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How Blizzard saved approximately $44 million on Diablo 3
By Matt Ployhar (Intel) (46 posts) on May 25, 2012 at 2:49 pm
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So I’ll caveat this up front by saying that there might be a little voodoo math going on here; however, be that as it may it’s still good food for thought. In short: Diablo 3, as of today (5/25/2012) has now hit 6.3 million in sales. Quite impressive! Huge congratulations going out to all my [...]

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Category: Academic, Android, Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Mobility, Ultrabook, Uncategorized
Tags: Blizzard, Diablo 3, Gaming, PC Gaming
Topics...
By Bruce Beare (Intel) (2 posts) on May 25, 2012 at 12:51 pm
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There's a number of topics that I'll be blogging on... as well as many that I won't. This isn't going to be a tech support blog (there are other mechanisms for that), but I'll always be glad to help where I can. Please don't ask for information about unreleased products or how to root your [...]

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Category: Android
Tags: Topics
A little about me...
By Bruce Beare (Intel) (2 posts) on May 25, 2012 at 12:42 pm
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Here's a little about me. I'll update this from time to time. --- I've been a Unix/Linux developer for my entire career (since 1980). I've touched on many area in these years; most of them related to various operating system kernels and other systems programming tasks rather than applications programming. I tend to gravitate towards [...]

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Category: Android
Tags: biography
Beim Japaner mit einem japanischen Ultrabook
By Monika Lischke (16 posts) on May 25, 2012 at 4:40 am
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Living the good life mit meinem Ultrabook, so sehe ich heute bei der Arbeit aus: Zuerst war ich zum Mittagslunch beim Japaner, wir wollten eigentlich ins Mitani, die allerdings wegen Urlaub geschlossen hatten (fast 3 Wochen, hat mich persönlich sehr ...

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Category: Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Ultrabook
Tags: blog, Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Intel® Atom™
Game Trailers Bring the Game to Your Audience
By Kevin Murphy (15 posts) on May 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm
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The video game industry is expected to reach $82 billion in sales by 2015. To take a piece of the billion-dollar pie, your video game needs to get users interested and excited. How do you do that? Gamers are visual people, so a great way to get them excited about your game is a video game trailer.
With today’s technology, you don’t need millions of dollars or professional equipment to get thousands of fans. Here’s how to get started on creating an exciting game trailer with a few inexpensive tools.
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Category: Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel SW Partner Program, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: business and marketing, Computer Game, how to, marketing and business development resources, software marketing, Storyboard, Video Editing, Video Game Trailer, Video Shoot
Monetizing Ultrabook Apps with QR codes and HTML5
By Bob Duffy (Intel) (128 posts) on May 23, 2012 at 3:58 pm
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In this presentation, from the HTML5 Developer Conference in San Francisco, Intel Engineer Daniel Holmlund explains the value of using QR codes to connect people and devices and how you can do this with HTML5. And to keep it "real" he starts the presentation by showing his agenda in QR code format and also pointing [...]

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Category: Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Ultrabook
Tags: apps, html5, monetization, QR codes, Ultrabook
Meshcentral.com - Intel AMT hardware KVM support
By Ylian Saint-hilaire (Intel) (258 posts) on May 23, 2012 at 10:10 am
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Last night I updated the Javascript VNC client called noVNC that you can use along with Meshcentral.com, and now, it supports Intel AMT hardware KVM! So, if you happen to have a computer that has Intel AMT 6.0 of higher that is properly configured with hardware KVM and setup on Meshcentral.com, you can perform Hardware [...]

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Category: Manageability & Security, Mobility, Open Source
Tags: JavaScript, kvm, Mesh, MeshCentral, MeshCentral.com, noVNC, p2p, VNC, Ylian
Meshcentral.com - 404 Error!
By Ylian Saint-hilaire (Intel) (258 posts) on May 22, 2012 at 4:44 pm
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And now for something completely weird. I saw a recent TED video on the opportunities of a 404 error page. Apparently there are even competitions for the best 404 error page. Given that I am working on my own web site, I figured I needed to get a better page not found. So here we [...]

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Category: Manageability & Security, Mobility, Open Source
Tags: 404, error, Mesh, MeshCentral, MeshCentral.com, p2p, page not found, Ylian
Translation and Localization, Too Overcomplicated?!
By Nabil Freij (7 posts) on May 22, 2012 at 9:14 am
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Not all translation service buyers have the same needs. Requirements differ depending on where companies are in their global evolution. With varying needs and priorities, and a massive selection of translation service providers estimated to exceed 20,000 independent vendors worldwide and growing, how do you decide who to choose?
Some companies elect to come up with elaborate RFPs. These RFPs frequently contain exhaustive details to help differentiate between, and narrow down, suitable vendors. But often these RFPs are very time consuming to create, respond to and analyze, potentially overcomplicating the process.
The mere fact that the translation service industry is so fragmented fashions the need to overcomplicate matters. After all, companies want to create differentiators to claim a competitive edge.
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Category: Intel SW Partner Program, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: business and marketing, geo expansion, international expansion, international software sales, localization, price, Quality, software internationalization, translation
Eulen nach Athen tragen?
By Monika Lischke (16 posts) on May 22, 2012 at 6:08 am
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Hmmm, eigentlich nicht sehr zielführend, mit einem Ultrabook ins Büro zu gehen, aber für diesen Blogpost tue ich doch fast alles ;-). Arbeite momentan mit zwei unterschiedlichen Geräten, ein Non-Ultrabook, welches ich im Büro lasse (ist einfach zu...

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Category: Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Ultrabook
Tags: blog, Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Intel® Atom™
Meshcentral.com - Improved Full Screen Remote Desktop
By Ylian Saint-hilaire (Intel) (258 posts) on May 21, 2012 at 7:58 am
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Over the weekend I improved the full screen support for the built-in Meshcentral.com remote desktop feature in two ways. Before I get to that, for people who don't know, Meshcentral.com allows you to take control of your remote desktop from within a web browser. So, from anywhere in the world you log in and with [...]

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Category: Manageability & Security, Mobility, Open Source
Tags: chrome, desktop, firefox, full screen, fullscreen, html5, Mesh, MeshCentral, MeshCentral.com, p2p, remote, Remote Desktop, Ylian
Unterwegs mit meinem Ultrabook
By Monika Lischke (16 posts) on May 18, 2012 at 12:59 am
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Hatte ja bereits angekündigt, dass ich mit einem meiner Ultrabooks (Asus Zenbook & Toshiba Portege) durch München düsen werde und Euch daran teilhaben lasse. So, heute ist der erste Teil der Serie und unoriginellerweise fange ich mal zuhause an - wo...

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Category: Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Ultrabook
Tags: blog, Intel® AppUp Developer Program, Intel® Atom™
Android Multi-threads Programming for Intel IA
By Tao B Wang (Intel) (34 posts) on May 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm
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See original blog post: Android 多线程编程 on Intel China ISN Android application development can be supported with multi-threaded programming, which provide convenience for developers to fully utilize the system resource and provide means of designing complicated UI and time consuming operation. It also enhances the user experience of Android users. Multi-threads for Android has no too [...]

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Category: Android, Uncategorized
Google+ for Business: Hype or Helpful?
By Wendy Thomas (16 posts) on May 17, 2012 at 1:38 pm
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With so many social media options out there, and with more on the horizon every day, it’s a challenge to know whether your business can benefit from any of them or not.
Google+ is one of the new guys, and there are mixed reviews so far. If you’re already using Twitter and Facebook and getting good results, then you might not want or need another avenue right now. If you’re new to social network platforms and still working on goals for what you want to accomplish, Google+ should be thrown into the mix.
Google+ ties several Google products that serve businesses together. One point especially worth noting is that with Google being a top search engine in the world, public posts made on Google+ automatically rank higher than any others in a Google search. What’s not to like about that?
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Category: Intel SW Partner Program, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: business and marketing, digital marketing, google, how to, networking, quick tips, Social Media
Effective B2B Lead Generation Doesn't Sell Your Product
By Kevin Murphy (15 posts) on May 16, 2012 at 10:11 am
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In the world of B2B marketing, there are three kinds of prospects:
1. Those in the last stage of the buy cycle and in the process of evaluating solutions.
2. Individuals with a pain or a problem that's big enough to take action to solve, but who are beginning to look around for information on possible solutions.
3. People just beginning to realize there's a problem, but the pain is not yet big enough to take action to solve.
When your company develops a product, its purpose is to provide a solution to a known problem. The thinking is, "Companies have this problem, so we'll create a solution that they'll jump on." It is logical, from that point of view, to focus all your marketing on selling the product.
Unfortunately, the only prospects this approach attracts are those that fall into category #1 -- completely missing those who are beginning their research or are just beginning to see a pain point. To generate the maximum number of leads in marketing efforts -- to build a long-term pipeline of potential buyers -- B2B marketing must reach all three groups.
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Category: Intel SW Partner Program, Intel® AppUp Developer Program

Tags: business and marketing, business and networking, digital marketing, Intel Software Partner Program, lead generation, marketing and business development resources, messaging, sales and lead generation