Outlook.com is proving very successful

July was the month in which Microsoft launched Outlook.com, your new e-mail service and replacement of the popular Hotmail. In only 4 months, the company has had great success with your new website. The same has not only been named one of the year's best, but now even has 25 million users.
Microsoft has found that approximately one third of those 25 million are Gmail users who are testing their new service. Intrigued by these numbers, the company enlisted the help of a research firm, which ultimately yielded interesting results: 4 out of 5 Gmail users who have tried the service for five days would switch to Outlook.com. The study found that users are happy with the design of Outlook, as well as its ability to block spam and easy to share photos and Office documents.
It's clear that Microsoft plans to give competition to Gmail with Outlook again, and in fact in the next week I will be introducing enhancements and new features to the site, as well as launch an app for Android.

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Microsoft and Amazon could be preparing their new smartphones

We know the tablet Microsoft, the Surface, and reportedly the company may be developing yet another tablet called Xbox Surface, but other news of which we have not discussed is that the giant software may be preparing further hardware , and this time in the form of a smartphone that will run, obviously, Windows Phone 8, which is a good idea as the market for mobile offers good possibilities and WP devices are becoming increasingly popular.
Recently, the WSJ said that Microsoft was working with Foxconn to develop a new smartphone between 4 and 5 inches, but it seems that is not the only company that does it, because Amazon is also working with the aforementioned Asian manufacturer producing its own modern smartphone technology .
So far nothing is known about specifications, and in fact, we can not actually confirm that these devices are being developed, but we hope to soon have some extra filtration, or in the best case, an official confirmation.

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Analysis of Kindle Fire

 

In late October in Spain began selling new family of devices Amazon tablet: the new Kindle Fire arriving in two different versions starting from the competitive price of 160 euros

The new tablets can be bought from the online store Amazon and shipping to different parts vary between 3 and 10 euros depending on the area. Since Amazon have confirmed that some stores have specific models available for physical sale, an excellent option for those who do not trust the mailings or have a shop near where traditional power shopping.
There will be two different models, one that includes advertising cheaper and one a little more expensive than worth the price for the convenience of eliminating any ad that could hinder our reading.

Product Reviews

On a technical level the two models are equal Fire Kindle, Amazon has chosen a rather interesting strategy that has proven very successful. For 160 euros we access the traditional Kindle Fire tablet 7 inch screen, Internet connection via WiFi and resolution of 1025 x 600 pixels. The internal memory is 8 GB storage and uses an advertising system that offers on-screen displays in the moments that we are not using the device.

 

 

For 180 euros acquired a version identical to the processor is the same with the frequency of 1.2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM, but the sample is removed advertisements. It is an interesting option for users who do not wish at any time to see Amazon advertising to promote their products. For 20 euros the difference is small but there are those who prefer to save and use the advertising model of Kindle Fire. Particularly not mind as he bids on the screen only when we are not reading or using the tablet.
But Amazon does not stand still and continues to grow its family of Kindle Fire tablets with the new HD. This model has a higher resolution screen, 1280 x 800 pixels, and a dual-core processor.
This new version is better in terms of availability as it comes in four different versions according to the size of the buffer. There then version 16 or 32 GB with or without advertising. The respective rates are: 200, 214, 250 and 264 euros.

 

Any of the models of Kindle Fire tablet runs on the Android operating system but with a retouched version that includes the application shop Amazon. You can install Google Play Store with a simple touch and thereafter enjoy the thousands of applications available in the official Google store but Amazon is not bad, it's just smaller.
The increased importance of Kindle Fire in the tablet market is that it was one of the first devices to present fight against iPad, the king until recently sales and product of 7 inches. The arrival of Nexus and Samsung landing in the world of tablets has changed the landscape but Amazon still has a strong presence in the sector.
The devices offer high quality and low price also served to encourage Google to launch Nexus 7 and 10 or smaller versions of iPad mini. So Kindle Fire is still there and maybe get a good number of sales with its new Kindle Fire HD device.

Specifications

 

Kindle Fire

• Touch screen 7 inch, 1025 x 600 pixel resolution
• 1.2 GHz Processor
• RAM 1 GB
• Memory 8 GB storage
• WiFi
• Prices: 160 - 180 euros

Kindle Fire HD

• 7 inch touch screen, resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
• Dual Core 1.5 GHz Processor
• RAM 1 GB
• WiFi
• Memory storage, 16-32 GB
• Prices: 200, 214, 250, 264 euros

Positives

Among the positive aspects that we should not fail to note in the family found the price Kindle Fire and visual quality. Tablets are of good quality in materials and resistance offered no technology but adapted to the needs of a large segment of the market that uses tablets for simple internet browsing, reading e-books and e-mail.
It costs more positive point as it opened the possibility of offering cheap tablets and now have joined this modality Google and Apple.

Negatives

At the technological level Kindle Fire devices not stand even the latest HD Kindle Fire falls short of tablets like the Google Nexus 7. However it offers a different style of tablet and pointing to a much more widespread.
Shop Amazon, although interesting, is not up to Google Play Store and activate it to do some tinkering with the operating system.

Conclusion

Kindle Fire is a very important family of tablets on the market because it opened the game to new economic devices. They offer good visual quality and control, but could improve the look of the operating system to get more out of a variety of software available for Android. They are durable and resistant tablets, ideal for the home and family.

Videos

Amazon Kindle Fire demo

Amazon Kindle Fire hands-on

Kindle Fire TV Commercial 

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Convert PDF to Excel Online 100% Free

If you often analyze and manipulate complex statistical documents or tabular data, there is a high probability that you regularly have to deal with PDF files. The reason is very simple: document creators and users often choose PDF when sending, sharing and distributing their documents.  PDF is a very suitable format for exchanging documents, because it preserves the document’s formatting and is device- independent (meaning that it can be viewed on any device and any platform). However, in-depth analysis and data manipulation sometimes requires a more versatile format - like a spreadsheet program akin to MS Excel, for example.

Therefore, when you need to edit statistical data from PDFs, you will first need to extract the data into Excel. This requires PDF to Excel conversion software. There is a wide range of PDF conversion tools out there today, both desktop and online. Some of them are comprehensive commercial solutions for the total management of PDFs and scanned image documents – like for example, PDF ConverterElite.

But if your goal is to quickly and accurately turn a PDF into Excel without the hassle of downloading and installing any software on your computer, here’s how to easily create an XLS file from PDF 100% online.

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HC1, the great headset for Motorola

What we see in the picture above is not a device out of a science fiction movie, but it is the new Motorola headset HC1 Solutions.
The HC1 can be operated by voice commands or with our head movements and micro-display can show us what you see on the screen of a laptop 15 inch remote. The headset is equipped with a camera and a microphone that allows you to stream video and lets us communicate with other people. The device runs Windows CE Professional, has 512MB of RAM, uses a 3730 processor dual-core TI, has a 3D accelerator and has a microSD card reader.
If we want to see in action HC1 can do it in the video below.

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Electronic tracking system is used for women in Saudi Arabia

An electronic tracking system has begun to be used in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is specially designed to track and to alert women to their husbands when one tries to cross the borders of the kingdom.
The system is very advanced and is not up to others such as those used in the United States. When a woman tries to cross the borders of the kingdom, needs a special permission from their husbands which authorizes them to make the crossing. When she crosses the border, or when you try to do it, a text message is sent informing her husband about the incident.
It goes without saying that many this has not fallen at all well, especially in the Twitter community.

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New Firefox integration with Facebook

If you've ever wanted to chat with your Facebook contacts directly using your web browser, then now you can. Thanks to this new feature of Firefox we have Facebook chat in your browser window without the need to open the social network in a tab. The idea behind this is to find out the latest news from our friends without the need to switch tabs all the time.
Besides being able to chat, also warns us through notifications if someone comments on one of our states or if we tagged in a photograph.
For now, Facebook Messenger pair Firefox is in beta, but we can still use it, for which first need to follow this link .

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U Wii sold 400,000 units in its first week

The Wii U, the great new Nintendo console, and has sold 400,000 units in its first week on the market, and the company president said that is nearly exhausted in most stores resellers.
The console, which was released on 18 November in the United States, was very well received and there were long queues at Nintendo's flagship store in New York. But not only the Wii U had good sales last week, and thanks to Black Friday other consoles of the company were priced very low, to the point that the original Wii could be purchased for only $ 100 and sold 300,000 units thereof. The NDS and 3DS also sold well, achieving over 500,000 units between them.
To make a little analogy, the original Wii sold 475,000 units in its first eight days in the U.S. market, so there is no doubt that his successor is well under way.
Does anyone around here have plans to buy a Wii U?

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