn Water To Steam

Heated grains of coated sand turn water to steam without having to boil the whole pot. David Biello reports.

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Using fire to boil water has long been the preferred method for making steam. But now, thanks to specially coated nanoparticles of sand, we can use sunlight.?

Researchers at Rice University in Texas made fine grains of sand, much smaller than the width of a human hair, and coated them in gold or carbon. They sprinkled these nanoparticles into water, and then focused sunlight on them. Each particle acted as a nano-sized boiler, absorbing the heat from the sunlight and turning surrounding water molecules from liquid to vapor. This solar steam was produced without having to boil the whole pot, in as quickly as five seconds.??

The research was published in the American Chemical Society's journal ACS Nano. [Oara Neumann et al, Solar Vapor Generation Enabled by Nanoparticles]

The nano-sized boilers turn sunlight into steam with 80 percent efficiency and could prove a boon in places that lack fossil fuels or electricity. The nanoparticles are easy to make, relatively cheap and can be used over and over again.?

The technology could enable folks in resource poor areas to do everything from purifying water to sterilizing surgical equipment. And that might be enough to start a new, if smaller, Steam Age.

?David Biello

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