ESPN's bowl coverage swaps out the telestrator for augmented reality GameView

We dug into ESPN's use of the Xbox 360 and EA Sports games to power its Virtual Playbook segments last year, but in preparation for this round of BCS bowl games it's upgraded the system with a bit of augmented reality. The new GameView system uses a tabletop 70-inch touchscreen LCD, a copy of NCAA Football '12 and four dedicated workstations to blend everything together and create a simulation for viewers to see the analysts move virtual players around the field. It should at least be more interesting than CNN's previous election coverage implementation, although we're mostly wondering when a combo of Kinect, Surface and old school electronic football will bring the experience directly to our living rooms to play around with. Check out the gallery for a few more screens and expect to see this implemented more during the upcoming big time bowl games -- no, there's no secret code Desmond Howard can input to get a national championship game between two college football teams that haven't already played each other, we asked.

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Obama rakes in campaign cash (Daily Caller)

The re-election campaign of President Obama and the Democratic National Committee are on track to net $60 million for the fourth quarter of the year, Reuters reports.

Obama had already raised roughly $155 million through September in an effort to raise more than $750 million for next November?s election.

?Enthusiasm for the White House?s policies has been steadily increasing and it will keep increasing,? major Democratic fundraiser Steven Cohen told the news service.

According to Cohen, the GOP?s bungled handling of the payroll tax fight is inspiring contributors to give more to Obama?s re-election campaign.

?Among the people who I have talked to, they are seeing a real demonstration of the president?s commitment to stand his ground,? he said.

The campaign had hoped to bring in $55 million last quarter. Instead they raised $70 million, even though last summer?s debt ceiling fight had forced President Obama to stay in Washington and cancel fundraisers in other parts of the country.

The 2012 election is already on its way to becoming the most expensive in history, with Obama expected to raise more than the record $750 million he had in the bank in 2008. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, among the front-runners for the GOP nomination, is expected to raise at least $20 million this quarter.

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JXD releases S7100 Android-based gaming tablet, manages to steal from everyone

If you're going to steal, steal from the best. JXD has just released its S7100, a fairly conspicuous 7-inch Android-powered gaming tablet marketed towards playing old-school arcade games. The device features a D-pad, face buttons, an 800 x 480 capacitive touchsceen, ARM Cortex A9 CPU, Mali 400 GPU, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 0.3 megapixel front camera, 2.0 megapixel rear camera and HDMI-out. A video trailer shows the unit playing a variety of touchscreen games and classic ROMs including Metal Slug, Mario Kart 64, Angry Birds, Plants Vs. Zombies and Fruit Ninja HD. Not to be undone, the device also features the actual PlayStation button icons on its own buttons (sound familiar?), while the marketing website for the device sports icons from Apple, Google, Microsoft and others. If you're thus far undeterred, there's a must-watch promotional vid hosted just after the break -- nothing justifies a $140 price tag like Bieber, right?

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India?s mobile handset manufacturer, Lava to invest $5m in Nigeria to benefit Ghana

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Lava International, an Indian mobile handset manufacturer says on December 22, 2011 that it will invest $5 million next year 2012 to develop service centres and brand building in Nigeria.

The company sells nearly 50,000 units in Nigeria per month.

The investment will see Ghana also benefiting from the value.

?We will go ahead and invest $5 million to develop the service centre and brand building in Nigeria. This investment will also benefit our operations in Ghana, as it sources a lot of content from Nigeria,? Sunil Raina, chief marketing officer of Lava International is quoted by Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) as telling journalists.

According to IANS, Raina said the company?s phones have been very well received in Nigeria because ?Consumer wants in India and these markets are very similar and we are focusing on providing products which have long battery life with standard features.?

Lava is said to be targeting 10% of handset market share in Nigeria after it started offering mobile phones in less than five months, according to the news service.

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Have faith in debt charities: More people are turning to organisations which help the poor

Non-believers may not like the idea of going to faith charities for assistance, but those organisations are willing to help where they can and some, such as the 146-year old Salvation Army, have an extraordinary track record. These charities ? whether Jewish, Hindu, Christian or of other faiths ? often have organisational capabilities and networks and a clear sense of mission that make them well-suited to providing practical philanthropy.

Ordinary people who are down on their luck can often find help here. The main barrier is frequently a simple lack of knowledge about these organisations. Once contact is made, however, these bodies can provide a range of services from food parcels and clothes to debt advice and job clubs.

The Trussell Trust expects to help 100,000 people in 2011/12 ? with food boxes giving three meals a day for three days ? through its network of nearly 170 church-based centres. It will have helped 64 per cent more people than last year. The trust is now opening centres at the rate of two a week.

"The church has always been about social projects ? and more so now," says spokesman Mark Ward, food-bank manager in Salisbury. "Many churches are struggling for cash themselves, so donating of money is becoming more difficult. But, if they can't give cash, they can give time. And with the shrinking of numbers in the Church of England, there is a feeling that if you want to be relevant you have to go out and do something useful for people outside."

Other charities which are not increasing their work are maintaining it. For instance, the Radha Krishna Temple in London's Soho has for years provided 100 free meals a day to the homeless in nearby Holborn, and plans to continue doing so. Sister groups provide free meals in many other locations. Similarly, the British Sikh Council includes among its aims the running of "charitable projects for... impoverished and downtrodden people".

CAP (Christians Against Poverty) now offers free face-to-face debt advice (see case study) from 190 churches. It plans to expand to all major towns and cities in the UK through a 500-strong network within four years. As with the other charities mentioned above, it has no rule about only helping fellow believers. "We help everybody," says spokeswoman Marianne Clough.

CAP started out 15 years ago after its founder, John Kirkby, found himself reduced to living in a bedsit and eating bacon sandwiches on Christmas Day after his business career went awry. On his own road to Damascus, he set up the charity. Other religious charities are changing the way they work in current conditions. The Salvation Army ? organiser of advice clinics, emergency assistance such as groceries, luncheon clubs and 70 homes for the homeless ? was overwhelmed to receive 10,000 coats in its recent Donate A Coat campaign.

"The simplicity of the idea caught on," says spokeswoman Ann Stewart. "It doesn't cost much to give a coat but it makes a big difference."

Captain Elizabeth Hancock of the Salvation Army branch in the Black Country's Cradley Heath was "absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of the local community" to receive 900 coats in donations.

"Those who have are recognising that those without are really feeling the pinch," she says.

New groups of people need help from organisations such as the Trussell Trust, the Salvation Army and CAP.

"The middle class is more affected than it was before," says Mr Ward of CAP. So professionals and the self-employed are now seeking assistance.

In many cases, the financial cost of the help they receive is minimal ? whether it is a second-hand coat or food or debt advice. What often makes the big difference is the organisational skill of the providers and their abilities to give productive help.

Some of the religious charities highlight the contribution that they want their clients to make as well. "There has to be a willingness from the client to resolve the problem," says Mr Ward.

The Trussell Trust tries to ensure that clients are working to improve their situation with their doctor, Citizens Advice Bureau, school, counsellor or whichever agency referred them to the foodbank in the first place.

The Charity Commission's website is a useful way of finding charities that might be able to help. There are over 30,000 religious charities among the 180,000 now on the Commission's register for England and Wales.

The other way to find the charities on the ground is to be part of a network, whether that is a doctor's surgery, school, a JobCentre, church or temple. These organisations often look out for people in trouble and refer them on to the charities they know. If someone is not plugged into a such a network ? often the case for single people ? then he or she could, for instance, approach the Trussell Trust directly, which would put them in contact with someone who could refer them.

These charities will continue working after the season of goodwill has finished. In fact, November was the busiest month CAP has ever experienced. And the Trussell Trust opened 15 new centres ? twice its usual rate ? in that month.

They are now gearing up for the tough, post-Christmas season. The second Monday of February is CAP's busiest day for getting new inquiries. "People who are in quite a lot of debt often think that they will get Christmas out of the way first," says Ms Clough.

One of the charities which supports the Trussell Trust is Oxfam, which does relatively little work in the UK but tries to support interesting pioneering ventures here. But Oxfam, currently so involved in famine relief in East Africa, is now getting more worried about its own backyard.

"People are getting much poorer in this country," says a spokeswoman. "Oxfam should not have to help people here. But we will probably be doing more lobbying on that because the problem is getting worse."

Case study

A year ago Gina cancelled Christmas. She had had a terrible year. Struggling to help her sister avoid losing her house, Gina (not her real name) had lent more money than she could afford and went into ?22,000 of debt. Now 55, the former nurse felt responsible for the deprivation her husband and 15-year-old autistic son suffered. "It's been a hell of a journey," she says. She lost her job, got breast cancer (from which she has recovered), took out credit cards and used them to tide her over and was told the mortgage had to end. A friend pointed her to Christians Against Poverty for free debt advice. A judge suspended the repossession and the family is still in the house. CAP trained Gina to budget and she is keeping to it and repaying debts. She thanks CAP for the turnaround. This year Christmas is back on.

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Swype beta adds Dragon Dictation, more languages, also likes mosh pits

 
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Swype has announced another update to its beta app, bringing some pretty neat features and adding some additional languages support. This update brings Dragon Dictation to the keyboard, adds more than 50 languages for input, and they are continuing to expand the list through 2012. The update is rolling out, and it could take up to 72 hours to appear on your device, but you can manually check for the update as well. Swype advises they may bounce some downloads so if you are seeing errors, please just try again at a later time.

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