MiiPC: a $ 100 PC that parents can block at any time

Today, the boys quite often use the Internet. They use it to connect with their friends, to play and sometimes even homework. Many parents think their child has access to the Internet (and all that it may offer) is simply frightening. Children can get to tinker when they should do homework, talk to strangers and more malicious. Well here is when  MiiPC into action.

MiiPC is a mini PC that runs on Android. Using this platform, gives us access to thousands of applications from the store Play Google also allows us to stream HD videos and comes with software installed.

Parents are also an app for your smartphone. What role does this app? To block websites, from playing video games when there is time to do it, we can change the age restrictions for our children, and that of 10 years will not have to comply with the restrictions of 7, for example. In other words, parents have control.

If you wonder why the specifications, has a dual-core processor at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of memory. The MiiPC price is only $ 100 dollars.

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Free calls via Facebook Messenger available for UK

 

Very good news for sure. Facebook is becoming increasingly generous apparently. The great feature of Facebook calls using WiFi, which until now was only available for the U.S. and Canada, it is also for the UK. If you live in any country of the unitary state, then you can use the great feature of free calls to  Facebook Messenger. What is the only problem with all this?Well that is available only for iOS, is not yet known when it will launch for Android.

Facebook Messenger allows us to make free calls to our Facebook friends. We should pay absolutely no charge for the call, only need a wireless internet connection and you can start talking. Furthermore, similar to Facebook chat allows our friends leave messages when they are not, the app allows us to leave voice messages for them to be heard later.

Hopefully this great feature of Facebook Messenger will soon be available for the rest of the world so we can all benefit from it.

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Details and photos of the Galaxy S Mini IV

 

As we know, a couple of weeks ago was presented in New York in Samsung Galaxy S IV .Surely you remember last year not only launched the Galaxy S III, but also a similar but smaller model: the Galaxy S III Mini. It seems that this time history will repeat again. What you see in the picture above is the new  GT-I9190 (S IV Mini) with his older brother so we can see a clear comparison of size. The designs are very similar, but obviously the S IV Mini has a smaller screen, which is great news for those who do not like the 5-inch screens.

At the hardware level is not as well equipped as the S IV, but still holds its own. The Super AMOLED screen is a 4.3-inch, 960 × 540, the processor is a dual-core 1.6GHz and run with Android 4.2.2, using the interface TouchWiz UX 2.0 Nature. It also says that there will be a dual-SIM version.

This is all we know for now, but if the leaks continue at this rate we will soon know more.

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The Nexus 5 could be smaller than the Nexus 4

Many smartphones High technology to be launched this year. As time has passed, smartphones have increased in size. Now it is normal to encounter gigantic screens of 5 inches, which is not to everyone's liking. But we have good news, as it is said, moving next Google, the Nexus 5, will have a smaller screen than its sibling, the Nexus 4, which carries a 4.7-inch.

Apparently the Nexus 5 will carry a 4.5-inch screen and keep the HD resolution , which would give it a pixel density of 326 per inch, which is not bad.

Like many modern high-end smartphones are expected to use this new Nexus processor quad-core Snapdragon 600 at 1.5GHz and incorporate also a 9-megapixel CCD sensor.Regarding the battery, be of 2800mAh is estimated. And another thing: the Nexus 4 does not have a microSD slot, so probably neither will Nexus 5.

That's all for now. Google hope to officially announce the smartphone to filter or to find out more details.

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More rumors of Motorola X

No one has a lot of security on the specifications that incorporate the  Motorola X . If the rumors are accurate, within a few months this smartphone will be hitting the market, but the fact is that there are many ideas that incorporate hardware.

We talk about many things such as a processor Nvidia Tegra 4 and a high quality camera, also made mention of a Snapdragon processor and a standard camera, among other things. While we wait for any possible confirmation that incorporating the mobile web has emerged in a new list of specifications.

As stated, the Motorola X take a modern processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 , your screen would measure 4.7 inches and have HD resolution, but also would have a large battery of 4000mAh . There is also the possibility that it is watertight and incorporates a protection Gorilla Glass. They notice the absence of a microSD reader.

All these are just rumors, so we can not rely much. We will have to wait until you hear coming from official sources.

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UBot-5, a robot therapist

We love robots. These little helpers metal are extremely useful and are able to do all sorts of tasks. For here we have seen the wonders of industry robotics in several occasions, so I know there are robots to perform almost any task you can think of. In this case, we have to  UBot-5, a kind of robot therapist .

UBot-5 is a humanoid robot the size of a child has some kind of arms with clips on the ends and also has a screen where the head would go, as you can see in the picture. Recent studies have shown that robots can sometimes turn into very good therapists, and have one of these for certain therapies are good for patients.

A man aged 72 with certain disabilities and physical difficulties was an extensive therapy several weeks with said robot. During this time he held various arm movements exercises and word games. Finally, thanks to UBot-5, was improved slightly moving his own arms and also scored better verbal expression.

This makes it clear that robots are undoubtedly extremely useful and can be used in virtually any area.

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Keep Google Android available

Surely, there are many applications notes and reminders in store Play of Google for us to lower our Mobile Apps . Recently, the search engine company has launched its own app for notes and reminders , call Keep Google  Evernote is undoubtedly the application of this area most often used, but it never hurts to opt for some other, much less if it comes from one of the leading Internet companies in the world.

Keep us to remember all those ideas that suddenly spring to mind with its brilliant and colorful virtual notes, you can also make voice recordings and also if we need to remember something more "visual" also lets us take pictures and then watch them from application.

What are the pros of Keep? First of all, its user interface is ridiculously simple to use and is very intuitive. The files are stored in the Google Drive service, so we can even do a synchronization with another device later. Moreover, if we use Android 4.2 or later can use your function to lock the screen, which allows to quickly take a note, a picture or make an audio recording.

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This is the new version of Google Play

Play is the name of the famous App Store Google . Well, actually also sell music, e-books, movies, etc., But around here all we care about are the apps . It seems that the search engine company is redesigning its famous online store, which will feature a simple user interface and a cleaner design overall level influenced by Google Now also have larger icons.

Some things remain the same course, but also introduces new features. The automatic updates box individual page app , for example, has been replaced by one that, to mark, disable updates, meaning that if we want an app is updated by itself should be unchecked.

Below you can see a video of an alleged kind of filtration where you see the future version of Google Play. We do not know when it will be launched this new redesigned version, but we assume that it will still take a couple of months.

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