Wednesday, July 18, 2012

AppAnalytics: how long you are using your iPhone applications?



Want to have more control over the time you spend on the different apps for your smartphone ? Then the new AppAnalytics is what you want, but to have it should make the jailbreak your iPhone / iPhone / iPod touch, since the app is in Cydia software whose function is to provide users with apps jailbreakers and other content not available in the official shops.
What it will do is tell you how long AppAnalytics've been using the various applications and the number of times they were accessed in a given period of time, so you better manage your time and spend what is necessary for each, in addition to eliminating those that see you give little or no use.
The app is available on the BigBoss repository for $ 1.

iPhone 5 would have already gone into production



According to the latest rumor about the smartphone from Apple , the future iPhone 5 and would have gone into production in China. The company made ​​no official statements on the hardware of the device yet, but at least we know, thanks to several leaks, which have a larger screen than the current, reaching 4 inches and the resolution is of 1136 × 640 pixels, and this have a quad core processor and better camera for video calls and catches.
We hope to have some additional news soon.

Does the 64GB Galaxy S3 has been canceled?



Some may not know, but Samsung had planned to release a version of the Galaxy S3 would count for anything less than 64GB of memory. If you are someone who have been waiting impatiently because they want this version of the phone, then it is likely that the wait has ended, because Samsung does not release a 64GB Galaxy S3, or   at least that will happen in the UK. It appears that an order for this phone to Expansys store was canceled because Samsung has decided not to release this version.
There are no official statements about it, and may have been canceled in England but not the rest of the world, so there is still hope. In any case, there appears to launch the smartphone with so much memory is something suitable, since it already carries a built-in microSD card slot, with which we can increase the space available in a few more GB.
There will be watching to see if there are more details in the coming days.

Samsung and the future of the screens



Does anyone here remember the days when the monitors of computers were monochrome? It's been two decades since their introduction. Over the years, witnessed many advances in technology screens and monitors, moving from the first color graphics card, the IBM CGA, VGA and later to the Super VGA (SVGA). Currently, we enjoy Full HD screens and some people even have their own 3D monitor, then what does the future hold?
Samsung seems to have a very optimistic view on the future of the screens, and now this can be seen on devices like the S3 has a screen SuperAMOLED HD or Galaxy Tab 7.7 that has a SuperAMOLED Plus. Regarding the company's plans for the coming years, probably soon we will find what we see in the image: transparent screens, and have also been seen conceptual models of 3D AMOLED, other paper thin and do not forget to the famous flexible displays.
Which of the above types of screen do you think Samsung will focus? Does anyone in particular or all at once?

Monday, July 16, 2012

Having WiFi in the hotel, a key issue on holiday

 

85% of Europeans want to have connection 'wifi' in the hotel you go on vacation and 95% of respondents supported mobile devices have been on holiday, according to a survey of Brocade Fabric manufacturer.
Thus, this 95% say they use the 'wifi' to personal issues or labor issues, and more than half specified that used to check email from work or to download professional documents.
For more than a third of respondents (37%) a good coverage of mobile data (such as 3G or 4G) is a "determining factor" when planning your vacation and up to 86% expect the hotel to which they will count with an Internet connection.
"The caterers should look to the overwhelming demand of connection 'wifi' free and provide guests with a reliable connection, not only in the rooms, but also in places like the bar or the pool," clarified the Country Manager to Brocade Spain, Jose Javier Perez.

An application returns to life dinosaurs

 

dinosaurs may have been extinct for more than 65 million years, but a Canadian museum uses a new application to restore life.
With the Ultimate ROM application called Dinosaurs, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, uses augmented reality, virtual vision of the real world which can be extended with graphics or other content.
When visitors point their smartphones to indicators throughout the museum, dinosaurs come to life on the application. IPads displayed in the museum and aimed to show the skeletons of creatures with more realism, with meat.
"We can see how they would look with skin when they were alive and how they have moved and behaved," said Tracy Ruddell, vice president of marketing assistant museum, where technology is on display as part of the show "Last Dinosaur".
"As a museum all that matters are real-world objects," said Ruddell. "But being able to give life to prehistoric dinosaurs was something really amazing."
Worldwide, museums and art galleries have increasingly incorporated their technology exposures, which can be accessed through mobile applications.
"Augmented reality allows us to do things with goals that would never see in the physical world because, of course, we have to preserve specimens," said Ruddell. "It also enables us to provide educational information, and stories about these objects that are traditionally difficult to do."
After years of being relegated to the realm of science fiction, augmented reality is finally entering mainstream. ABI Research expects the industry to reach the 3,000 dollars in profits in 2016, from 29 million in 2010.



 

The Twitter account of the Government over 200,000 followers



The Twitter account of the Government has surpassed the 200,000 fans, the second followed the open Spanish institutions, and is the third most influential in relation to other Western governments, only behind the White House and Downing Street.
The profile of the Government on Twitter (@ desdelamoncloa), according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, has not only increased their number of followers, but has also become influential in social networks.
It highlights what a comparative study between 2.0 tools of European governments, which shows that @ desdelamoncloa is situated, by number of followers and influence in the network, one of the top-ranked by profiles up as @ Elysee (official Twitter of the Government of France) or @ KremlinRussia (Russian government's official Twitter).
Furthermore, according to the Klout measurement tool, the account of La Moncloa, open since July 2009, has scored 72 points in influence over one hundred.
This same tool indicates that the Government is one of fewer requests for information about users poses Twitter.
According to the company, governmental 849 requests were received, of which 679 came from the U.S. Executive, 98 from Japan and 11 in Canada and United Kingdom respectively. Countries like Mexico, Spain and Peru are less than 10 requests.
Meanwhile, the 2012 report of United Nations development presence 'online' government institutions around the world, says that in the Internet environment, the Spanish Government was leading the group of countries in southern Europe .
The 200,000 Twitter followers of Government, the more than 60,000 video views on YouTube, the 18,000 daily visits to the website of La Moncloa (www.lamoncloa.gob.es) and more than 14 million page views are shown, as highlighted by the statement, the Executive's commitment to "promote communication, understanding and transparency" of public decisions on the Internet.

Microsoft presents its new version of Office (2013)

Microsoft Office 2013 Version Customer Preview

 
San Francisco (USA), July 16 (EFE). - The computer company Microsoft unveiled today in San Francisco (USA) a new version of its office software suite designed for Office next operating system Windows 8 tablets and compatible personal computers.
The company CEO Steve Ballmer said that it is the "most ambitious release of Microsoft Office" of history, at a ceremony held in the auditorium City View shopping center in that city The Metreon California.
Microsoft focused its demonstration model Office for tablets in which their traditional Word or PowerPoint are handled with the fingertips or with a digital pen and because of its integration with the Internet, the documents are stored by default in the cloud.
The new Office, which is not revealed his name and date of release, will require a user account to make use of the benefits of the cloud so that you can access the working documents from any device Windows 8, either mobile phone or tablet PC.
Programs Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint become a Windows application environment, with a simpler design in which the icons are minimized and are activated with the fingertip.
In Word, for example, debuted a reading system that adapts the documents to the device type and becomes an intuitive task insert images, adjusting the size and location.
Skype and the agenda are accessible directly from applications so that, for example, Excel can auto columns of information with contact data.
The trial version of "Modern Office" as Ballmer called it, is available today for customers through the website office.com / preview.
The company also showed a 80-inch touch screen designed for demonstrations, business meetings and videoconferences in which the Office can make presentations and modify them on the fly and works with Windows 8.
Ballmer emphasized the potential of that screen but still have acknowledged that "working to lower your price" and make it attractive for consumption.
The CEO stressed that Microsoft is in a time of renewal as the one experienced in 1995 with the version "vibrant and exciting" Windows and Office in years.
Microsoft officially launched Windows 8 in October, the month for which is expected to unveil all the details of its new line of products adapted to the new operating system.