The web browser whose surfing speed is advertised “as quick as a flash” by Google, has some superior improvements in comparison with its rivals.

Spreading synchronization
In addition to bookmark synchronization feature that has been integrated since the version in 2009, Chrome 5 Beta enhances the ability of setting up sync of interface, homepage, theme, web components and language.
To start this function, users should click the wrench icon in the top right corner of the screen, select “Set up sync”, and then sign in with their Google account on pop-up window.

HTML 5
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The interesting features of HTML 5 and new generation web programming standard are fully applied to Chrome Beta 5. Hence, the browser owns further features: dragging and dropping file, geolocation, supporting application’s memory and offline.

Adobe Flash Plugin
Thanks to the integration Flash Player to Chrome Beta 5, users don’t have to worry about updating the newest Flash version, so that they can enjoy online video on sharing sites like YouTube, Hulu and Megavideo safely.

Speed
According to Google, Chrome Beta 5 is 30-35% higher of benchmark than older versions. Also, the surfing speed is much higher that is about 213-305%.

Many users review that Sense is one of the best interfaces for Google's operating system but it is only available on HTC phones. The first images of version 3.5 have appeared on the XDA site.

Being appreciated by many users, Sense 3.5 delivers the simple and friendly interface (which is available on the Sensation smart phones or EVO 3D). In comparison with 3.0 version, Sense 3.5 offers many changes on the animation and screen.

The new interface supports 7 home screens, which allows users to increase or reduce the number of home screens easily. In addition, the sound adjustment function can be implemented directly on the touch screen instead of using the keyboard previously.

The first device running HTC Sense 3.5 is the Bliss. The HTC Bliss phone is designed for women which will be released in September.

It has reached a new record of 550.000 phones with Android OS activated every day, said Larry Page, Google’s chief executive officer. This success has been far beyond the expectations by reaching the revenue of over 9 billion USD in the second quarter.

The company's revenue in the recent quarters achieved the growth rate of 36% more than the same period last year. "Google is having the biggest opportunities, because we are just starting to deploy our plans" said Larry Page.

On average, there are 6 Android phones is activated every second, which increases the total number of users to 135 million, according to Larry Page. As estimated, 250.000 applications for Android were released and it has reached the 6 billion times of downloading.

According to the research of ComScore Company, the Android smart phones quoted are leading the market with 38.1% of the market share, which far exceeds Apple’s iPhone (26.1%).

Google recently also achieved many great successes in the aspect of the Internet. 160 million Internet users are using Chrome browser. Although Google+ is released as the limited beta version, this social network attracts more than 10 million members after only 2 weeks.

Touchscreen, processor speed, RAM capacity, etc, are the parameters that users should concern about when buying a smart phone.
The American PC World analyzed the most common characteristics in smart phone’s configuration that are related to hardware.

Micro Processor
Processor of smart phone works as its brain and is responsible for almost or all of center processing functions. The speed of 1 GHz is common among most of advanced smartphones, and it integrates with softwares to support displaying HD videos, browsing the web faster and more smoothly.
1GHz - processor manufactures are Samsung (Hummingbird, Apple A4), Texas Instruments (OMAP) and Qualcomm (Snapdragon). However, smartphone still works well even without 1GHz chip.

RAM
Like computers, multitasking capability of smart phones bases on RAM capacity. However, manufacturers rarely advertise RAM because its capacity is usually not high. Therefore, customers should learn carefully before buying.
Old smartphones often use 256 MB RAM, that is enough for sending messages, calling, browsing web and sometimes playing games; and allows launching some applications concurrently without decreasing duty. Advanced smartphones such as iPhone 4 and Nexus S are equipped with 512 MB RAM, and support more applications concurrently with no influence on speed.

Screen
2.7 inch screen is appropriate for sending messages and web browsing but users should choose the screen of more than 3.5 inches for playing game or watching video. Most of smartphones use LCD technology and the expense for production is quite cheap.
The most popular LCD is TFT (thin-film transistor), using thin film transistors to improve the quality of images. However, this technology encounters the restriction of viewing angel and displaying images poorly in the sun. Besides, TFT consumes a significant amount of energy, so it is usually used in junior phones. The IPS-LCD (in-plane-switching LCD) is equipped for Motorola Droid X and iPhone 4, also called Retina Display, improving the viewing angle and consuming less energy.
Meanwhile, Amoled (Active matrix organic light emitting diode) is preferred technology by many firms and can be found in products such as Google Nexus or HTC Droid Incredible. The display can be clearly seen in the sun; however, it is complained to be too colorful. Theoretically, Amoled requires less energy, thereby, increases battery life time. But it has not been proved in practical test.
Samsung Galaxy S is the first smartphone that uses Super Amoled screen developed by Samsung. Sensors are put right on the screen instead of a separate layer, which creates the thinnest screen generation in the market and more sensitive than Amled.

Touchscreen
Touch screen allows users to interact directly with interface and operating system of the device. There are 2 types of touchscreen: resistive screen and capacitive screen.
Resistive screens contain two transfer layers and have a small distance between them. When a finger or pen touch presses at point on the screen, these two layers will contact and form a circuit. Information will be transferred to the processor.
Capacitive screens are used in advanced smart phones, typically, iPhone 4. This kind of screen usually contains a layer of glass coated with transparent conductors, such as indium tin oxide. Human body itself is conductive, so when a finger touches this coat, it will create a disruption in the electrostatic field of the screen. The processor will detect the location of the interruption.

Battery
Most phones today use lithium-ion battery. Lithium is a chemical element, moving to the cathode of the battery and generating electric charge. It is rechargeable and is 2-3 times life longer than alkaline batteries. Using phones for a long time usually requires 1,500mAH battery, but the most popular battery is the 1,200-1,400 mHA one.

Camera
The higher the number of pixels is, the larger image resolution is. But the quality of 5-megapixel images and the one of 8-megapixel images are not different when displayed on phone’s screen. There’s a difference only when users want to print the images.
Like DSLR machine, having more pixels doesn’t mean having nicer photos. The factors affecting the quality of the photos are lens (for example, Nokia N-series uses Len Carl Zeiss), the ability of auto-focusing accurately and high shutter speed (play an important role when shooting fast-motion).

Micro SD memory card
The main difference among SD, MicroSD and MiniSD consists of their sizes. The majority of phones introduced in 2010 use the smallest version: MicroSD. MicroSD memory cards have capacity of from 2 GB (10USD) to 32 GB (150USD).

Gyroscope and Accelerometer
Most of smartphones are equipped with accelerometer along with ability of identifying that the device is placed vertically or horizontally to rotate the screen. However, there are few devices with gyroscope recently. Gyroscope allows more accurate recognition of motion in 3-D space, for example, when user moves the smart phone closer or farther away from them, gyroscope will recognize that motion.

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Bluetooth is wireless technology that allows transmitting and receiving data between two devices in a short range (10 meters). Today, Bluetooth is upgraded to 3.0 standard and supports file transfer speed faster (24Mb/s) but it is quite new; therefore, most of the phone still uses the 2.1 standard.
Meanwhile, Wi-Fi 802.11 has undergone many protocols (a/b/g/n) with various speeds and coverage. Wi-Fi helps smartphone connect to wireless Internet in order to browse webs, send email, play games,… Most phones support standard g (54Mb/s) or b (Mb/s). The newest standard 802.11n can reach the speed of 600Mb/s theoretically, but it also depends on Internet connection and router.

In order to choose a tablet PC, users should put the top priority on the size factor in comparison with other mobile devices.

In general, the size of tablet PC is designed from 7 inches at minimum to 10.1-inches at maximum. A large-size tablet helps user watch and play images comfortably. In case users desire to package easily, a small-size tablet is considered a convenient one for those who usually move.

Users also should choose to buy a tablet PC based on the weight. In order to surf web, read books, implement a presentation, a tablet requires user to hold for a long time. Hence, a tiny product will be considered an optimized option to reduce fatigue. A tablet can reach the maximum weight of 600g. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet 10.1 has the thickness of 8.6mm and weight of 565g

Hardware power decides the processing capacity of the tablet.The dual-core processor for tablet can achieve the processing capacity which is equivalent to the laptop, especially for tasks with more powerful hardware. Consequently, users can watch full HD video and 3D games without any problems. One more option for choosing a tablet is the 1 GHz single-core processor to make sure that tablet PC can run multiple applications concurrently smoothly.

The storage capacity of a tablet is classified into 16 GB, 32GB or 64GB. In general, a 16-GB tablet PC will ensure you to meet normal demand. However, if users have higher using demand of data storage, they can consider choosing a tablet with higher storage capacity.

The 3G connection ability on the tablet helps users connect unlimitedly. However, only some devices are equipped with WiFi connection card. In addition, the tablet’s connecting port which is used to transfer data outside such as USB, HDMI, and TV Out… is also an important criterion. In terms of the comparison among various types of the tablets on the market, a tablet which can connect more different devices will support users to exchange and share data easily.

Designed with small shape and equipped with a good configuration, the tablet PC makes it easier to read books, meeting, move and share information, image visually.

Reading books on tablet gets more interesting from e-book library, comic magazines and other websites. Different from other reading devices using e-ink screen, tablets use sensitive touch screen. Users can get the outstanding feature by turning the page with eye-catching effect.

During meetings, a tablet can help users handle fast while taking notes. Moreover, based on the video call feature, it also creates animated presentation and easily supports the exchanges among partners. Especially, the meetings using video call feature take place more easily and flexible because it can be held without arrange the time for partners to have a face-to-face meeting.

It is also convenient for people who are usually on the move. Instead of spend much time to work with a PC, checking mail, editing office document and loading web can be quickly implemented on a tablet.

A tablet helps users share image more intuitively. A new photo album, a funny video clip or an amazing music can be shared using a tablet. You can also illustrate images for your partners on the outside meeting.

Users can entertain anywhere, anytime with a tablet. The tidy shape and fast start-up speed are the entertaining advantages of a tablet. Even Samsung Galaxy Tab 7, a small tablet can play movies having 720p or higher smoothly with high-quality images and sound.

Finally a tablet can be considered jewelry. The tablets which have youthful and fashionable design will become technology jewelries which improve the dynamic and stylist appearance of users.

Chatting, note taking, editing and sharing images directly on phones are basic applications but necessary for users to own these applications to make use of a smartphone’s functions.

Google Mobile App kit supports quick search on smartphones. iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows and Nokia S60 users can search by their voices or access some services such as Google Maps and Gmail.

Adobe PhotoShop Express not only supports editing photos on a smartphone but also allows users to upload and share images as well. This software runs on iPhone/iPad and Android.

Skype software is developed for almost all of new smartphones. It has support on chatting and VoIP call.

Using Dropbox Anywhere application, users can synchronize images and videos on smartphones, and then upload or download quickly to share with friends. This online store is created for iPhone/iPad, Android and BlackBerry.

Evernote acts as a note taking tool which can automatically save user’s information in real-time. Evernote creates file with many file formats and easy-to-search function. Moreover, it can recognize the text in image. This software is developed for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm and Windows.

With eBuddy, the connection is not disrupted when users receive incoming calls. It is easy to switch among talks. This chat application operates on iPhone, Android and many other mobile devices.

SSC Optimization is optimized websites with 3 standards. It brings the fastest ROI (Return of Investment) for market investors to run their online businesses effectively.
You can discover SSC Optimization with 3 new concepts:

S: SMO – Social Media Optimization
The term SMO appeared about 1 year ago due to the development of social networks. According to Adplanner’s statistics of Google, the sum of social networks’ traffic is beyond other traffic source, and the world leader of traffic. Therefore, social media optimization or viral marketing is very important. A website integrated with SMO tools will achieve a strategic position in the Internet community.

C: CRO: Conversation Rate Optimization
This rate is extremely important for company’s website designing. In average, every 100 customers visiting a website, there will be a potential one. For a website, optimizing will increase at least 50% potential customers.

Vinalink Media, the website design and marketing company, has applied the “Comprehensive optimization” standard for all customers when creating websites.

An original USB 3.0 software stack for Windows 8 is being built by Microsoft, which could support USB 3.0 in the competition against Thunderbolt.

The Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system will be equipped a software stack in order to support devices based on the USB 3.0 connection. USB 3.0 is in the competition with Intel’s Thunderbolt.

USB 3.0 is the innovatory edition of USB 2.0 standard which can transfer data 10 times faster between computers and external devices such as cameras and storage devices than usual. Most laptops and desktops today are equipped with USB 2.0 ports. USB 3.0 ports are being offered by many PC manufacturers as an option. The current Windows 7 OS does not have the original USB 3.0 support. With an aim to offer products which are compatible with Operating System, many device producers provide the drivers.

The increasing support for USB 3.0 and wide usage of USB 2.0 was a compelling reason to improve the USB software stack, according to Dennis Flanagan, Microsoft's director of program management. "By 2015, all new PCs are expected to offer USB 3.0 ports, and over 2 billion new 'SuperSpeed' USB devices will be sold in that year," Flanagan wrote.

A new Microsoft’s software stack and controller for Windows 8 are written based on the "design principles" of USB 3.0. They will support plug-and-play method for the new devices such as external storage, webcams and keyboards, Flanagan wrote. In order to support the older USB devices, the existing software stack will be still retained.

USB 3.0 transfers data at the maximum speed of 5Gbit/second. However, it is still slower than the transfer speed of rival connection technology of Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is a technology developed by Intel which can transfer data at speed up to 10 gigabits per second. Thunderbolt has been considered as an alternative to USB 3.0 because it currently supports the PCI Express and DisplayPort protocols. The outstanding feature of this connection is that it does not require any OS support except for the existing software stacks for those protocols.

But Microsoft's support will aid the fast growth of USB 3.0 and provide higher transfer speeds for consumer devices, said Jim McGregor, the research director at In-Stat.

Chromebook which is known as the laptop running Google's Web-based operating system, now can access Windows PC and applications through Citrix’s virtualized technology.

Citrix Receiver Tech Preview for Chrome OS is now available on the Chrome Web Store. It is considered a free client application that allows businesses to use Citrix virtualization to run desktops and applications in the data center.

Citrix Receiver is now available on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and BlackBerry. By using Citrix Receiver, users can access virtual desktops and applications from any computer, tablet or smartphone. Equipped Citrix Receiver, Chromebook has deal with a key limitation in the devices, which forces users to do their tasks with Google's Chrome browser.

"If you use Citrix in your organization, you can now install the Citrix Receiver Tech Preview application from the Chrome Web Store to access the desktop software such as Adobe Photoshop directly from your Chromebook," Alberto Martin, Google technical program manager, writes in a blog.

The Chrome operating system was updated last week to add some new functions. "VPN and secure Wi-Fi support (802.1X)," was added to Chrome OS, according to Martin. Updating Chromebook to the latest version requires users to go into the settings, accept the update and restart the computer. It is convenient that the process runs so fast that Chromebook just restarts for a few minutes.

The Chromebook plan was announced in May. The software uses HTML5 to create a rich user experience in the Chrome browser.

To use the Citrix Receiver client on Chromebooks, the enterprises must deploy XenApp or XenDesktop in their data centers, and install some new files allowing the connection from the clients to the virtual desktops and applications.