Apple loses popularity among youth while Microsoft's Win

If 3 years ago, someone had said that Apple would not be a popular company among youth, probably would not have believed, and the same would have happened if we were told that Microsoft would become a company's most popular and recognized again by youth . Yet this is the reality as revealed by a recent survey.

The survey in this case was not done by any small firm, but by Reuters, one of the largest news agencies in the world. 50% of Americans between 18 and 29 believe that Microsoft is more popular and great compared to last year. Still, the software giant has a long way to become the company's most popular technology industry, since 70% of respondents who are in that age frame believe that Google's Android operating system has greatly improved over 2012, which led him to be recognized. 60% believe that Apple has become more popular over the last year, but the expected percentage was higher for sure.

Reuters believes that the reason why young people consider Microsoft a company more popular compared to 2012 is due to their new marketing campaigns for Surface tablet and also thanks to the Xbox 360 and Kinect, because since both came to market have always been very well regarded.

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Bill Gates is not satisfied with the innovations of Microsoft

Former CEO and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has said he does not feel very satisfied with what your company has done lately. As he says, is not very comfortable with the "innovations", especially in the mobile sector, where it has taken a couple of years to enter.

Charlie Rose for CBS This Morning asked Gates what he thought about the work and performance of Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft, to which he replied that he and Ballmer are two of the most self-criticism could imagine. Bill Gates said he was satisfied with the leadership of Ballmer at the launch of Windows 8, the Surface and with the changes to Bing and the Xbox 360, but still not enough. He and the CEO are still satisfied, really believe that they are not doing everything at your fingertips.

Gates also talked a bit about his philanthropy, and said he was very interested in innovative projects and power generation mainly education, and also said that his charity work is largely based on the responses of the people, which can see what have been as effective projects.

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Google tendrá su propia cadena de tiendas

Apple has its own stores. Microsoft has its own stores. Even Samsung has its own stores as well. What is the only major company in the technology sector that has not yet? The search engine company, our beloved Google, but this may change soon. Apparently, the Google guys are preparing to open its own chain of stores near the end of the year, where you can buy your best products, such as the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Chromebooks, among other things, not to mention Glass famous sunglasses.

The report comes from the same place where the first news leaked about the project Glass, so it's a pretty reliable source. The idea behind the store is so consumers can be easily done with Nexus devices, Chrome OS devices and other products that are on the way. The company believes that many people need to have a product in their hands before daring to buy, and physical stores would solve this problem.

The Google Glass is one of the main reasons why the search engine company wants to open a chain of stores, since many people will not be able to realize their potential without testing them first.

No one knows where these stores are located, but is likely to be launched initially in some major capital of the world, such as London, Paris, Berlin, etc.., Obviously besides New York, even if not a capital.

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Bill Gates talks about the future of technology, his friendship with Steve Jobs and other things

Bill Gates, the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft has been out of the news of the tech world for a while in recent years. Instead, the billionaire has decided to devote himself to philanthropy, which is also very good. He recently decided to open up a little and give some words to Reddit.

When asked about the impending changes you expect to see in the technology industry, spoke about robotics, screens and voice commands, and referred to these elements change computers as we know them. In short, we can begin to interact with our computers in new ways.

About the type of device or computer you are currently using, the answer was quite obvious Gates: A Surface Pro having a week ago and it works great. Apart from this, it also has a touch screen Perceptive Pixel giant that runs Windows 8, and we wonder if it will be similar to Steve Ballmer. Also worth noting that Gates admitted to using every one of the Macs that Apple has produced.

Someone asked what his life would have been if Microsoft had not succeeded, to which he replied that probably would have focused on medicine or mathematics, but not quite sure about it.

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The new Xbox may require internet connection

The dates that Microsoft and Sony will present their new consoles are closer every day. According to a very reliable source, it appears that there is some very important information with regard to the future Xbox.

This confirms many rumors circulating since last year. According to the site EDGE, important sources have confirmed that the new Xbox will use an eight-core AMD processor at 1.6GHz, a graph will also incorporate D3D11.xa 800MHz and 8GB of RAM. Storage capacity is not yet released, but it seems that the games will be sold on Blu-ray 50GB. Also is also expected to go on sale a new and improved with future Kinect Xbox.

Anyway, I still need to mention the bad part of all this. According to the report, the console will need an Internet connection to work, so we could go and discarding used video games. The new games will have an activation code, thanks to which a copy of a video game can only be used by the initial users. If this proves to be true, you can no longer play games previously used on another console.

If Microsoft really tries to stop buying games resold, loyal players may begin to consider other consoles, such as the PS4, for example.

It is expected that the new Xbox is anuciada during the E3 show in June.

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The government wants a free public network of high-speed WiFi

 

The Federal Communications Commission of the United States has proposed creating a massive WiFi network that will give almost all citizens free access to a wireless Internet connection and high speed. The plan already has the support of giants like Google and Microsoft, while corporations like AT&T, Verizon and others that provide Internet services are not really disagree with the idea for obvious reasons.

This super WiFi network forever end mobile Internet plans and probably for homes, and that all people have access to a national network with speeds of 20MB / s.

For this network can be created, the government would need to use a portion of the signal of radio and television, which certainly will not happen if there is no money involved.

It would be great if this kind of ideas were implemented in other countries and not only in the United States.

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Controlling the PS4 could have touch screen and biometric sensor

 

All forecasts indicate that Sony and Microsoft will turn to face again when their new consoles, hitherto known as PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, come to light. New reports say that Sony could make big differences with his rival to implement a new control similar to that seen with the Wii U and PS Vita.

DualShock analog controller (pictured) has hardly changed since its launch in 1997, but new rumors suggest the company are working on a new type of control for the PS4.

As they say, there are already prototypes PS4 control with biometric sensors and touch screen LCD, and the same are in the laboratories of the research and development department of Sony. He says the idea is to create a Sony user interface similar to that used by the PS Vita.

The touch screen makes sense, but the biometric sensor add new way to play video games, and also add a few extra dollars to the cost of control.

Will have to see how out once the PS4 is released.

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Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1, new high-strength tablet W8

 

The Panasonic Toughpad tablets are not for nothing that name. They tend to be very resistant, and of course that is the case the company's new device, the Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 that runs with Windows 8, the latest version of Microsoft's popular operating system.

Within the Toughpad FZ-G1 we will find an Intel Core i5 running at 1.9GHz. This tablet dustproof, shock and water also has a 10.1 inch screen multitiouch gives us a great Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels. Apart from this, the hardware includes 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD, but also has a 1.3 megapixel front camera and a rear 3-megapixel. Its only a USB 3.0 port and has WiFi connectivity level and Bluetooth 4.0.

The Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 will be released on March 13, but its price is not yet known.

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Samsung stops making Windows tablets RT

Last year, when Microsoft announced the Surface, said its tablet would be available with Windows 8 and Windows RT. Some time later, HP discontinued the production of tablets with Windows RT, and Samsung just did exactly the same thing. From now on, at least for the U.S., the Tab ATIV unavailable.
It seems that tablets running Windows RT not like many people. Mike Abary of Samsung USA says that demand for Windows tablets RT is really low. To make matters worse, it would be very difficult to convince the U.S. market on the advantages WRT.
This obviously also complicate things for Microsoft in the mobile market, a sector where success has tried for a long time. Samsung is the leader in the mobile market with Apple , Windows RT and South Korea really needs to if he wants to take off.

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Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 could be launched in the coming months for $ 350

We are 6 or 7 years since the two most popular consoles on the market were released. We are talking about the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony. Both have had a lot of sales and a great success, but many people feel that it is high time for a change. The new generation of consoles will have to come soon, and may do so at very good prices too.
Colin Sebastian of Baird Equity Research says the two new consoles could be priced between $ 350 and $ 400 after its release. Reportedly, the analyst spoke with several important people in the industry of video games last week during CES 2013, who told him that the new consoles will parts of high-end PCs, will have voice controls, will be sensitive to movements and what many expected: files can be played media . The launch of both would occur at about the same time and from September to November or so.
The Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) to be held in June seems a good time for manufacturers to let us take a first look at the future Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4.

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Sharp also has a flexible OLED display

As we said yesterday, the CES 2013 has been the event where there have been large flexible display presentations. Companies like Samsung , Microsoft and now Sharp presented their models. No one is sure when it will be released to the market, but at least we know that these small are out there.
Like the rest of the flexible OLED screen Sharp know very little, only said that measures 3.4 inches and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory also worked on its development.
We have no idea what your resolution, its pixel density per inch nor do we know how much it costs, let alone when it will be released, but we are confident that these data will be made public at the time.
Watching these flexible displays could undoubtedly amount to look to the future. Maybe in a few years be possible to carry our smartphone around the wrist as a watch.
What do you think about this type of display?

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PS3 sales exceed those of the Xbox 360

Since the Xbox 360 was released to the market, it's been a few years ago, has dominated the market for consoles household level. But now Sony has managed to turn the tables, known as its console, the PS3, for the first time in history has achieved greater sales amount Console Microsoft .
Lewis Ward, IDC analyst (which stands for the International Data Corporation), has prepared a report which details his predictions for consoles industry over the next four years and which also says something that many can not agree: that the PlayStation 3, Sony has managed to sell more units than the Xbox 360 worldwide.
As said, in December 2012, the PS3 had sold about 77 million units worldwide compared to 76 million of the Xbox 360, even considering that the PS3 was released a year later.
Which of these two known console is your favorite?

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Windows 8 has sold 60 million licenses

Whether you like it or not the direction that Microsoft took with Windows 8, the company seems more than fine RIEF in sales and it has sold more than 60 million licenses for the new operating system, which was announced on Yesterday during CES 2013.
These 60 million includes both updates that many users have made ​​as well as laptops and computers desktop with Windows 8 that have been sold.
In addition, Microsoft also says that there is strong growth in the number of developers who are creating applications for this new platform. According giant software , over 100 million apps have been download from the Windows Store two months after its release to the public.

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Google explains why Google Maps does not work on Windows Phone?

Lately there have been reports of users who can not access the web version of Google Maps for its smartphones that run Windows Phone. What is this? Well Google has explained very well.
The web version of Google Maps application is available only for WebKit browsers rate, ie browsers such as Chrome and Safari from Apple . Internet Explorer, which is the standard browser on Windows Phone, not a WebKit browser, why where users can not access the Google service known.
Google Maps is not officially supported by Windows Phone and it seems that Google currently has no intention to create a native application for said mobile operating system Microsoft .
Why should this mess? Is it because Microsoft has its own search engine (Bing, which certainly does a great job), or perhaps because of conflicts between companies lately?

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Microsoft accuses Google of not wanting to develop a native YouTube app for Windows Phone

Before Windows Phone really into action, the two major market possible choices were iOS or Android, but since his arrival there who preferred to leave these two platforms and start using the Microsoft . And by the way, is Microsoft who accuses executives of Google to force the development team to avoid creating a YouTube application that is native to Windows Phone, which makes the experience of the famous video portal in mobile WP is pretty poor .
Microsoft also says that Google has prevented them from creating their own app for YouTube, which would give WP users an experience similar to that enjoyed by using the apps for Android and iOS. Besides this, the company claims to have evidence of YouTube employees that support these claims.
For now we add a new conflict to the list of problems between Microsoft and Google. What does the future hold?

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More problems for Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer may remain the most widely used web browser, but it certainly is the slowest and that is most problematic in terms of security, and in fact this past weekend the guys from Microsoft discovered another. The company suggested users to perform an immediate update of the web browser and found a new security flaw.
Note that this fault is present in versions 6, 7 and 8 of the famous explorer. If we overlook and one day we went to an infected website using one of the above versions, a hacker could take control of our system.
The patch that fixes the new issue is ready to download, so if you have some reason to use one of the versions mentioned, we recommend upgrading your browser as soon as possible.
Remember that the more you update your web browser, run less risk and your details are kept safe.

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Windows 8 Store now has 35,000 apps

The App Store Windows 8 continues to grow. Each day adds a new app to the selection available in the Windows 8 Store and indeed in the last month 14,000 applications have been added by site MetroStore Scanner. With this, the store has managed to exceed the total of 35,000 applications available for download and will continue to grow even more. Obviously yet still has a long way to go to reach those with the greatest stores, currently Apple and Google .
Initially when Windows 8 was released in late October, there were 10,000 applications, which became 13,000 in a week. It is estimated that today some 415 applications are added daily, ie so that when starting February should be the total of approximately 50,000.
Still, that's less than what Microsoft expected, since they say the store will have 100,000 applications for February. Will they meet this goal or fall by the wayside?

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The combined power of 15 iPads

The iPad is the king in the market for tablets. This has been true since the device was launched in mid-2010 almost. You may remember that a couple of years ago, Microsoft introduced a kind of table touch named Surface (yes, he had the same name as the tablet now), but it was not very successful, especially for its price of $ 10,000.
Now, following the example of Microsoft, people of Universal Mind has introduced a new touch table that is made ​​entirely of iPads. Specifically, this device has 15 iPads to share a wireless connection and use an application that displays all act as if they were one.
What is the approximate price of one of these? For about $ 6000, but we must clarify that used iPads are the second generation, so no Retina display here. With 15 iPads and an app as free Mobile Multi Display table we muster our own touch. If space in your home is not enough, you might want to try with 15 iPad Mini, in which case the cost would be reduced to about $ 5000 dollars.
What we are not sure of is how the tablets were operated with that app, because apparently it is developed for iPod and iPhone only.

Universal Mind So far no plans to launch a commercial model.

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Dell stops opt for Android and Windows 8

The Dell World conference this year took place several days ago in the city of Austin. During that period, Dell unveiled its plans for the market of smartphones, tablets and devices mobile in general.

Neither mobile nor Dell tablets are out of the ordinary, we must admit, and the company has not had many sales in the sector. Still, the company plans to make a platform change and move to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

This was announced at this conference, where Dell said it will create tablets and phones with Android operating system and instead, as stated above, use operating systems Microsoft .

Jeff Clarke, Dell vice-president, says his company failed to find the right business model for Android. However, the hardware was fairly criticized Dell mobile level, so we have to see that this time the company develops. Will overtake Nokia, probably the biggest competitor WP level?

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Nokia reveals details of Windows Phone 7.8

It seems that the guys from Nokia are in a good mood as they have released some details concerning the new version of mobile operating system Microsoft , Windows Phone 7.8, update soon and will be hitting the masses. While already announced that the home screen will have a redesign, that's just the tip of the iceberg because the operating system will have a lot of new things.
Among the new features in WP 7.8 is the ability to use the image of the day when Bing to block the screen, and talking about the lock screen, there are two new modes for when you carry in your pocket and when Children take our smartphone . Besides this there will be 20 new color themes, will have Bluetooth Share, improvements will have to level the camera with the ability to remove even possible photobombers. Some applications will also be updated and have promised further developments we hope to know soon.

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