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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
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Dell Streak A Quick Overview

Dell Streak the tablet device from Dell has started to generate a lot of buzz. The Blogsphere is abuzz with news about this latest tablet from Dell.
So what is Dell Streak.
Dell Streak is an Android basedTablet device that lives in the space between a Smartphone and other tablets and netbook devices. It comes with a 5-inch diagonal display and a higher pixel density. The screen is made of Gorilla Glass if you would like o know more about Gorialla glass please watch the video below.  

Gorilla Glass Demonstration from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
It can be used to surf the internet, view photos and watch videos. Easy compatibility with Facebook and Twitter. The device is not as big as an iPad and can therefore be transported much more easily. When travelling it can be easily used to brows maps and help with location based social networks like Foursquare you might be using. it also comes with 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi. 
It also comes with built-in rear and front cameras enabling you to share memories easily. making it easy to share and stay in touch with people as the tablet device is also a mobile phone. Use it to read ebooks. 



The Dell Streak is a device designed for accessing entertainment, navigating your busy schedule and connecting you to the friends and family who matter to you. If you want dig into more details, check out this video interview with Kevin Andrew from the Dell Streak development team: 




Check out the hardware features below taken from the official Dell Streak Home

  • A sharp 5-inch capacitive multi-touch WVGA (800x480) display for a great full-screen experience watching video or browsing the web

  • Fast 1GHz Snapdragon ARM-based mobile processor from Qualcomm

  • 5 MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash that offers easy point & shoot capability and quick uploads toYouTube, Flickr, Facebook and more

  • VGA front-facing camera enables video chat functionality down the road

  • A user-removable (and replaceable) battery

  • A 3.5mm headphone jack means many of you can use the Dell Streak as the music source (and more) in your car

  • Integrated 3G + Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + Bluetooth 2.1 (think headsets, external keyboards, stereo headsets, etc.)

  • UMTS / GPRS / EDGE class 12 GSM radio with link speeds of HSDPA 7.2 Mbps / HSUPA

  • A user-accessible Micro SD slot expandable up to 32GB. That means you can store  lots of movies, music, photos or other kinds of files.

On the software side, here's what you can expect:


  • A customized multi-touch version of the Google Android operating system that features Dell user interface enhancements

  • Access to over 38,000  apps (and growing) via the Android Marketplace

  • Microsoft Exchange connectivity and integration through TouchDown


  • Google Voice support

  • Integrated Google Maps with voice-activated search, turn-by-turn navigation, street and satellite views

  • Quick access to activity streams via integrated social network app widgets like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube



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