Google buys Sparrow, e-mail client for IOS and Mac

Sparrow, premiered in October 2011, had become in record time in one of those programs that do not need advertising, but popularized by word of mouth among friends. The e-mail program, which initially only worked on Macs, has just been acquired by Google, although neither party has made ​​public the amount.

So, Sparrow, that service for managing and controlling Gmail accounts in the iPhone or the Mac, now past the ranks of Google, according to recent reports that have on the subject.

'We care about how people communicate, and have always done our best to provide the email experience more intuitive and enjoyable as possible,' says the CEO of Sparrow, Dom Leca, in a post published this morning on the company blog. 'Now we are joining the Gmail team to achieve a larger vision, one that we think we can get better with Google'.

Sparrow applications have managed to become the most popular with users of Apple devices thanks to its clean design and smart functionality. And service users will know what I mean and would certainly not have shown signs of surprise at this news, since the acquisition by Google Sparrow is something we saw coming a long time, since the application was integrated well with Gmail, even surpassing in many respects to the Gmail application itself in IOS.

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Problems with the WiFi on your Mac?

Apparently, some users have had problems with the WiFi connection of your Mac. While this may not bother some people, are sure to fall very badly to others. WiFi chips used by Apple are also used in many other devices, so the problem does not seem to come from that side, but still, the hardware is controlled by the software , and in this case it appears that the energy manager of the operating system Mac OS X Lion is the source of the problems with WiFi.
Some users of Apple Forums contacted the suppliers / vendors of routers, and they asked them to deactivate the power manager on their machines to avoid the loss of connectivity. And apparently it solved the problem.
What had happened here? Well, basically, the problem was between certain routers and OS X Lion: to enter the idle WiFi chip, and subsequently be summarized, connectivity with the router was not reset properly. It is not clear who should solve the drawback: if router problem must be the manufacturer, and if the side of the operating system is Apple responsible. Note that this problem has been presented only for OS X Lion.
Does anyone around here has had this problem? If the case is that, try turning off the power manager on the Mac

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Caixa Social Work form the computer and new technologies to inmates who complete their sentences soon

Caixa Social Work launches the program 'Solidarity CiberCaixa' in three prisons in the country, to prepare inmates have next the end of his sentence, in computing and new technologies for imminent life outside the school. Thus, the program establishes a set of training activities to develop, focusing on younger and older inmates, for which it has specific purposes depending on the group to which it is addressed.

On the one hand, youth develop computer courses and workshops taught by senior volunteers, prepared specifically for it, trying to facilitate their social reintegration and employment training them in skills and training skills. Thus, this action seeks to foster intergenerational dialogue between young prisoners and trainers, "that will give older people experience and confidence," as noted by the entity.

There will also be training activities aimed at older people in prison, taught by professionals in order to "avoid isolation, passivity and futility of this group", increasing its activity and communication and new interests fomentándoles also provide them social reintegration.

Specifically, the new prisons which will develop the program in 2012, under the agreement are those of Seville, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas I, which are added to those of Badajoz, Teixeiro, Valencia and Zaragoza Villabona, in those already implemented the project.

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Twitter incorporates auto

 

Twitter has added new features on its website that will improve the user experience and to make Twitter the easiest way to find out what's happening in real time. These include the auto-complete in the Web version of the microblog network.

Many Internet search services, such as Google, and incorporate features that make it easier to search usuariosla content on the Web For Google, the company's Mountain Instant View gives Google, which allows auto-searches before the user has finished writing the content to be searched. Twitter now also includes its own auto-complete for microblog network.

With the new autocomplete feature, users just have to start writing a 'hashtag' or the name of a Twitter user and network microblog in a drop down menu will offer all the options available before the user finished typing . After entering the search, the user will find the 'tweets' most relevant articles, images and videos available.
But users have also made other improvements to enhance search experience. On the one hand, Twitter has introduced spelling corrections, so that if the user misspells a word, Twitter automatically shows possible alternatives. On the other hand, the computer network has also introduced microblog suggestions related, ie if the user searches for a topic for which people use various terms, Twitter offers suggestions for terms that occur in most the conversation.
Other new features of Twitter to search for a username and the user will see not only the Twitter account of that person but also the results mentioning the actual name of that user.
"These changes make it easier to search on twitter.com," says the company's official blog. In addition, the Twitter team ensures that the suggestions, auto-complete and the corrections are also available in versions of IOS and Twitter for Android.
Related links:
- Blog Twitter (http://blog.twitter.com/2012/07/simpler-search.html).

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