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MSN and Xbox May Revive Heroes

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Could Heroes be making a comeback? It’s an odd and interesting time for TV fandom, as the return of Arrested Development on Netflix and the revival of Veronica Mars (via a Kickstarted movie) is causing a lot more “Hey, maybe this could come back too!” discussion about all sorts of shows.

TVLine is reporting that a Heroes revival is indeed as possibility though, with MSN – in the midst of planning a bigger push of original programming via Xbox – in talks to launch a new version of the superhero series that originally aired an on NBC from 2006-2010.

Unlike true cult (as in low rated, but holding onto a passionate fanbase) series like Arrested Development and Veronica Mars, Heroes was once a huge hit, only to suffer big ratings drops over its four year run, as the show suffered a lot of criticism from the press and its fans over story decisions made after the popular first season.

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From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/17/msn-and-xbox-may-revive-heroes

Computers

A vision for Microsoft’s smartwatch and four more Surface family members

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If Microsoft ever releases the smartwatch that the Wall Street Journal reports is in development, the gadget won’t just be entering a wearable computing market that has yet to be proven out. The watch would also extend a family of Surface hardware devices that no one is clamoring to buy.

Yet hardware is a critical component of Microsoft’s mobile-focused reinvention, and the company can’t let crappy tablet sales dim its ambition. The Surface family must grow larger if Microsoft is to realize its quite public aspirations, and if you really begin to think about what a Surface Watch might offer, the concept suddenly segues from misguided and far-fetched to “Hmmm… I might actually buy that thing.”

The watch won’t look anything like the MSN-connected Swatch Paparazzi shown in the image above, but it could go down in flames like the Paparazzi if Microsoft doesn’t nail the gadget’s design and intent. With that, I describe the Surface Watch that I would want to buy, and wax fantastically on four more Surface brand extensions.

Surface Watch

If you can’t sell customers a $1,000 Surface tablet, maybe you can sell them a Surface smartwatch that’s priced to move. Let’s say this device is $150 (the same as Pebble’s smartwatch). Let’s say it grabs Microsoft’s modern UI, and tosses a new Live Tile on your screen every 10 seconds. How’s that for a conversation starter? With its always-on connection, the Surface Watch throws tweets, news headlines, and other streaming bits and bobs directly onto its touchscreen face.

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From: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2034667/a-vision-for-microsoft-s-smartwatch-and-four-more-surface-family-members.html#tk.rss_all

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Air Lease Corporation Announces the Delivery of One New Airbus A330-300 to Sichuan Airlines

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Air Lease Corporation Announces the Delivery of One New Airbus A330-300 to Sichuan Airlines

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today Air Lease Corporation (NYS: AL) announced the delivery of one new Airbus A330-300 wide-body aircraft (MSN 1397) on lease to Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, China) for twelve years.

“Sichuan Airlines has been a strong customer of Air Lease Corporation since July 2010 and we are pleased that our A330 will now enter service and operate on the airline’s highest density trunk routes,” said Jie Chen, Executive Vice President of Air Lease Corporation.

Sichuan Airlines operates both Airbus A320 family and A330 family aircraft on lease from ALC.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations and projections about our future results, prospects and opportunities and are not guarantees of future performance. Such statements will not be updated unless required by law. Actual results and performance may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Air Lease Corporation (NYS: AL)

ALC is an aircraft leasing company based in Los Angeles, California that has airline customers throughout the world. ALC and its team of dedicated and experienced professionals are principally engaged in purchasing commercial aircraft and leasing them to its airline partners worldwide through customized aircraft leasing and financing solutions. For more information, visit ALC‘s website at www.airleasecorp.com.

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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Chamberlain College of Nursing Appoints Dr. Pamela Fuller as Phoenix Campus President and Dr. Kimber

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Chamberlain College of Nursing Appoints Dr. Pamela Fuller as Phoenix Campus President and Dr. Kimberly LaMar to Senior Director of Campus Operations

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Chamberlain College of Nursing today announced the appointment of Dr. Pamela Fuller as president of its Phoenix campus. Dr. Fuller succeeds Dr. Kimberly LaMar, who has served as the Phoenix campus president since 2009 and now becomes senior director of campus operations at Chamberlain.

Pamela Fuller, EdD, MN, RN, has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including nursing practice and education. Prior to joining Chamberlain she served as dean at University of Phoenix College of Nursing. As president, she will oversee implementation of curriculum, delivery of student services, growth and development of regional clinical partnerships and management of day-to-day operations for Chamberlain’s Phoenix campus.

In her new role, Kimberly LaMar, ND/DNP, MSN, RNC, CNNP, NPD-BC, will oversee multiple campuses and be responsible for colleague hiring and training, directing all activities on new campuses, monitoring academic performance and overseeing budgeting and financial management.

“Drs. Fuller and LaMar have each made significant contributions to the nursing profession and will play important roles in helping Chamberlain deliver academic excellence for our students,” said Susan Groenwald, PhD, MSN, president of Chamberlain College of Nursing. “I look forward to working with both of them as we continue to evolve Chamberlain to meet the increasing need for advanced nursing education and improved healthcare outcomes in our communities.”

Dr. Fuller began her career at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix as a staff registered nurse and remained with the healthcare provider for 12 years, later serving as an instructor. In 2011, she received the Sigma Theta Tau International Melanie C. Dreher Outstanding Dean Award.Dr. Fullerearned a Doctor of Education degree from Argosy University and holds a Master of Nursing degree and Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from University of Phoenix.

Dr. LaMar has more than 30 years of professional experience in nursing practice, education and research. Prior to joining Chamberlain in 2009, she was the associate dean of advance practice/graduate nursing programs at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Dr. LaMar is a neonatal nurse practitioner and is certified in high-risk neonatal nursing and nursing professional development. She was previously awarded the Arizona March of Dimes “Nurse of the Year” award for research and advancing the nursing profession. Dr. LaMar holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Science in Nursing degree from Medical College of Ohio, and a Bachelor of Science …read more

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Articles of Interest

Video: MSN: Fox News Obama Birth Certificate Boycott Report

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By Daniel Noe

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Western Journalism

Computers

Review: CloudMagic Lives Inside Windows 8

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CloudMagic has gone Metro. The excellent search service, which I’ve been a fan of since it made its debut in 2010, is now available as a native application for Windows 8’s Metro interface. CloudMagic’s Windows 8 edition still delivers super-speedy, accurate search results across a host of services, but it is a bit hamstrung by some of Windows 8’s own problems.

You can download the CloudMagic app from Microsoft’s Windows Store, and it installs quickly. If you already have a CloudMagic account, the app remembers all of your settings, and doesn’t need much in the way of set up: You log in and you’re good to go.

If you don’t have a CloudMagic account already, the signup process is simple, and it’s easy to link the services you’d like it to search. CloudMagic currently searches the following services: AOL, Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Drive, Google Talk, GMX, Hotmail, iCloud, Mail.com, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Microsoft Office 365, MSN, Outlook.com, SkyDrive, Twitter, Windows Live, and Yahoo Mail. You simply grant CloudMagic access to the accounts you’d like it to search, and it goes to work indexing them.

While the basics are the same, the actual experience of using CloudMagic as a Windows 8 Metro app is very different from using it in your browser, as an extension. Where the browser extension displays results right on the Web page you’re viewing, the Metro app is its own standalone app. You search from within the app itself and see all of the results in there, too.

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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Can Old Media Beat New Media in Ad War?

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By 24/7 Wall St.

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The conventional wisdom is that old media online content gets trumped every time by new media properties, at least when it comes to ad revenue. This does not have to be the case, based on the number of people who visit old media websites.

New media, which did not spring from print or broadcast properties, do have an edge as far as total audience is concerned. ComScore reports that in January, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) sites had 186.6 million unique visitors. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) had 111.3 million. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) sites, mostly MSN, had 169.7 million.

In aggregate, old media online does very well in audience reach. CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) sites had 82.8 million unique visitors in January. Turner, a part of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), had 79.5 million. NBC Universal, part of Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) had 71 million. Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) had 69.7 million. Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) had 50 million. Hearst had 43.1 million. The Top 50 sites by U.S audience also included Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP), which probably will combine with Time Inc., The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) properties, Fox Digital and The Tribune online properties.

All of this is a long way of showing that old media has extraordinary reach online, and that as traditional media outlets fail to produce the level of revenue they once did, or are no longer growing as quickly, online revenue has a chance to do better for these companies than it does.

The New York Times reported as part of its fourth-quarter results:

Digital advertising revenues as a percentage of total Company advertising revenues were 24.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with 22.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. For the full year, digital advertising revenues as a percentage of total Company advertising revenues were 23.9 percent in 2012 compared with 22.5 percent in 2011.

Given that the Times had 33.6 million unique visitors online in January, which dwarfs the circulation of the company’s properties, the online revenue production is pathetic. The Times will continue to have to cut editorial staff and production costs to remain financially viable. Digital ad growth is too slow to cover the expense needs of the company.

Time Inc., another firm that produces content among the most well-regarded on the Web, will nearly disappear into Meredith, largely because it could not unlock Internet revenue.

Why is new media in such a struggle with old media companies? There is no one answer. Perhaps management has not put enough pressure on sales staffs to press online ad sales. Perhaps the companies have not been adroit enough to create content online that is of as high a quality as their traditional content. Whatever the reasons, it is not a lack of audience.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Computers

Review: CloudMagic's personalized Web search service grows up

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CloudMagic is growing up. This super-speedy search service debuted a few years ago and over time has evolved to offer some very useful features, including Facebook and Twitter search. Now, though, CloudMagic is making some of its biggest changes yet, including the ability to integrate your personal search results with Google’s global Web results. And the company is no longer offering unlimited searches for free, a move that may alienate some users. However, 50 free searches a month will suffice for many; the unlimited searches of the Pro subscription costs $5 a month.

CloudMagic’s core search tools work the same as always: you sign up for an account, and link the services you’d like it to search. It supports a huge range of services, including AOL, Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Talk, GMX, Hotmail, iCloud, Mail.com, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Microsoft Office 365, MSN, Outlook.com, SkyDrive, Twitter, Windows Live, and Yahoo.

Once access has been granted, CloudMagic then begins indexing your accounts, which can take some time if your accounts are sizable. It took several hours to index a Gmail account containing thousands of messages, but only a few minutes to index a newer Twitter account. You can begin searching right away, but waiting until the indexing process is complete will deliver more accurate results.

CloudMagic displays your own personal results in an unobtrusive box that appears alongside Google’s Web results.

The service is still available as it has been in the past, as a browser extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, an add-on for Internet Explorer, and a mobile app for the iPad, iPhone, and Android devices.  The browser extensions and add-ons appear as simple search box on any relevant Web pages; if you surf to a page that doesn’t support CloudMagic, you don’t see the box. You can move the search box around the page if it’s in your way, and you can minimize it to a corner, too.

You enter your keywords in the search box, and CloudMagic goes to work, instantly (and I do mean instantly) displaying results as you type. The results appear in a column that appears below the CloudMagic search box as soon as you begin typing. Results are organized by source; if you enter a search string while on your Gmail page, you’ll see results from there, but you also can scroll down to see results from your other accounts, like Facebook and Twitter. In CloudMagic’s latest iteration, the results are as accurate as speedy as they have always been.

What’s new about CloudMagic is how you can access its search results. It  is no longer limited to displaying results in its own search box. CloudMagic now lets you see your personal CloudMagic results when conducting Google searches. This feature, which is available using Chrome, Firefox, and Safari with the browser extension installed (except Internet Explorer) works whenever you enter a search query in Google. CloudMagic displays …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

News, Politics, Government

CEO of Ustream Discusses the Sony PlayStation 4, Turning Gamers Into Broadcasters: Let the games begin

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By Carol Pinchefsky, Contributor

Did you watch the passing of Asteroid 2012 DA14 near Earth last week? Many did—and not just on television. Over eight million people watched it live on Ustream, a video streaming service. That’s more than CNN, MSN, and Fox News combined. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Articles of Interest

Microsoft’s New Outlook Email Is An Improvement, But Not A Game Changer

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime users of Hotmail, MSN and other Microsoft email services will start noticing a big change: When they sign in to check messages, they’ll be sent to a new service called Outlook.com.

You might be thinking, isn’t Outlook the software Microsoft Corp. makes for people to use email at work? Indeed it is, but Microsoft is now adopting that brand for personal, Web-based email services as well. It’s part of a broad makeover that includes the company’s overhaul of the Windows operating system and the Office software suite.

There’s little relationship between the two Outlooks apart from the name. That’s good. The Outlook Web App I use for checking work email at home feels like an adaptation of software meant to be installed on work computers, rather than something designed from the start to play to the Web’s strengths. The consumer Outlook.com, on the other hand, feels the way Web email should. It bears more similarities with consumer-based email services, such as Google’s Gmail and Yahoo Mail, than with the corporate Outlook.

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Why Kimora Lee Simmons Did NOT "Lay the Blueprint" for Celebrity Fashion

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By Michael Stone, Contributor

In a recent interview with MSN’s “The Grio,” Kimora Lee Simmons stated she and former husband Russell Simmons “laid the blueprint” for celebrity designed clothing lines. I think I speak for others when I say, really?  Ms. Simmons has definitely carved out a place for herself in the fashion world, and I applaud her for that, but to proclaim she is a founding father of sorts in celebrity fashion is a bit presumptuous. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest