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The probe Kepler discovers more than 700 new extrasolar planets, although NASA had lost hope after the failure of the telescope last year.

Kepler satellite, launched in 2009, was forced to scale back its activities in 2013 due to a fault, as announced May 15, 2013 by NASA. The problem affected a gyroscope, with the damage that has turned out to be large enough to compromise the system by pointing the telescope itself. In August following ceased his studies at NASA aimed at recovering the full functionality of the telescope, and is under evaluation ‘for potential missions’ for Kepler.

Despite this, Kepler was able to resume and continue his exploration going in search of extrasolar planets scovandone 715 even after having perused the cosmic environment surrounding 305 stars. Nearly all (95 percent) of new celestial bodies are smaller than Neptune (which is almost four times the land) and only four are a little larger than our planet. They are all located in an area conducive to life, the so-called “habitable zone”, ie in an area where planets have such a surface where liquid water can flow, the first requirement for life as we know it.

The discovery of these 715 extrasolar planets is very important, because it is a big step forward in the search for what is in the universe, where there are already 1,700 extrasolar planets known to science.

Meanwhile, NASA is close to the probe launch the James Webb Telescope, which should not go into orbit before 2018. Meanwhile, the European ESA is preparing the satellite Plato, whose purpose is to search the twin of our “blue planet”.

On August 19, 2013, NASA announced that it was impossible to repair the telescope Kepler, it would not be able to go back to being operational in the search for exoplanets. NASA, however, had expected to be able to still use the telescope for any purpose other than the search for exoplanets could potentially harbor life. We’ll see how Kepler will still be able to surprise us.

The smartphone spy-proof that self-destructs, here's Boeing ... - Italian Weather Center

smartphone spy-proof that self-destructs, here Boing Black 28/02/2014 – A trial of 007 here is the new found Boeing . Famous for its aerospace activities, as it is known to give names to the most important aircraft for civilian transport, Boeing now is going to launch the smartphone in fact inaccessible to any light or some malicious ready to steal data and anything else that is important is to be defended in the name of the policy that today, in a world dependent on technology, it is almost a veritable utopia. In fact, the new smartphone is destroys if it falls into the hands of persons other than the owner. I mean, if someone even in jest is allowed to suddenly pull out of your pocket smartphone or if you leave it around because of an oversight, here is that the data is secure. Sure, maybe it goes back into money, because in fact you heap for ever the smartphone , but the data, especially the most sensitive, are quite safe.

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Boeing Black the new type of smartphone . Those who dream by trafugarvi data, perhaps out of jealousy or for bad and less than noble intentions, will be screwed. It will remain only with a pile of fragments of Boing Black in hand.

Kepler discovered more than 700 extrasolar planets. Some in the habitable zone - Articolotre

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The analysis of the data obtained by Kepler has identified more than 715 extrasolar planets. Some in the habitable zone.

– Editors – The Kepler space telescope began in 2009 with the aim of identify a large number of extrasolar planets. Unfortunately in 2013, has had to scale down their activities as a result of a fault that has not prevented you start to analyze all data sent so far.

Essentials, as they have allowed us to discover worlds 715 for the most part located within solar systems similar to our own. In large percentage planets would be up to four times larger than the Earth, and four of these have 2.5 times the size of ours, and located within the habitable zone , areas with a distance from the main star that would allow the presence of liquid water on the surface of the celestial bodies and, with this, also the presence of life forms.

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Buy from smartphones 12% Italian - ANSA.it

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(ANSA) – Rome, 27th FEB – 12% of online consumers regularly shopping from Italian smartphones and tablets, and 47% use social media to follow a brand or discover a new one, compared with 23% in the United Kingdom. Are the data from a global survey of PwC in Italy has analyzed the behavior of more than 1,000 people. The ability to find better prices is the real reason that drives consumers to buy online (70% of respondents), but also because they can buy from home (51%).

A WhatsApp missing the word - Computer Point

The company just acquired by Facebook CEO promises audio calls by spring. But it has to deal with the price of success: a Saturday Night Fever and questions privacy policy

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– From the stage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ??the CEO of WhatsApp Jan Koum does a surprising announcement: after upset the lives and budgets of telcos eliminating the earnings billionaires from the SMS, the neo-division of Facebook is preparing to also make their first steps in voice calls. Within a few months, issues of weeks, you can call your friends via WhatsApp and the quality of the service will be first class, says Koum. Although, it is evident, the challenge will be to keep the promises: the popularity obtained after the operation to be $ 19 billion has already caused some problems, and you will make mistakes from now on if you do not want to risk a collapse.

move WhatsApp is certainly surprising: the technical effort to handle calls to over 450 million users, 1 billion is projected that convinced Marc Zuckerberg to pay $ 19 billion to snap up the service , it is certainly very different from that required to complete the current task. It is not a trivial task: Saturday night were able to observe all the difficulties, which lasted about four hours, the server WhatsApp support the applied load users poured into the app, maybe rispolverandola intrigued by the news acquisition arrived in the week. The synergies with Facebook could help to prevent these problems occurring again in the future, but Koum has kept us to say that the path of his company will be clearly separated from that of the blue social network.

Facebook already has a audio-video service for calls between its users, and the territory is already very guarded (think Skype, in turn acquired by Microsoft), but Koum says that “we think we have the best product entry into service: we use the least amount of bandwidth possible, and we have optimized to the utmost. ” In other words, who will try the phone calls will not come back WhatsApp: WhatsApp really want to become an October , an operator that provides its services via the Internet, but to avoid coming in direct contrast with the telco also works with them to arrange special rates to match the most avid smartphone users. In any case, the figure of the marketing of WhatsApp will not change: low profile, low cost, simplicity of use.

The most critical point the finger right on the latter aspect: will not be that WhatsApp has sacrificed the strength of the security and privacy of the service on the altar of simplicity? Canada and the Netherlands have not failed to their voices heard on the use of unconventional directories of service users, some doubt (never entirely dispelled) on the security of the protocol is circulated in the past. In the era of Datagate is not a small matter, a careful scrutiny in terms of the effectiveness of the tools put in place by WhatsApp is not something to be settled in short, and the specific gravity of WhatsApp joined Facebook I will do a special observed for keep safe private conversations inquiring eye of the NSA and other intelligence agencies of government.

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The Samsung Galaxy S5 shown in a live video February 23 ... - Telefonino.net

From Mobile World Congress in Barcelona comes the first live image what should be the next Samsung flagship , the S5 Galaxy .

The image “stolen”, which portrays the alleged Galaxy S5

It is a still image from a video (now removed) of a user Instagram , which in portraying the smartwatch Galaxy Neo Gear 2 accidentally picks three smartphones alike , but of a different color – white , black and gold – which, according to rumor so far collected, coincide with color variations of ‘ awaited S5 .

In particular, the main distinguishing feature would be represented by flash , positioned below the camera and not to the side as in the recent models Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3: . Next to the flash, you can see a small sensor that should serve as a heart rate monitor. According to rumors, the Galaxy S5 would also be resistant to water and dust and integrate a Full HD Super AMOLED display.

the back, which should be made of polycarbonate covered with a “texture” is soft, it would seem different from that used on the notes 3 which instead seems to have been inherited edges more pronounced. The phone would coincide with the form factor shown by the case manufacturer and cover spigen This Amazon .

UPDATE: A few hours after the publication of the picture comes the video from which it was obtained.

All that remains is to wait a few hours to find out all the news that will be announced by Samsung during the event “Unpacked”. Meet at 20:00.

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Samsung launches two new smartwatch: Android disappears, here's Tizen - Il Sole 24 Ore

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BARCELONA – Samsung launches two new smartwatch: the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. The Korean giant renews therefore the range of the first watches “smart” in a few months by a debut that was certainly not exciting. The announcement comes on the day preceding the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: This Sunday the city already has several events scheduled between rumors and outputs to art on the international newspapers and expectations with respect to the program can be said that the fair is already in vivo.

The new watches have a Samsung first noticeable difference compared to its predecessor: it does not have Android Tizen, the open source operating system built by the Korean. The emancipation from the binomial Samsung / Google is also evident from the absence of the Galaxy brand.

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hardware, the main difference is that the Gear 2 has a camera, while the Neo Gear 2 no. There is the home key on both, the choice of a new range of colors compared to the first gear and a greater focus on applications for health and sports. On the new smartwatch in fact there is the ability to set and track fitness trails, and controls the heartbeat. On Gear are notifications of the activities that we do on your smartphone, you can make phone calls or handle the TV at home as if it were a remote control. An interesting new feature is compatibility with a dozen Samsung smartphones, whereas previously the gear was usable only with the Galaxy S4 and the Notes (the Sony smartwatch 2 is compatible with all Android devices 4.0). No word yet on the price, certainly there instead of the so-called wearable technology is going to be the star of the biggest show in the world of mobile technology alongside the usual smartphones and tablets.

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the search for “exoplanets”, the “gemelo planet” Earth. The ESA has chosen the third mission of class M (medium) of its program Cosmic Vision 2015-2025: will PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars), a satellite equipped with 34 small telescopes dedicated to the search for extrasolar planets around bright stars. This was communicated by the Italian Space Agency on its website.

“PLATO – says ASI – give a prominent role to science and technology made in Italy, particularly in the fields of optics and electronic systems. The Italian contribution has been funded by the Italian Space will also provide that a segment of the data center, edited ASI Science Data Center, with the participation of Italian researchers in both the PLATO Payload Consortium is in the PLATO Science Consortium which will have the responsibility for assessing performance of the mission and will take care of the preparation of the scientific program. The manager is Italian Giampaolo Piotto, Department of Astronomy, University of Padua. “

“The peculiarity of PLATO compared with similar missions that preceded it is that it will find a large number of planets around bright stars, for which it is possible to make further observations from the ground to determine the mass of the planet and then derive the density – said Elizabeth Tommasi, head of mission in Plato ASI – the Italian science team is responsible for the characterization of the regions to be observed and the preparation of the list of candidate stars to host planetary systems, also with the support of ‘ASI Science Data Center. “

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Samsung launches new smartwatch - ANSA.it

ROME – On the eve of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ??Samsung surprises with a new series of ‘Gear’ pc wrist watches, of which the Korean company ‘was a pioneer. But most of all surprises by launching its own operating system, Tizen, through which begins to free itself from Google’s Android.

are the two new smartwatch Gear 2 and Gear 2 and Neo will be available in April. Aesthetically not differ much compared to the first version of the clock, the Galaxy Gear, launched a few months ago at IFA in Berlin. They have, however, ‘key’ Home ‘at the bottom of the device and the camera (only on Gear 2) to take pictures and make videos embedded in smartwatch and not on the strap to the side, as in the first version.

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other specifications, the screen and ‘a Super AMOLED 1.63-inch 4Gb are available for data storage and the battery life is around 2-3 days for a typical usage.

news’ devices’ that have the IP67 certification which ensures resistance to water and dust, but also new fitness functions to monitor the heartbeat and even sleep, and there ‘also a music player with memory dedicated.

The heart of the device, the new OS Tizen, smartwatch allows you to communicate with a dozen other Samsung devices to handle calls, e-mails, notifications, and messages.

MWC 2014: Monday returns to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona - PassioneTecno

finally began one of the most important fairs in the world for the mobile phone industry, the class=”goog-text-highlight c3″> Mobile World Congress 2014 (MWC 2014) . Between 24 and 27 February in the city of Barcelona class=”Apple-converted-space”> many ‘s leading technology companies around the world will gather to present their latest products and to meet the competition.

The Mobile World Congress is organized by GSMA , which brings together 82 the interests of the industry and includes over 800 mobile operators in more than 220 countries. In addition to the mobile phone industry, are also represented device manufacturers, operators and software companies and companies with products and interests on the Internet. In 2011 The GSMA fixed as the official headquarters of the Barcelona Mobile World Congress.

Before we look at some of the new features that are expected, we move on some data that can give us an understanding of the importance of MWC 2014. Almost class=”Apple-converted-space”> 1,700 exhibitors class=”Apple-converted-space”> that will occupy most of 94,000 square foot 3,400 journalists class=”Apple-converted-space”> 80 countries . Public participation is expected to exceed 100,000 visitors.

Among the new features we can expect, especially mobile devices. Sunday Huawei and LG class=”Apple-converted-space”> present their new products related to the world Android . Monday will be the turn of Nokia, Sony and Samsung . These last two, almost certainly present, their new phones, the Samsung Galaxy S5 class=”Apple-converted-space”> and Sony Experia Z2 . Another of the highlights of Monday will be the presentation of the first Android phone from Nokia. seems that the Finnish manufacturer finally surrenders to the test.

As in previous editions, the other of the great attractions of the MWC 2014 is the presence of prominent speakers. Among the leading figures are the new Mark Zuckerberg class=”Apple-converted-space”> , but besides him are confirmed many of the top CEOs of major corporations: IBM, WhatsApp, Cisco, Citi, Accenture class=”Apple-converted-space”> …

In another vein, beyond the products presented, it seems that the MWC 2014 could be the problem of payment by mobile phone. The NFC , the protocol for communication between wireless devices that are supposed to be the basis of mobile payment, has an important role within the program. In addition, as in previous years, applications will also occupy a large part of the programming and host a last minute buy Whatsapp for Facebook. Much more or less you already know, but you have to be careful because it would be the first edition of the Mobile World Congress which is not a surprise.

WhatsApp haywire for four hours. On Twitter and Facebook irony of ... - AGI - Italian News Agency

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(AGI) – Rome, February 22 – WhatsApp has resumed operation. The instant messaging service from David Zuckerberg just bought for $ 19 billion and ‘state into a tailspin for four hours: from 19.20 to 23.30 is not allowed to send or receive messages and complaints poured on Twitter and Facebook . WhatsApp has confirmed the inefficiency and insured who is trying to solve the problem. There ‘who assumed a hacker attack. WhatsApp and ‘the instant messaging service more’ popular in the world, with 450 million users, of which 70 per cent active every day.
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WhatsApp is back online after blackout 210 minutes - ANSA.it

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WhatsApp haywire in the world ‘server problems’

Whatsapp, the messaging service acquired by Facebook for $ 19 billion, back to work after a ‘black out’ of 210 minutes per server problems. ” The service and ‘restored” says WhatsApp on Twitter.

“Sorry we have problems with our servers, we hope to recover soon,” so ‘WhatsApp on his Twitter profile and’ justified the disruption that hit the chat blocking million users.

app, just two days ago Facebook bought by the stratospheric figure of $ 19 billion, and ‘haywire from 19.30 Italian network runs around and suspect that it is implementing a hacker attack aimed against Mark Zuckerberg. On the web, thousands of protests and messages of users: the app starts but does not connect to the service and can not send messages. And the hashtag # watsappdown arrived promptly at the top of the Twitter trends for the large amount of protests. It ‘s not the first time it happens that Whatsapp go down’, but the attack on the server and not a momentary disruption is to assume something more ‘important. WhatsApp has 450 million active users per month and it ‘chat more’ popular in the world, with a growth rate of one million new members every 24 hours.

Facebook and WhatsApp: guarantor for the German privacy is at risk - The Press

With the acquisition of the messaging service, Zuckerberg may have access to directories than 450 million users. A petition in Italy

The purchase of the popular messaging app WhatsApp by Facebook has not only aroused amazement at the amount paid – less than 19 billion dollars. He also renewed concerns about the (lack of) privacy policy periodically that the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg causes with its trade policies.

To most observers it appears clear that this surprise move by Facebook is not only served to get rid of a dangerous competitor, but also to get their hands on an important piece needed to complete the profiling of users: phone books . The latter were the main assets of the messaging service, with its 450 million users and related conversations: the mechanism of registration of WhatsApp, indeed, to operate requires that entering the number of the phone where the app is installed.

Someone has expressed his concern in a low voice: others, such as the Guarantor for the protection of personal data in Schleswig-Holstein, Thilo Weichert, on the other hand have made a lot of noise, with positions taken quite decided. “Who cares about the confidentiality of their communications – Weichert wrote on his website – must rely on trust services. The only ones to provide it are companies that are based in countries where there is an effective system of data protection. ” The guarantor has cited as a model two Swiss companies, and MyEnigma Threema, as he pointed out that the sensitivity on this issue in the United States, home to WhatsApp is that Facebook, is rather limited. “These services – said still Weichert – refuse to comply with the European and German privacy and also access the NSA’s communications is facilitated by the purchase.” A full-scale attack to Facebook, in fact, not entirely unexpected given the precedents – the guarantor of Schleswig-Holstein has several times had to say in the past with the social network, but new for virulence. It also signals a petition in Italy, to draw the attention of the Privacy Guarantor on any negative aspects that the acquisition could have WhatsApp users.

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Zuckerberg’s social network is managed to escape repeated requests to submit to German privacy regulations, arguing that the person responsible for the processing of data at European level is its Irish subsidiary, which would therefore be subject to the law of that country. So far, Facebook has appeared in court twice in Germany, in one case the Court gave him reason, he lost another instead. Diatribe, therefore, is still open.

on WhatsApp, however, the judgment of the guarantor has been very severe Weichert recalled how last year the Dutch developer has discovered a flaw in the very disturbing encryption mechanism used by the application: a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to read the contents of all the conversations exchanged. The company’s response to this revelation was, according to the guarantor “dull and unconvincing.” In a statement on their website, the developers of WhatsApp have not addressed the issue of the possible incorporation of their data assets by Facebook, but said that users “will not change anything.”

In search of Earth's sister: two European projects - Corriere della Sera

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In search of Earth’s sister: two European projects

The European Space Agency will launch the satellites Cheops (2017) and Plato (2024)

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Europe makes a serious effort in the research of Earth’s sister planet. Two projects approved by the European Space Agency ESA will lead to the launch of two satellites, Cheops and Plato, both involved in the most exciting challenge of our time. Cheops will start in 2017 while Plato will fly into space in 2024. They will have different tasks and in both the presence of Italian scientists at the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) is of great importance as evidence of the remarkable reputation they enjoy.

Plato, the satellite to find the twin of the Earth

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CHEOPS AND PLATO – Cheops is a small mission. The satellite will be placed in orbit a star to peer at a time in order to flush out any exoplanets in his district. Plato on the other hand will be more complicated, with at least 34 wide-angle lenses that scandaglieranno the sky for eight years from its orbit around the Sun Participation in two projects of ESA is guaranteed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The telescopes of Plato are designed by a team led by Roberto Regazzoni Observatory of Padova and professor of optics at the University of Padua. Together able to scan 100 000 stars at a time, while in his lifetime cosmic Plato will come to investigate in depth over a million stars, discovering the possible worlds around them.

EARTH TWINS – The likelihood of finding a twin Earth at this point will go up dramatically, and indeed the scientists involved believe the condition extremely favorable result scope dreamed of. Italian astronomers are involved about a hundred and belong, in addition to Padua, to the institutions of Catania, Milan, Florence, Palermo, Turin, Naples and Rome. A part of the processing of the information gathered will also be performed in the Peninsula from the center for the scientific data of ASI.

A BOOK – To get an idea of ??the challenge posed by the two new satellites that will follow in the footsteps of NASA’s Kepler, who discovered a large amount of extra-solar planets, it is interesting and useful to read the book Exoplanets (Princeton), written by a distinguished Italian scientist, Giovanna Tinetti, who teaches at the ‘University College London. The book tells the story of the extraordinary research since 1995 when it was identified the first planet (51 Pegasi b) near another star in the galaxy. Tinetti studies, in particular, the atmospheres of these distant celestial bodies where traces of water may approach the presence of life. And in the book explains, in a simple and very effective, the complicated work done by the observers to detect the presence and nature of distant worlds to which it is holding on our hope of not being alone in the universe.

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What we expect from the Samsung Galaxy S5 (and from the Mobile World ... - Corriere della Sera

available Monday opens the Mobile World Congress Barcelona . With the exception of Apple, all the other manufacturers will be there, to show the novelty of mobile phones but also tablets and gadgets “connected” (smartwatch & co.). There will of course also for the telco space, for those who work on 4G networks and next generation. And names like Mark Zuckerberg that will hold his keynote Monday. A few hours before the event most awaited product for anyone involved in the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S5.

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From the Corriere della Sera of 21 February 2014:

The reconstruction of a possible Galaxy S5

Last year, smartphones have sold more than traditional phones. It is the first time that happens and is the culmination of a long chase. I have purchased almost $ 1 billion (967.7 million for while? ™ accuracy, Gartner data in February 2014) and craftman? ™ year will rise to an estimated 1.2000000000 to 1.3000000000. Which models will dominate? Which will bring more innovation? Much will be able to understand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ??the leading trade fair for the sector which opens to the public Monday.

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Lâ? ™ most anticipated event will be the presentation of the new S5 Samsung Galaxy . Itâ? ™ one of the two high-end phones in which everyone looks, working professionals and amateurs. Lâ? ™ alia, lâ? ™ iPhone 6, you will see only in the second half dellâ? ™ year. The Korean company, which remains largely the number 1 in the world (it has 30% market share) has hastened the time to store the previous Galaxy S4. The top model of 2013 has sold well, but not as much as expected. Many have continued to buy the most economical S3, the 2012 model that still defends more than good. And then Monday evening scene will go â € œUnpacked 5â??, The show-event in which all dedicated to the new Galaxy S, the fifth of the family.

may be available in two versions. A available from the outset, a POA? ™ less expensive screen with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and the traditional plastic structure. Lâ? ™ with other aluminum frame, arriving in the spring, according to rumors with amazing technical specifications, starting with the screen resolution â € œ2Kâ?? (2560 x 1440 pixels). Samsung should also cater to launch a new graphical interface and new software features, improving the potentials â € œsmartâ?? (Scroll the page with your hand or the eye, videos to be paused if the eyes look elsewhere, etc.). Already seen on the Galaxy S4. The front should incorporate, as lâ? ™ iPhone 5s, a fingerprint sensor.

What is certain that Samsung will insist on the strategy of â € œcompanionâ?? gadgets, dellâ? ™ accessory that goes with your smartphone and extends its potentialities. The Galaxy Gear, first smartwatch (clever clock), the Korean company will soon – maybe already in Barcelona – joined by a second model which is expected to progress to overcome imitate (drums, design, reduced functionality) in the first attempt. That of smartwatch and â € œ activity tracker â €? (Bracelets, but not only that monitor our physical state) is a trend that at Mobile World Congress will find ample confirmation. There will be a plethora of new products expected in different presentations major companies like HTC, Huawei, ZTE and others.

These accessories are ideal candidates to complement the new smartphones, even of invasive phablet or of those models means â € œphoneâ?? and media tablet. Phones by extra-large sizes. We have witnessed a real invasion of models from 6 inches and CA? ™ is those who, like LG, Barcelona will relaunch with the new generation badged 2014. As the G Pro 2, a specimen 5.9 inches which debuts function Knock Code: need to unlock the screen â € œtambureggiareâ?? code with your fingers on the touchscreen.

The fair will also lâ? ™ chance to make the point systems operativ . Android, which Google dominates: 78% of the market is its. The stands will be able to see allâ? ™ work platforms that arise from reality â € œopenâ?? and today still embryonic as Firefox Os, Os Sailfish of the Finnish Jolla Touch or Ubuntu. Hard to know if they can carve out a space, albeit niche. Dâ? ™ Besides, even a historical name like BlackBerry is in big trouble and you’re refocusing on the business sector. However this could bring a new model based on its BlackBerry 10.

Windows Phone instead is growing, albeit slowly. Microsoft is waiting to complete lâ? ™ acquisition of Nokia’s mobile division and craftman? ™ last then it should surprise by presenting its first Android model. A mysterious model known with the names in code of Nokia or Nokia X Normandy: characteristics of low-end, low price (around 100 €) and emerging markets in the viewfinder. On board will not have the classic Google services: the version of Android will be major changes compared to the standard one.

But the new reality speak Chinese . They expect fireworks dâ? ™ artifice by names such as ZTE, Xiaomi, Huawei and Lenovo especially, that a few weeks ago is brought home an old brand like Motorola. Software in the United States, hardware in the Far East: the future seems to have marked the way.

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Update : Samsung has released the first video trailer Unpacked event. Among the words that appear there is also “wet” thing I would suggest another feature of the S5-ventilated or resistance to water and dust. A feature that until now has been a workhorse of the Sony Xperia Z

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Microsoft, the face of Cortana - Computer Point

new details emerge on the server virtual for the next Windows Phone: Cortana frugherà between the user’s data to advise and answer your questions. Yahoo also has ambitious plans in Serbia

Rome – The voice assistant that Microsoft borrowed from the world of Halo to animate smartphones that will mount the next version of Windows Phone will start to call: already the next update, Windows Phone 8.1, you can count on Cortana.

confirm this after the first rumors of the past few months, is The Verge , which identified traces of Cortana in a recent SDK and obtained information from unspecified specified sources within Microsoft. The character of Cortana, he says, will be shaped like a hybrid between the discretion of Siri and the attentiveness of the services of Google Now, will the service user and always operating to scrape data that can be processed to know him better.

Cortana, first of all, will have a look round and it comes alive when they will be questioned or’ll be processing information: The Verge also promises the flashes of brilliance that will fit in the context of the questions posed by ‘user.

To answer the questions, as well as tap into Bing, the assistant of Windows Phone will refer to the location information, contacts, reminders, in essence, to all the data that the user relies on their smartphone . Just on the basis of these data, Cortana will select the information which may be useful to you: may suggest the addition of a reminder if you receive messages that require appointments, provide weather forecasts drawn up on the basis of the location of the next movement or music to listen to in certain contexts.

It will be up to the user to choose where Cortana can rummage The Verge anticipates that it will be possible to manage the invasiveness of Cortana through a feature called Notebook, thanks to which can determine which categories of data to be accessible , and even delete or edit this information. Like any self-respecting assistant, also Cortana may also be silenced by setting notifications silent.

Fire Proof of Cortana is expected “in the coming months”, with the update of Windows Phone and terminals that will support it if the only time you will be able to judge the quality of interaction with the voice assistant, there are those who already promises a future of integration, which can embrace the entire ecosystem of Microsoft Windows to Xbox. Along with Cortana, in parallel with the work on Apple’s Siri and Google on Now, is moving even Yahoo, which has just signed an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University for the project inmind. With 5 years of work and an investment of $ 10 million, providing researchers with access to the infrastructure, software and data users, Yahoo hopes to develop applications that, based on an understanding of the context in which they are immersed , can handle a rudimentary conversation with the man.

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It's called the Cortana voice assistant for Microsoft's smartphone - Reuters

A little ‘Siri, a little’ Google Now: could come as early at the next update of Windows Phone

users of smartphones with Microsoft’s Windows Phone will have their ‘virtual assistant’. For now, its code name is ‘Cortana’, borrowed from your Avatar female video game Halo, and will be a mix of Siri – Apple’s assistant – and Google Now Big G. It writes the blog The Verge, according to the which the news will be included in the new features that come with the Windows Phone 8.1 update expected in the coming months.

Cortana, writes the blog, is actually `popped ‘last year when a Microsoft employee lost a phone that was testing on Windows Phone 8.1. Now other rumors indicate that Cortana should replace the built-in search in Bing and will be the `virtual assistant ‘, combining the elements of Siri voice and those` contextual’ Google Now. It will be a circular icon that comes alive when speaking or `thinking ‘and respond to the questions posed by users based on the data coming from Bing search engine, but not only, also from Foursquare and other applications. The goal is to provide users with information in context `’a little’ how does Google Now, based on such commitments you have on the agenda, at your location or travel plans. Using the function “Notebook” you can decide how many and which collected data from their smartphone can be used by Cortana. (ANSA).

WhatsApp buy Facebook: Zuckerberg's words - WebNews

Floriana Giambarresi , February 20, 2014, 00:16

An acquisition

such as the one just announced by Facebook against WhatsApp could not be commented enthusiastically by Mark Zuckerberg , the number one social network in blue: the letter posted just for the occasion on your social profile, shows a great sense of satisfaction with what has been done by his team. In particular, the CEO Welcomes be able to grab the instant messaging service excellence, thus making his own that he could become a direct competitor in the management of relationships and communications between people around the world.

These are the words of Mark Zuckerberg:

“I am thrilled to announce that we have agreed to acquire WhatsApp and their entire team will join us in Facebook.

Our mission is to make the world more open and connected . We do this by building services that help people to share any content with any group of people of their choice. WhatsApp will help us do this by continuing to develop a service that people around the globe love to use every day

WhatsApp is a simple, fast and reliable messaging service that is used by over 450 million people in all major mobile platforms. More than a million people sign up every day to WhatsApp and is on track to connect a billion people. More and more people rely on WhatsApp to communicate every day with all their contacts.

WhatsApp will continue to operate independently within Facebook . The roadmap of the product will remain unchanged and the team will work in Mountain View. In the coming years we will work hard to help WhatsApp to grow and connect the entire world. We also expect that WhatsApp will add to our efforts to Internet.org, or our partnership to make the basic Internet services accessible to everyone.

WhatsApp chat services will complement our existing messaging and to provide new tools to our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used to chat with friends on Facebook and WhatsApp to communicate with all your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp Messenger and perform these and other important tasks, we will continue to invest in both and will make them great products for anyone.

WhatsApp

had so many options around the world, so I’m thrilled that they have chosen to work with us. I can not wait to see what Facebook and WhatsApp can do together, and to develop new large mobile services that give people more options to connect.

I have also met Jan Koum [CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp] for a long time and I know that we both share the same vision of making the world more open and connected. I am particularly happy that Jan has agreed to serve on the board of Facebook and collaborate with me to shape the future of Facebook as well as WhatsApp.

Jan and the team have done an incredible job WhatsApp to connect nearly half a billion people … I can not wait to join Facebook and help us to interconnect the rest of the world. “

Mark Zuckerberg has always been known for its huge ambitions but certainly his message makes it clear what the ‘ enthusiasm for such acquisition : after all, WhatsApp is absolutely the messaging service most used in the world (has more than 450 million monthly active users and over 320 million active users every day). The acquisition will accelerate certainly the ability to connect to Facebook users around the world, but mostly it will generate strong synergies whose value is to be reflected today in the $ 19 billion paid by Facebook to take ownership of the group led by Jan Koum.

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Social Networking is not a hobby "There you can also find work" - La Stampa

We are in the middle of a thousand networks: family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. And then there’s the Internet, where arise a thousand other interactions that facilitate the circulation of ideas and are running the economy, as told by a book, “Two and a half degrees of separation” (Domitilla Ferrari Sperling & Kupfer, pp. . 192, € 17), which will be presented next Friday during Social Media Week in Milan.

The experiment

Into 1967, the American psychologist Stanley Milgram asked 160 people to get a parcel to a person that is several thousand kilometers. The senders did not have the recipient’s address: had to send the parcel to an acquaintance, asking him to do the same and send forward chain. In most cases sufficed between five and seven steps to deliver packages. The experiment confirmed the “theory of small-world ‘between one person and another, there are at most six degrees of separation. With email, forums, chats and social networks, today they have become 3.2 degrees of separation, and in some cases even less.

Facebook

“Facebook helps you connect and stay in touch with the people in your life,” reads the page for access to the largest social network in the world, who just turned ten years and a billion subscribers. In addition to friendships and feelings, you will find news and even job offers. The trick is not to share everything with everyone, by setting carefully the privacy settings (also applies to Google Plus). Before posting a comment, ask yourself: “This I would tell my grandmother?” If the answer is no, give up.

Linkedin

Born to gather information professional, in recent times there has been much enlarged Linkedin, the criteria have become more elastic and the utility of the network has been questioned. Better to have a few contacts but real, better to have a few reviews but sincere. Also important that the profile is accompanied by a photo and written in English, because job opportunities can come from all over the world. The worst thing? Do not update the data, denoting sloppiness.

Twitter

discuss, exchange knowledge, establish relationships. Twitter forces you to condense your thoughts into 140 characters, and not everyone can. But it allows you to communicate directly with artists and politicians, eliminating the middleman. Two tricks to manage it better: hashtags or keywords, and the lists are essential to group your contacts into groups. And to make a good impression, it is essential to intervene on any topic.

Instagram

There seems to be a social network, Instagram and yet it has all the features: you can follow someone, comment on his photo, navigate with the hashtag between recipes, hairstyles and kittens. Much used by the young, is also full of celebrities, from Madonna to Stefano Gabbana. Here, too, you share a piece of himself and enters into a relationship with strangers who have our own interests. Useful for discovering new places.

Foursquare

used to communicate where we are. Born in 2009, is a bit ‘social networks and a little’ game, with badges and awards depending on the activity: useful to know what is said of a local or a store. And if another checked-in in the place where you could be right next to you: great for unexpected events.

Flappy Bird, play "vanished" from the App Store: Mystery Revealed - News IN

Article written by Renato Valdescala + | Technology | Monday, February 17, 2014

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Flappy BIRD-E ‘already a “myth” Flappy Bird in its simplicity one of games is the most popular sprouted in the last two years: a’ application that he had received wide popularity and became a much sought on the App Store . The video game , dedicated to iPhone , Smartphone and Tablet , was recently removed from the market by its author. A true mystery, as the ‘application play invoiced stratospheric figures, up to $ 50,000 per day. Its creator, Vietnamese Dong Nguyen, had only wanted to clarify as there were no legal problems at the base of his surprising decision.

From the only sentence that accompanied the announcement, several media had corroborated another hypothesis: the unexpected success of Flappy Bird would cause excessive stress to its author. Hypothesis partly confirmed by a recent Intervita issued by Dong Nguyen Forbes: video game would cause dependence, reversing the original purpose for which it was created, or give relaxation. A scruple of conscience that led the young Vietnamese to eliminate his creature. The story has come to the last act?

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Nuclear fusion, the first historical outcome in California - The Republic

NEW YORK – A very important step forward in nuclear energy research has been done last fall at the Livermore National Laboratory in California, a research laboratory of the Department Energy of the United States. For the first time scientists have been able to get more energy from a nuclear fusion than burned to trigger it, creating a sort of small artificial star. This was revealed in an article published in the scientific journal Nature.

Fusion is the process that powers the Sun and other stars and involves shaping the nuclei of atoms to release energy instead of splitting them, as in the case of fission, the basic principle the atomic bomb. The dream of producing clean energy thanks to the first process is chased by scientists for years, and now it seems a little ‘closer. The researchers fired 192 laser beams on a tiny sphere, creating a fusion reaction that sparked an enormous amount of energy for a small fraction of a second. Although in a shortened version, created in this way conditions similar to what happens continuously skyrocketing. “For the first time ever we got more energy from the combustion compared to what was used for the burning” when you use this technique, said Omar Hurricane, lead author of the study.

Although according to the team of scientists, among which there is also the Italian Riccardo Tommasini, the result is still “modest” is, however, higher than estimated and closer than “any other result before” for the realization of fusion energy has concluded Hurricane. The yield of the experiment was in fact 10 times greater than had been previously obtained.

The research, however, is still far from reaching that stage which is technically called “ignition”, where it generates more energy of how much is consumption in the general context of the experiment: What would happen only with chain reactions self-sufficient, without which the energy produced by the merger would not be cost-effective. The experiment, however, marks a decisive step forward, after years of modest results, on the way to a source of cheap energy and potentially unlimited for use on Earth.