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Apad O netbook tablet touch screen mais barato do mercado

Fri, 21 May 2010 21:55:16 -0300

Apad O netbook tablet touch screen mais barato do mercado

APAD é um netbook tablet de 7 polegadas, pequeno e super fino é uma ótima ferramenta para trabalho

O que da mais destaque ao APAD em relação a outros netbooks é o seu sistema operacional. Ele vem com o ANDROID, sistema desenvolvido pela poderosa GOOGLE.

Com o APAD você pode:

Acessar a internet. Conversar no MSN, GOOGLE TALK, entre outros programas de conversa instântanea. Editar documentos office, word,excel,power point e etc... Assitir videos. Ouvir músicas em diversos formatos como MP3,WMV e etc... Ver fotos com diversos albuns disponiveis para você. Entrar em redes sociais, como Twitter,Orkut,Facebook e etc...

ALém de tudo isso e mais um mundo de utilidades o APAD tem um preço acessível. Ideal para quem trabalha e precisa apresentar seu produto. Acrescenta muito ter uma boa apresentação dos seus produtos. O design FINO E ELEGANTE do APAD permite que você impressione na hora de mostrar seu produto.

Enquanto seu concorrente IPAD custa cerca de R$1500,000 é facil encontrar o APAD com valores em torno de R$800,00 mais tem tambem por R$569,99 no mercado livre VEJA AQUI

Accounting Software for the Blind

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:24:52 -0200

Terry Bartlett from a small town on New Zealand's south island is an unusual business owner. Bartlett is blind, but rather than letting his disability pitch him into the common scenario of being either unemployed or underemployed, he has made it his mission to create a global network for not only the blind, but disabled people generally to find ways to start their own businesses and run them efficiently.

Until now, however, a major impediment, particularly for the vision-impaired, has been the availability of a business accounting system that provides all of the accurate, computer-based features that any business operator would regard as part of their "toolkit".

However, Bartlett mounted a search for such systems and when he found one, approached and worked with the software providers to help refine it for disabled users. The Australasian company responsible for the package, Accomplish Pty Ltd, was founded in Sydney 20 years ago by accountant Peter Busch and is now attracting global attention for being the world's first accounting software developed for the blind and for being endorsed by organisations that cater for those with vision impairment.

Bartlett's business, Corner Enterprises Ltd, started in the tiny rural town of Mosgiel and he set it up as "a corner shop" that offers a variety of services. He builds web pages and teaches touch typing, which extends to teaching people how to use the internet and other IT services. He also assists people with property management services and even arranges firewood and coal deliveries for the cold winters that are a feature of the region.

Now, Bartlett's diverse, small operation employs four other people. Through necessity, he has become an expert on accessible technology for the disabled and exchanges ideas and advice globally, particularly in relation to running a business.

The Accomplish general manager Grant Hewson says that when Bartlett started his business two years ago his biggest headache was finding accounting software that was simple to use but was also powerful enough to allow the business operator instant access to financial reports, budget updates and forward forecasts to help better manage everyday finances, as well as help guide business planning decisions.

"I didn't know how I was going to be able to write quotes or send out invoices, let alone handle money, reconcile bank accounts, keep track of GST and taxes and so on," Bartlett says. "I jumped on the internet and studied all the accounting packages available, every brand you can think of. But none of them actually worked OK with adaptive technology. Then I stumbled across Accomplish CashManager, downloaded a trial version and found that it did work OK."

Bartlett explains that blind people use screen-reading software that verbalises letters and numerals as they are typed and verbalises the position of the cursor in pull-down menus or in dialogue or command boxes. But, Bartlett decided the CashManager system, although immediately usable, needed some modifications. "At that stage it was not perfect - no software ever is," Bartlett says. So he contacted Accomplish with ideas for improving the software for blind users.

Bartlett flew to Auckland and worked with them. Hewson says the company's technical and programming teams in Australia and New Zealand took up the challenge of expanding on Bartlett's ideas. The CashManager system now works with the three major screen-reading packages available today - Freedom Scientific JAWS from the US, GW Micro Window-Eyes and, and Dolphin HAL from the UK.

Hewson says that what began as discussions with Bartlett as "just part of normal customer service", has turned into a remarkable global success story.

Accomplish serves around 25,000 small to medium-sized business enterprises throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK with accounting software designed specifically for the needs of business people who are not accounting or IT experts.

Its CashManager software is based on it being user-friendly and simple to operate. The company concentrated on a system that could unlock the power of accurate information, putting it readily at a business operator's fingertips. "This is extremely important in these recessionary times when many businesses are struggling," Hewson comments.

It is this ease of use and simplicity of operation that allowed Bartlett to create an efficient business system.

"Furthermore, the changes made to improve accessibility for blind users have also had the benefit of making CashManager even easier to use and understand for all our sighted customers as well. That's another big plus, particularly these days when so many accounting packages are just too difficult and time-consuming for lay people to use, even after long hours in training," Hewson says.

In December 2008 the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind (RNZFB) undertook a comprehensive audit of the new software, using both sighted and blind testers, before endorsing the product's accessibility for the blind and partially sighted. Bartlett has also become a vocal backer of a system that encourages any form of business or self-employment for the vision impaired and disabled.

While statistics vary in different countries, up to two-thirds of blind people are thought to be unemployed or under-employed.

Hewson says that it was only after talks with the RNZFB and other blind user groups around the world that the firm realised there was a global niche market for products that can work with adaptive technology.

He also urges other manufacturers and developers of all sorts of products and services to take into account the needs of the disabled in designing and refining their products.

"Chances are you will find all sorts of unexpected dividends from making that little extra effort," Hewson says.

For Bartlett, the thought of creating his own business was "quite scary, but also very exciting".

"I would like to encourage those of you who feel you aren't achieving as much as you would like to, to contact me as I would love to assist you in beginning something that will be highly fulfilling, wherever it may lead," Bartlett says.

Understanding the Widget Technology

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:36:51 -0200

A widget or gadget is a small program which automatically runs on the desktop every time. The widget eliminates the requirement to constantly surf the website for getting the common information, such as Gmail widget often shows the games activity icons and weather forecasting. Whenever the user will click the widget, he will be directed to that particular site.

Some of the common types of widgets available on the web:

• Games widgets
• Weather forecasting widgets
• News widgets
• Gadgets widgets
• Informational widgets

If we go back and look at the invention of the widget, then we will find that these wizards began with an application called Konfabulator which are especially designed for Mac users. In the past, it helps to extracts the information from across the Web, such as weather, stock quotes, and headlines. All these information were placed on the desktop as tiny floating windows. Idea of floating windows was very successful so the Apple decided to build widget which would directly support the operating system. Yahoo was the first company which bought Konfabulator's creator also known as the Pixoria. After this it was started to known as the widget. These became popular very early and many companies made their wizards for the quick information.

Wizards are very popular these days as the user really like them. The reason behind its liking is it makes the Web user-programmable. After Yahoo, the Netvibes took this idea and offered the users almost 250 widgets so that the users can build a wholly personalized homepage.

There is no ending of these widgets as various companies, such as Nokia, Yahoo and Google are using the widgets to promote their businesses. The opportunities and business models around widgets are increasing day by day and there is a great future of widgets.