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Left Millions of Facebook Users

  • Posted on May 1, 2013 at 8:22 am

Facebook domination in the world of internet social networking has started to be threatened by the presence of newcomers. According to a survey, every month, Facebook began to lose millions of users in a large market. Users looking for another social network that is more “fresh”.

According to a survey conducted Socialbakers, Facebook lost 6 million visitors from the United States (U.S.) or fall by 4 per cent in March 2013. While in England, the social network lost about 1.4 million users, down as much as 4.5 percent in March 2013.

In the last six months, according to Socialbakers, Facebook has lost up to 9 million monthly visitors in the U.S. and 2 million in the UK. Decrease in the number of visits also occurred in Canada, Spain, France, Germany, and Japan.

“There is a boredom factor where people want to try something new. Did Facebook would like MySpace? Likely relatively small, but that does not mean there is no risk,” said Ian Maude, an analyst social media specialist at Enders Analysis research institute, told The Guardian.

Even so, Facebook is still growing in South America. According to Socialbakers, Facebook monthly visitors in Brazil rose 6 percent in March 2013 to 70 million.

Users in India also rose 4 percent to 64 million in March 2013. This figure is a fraction of the population in the country, which means there is still room for Facebook to continue to grow.

Instagram, Path, Twitter

Now more and more users are looking for an alternative social network that offers a new way to make friends and share content. Facebook even attacked by Instagram, subsidiary official Facebook bought in May 2012 valued at $ 1 billion.

Instagram is experiencing rapid growth to reach 100 million active users in February 2013.

Social network Path has also attacked the weaknesses Facebook. The company was founded by Dave Morin, who was none other than former Facebook employees. Morin maintain exclusivity Path service by limiting the number of social networking up to 150 people. Amount is considered ideal and the real returns networking sense.

Path, which now has 9 million users, only available for iOS and Android devices.

Not to mention Twitter is getting stronger with the base flow of information. Social networks are established seven years ago by Jack Dorsey already has 200 million active users in March 2013 and catapult 400 million chirp every day.

The competitors are on the rise this certainly makes up restless. Facebook for business and the gap continues to increase the number of users, one of them by developing services on mobile devices, especially smart phones.

Evidence in fact has been realized by creating a special Facebook application Home in the Android operating system. This innovation is believed to give a different sensation in accessing Facebook and become a new place for the company to achieve revenues.

Facebook admits, until the end of 2012, a quarter of all Facebook advertising revenue gained from service on mobile devices. Noted there are 680 million users who access Facebook from mobile phones.

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Maestro works of Affandi Neat Still Saved

  • Posted on April 29, 2013 at 9:01 am
WHO does not know Affandi. The maestro’s painting Indonesia despite having more than 20 years gone, but the name and his works are still recognized by the art lovers.

Affandi died in 1990 leaving behind thousands of paintings. Until now there has paintings on display are kept in the museum complex, which used to be their home while living. Affandi is now home to a museum as well as his final resting place.

Because once the home stay, so get in the museum complex was immediately greeted by stilt houses with roofs shaped like a banana leaf sheath. In front of the house stands a large statue of Affandi using sleeveless T-shirt covered with graffiti former watercolors, using gloves, holding a cigar in his left hand.

Up to the second floor, visible from the outside Affandi room with books and a variety of crafts on display that looks very neat and clean, well-maintained by the manager of the museum.

The main building its own museum, which displays the work of Affandi, in the form of three large galleries, gallery one, two, and three. At the gallery, the first stored Affandi painting titled “Self Portrait”. Dedy, Affandi Museum curator explains, in a self-portrait painting, Affandi usually see themselves in the mirror, then he painted.

Most, Dedy added, Affandi active when first painted, about 1930. Affandi painting family members, like his wife and his children. In the painting, Affandi often gives “life symbol” or a living symbol of the sun’s hands and feet.

“This is a symbol of life he says, means ‘I (Affandi) without the sun I can not get life. Hand, I work by hand. Legs, she told me I had to move on’,” said Dedy.

However, further Dedy, not any given symbol Affandi. Only certain paintings that he was happy, and memorable then spiked with the three symbols of life.

Meanwhile, the last painting before he died Affandi also stored there, which is titled Embryo. “This means the embryo back into the fetus,” he said.

In addition to the paintings displayed in the gallery, also stored antiquities collection Affandi. Call it old-fashioned Colt Gallant car in 1976, which still stands proudly in the corner of the room. As well as carving statue that stood in the middle of the room.

One that draws attention when looking at a framed glass case full of clothes with former graffiti paint painting almost in every part. The clothing is clothing belonging Affandi while living and make his works.

“His clothes when you get sticky, it feels uncomfortable, if the body feels itchy her new locker. If he has not felt itchy ya still remains to paint,” he said.

After one of the galleries, gallery two is not much besides a gallery. Among both the gallery, there is the tomb alongside his wife Affandi, Maryani.

In narrative literature on display not far from the tomb, writing that “As the final resting place, he (Affandi) have chosen burial place between two buildings gallery 1 and gallery 2, side by side with his wife surrounded by his paintings’.

In the two galleries, which are stored in the form of sketches and paintings of Affandi some works were the work of his family. Yes, it not only works of Affandi that were on display there, but there is also the work of his wife and children who also cultivate the same field, namely painting.

Affandi Museum is located at Jl. Laksda Adisucipto 167, Sleman, Yogyakarta, is open daily from 09.00 to 16.00. To enter, visitors are charged Rp 10,000 per person.

But unfortunately, the time of entry into the gallery displaying various works of Affandi, visitors are prohibited from photographing. Taking pictures can only be done outside of the gallery exhibition.

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Difficulty in Austin, Rossi Optimistic Face The series Next

  • Posted on April 22, 2013 at 6:49 am

Valentino Rossi and Yamaha failed to achieve maximum results in the MotoGP Austin because of competition from Repsol Honda. Rossi optimistic that better results could he obtained in the latter series.

Since the free practice session, Rossi has difficulty offsetting rivals from Honda at Circuit of the Americas. In fact, The Doctor’s just eighth in the qualifying session.

Started the race from that position, Rossi also can not do much. Thanks to a good start and a successful overtaking Alvaro Bautista, the Italian rider finished sixth, 16.615 seconds adrift of winner Marc Marquez finished.

“It was a difficult track for us,” said Rossi on MotoGP’s official website.

“We hope to perform better, but I am having a lot of trouble in the race because I had problems with the brakes. I feel the vibration when braking because I lost a part of the disk. So, this does not help,” he said.

“We knew we had to endure here. We know that when we can not look aggressive, we need to try to penetrate the top five, but today we got a six position,” said the seven-time world champion’s primary classroom.

Combined with the results of a second place finish in Qatar, Rossi is now in fourth place in the rider standings. He collected 30 points, 11 points adrift of team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and Marquez.

The third series of the MotoGP season will be held at Jerez on May 5. After that there is Le Mans, Mugello, Catalunya and Assen.

“The balance of the first two races is something positive and we arrived in Jerez with optimistic for the next few races, because the circuits better for us,” said Rossi.

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Revealed, First Images of FIFA 14

  • Posted on April 17, 2013 at 6:19 am

Electronic Arts (EA), today officially revealed the presence of information about the FIFA 14 title game. Companies from the United States via his official Twitter account, asking fans whether they’re ready to find out the latest information about the title of this game.

EA bit provides information to the fans, by presenting a special picture of the origin of the famous football star Barcelona, Lionel Messi. FIFA 14 is a soccer simulation game titles popular among sports lovers, reportedly has revealed the title of the game last week but the official confirmation came this week.

Little information, Lionel Messi is a player FC. Barcelona which has an exclusive contract with EA game company, where the star player also has appeared in several games made ​​by EA earlier titles such as FIFA 13 and FIFA Street.

In preparing for this game, EA Sports focuses on three aspects, innovation, feedback from the players, as well as fixing all the features that have been shown in the previous version, as reported by DigitalSpy, Wednesday (04/17/2013).

EA itself is always trying to improve the ability of all the existing features. In addition, feedback from gamers has always been a core of experience to be gained FIFA game. However, the company began to understand the need for a game that asks the evolution of the game rather than revolution.

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Close Toyota Showroom Legendary Amlux

  • Posted on April 8, 2013 at 8:40 am

One of the legendary Toyota showroom which is located in the city of Tokyo, Amlux be closed by Toyota in December 2013.

The building is located in the Ikebukuro district was originally built to increase the number of fans of Toyota cars.

Since it started in 1990, Toyota Amlux already visited by about 36 million visitors. Amlux has become a place to exhibit and test drive the latest cars Toyota.

With a track record like that, Toyota decided Amlux role in Toyota’s enough to attract lovers.

“(Amlux) has met the initial goal to strengthen Toyota’s presence in the capital,” said PR Toyota in a statement.

Role Amlux showroom facility will be transferred to other larger the Mega Web in Odaiba, Tokyo.

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