Monday, July 16, 2012

The Assassin's Creed comic The Fall comes to iPhone

 

Ubisoft has released in the App Store from Apple Assassin's Creed comic The Fall, specifically tailored to the capabilities of the iPhone. Assassin's Creed The Fall tells the story of Nikolai Orelov master murderer, a new story within the world of Assassin's Creed.
The Assassin's Creed series has captivated millions of consoles and PC users thanks to its spectacular, gameplay and story. Indeed its rich universe has led to create works derived from the games in the series. For example, recently announced Assassin's Creed film and there are novels that recount events of the game.
Now, Ubisoft wanted to offer iPhone users the ability to enjoy a new adventure in Assassin's Creed. This time the protagonist is Nikolai Orelov, master murderer who stars in the comic series The Fall Assassin's Creed.
Orelov is a murderer who develops its history during the twentieth century, in full Russian Revolution. The basic characteristics of the series, action, violence and a complex plot, are reproduced in the comic books now come to the iPad.
Ubisoft has explained that his team has worked to enable users to enjoy Assassin's Creed The Fall exploiting the characteristics of the iPad. In this way, users can enjoy high-definition three comics that make up this series using the functions of horizontal or vertical display, navigation pages, or zoom color choice offered by the iPad from Apple.
Users interested in knowing the story of Assassin's Creed The Fall should download the application Comics Assassin's Creed, which will cost 0.79 euros and can see the first issue of the series The Fall. The other two supplies can be purchased for 2.39 euros each.
Related links:
- App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/es/app/assassins-creed-comics/id500688906?mt=8)

Google Translate contextualizes their translations

 

Google has announced a new option for Google Translate translator that will allow the user to access a phrase which is a translation in context. This is an initiative aimed at improving the understanding of users on the results of translated terms.
Google Translate has become one of the most powerful language tools of Google Network has been able to expand its capabilities with new languages ​​and functions, which added to the improvement of their translation algorithms have made the product a benchmark.
Since Google has explained that since the development of languages ​​does not stop, do not want to stop the improvements in translation system. Specifically, Google stressed that each year 5,000 new words are created, which sometimes makes users understand their meaning. To try to help understand the most complicated words in the translation, Google has thought contextualize.
The result is a new option in Google Translate that lets you see the word used has resulted in a sentence. As in the spelling bees, the browser uses the word in a sentence to facilitate understanding. This option can be turned into a new icon that appears in the tables of translation from Google Translate. This is a sandwich-shaped icon.
In addition, users can request a translation of the phrase that generates Google Translate. The option allows sentences of the terms in the original language and in language that is translated. This is a useful way to know and understand the translation, a system that improves understanding of the information from Google Translate.

Nokia closes offices in China and held firing

 

Nokia has decided to close two sales offices in China to carry out a reorganization of its efforts in the Asian country. The company also confirmed that layoffs will occur in China, although it may be offset by hiring in strategic locations such as Beijing and Guangzhou.
China is undoubtedly one of the most interesting markets for mobile manufacturing companies. This is a country with millions of potential customers, where the sale of devices and content than the rest of the world. Therefore, many companies have chosen China as a future option, terminals featuring all focused on the many consumer profiles.
One company that decided to look at China as one of the territories of the future was Nokia, but it seems that your bet has not achieved the objectives sought. The Finnish company has seen its presence in China has been overshadowed by local manufacturers such as ZTE and now the big brands of Apple and Samsung.
Specifically, in a report of Nasdaq ensure that the market share of Nokia in the smartphone has risen from 30.4 percent to 11 percent within a year. The popularity of Apple's iPhone and Android handset that Nokia have lost prominence. For Android devices, ZTE is one of the companies that has managed to impose. Using the pull in his homeland, ZTE has grown from a quota of 3.6 to 10.6 percent.
This poor performance has forced Nokia to rethink its strategy in China, choosing to focus their efforts. For this, the company has decided to close two of its sales offices in Chengdu and Shanghai. Moreover, according to Nasdaq, Nokia plans to abandon some of its staff in China, but has not specified the exact number of casualties that will occur.
While it is true that the Finnish company closed offices in the Asian giant, it seems that his intention is to increase efforts in two of its offices. Thus, branches of Nokia in Beijing and Guangzhou will be strengthened to be the engine of the company in China.

Medal of Honor Warfighter, new multiplayer trailer

 

 


Electronic Arts has just released the new development of one of its future game shooter, Medal of Honor Warfighter. This trailer has focused on multiplayer and more particularly in the setting of a jungle in the Philippines.
 



Medal of Honor Warfighter is being developed by Danger Close Games and will be put on sale in late October. Will be available for 5 platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS and Wii Vita U.

Georgie, great for blind Android

Georgie


Georgie is a new app Android designed especially for blind people. Has been developed by a nonprofit group called Screenreader and its official launch will be the next 17 or 18 July.
Georgie is a useful tool to help blind people in their daily lives. It can help the user with the most common problems you may encounter, such as taking the bus, read print and located in areas few relatives. By voice assistant can also use the application to dial numbers, send text messages and mark streets and dangers in a navigation application.
Georgie is now available in the Google Store Play and is a free application.


HP W2371d, new monitor 23 inch Full HD

 

Once again, the boys of HP have put a new monitor for sale, and is the HP W2371d, which measures 23 inches and has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD).
The H P W2371d also has LED backlighting, contrast ratio is 1000:1 and the brightness up to 250 nits. In addition, the modern has 5ms response time and has two types of connectors: DVI-D and mini D-Sub. What surprises me is that apparently has no speakers, which are incorporated in most monitors today.
Each unit costs about W2371d HP $ 250.

Giada I53, a great and silent mini PC

 


The mini PC never attracted much attention here, but this new model does it does. This is the new Giada I53, powerful, quiet and the same size as some books.
Giada's new I53 can be equipped with a processor Intel Core choice between i3, i5 or Core i7. It also has Intel GMA graphics card HD 4000 and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 320GB hard drive or 500GB.
Regarding connectivity and ports, has a USB 3.0, four USB 2.0 , audio input and output, HDMI, VGA and multi-card reader. It also supports LAN, WiFi, Bluetooth and of course, not to mention also that has an infrared remote control. In addition, the I53 is useful to save some energy as it consumes only 35W.
Regarding the operating system, Giada I53 can expect Windows 7 Premium or we can purchase it with Linux distributions. To give you an idea of ​​prices, the Core i5 model with 4GB RAM and 500GB disk costs $ 520.

Facebook for Android updated

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If you have the app on Facebook for your Android device, you probably already reported that a new update is available. The new version of the application will undoubtedly improve your Facebook experience on Android. The app you can use front camera but also has a new feature for messages that can switch between conversations, include friends of friends, share photos enlarged and see who is available, in addition to this was fixed some bugs, security was improved and ultimately improve the overall speed of the application.
Remember that Facebook for Android requires Froyo version (Android 2.2) or later.