eConcepts Studios Unveil Julian Fitness Solution U.K.

We at eConcept Studios wishes to announce official launch of Julian Fitness Solutions Web
[www.julianfitnesssolutions.com] .


Julian Fitness Solutions a U.K. based fitness outfit managed by Nigerian Born Physical fitness and Personal Trainer Julian Okechukwu contacted eConcepts Studios for professional advice about their online presence and internet identity. 


We are happy to work with the fitness outfit where we help in managing Web Server, Emails, Domain Advice etc.




Below are screen snaps of the full flash site. 

The site Preloader

Some thots about welness and fitness

Julian fitness Solutions Slogan

Home page awaiting modules

Fully Loaded Home page with glowing effect and clickable hotspots

Julian Fitness Solutions is already enjoying patronage from clients overseas. They share their testimonies on the testimonies panel.

Images galleries. Industry ace John Bright made some contribution to the gallery as well as the whole project. Mr. Bright gave insight on the use of the latest industry technology to interprete Mr. Julian's vision.

We will welcome your comments and submission. 

Also send all enquiries to: 

julian@julianfitnesssolutions.com

info@julianfitnesssolutions.com

Apple boss Steve Jobs launch thinner, lighter, faster iPad 2 a.k.a Jesus Tablet

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has made a surprise appearance for the launch of the second generation of the company's 'Jesus Tablet', the iPad 2. The company's inspirational chief executive, who has been gravely ill in recent months was plainly very thin as he took to the stage in San Francisco. However, he launched into a vigorous presentation, mocking Apple's rivals and the critics who had doubted the wisdom of launching the original iPad a year ago. Since then the company has sold more than 15million of the tablet computers, despite a high price ranging from $499 to £829 (£400 to almost £700), while rivals have been racing to catch up.

Mr Jobs said: 'We're here to talk about Apple's third post-PC blockbuster product. 

'That's how we think about these things. We started with the iPod, then we added the iPhone, and then the iPad. Every one has been a blockbuster. 'When we said the iPad was magical, people laughed at us. But it's turned out to be magical. And people questioned whether it was an "unbelievable" price - well ask our competitors.' He said many now consider the iPad the most successful consumer product ever launched with a market share of more than 90 per cent and a device that had left rivals 'flummoxed'. However, he said the iPad 2 represents a major step forward with a 'completely new design'.

It is thinner, lighter and dramatically faster than the original, while it has cameras on the front and back for the first time to allow for video conferencing. Mr Jobs said: 'What is iPad 2. What have we learned? It is an all new design. It's a completely new design. And it's dramatically faster.' The improvements are built around a completely new computer chip it calls the A5 and a dual core processor, which is the sort of technology found in high-performing laptops. The graphics are said to be up to nine times faster than in the original iPad.

Despite the many enhancements, the new version is 33 per cent thinner - at just 8.8mm, which makes it even slimmer than the latest iPhone 4. The new version is also lighter at 1.3lb versus 1.5lb.

The new iPad will have the same 9.7-inch screen but it will be substantially thinner at 8.8mm thick, compared to the original iPad's 13.4mm

Normally, a smaller lighter device would mean a smaller battery, however Apple said the iPad 2 will retain a battery life of up to ten hours.  There is over one month of standby before it needs to be recharged.

In another innovation, the second generation will come in both black and white with both versions available to order immediately. However, like its predecessor, the iPad 2 still has no built-in memory card slot or USB port, and no Flash support  Mr Jobs drew cheers from the audience with a promise the new improved iPad will be no more expensive than the original, starting at $499 and going up to $829 in the U.S. The new version will be available in many countries from March 11, while it will go on sale around the world, including the UK and Ireland, on March 25. The software operating system is being updated while a number of new Apps have been unveiled linked to movie editing and uploading video clips to the internet.

It will also allow users to touch and play virtual instruments including grand piano, drums and guitar. Apple's iPad has been a huge success since being launched a little over a year ago with sales of 15million, which have outstripped even the company's own expectations.

Innovative: Mr Jobs introduces the new iPad 2 case protector

Apple responded to complaints that the iPad couldn't be balanced at an angle on a flat surface by designing the case protector to double as an adjustable stand

Technology analyst at Ovum, Adam Leach, said: 'In such a fast-moving market Apple is forced to release new versions of its hardware to stay ahead. 'Apple clearly had first mover advantage, however, its competitors have been hot on its heels with a slew of tablet devices from big brand vendors such as Samsung, Motorola, HP, HTC and RIM, all of which have announced tablet devices which aim to replicate the Apple experience, which is notoriously difficult to match.'

Facebook, Google Size up Takeover of Twitter: Report

Google and Facebook, plus others, have held low level takeover talks with Twitter that give the Internet sensation a value as high as $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.


In December, Twitter raised $200 million in financing in a deal that valued it at $3.7 billion. The company, which allows users to broadcast 140-character messages to groups of followers, had 175 million users as of September.

The Wall Street Journal reported on its website that executives at Twitter have held "low level" talks with executives at Facebook and Google in recent months about a possible takeover of Twitter.

Citing people familiar with the matter, the WSJ said other companies have also held similar talks.

"But what's remarkable is the money that people familiar with the matter say frames the discussions with at least some potential suitors; an estimated valuation in the neighbourhood of $8 billion to $10 billion," the report said.

The paper said the talks have so far gone nowhere and that Google , Facebook and Twitter all declined to comment. Despite the valuation, the report said Twitter's executives and board were working on building a large, independent company.

"People familiar with the situation said the company believes it can grow into a $100 billion company," the WSJ said.

Twitter, created in 2006, is among a crop of popular Internet social networking services that includes Facebook, Zynga and LinkedIn.

A growing secondary market has developed in shares of the privately held Web sensations and investors are monitoring the companies closely in the hope they might float shares.

It was only in the middle of 2010 that Twitter offered marketers a way to advertise on the service.

Industry research firm eMarketer said last month that Twitter, which doesn't disclose financial information, generated an estimated $45 million from advertising in 2010 and is expected to generate some $150 million this year. 

Google, the world's number 1 Internet search engine, generated roughly $29 billion in revenue in 2010 and Facebook, recently valued at $50 billion, produced about $1.9 billion

Apple iPad 2 now in production

Apple's production partners are already hard at work on the new model of iPad, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The fact that Apple is working on aniPad 2, of course, is common knowledge. The famously tight-lipped company rarely talks about upcoming product launches, and isn't talking now. But Apple has never denied that it intends to follow up on one of its most successful products.

Nearly $5 billion worth of iPads have been sold in the three quarters since its launch. And a quick glance at the history of the iPhone, which launches a new model every year, suggests that we should expect to see the iPad 2 right around the first anniversary of its predecessor's launch: April 3, 2011.


A prototype of the iPad 2 was apparently spotted by a Reuters reporter after the launch of News Corp's iPad publication, the Daily, last week. And an unconfirmed report from DigiTimes in December said that Foxconn, the Chinese makers of the iPhone and iPad, had been ordered to manufacture the iPad 2 in market-ready quantities by the end of February.
The Journal report, which carries three bylines and cites "people familiar with the matter," offers a few more nuggets of detail. It confirms the widely-held belief that the iPad 2 will have a front-facing camera, enabling use of the Facetime videoconferencing app.


It says that the 3G version will again be available on Verizon and AT&T, with Sprint and T-Mobile still shut out. But it contradicts earlier reports that Apple will endow the iPad 2 with a higher-resolution screen, much as the iPhone 4 had significantly higher resolution than the iPhone 3GS.


Apple is likely still working on a higher quality iPad display -- it just won't be ready for the iPad 2.


So will a slightly improved Apple tablet with camera be enough to persuade millions of iPad users to upgrade? Are there other bells and whistles we don't know about yet? 


We have previously reported on rumors that the new device will have an SD Card slot, and that it will feature rear-facing and front-facing cameras. 


We'll know when Apple's acting CEO Tim Cook takes the stage, if this product timeline is accurate, in a few months' time.

Schmidt to step down as Google CEO Larry Page Resumes as CEO

Eric Schmidt will step down from his role as Google's CEO in April and be replaced by co-founder Larry Page.

Schmidt, who joined Google in 2001 to become its chief executive, will stay on as executive chairman after he leaves his CEO role on April 4. According to the company, he will focus on deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership. He will also continue to act as an advisor to co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

"We've been talking about how best to simplify our management structure and speed up decision making for a long time," Schmidt said in a prepared statement. "By clarifying our individual roles we'll create clearer responsibility and accountability at the top of the company."

His Twitter comment on the shuffle was less formal: "Day-to-day adult supervision no longer needed!," he wrote.

On a conference call with analysts, Schmidt said he's excited about the change, because the more strategic role will give him "a chance to work on the things I'm most interested in." He expects it to be "a significant improvement in the things that I can do in my time."

The surprise move shocked the tech industry. Schmidt, Page and Brin have long run Google as a trio, an approach they spelled out in an "owner's manual" included in the company's 2004 IPO filing.

"We run Google as a triumvirate," Page and Brin wrote. "The three of us run the company collaboratively with Sergey and me as presidents. The structure is unconventional, but we have worked successfully in this way."

Schmidt said he doesn't anticipate any material change in strategy. "We tend to agree on everything," he noted.

But he said he believes the new management structure will speed up decision making at the company. Google has lost some of its top minds in the past several months, and a common complaint is that good ideas require too many steps to get approved.

Page, Google's founding CEO, served as chief executive from 1998 to 2001. He will once again take charge of the company's day-to-day operations, and he will also be in charge of Google's product development and technology strategy. Brin, Google's other co-founder, will continue to work on Google's new projects, but will no longer serve as a company president.

About Schmidt's tenure, Page said Google's results over the past decade "speak for themselves."

Schmidt returned the compliment, saying Thursday that Page is "ready to lead."

Another strong quarter

Also Thursday, Google reported a quarterly profit and sales that rose from year-ago results and beat Wall Street's forecasts.

The world's online search leader said its net income in the fourth quarter rose to $2.5 billion, up 29% from a year earlier.

Results included one-time charges of 94 cents per share. Without the charges, Google said it earned $8.75 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, who typically exclude one-time items from their estimates, forecasted earnings of $8.10 per share.

Profit rose as both the number of clicks on Google's ads and the amount that advertising partners pay per click increased by a healthy margin: Paid clicks rose 18% and cost per click grew 5% over last year.

Sales for the Mountain View, Calif., company rose 26% to $8.4 billion. Excluding advertising sales that Google shares with partners, a figure also known as traffic acquisition costs, the company reported revenue of $6.3 billion, which topped analysts' forecasts of $6.1 billion.

Google noted that new products like mobile and display advertising continue to perform very well. YouTube's revenue more than doubled in 2010.

"Our strong performance has been driven by a rapidly growing digital economy ... and by the extraordinary momentum of our newer businesses, such as display and mobile," Schmidt said about Google's quarter. "These results give us the optimism and confidence to invest heavily in future growth."

With that rosy outlook, Google added more than 1,000 employees to its staff during the quarter and now employs 24,400 people.