'Our own phone would not make sense, "said Mark Zuckerberg

 

Forget the rumors of a telephone Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg assured that the company does not intend to produce a smartphone in its own time, according to CNET.

During the announcement of the stock of the company , Zuckerberg said that the focus of Facebook is to develop a platform and not hardware. "Producing our own phone does not make sense to us," said the creator of the social network.

Zuckerberg said the successful application of Facebook for mobile phones and said the company's goal is to support a system in which other apps are created and integrated into the social network. "That's why we support Apple and work near it," he said.

Rumors of a phone's own Facebook are not new, but gained strength in recent days. Bloomberg said this week that social networking would have closed a partnership with HTC to create the smartphone, which was launched in 2013.

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Apple security firm AuthenTec bought for $ 356 million

 

The Apple bought the technology company AuthenTec security for $ 356 million, according to CNET .

The AuthenTec provides security solutions for various platforms, including Mac OS and even Android, and other large customers such as Cisco, HBO, HP, Lenovo, LG, Samsung and Motorola.

The company specializes in network security and authentication, and video solutions. Their technology could be incorporated into iOS devices or services streaming video on the entire ecosystem of devices from Apple.

With the acquisition, Apple seems to be more concerned about the safety of their devices. Recently, the company's systems were targeted by malware - both the Mac OS X and iOS, which suffered the first attack of malicious software.

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Achim is the clone of the North Korean iPad

 

The iPhone is not sold in North Korea, but that does not mean that the North Koreans do not have access to tablets - they have their own clone of the Apple device.

According to the website NK News , the North Korean media reported that a tablet called Achim ("Morning"), developed by a state enterprise is becoming very popular within the country, especially among students.

The device has a 7 inch screen, weighs 300 grams and the battery lasts up to 5 hours. Was not informed what is the system used in Achim, but it is possible that the Red Star, a variant of Linux that is also used in other devices in the country.

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The 50 most frequently used sources of information on Wikipedia

 

A visual applications company took all the data on information sources of the English edition of Wikipedia, and built an infographic that shows what the fifties sites mentioned in the articles of collaborative encyclopedia.

The three most accessed sites are books.google.com and web.archive.org, which would provide access to books and websites out of the air, and informative news.bbc.co.uk. Sites like YouTube, NY Times, IMDB, Google, MySpace and Facebook are also in the ranking, which measures the amount of citations in credentials editions.

To learn more, read the full list of sites used , or click here to see details in the infographic produced by the company :

 

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Google launches broadband service and television in the U.S.

The Google presented officially on Thursday (26/07) in Kansas City, Google Fiber, your broadband service and television in the United States.

The company promises an Internet 100 times faster than the major U.S. and ensures that the download speed is 1 Gigabyte per second for downloads and uploads.

Fiber The service also comes with TV with local channels and integrated with Netflix and YouTube, allowing content to watch live or on demand, when the user wants. In addition, you can record up to eight concurrent programs and store them in the cloud (with 1 Terabyte available in Google Drive).

The equipment that act as central content were all baptized of Network Box They come with 2 gigabytes of storage space on your hard disk, transmit video up to 1080p, Ethernet will have four inputs and act as points of Wi-Fi

Prices and installation

There are three packages available for residential plans. The most basic is $ 300 for the installation of cables and offers a much slower service internet (downloads to 5 megabytes per second) and a TV with only a few channels.

For the complete contents and full-speed connection, you can pay $ 120 for the plan and broadband TV or $ 70 just for internet. Who to hire full service, will still receive a Nexus 7, which also function as control of the TV.

To install the fiber optics, the Google will require a number of requests in the same region they call "fiberhoods." The company also said it will pay for the installation of cables in places such as schools and libraries.

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Apple tries to protect brand App Store

 

Again, the Apple is considering taking legal action against a rival, this time to protect the name of your app store, the pioneer App Store.

The initiative is mainly because of growth of the Amazon in the mobile area. Encouraged by the success of the Kindle Fire, the megastore is expected to release new versions of the tablet and possibly even a smartphone, and bolster the image of your 'Amazon App Store'.

Since Apple just released the economy of the applications with the iPhone and the very concept of a smartphone, the name App Store has been considered by generic companies that decided to invest in niche and was embraced by several brands in their own systems for the provision of software .

The U.S. brand claims, however, that this can lead to confusion among consumers, so it is likely to act legally against the companies that adopt the term.

The first lawsuit to ban the use of the mark was made ​​in March 2011, when the name was still Amazon Appstore for Android. But now the Silicon Valley company claims that the Amazon App Store omitted the supplement 'for Android' to knowingly induce consumers to confusion with the Apple store.

Meanwhile, Apple tries to get the copyright registration of the mark in the U.S. App Store - a process that has been challenged by Microsoft and is still being decided - and also in Europe.

The company has gained notoriety for framing their competitors on the court and try to use legal action to prevent that they can make inroads in areas that Apple is strong, especially in the production of tablets and smartphones. The favorite target is Samsung, which had already banned the sale of tablets in the United States and Europe.

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Search Google alters the functioning of memory, Study Finds

 

According to a survey conducted by scholars from the universities of Columbia, Wisconsin and Harvard, researching questions on Google changes the performance of memory in our brain. The study appears in the July issue of Science magazine.

According to the authors - Betsy Sparrow, Jenny Liu and Daniel Wegner - the ease of finding information via Google have changed the way our brain works when there is doubt, replacing the memory of the specific facts that you understand where the information can be found more easily - most often, on some website.

The notion that no information can be easily found by the computer notes would have been lowered in some volunteers memory tests, but on the other hand, people be able to retain more of the location at which data can be found that the information contained therein , allowing the birth of a more practical memory and allowing the brain to engage in other activities.

"The Internet has become our primary form of external memory, where information can be archived collectively instead of getting stuck in our minds," says the presentation of research.

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Razer launches new keyboard and mouse for gamers

 

Bored of your old keyboard and your mouse gamer gamer? Then you may need a change of hardware , and are ideal for that new peripherals from Razer, the wireless mouse and keyboard Razer Razer Ouroboros BlackWidow.
The Razer Ouroboros is an ambidextrous mouse design and that, as we see in the picture, we can expand, making it ideal for people with different hand sizes. It has 11 programmable buttons with optical and laser sensors in the bottom and has a bright green light. The Ouroboros is powered by 2 AA rechargeable batteries lasting 12 hours and costs $ 130.

 

Keyboard Razer BlackWidow, or rather, keyboards BlackWidow, are the new series of keyboards gamer of the company and there are 3 models: BlackWidow, BlackWidow BlackWidow Ultimate and Tournament. They have a great design with a striking green light and allow pressure to 10 keys simultaneously gamer mode. The cost is around $ 130. 

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