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Instead, there is a lot of talk about open networks, innovation, and network neutrality from AT&T Wireless’ (T) Ralph de la Vega, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, and others. But all that talk doesn’t mean attendees aren’t thinking about Android. The number of Android phones is on an upswing, thanks in large part to the release of new models such as the Samsung Behold and Samsung Instinct. By some estimates, there should be about 15 Android-powered phones on the market by the end of 2009.

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I’m all for competition, and I’m glad that Android is here and giving the folks at Nokia (NOK) and Research In Motion (RIM) the worst kind of migraine. It’s a modern, Internet-oriented OS that serves as a nice contrast to that of Apple’s iPhone. It’s also a symbol of the creative bankruptcy of the wireless industry. As you can see by looking at a sampling of new handsets that were announced over the past six weeks, they all look pretty much the same. The only difference is their user interfaces.




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That is precisely why the Gartner Group is feeling bullish about Android. The research firm came out with a report earlier this week forecasting that Android will increase its share of the smartphone market to about 14% by 2012 from a mere 2% today. In doing so, it would overtake Windows Mobile (MSFT) and others, racing ever closer to the Nokia-backed operating system, Symbian.

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03 March
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When Facebook changed the homepage earlier this year, it went to a more Twitter-like feed of real-time status updates. Basically, every status update from your network of friends is displayed in as it is entered without any filtering.

There is also a problem created by the new News Feed. You have your network of friends on Facebook because those are the people you are interested in networking with. But, because Facebook displays the comments from your friends, as well as comments from their friends, you end up with comments from users you are not networked with and excess noise to read through.

Facebook gave its homepage a makeover…again. Last Friday the social networking site quietly rolled out some fairly significant changes to the way information is displayed on your homepage. The updates make the default feed more like it was before the last major homepage overhaul, but the changes aren’t without some issues, and they have sparked some backlash among Facebook users.

The complete real-time stream still exists, but now its called the Live Feed. While you are viewing the default News Feed, a bubble next to the Live Feed link keeps a running tally of the number of posts you’re missing in the Live Feed.

Robert Scoble, a technology evangelist and social networking guru,ugg on sale, described the change on his blog "This makes Facebook much more useful because you only see the items that your friends have found important enough to comment on or "touch" in some way. Overnight my news feed went from something that looked pretty cold and lame to something that has tons of ‘warmth.’&quot,ghd straighteners;

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You can click over and view the real-time stream. One problem though is that the Live Feed continues to refresh as new posts are entered. Each time that happens the screen changes focus and you have to scroll to figure out where you were when your reading got interrupted. Facebook needs to figure out how to stream the updates without refreshing the screen or changing focus while you’re in the middle of reading.

The changes, which merge the Highlights back into the News Feed, also allow for the Events box in the right panel to move higher on the page. That is great news to me because frankly I never saw it with the previous design so it has been months since I have known if it was someone’s birthday today.

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Scoble points out "Twitter, on the other hand, doesn’t have comments. So you can’t easily have a back and forth conversation about something like you can over on FriendFeed or Facebook. But it has a HUGE advantage: I only see items from people I invited to get on my home screen."

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Even from Geneva, at the far Western end of Switzerland, you can visit almost every place in this country in a day trip, if you start early. The first train leaves Geneva at 4.56 am. From 6.10, trains run every 30 minutes until night. The last train arrives back in Geneva at 1am.

Swiss trains must not be booked ahead and you can hop on/off the train as many times as you like.
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I want to try that.

It will be colder in winter, but if the weather is fine, the feeling to be in the middle of the high mountains, on the top of the longest Glacier of Europe (Aletsch Glacier) is unforgettable.
The journey from Geneva to Jungfraujoch will take 5 hours, but the itinerary along the lakes of Geneva and Thun and from Interlaken to Eigergletscher is very scenic.|||

It’s years since I took the train from Interlaken up to the Jungfraujoch. We started pretty early in the morning, and had to change trains a few times. It will take a good part of the day from Interlaken, much more if you are really distant from it such as Geneva. One of the pleasures of doing this in the summer is that there is snow and you can ski up there if desired, or ride a dog sled. Of course there should be snow higher up in the Alps anywhere in January. I can see little advantage for doing this in the middle of winter. It’s very expensive, why not visit some place much closer giving you almost a full day in the mountains instead of spending a good part of your time only riding trains to do the scenic part,mbt anti shoes, and the last part up there isn’t scenic as you are within a tunnel in the mountain all the way,chi flat iron, with a stop at one of the viewing windows part way up the north face of the Eiger.|||

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Yes, definitely. If you want to go there ( highest altitude train in Europe) then do it. As others have said, the train journey along the way is spectacular and you can get anywhere in Switz and back in a day with their excellend rail systems.

Yes, you can get on and off trains along the way - just check the timetable first ( use the site from #2) to be sure you won’t be stranded. Personally, I am not so impressed with Interlaken. (Commercial tourism) Bern is worth a short stop if you are interested in it as the capital of Switz - it’s a short walk from the central train station to the old centre of the town - has a great clock tower, similar to the one in Prague. What I do like are the little alpine towns on the way -if it is a clear day, the view towards the alps from Lautterbrunnen will be spectacular. Nice little cafe’s there as well. From where you catch the final train for that haul up and inside the mountain, there are fantastic view, and walks in several directions. ( so long as you have the correct cold weather clothes and boots)

Enjoy! :-)

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I shall be in Geneva from the 7th of January to the 12th, I would like to visit Jungfrauloch as a day trip, however i would appreciate if anyone has done this while staying in Geneva. As i understand it from the Jungfrauloch website, Coming from Geneva you must change trains at Bern, then onto Interlaken!

Is it possible to visit the area in only one day, Also can you hop on/off the train as it stops at each village?

I would really like to see as much of the swiss countryside as possible, but i feel as if am being restricted to day trips by staying in geneva.

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just a detail but nevertheless very important: it’s jungfrauJoch, not jungfrauLoch.
the english translation to "jungfrauLoch" is "virgin’s hole".|||
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