The Android tablets are catching up with iOS

Since the launch of the iPad, the device known Apple has always placed first in the market for tablets , and in fact it was thanks to him that the tablets won a remarkable popularity. Still coping with the tablets that use the operating system Android is no easy task. Companies no longer focus only on making $ 500 models as when the first tablets running Android were launched, things have changed and the famous  iOS could lose his throne in the hands of the Google platform. And it's likely to happen soon.

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, tablet sales more than doubled in the last year. In early 2012 we sold almost 20 million tablets worldwide, while in early 2013 the units sold were over 40 million. It is noteworthy that during this period the Android market share rose from 34% to 43%, which puts you very close to iOS, which in the past year fell from 63% to 48%.

Android is almost up to iOS, and do not be surprised if soon manages to surpass the Apple operating system.

What do you think? Android? Can do?

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YouTube meets eight years

YouTube is the site that everyone prefers to watch videos and listen to music. This website, which is obviously one of the most visited in the world, turned 8 yesterday , so let's review a little history.

YouTube's origins date back to February 2005 when three employees of the company PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, launched the portal. The first video, called "Me at the zoo" (you can see below), was risen by April 23, 2005 and the site went online shortly. Less than two years later, in October 2006, YouTube was acquired by Google for an amount of $ 1,650 million, and is one of its many subsidiaries.

Today, YouTube has contracts with many large firms and other legal problems, especially with companies in the world of music and television. On the page you can find videos of all types and duration, including music videos, documentaries, TV episodes, movies, compilations of other videos and much more.

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The new Xbox will be presented on May 21

Good news for all fans of the game: the new Xbox will be presented in less than 1 month! Microsoft already has begun sending out invitations for an event that will be held in the company's Xbox campus. The invitation says "A new generation revealed" (A new generation revealed) and marks the hashtag # XboxReveal, all of which can point to one thing: this is the long awaited Xbox 720, or whatever it will be called.

The event date is May 21, so what was said by analyst Paul Thurrot recently proved true. On campus you can see the Xbox team and also to Don Mattrick, President of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. There are rumors that the event will be broadcast on TV, also via the Xbox website and Xbox Live, but this is not confirmed yet.

Regarding the Xbox itself, no official data yet, but rumors indicate that need permanent Internet connection, have a eight-core AMD processor and GPU supports DirectX 11.

It is unclear whether Microsoft will do the same to Sony and not the console physically present, but certainly all hope that does.

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Nokia launches the Asha 210

Remember that Tuesday we told you that Nokia would introduce a new phone  the next day?Well it did, and the company unveiled the new Nokia Asha 210 yesterday. It is a mobile QWERTY which has a dual-SIM version and a version for a single SIM card. Its functions are unfortunately not very advanced, but the phone is relatively cheap.

The Asha 210 combines a 2.4-inch LCD screen (with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels) with a full QWERTY keypad and is aimed at young users who send many messages daily. The phone is the first on the market to feature a dedicated button for WhatsApp, which incidentally application comes pre-installed on the device.

A level only has WiFi connectivity and Bluetooth, no support for 3G or 4G networks. Asha The new camera is 2 megapixel and 64MB of internal memory can be expanded phone using a microSD card. Among its found a microUSB port and headphone jack.

The Nokia Asha 210 will be available in yellow, cyan, black, magenta and black. They will be priced between $ 70 and $ 100, as estimated. The launch was not announced yet.

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Firefox mobile OS for developers are available

Mozilla has had several months waiting for the launch of its own mobile operating system,Firefox OS . Of course, this platform is far from being ready, and it is estimated that it will be available just about year-end. Still, Mozilla has already made ​​several advances programming the operating system and already has a version of Firefox OS to developers , but there is more news .

Since yesterday are now available mobile Firefox OS geared for developers. While these were going to be released in February, there was a change of plans. The phones in question are known as Keon and Geeksphone Geeksphone Peak. Then I'll talk about each of them.

The Keon is the orange you see above. It is a smartphone low-end costs $ 118 U.S. dollars and has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, your CPU is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 and has 512MB of RAM. The Peak is white and is slightly better than the last. The cost is $ 195 and has a 4.3-inch HD display, Snapdragon S4 features a 1.2GHz processor, have 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory, while its battery is 1800mAh.

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Samsung Galaxy S IV: time to test the strength of your screen

Most people have been delighted with the new  Samsung Galaxy S IV, without doubt one of the phones with the best technology in the world. In a few weeks the smartphone and will be hitting the market and is expected to destroy the rest of the competition with its sales, which could exceed even its predecessor, the Galaxy S III.

Recently, an analyst and critic of Romania had a chance to get their hands on the new beast from Samsung long before it is available in stores. The brilliant display with Gorilla Glass Glass 3 is tested against some sharp objects in the video below.

As you saw (if you watched the video before reading) mobile screen withstood the tests without problems and not noticed even the slightest scratch on it.

Well, at least we know one thing: the S IV is highly resistant to scratching from sharp objects such as knives and others. We now hope that someone makes a drop test to check for real display resistance.

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MSI Wind Top AG2712, the first all in one 27 inch geared for gamers

Ready to play your games list in one of the best all in one market? This is not the typical computer all in one with medium specifications and screen of 21 inches, the MSI Wind Top AG2712 is actually the first all in one 27 inch gamer sector oriented . Not only the design looks nice, but the inside is as beautiful as the outside, so let's see what is included in your hardware .

Beginning with the processor, the Wind Top AG2712 has a powerful Intel Core i7-3630QM quad-core 2.4GHz 6MB Cache (3.4GHz with TurboBoost), beside him find a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3GB 670MX and a unit 128GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. The optical drive can be a Blu-ray reader or a DVD recorder, and the display, which incidentally is Full HD, can have touch interface.

A level we have four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 , headphone and microphone input, and HDMI and VGA ports, also has a card reader. A level have Ethernet connectivity and WiFi. Its speakers are two THX TruStudio Pro 5W and a HD webcam.

The price of the MSI Wind Top AG2712 was not yet released, but do not expect that costs less than $ 2000.

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IBM wants to collect suns radiation 2000 with his new project

People of IBM 's reinvented solar panels. A team of scientists from the company has received $ 2.4 million to begin work on the development of a new power generator , which must be able to receive 2000 suns radiation and convert at least 80% radiation into electrical energy .

Work with IBM Research and ETH Zurich Airlight Energy in the development and testing of the new system. There is already a prototype in a test lab for IBM in Zurich, but additional ones will be created in Switzerland. As scientists say, the new system, which by the way is called  HCPVT(High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal), costs about $ 250 U.S. dollars per square meter occupied.

The system HCPVT uses a large parabolic dishes equipped with multiple mirrors to deflect sunlight charge to the receivers. It is estimated that about 8 hours after exposure to strong sunlight, solar cells capable of generating about 250 watts each.

While the prototypes will be tested in Switzerland, the team plans to be used in regions like southeastern Europe, in Arabia, in some areas of Africa, also in South America and Australia, in addition to the American Southwest.

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