Thursday, March 31, 2016

The ‘Dead Drops’ reach Spain – TecnoPasión.com

 

What are the ‘Dead Drops’? It is thousands of USB memories that the German artist Aram Bratholl and many of his followers have been hiding from the world since 2010

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This project, which began in New York, aims to increase file sharing anonymous users without being connected to Internet.

it was so successful that it was expanding worldwide and created a web people who hide USB to be reminded of it and others can find them.

This artist also alerts through Twitter of the locations where these new USB. Apparently, USB is already distributed 1,600 worldwide . If you want to know if there is one in your city, look at this map:

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The only risk of this practice is that there are users who share virus or malicious code Do you dare to try it

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In his 40 years, Apple became a cult brand – EnergyPress

The apple company was created 40 years ago and has managed to have a great impact on modern life with their devices

  Apple changed the world of technology

 The apple company was created 40 years ago and has managed to have a great impact on modern life with their devices

 In his 40 years, Apple became a cult brand that defined various aspects of modern life, including the relationship people have with their computers, their phones and how to listen to music.

 Apple defined the way of life tempers linked to the Internet, “said Tim Bajarin, president of analyst firm Creative Strategies.” While Intel was essential for semiconductors and IBM for PC, Apple was the one who had the greatest influence on the wider range of electronic equipment for all age groups “.

 Like many legends of Silicon Valley, Apple starts in a garage in the California city of Cupertino. At this site the company officially born after the first of April 1976.

 And as many other brands in the technology sector, its founders, the late Steve Jobs, marketing genius, and Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Apple computer, left college before being graduates to pursue transforming the use of information technology .

  Ecosystem

 Long before touch screens and mobile applications for the iPhone and iPad, Apple’s first revolution dates back to 1984 when he invented the Macintosh computer, bringing the computer accessible to people.

 The Mac integrates an accessory hitherto unknown: the mouse or mouse. With this instrument, just enough to click on the icons on the screen.

 The instrument is much simpler than the commands of computers of that era that used a language almost incomprehensible to those who were not computer programmers.

 “With the Mac, Apple has greatly influenced the market, introducing the mouse and the graphical user interface,” said Bajarin.

 To this innovative creation he followed the iPod portable player in 2001, associated with the line that iTunes plays a major role in turning the digital music market. Then came the iPhone in 2007, which largely contributed to making the smartphone the electronic device basis for the general public, as it is today. And the iPad in 2010 that started the boom in the market for tablets.

 The company Apple did not invent the portable player, or smartphone, or tablet, and not even the smart watch, latest product category in which was launched last year with its Apple Watch.

 But to turn their attention to aesthetics, ease of use and functionality of its products, the company created a large community of fans who have become true believers. Once conquered, Apple users hardly stay away from this very closed ecosystem.

 Frank Gillett, a Forrester analyst cabinet, evokes “Apple’s obsessive attention to detail” and “high-end products, which for some are a symbol of prestige.”

 “Apple’s devices not only work well, inspire elegance” he says. “The Apple brand inspires passion,” he adds, and recalls the time when loyalty to Mac or PC could cause disputes in the cafes of San Francisco.

  Ups and downs

 Although Google briefly tried to dethrone this year, the company remains the company with the world’s highest market value.

 But the road to get there was not easy. There were failures as prior to the Mac, Lisa computer or personal agenda Newton.

 In addition, the company went through an internal crisis in 1985 led to the expulsion of Steve Jobs, who later was rehired to save a group that some say was on the verge of bankruptcy.

 And now it seems that the end of an era as there is uncertainty about the expected setback for the first time this year iPhone sales, the main engine of growth of the group is coming.

 Many analysts say, however, that Apple does not die but evolves: is going to be a handset maker star at a firm focused on services (such as selling applications, online music and payment systems) able to continue bringing important and regular income to the brand.

 Apple “is an extraordinary tale of reinvention,” said Frank Gillett, who wonders whether the recent confrontation with the FBI on access to content iPhone one of the authors of an attack in California will enter the list of events marking the group’s history.

 The truce announced by the authorities this week after Apple refused to hack the phone attacker is only one more episode in an inevitable court battle over encryption and protection of private data.

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WhatsApp now allows rapid responses – Mundoriental.com

WhatsApp now allows to quick answers

             

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Facebook continues to invest in WhatsApp. The messaging service introduced its new version, after passing the beta phase thereof. The newness that are diverse, satisfying different needs of its users.

 
 

Quick answers on notifications. According to the website Enter.co, every time a new message is received on WhatsApp, the notification will appear next to a new button “reply”.


 
 

The purpose of the subsidiary of Facebook is that the access button similar to WhatsApp Android popup to appear when the user to decide to leave the window you want to respond.

 
 

This new option allows, given the possibility that a contact issue multiple messages at once, all of them navigate through arrows set sides. This is enabled even when you are writing.


 
 

Select multiple conversations at the same time. And from the smartphone when holding down a photo to select several at once, WhatsApp can perform the same action but with conversations.

 
 

When you touch the profile picture WhatsApp is no longer becomes larger. Subsidiary Facebook now allows you to select the conversation with other to archive, delete, mute or leave a group, among others.


 
 

The most momentous for talks. WhatsApp now allows enriching the text broadcast messages. This means that messages can now appear in bold, italic and strikeout.

 
 

You only have access to certain commands. To make the text bold out, simply put it between two asterisks: * Facebook owns WhatsApp *, for example to display as well. Facebook owns WhatsApp

 
 

To make the message is italicized, the text must be enclosed underscores. For example: _Facebook has more than 1.6 million usuarios_, it will look like, Facebook has more than 1.6 million users. And to cross out a word this symbol (~) before and after the word. Example: sample ~ ~

 
 

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Mysterious Planet X would cause mass extinctions on Earth every 27 million years – Blasting News

While scientists continue to debate the existence of a ninth planet in the edges of the Solar System , a new hypothesis suggests that an additional planet could be responsible for mass extinctions that occurred on Earth including the famous extinction that wiped out most of the dinosaurs .

Daniel Whitmire, a professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas, published in the journal Nature your own version of a ninth planet called planet X in 1985 , and now has returned to suggest that this hypothetical planet could have been responsible for catastrophic comet showers that was in the past on Earth.

Planet X crosses the Kuiper belt once every 27 million years

According to the hypothesis Whitmire, a process quite simply explain the catastrophes that lived on Earth. Apparently, Planet X would be orbiting the Sun like any other body in the solar system, but once every 27 million years would pass through the Kuiper belt and divert a huge amount of comets toward Earth and the sun.

to further justify this theory, Whitmire says that some of the existing evidence indicates that comet rains occurred on Earth once every 26 to 27 million years .

“in 1985, an analysis of the paleontological record supported the idea that comet showers were common in the past 250 million years,” , said the University of Arkansas.

“new research shows evidence that these events also occurred 500 million years ago.”

also, these comets not only would hit the earth hard, but also be burned as they approach the Sun , thereby reducing the amount of light received by our planet.

the search of the planet 9

Although this hypothesis makes sense, we must note which it was not yet published in a magazine specialty, so it is actually a simple concept that requires further investigation.

in parallel, astronomers are still trying to determine what size is the hypothetical orbit of Planet 9 about del Sol. the astronomer Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), who leads a new study on the discovery of Planet 9 recently said that the object of his study has nothing to do with Planet X proposed by Whitmire.

“Whitmire has been speculating for decades on a massive planet capable of deflecting comets whose orbital period extends for 27 million years. Although the idea might be feasible, it definitely has nothing to do with Planet 9, which is much closer to the Sun and its orbit is 15,000 years “Brown said.

If more evidence, the hypothesis Whitmire could provide great information on how other planets in our solar system affect evolution here on Earth .

what about you what do you think? Do you think there are other planets besides we know in the solar system?

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Up 40% of company shares unlocked the iPhone – Strategy & Business

By:. The Economist

In the pulse Apple and the FBI have maintained for months by the iPhone of one of the terrorists of San Bernardino (California) was in game “the privacy of users,” who insisted on protecting the giant technology, and research being carried out by the US federal police on the attack in which 14 people were killed and twenty wounded .

Freedom versus security returned to face in a dispute in which Apple has stood firm until the last moment. The company block had refused to cooperate with the FBI, although there was a court order that forced her to unlock the smartphone terrorist, not being ready ” to compromise private information of millions of our customers, “said Tim Cook repeatedly, executive director of the signing of the iPhone.

Apple was supported by other names in the sector. Among them, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, who took the opening day of the Mobile World Congress recently -held in Barcelona- to wonder aloud if “mobile decrypting the terrorism problem is solved.” “Empathize with Apple in its not the FBI,” he said.

Finally, the FBI got last week to access all the information stored on the iPhone of contention by the door back , hiring services Cellebrite, a company of Israeli origin specializing in forensic analysis and extraction of data that belongs to the Japanese group Sun Corporation .

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Since last March 21, the shares of the Japanese company have risen more than 40% in the equity market, which is raising some US $ 70 million capitalization.

an increase has been accompanied by an unprecedented volume of trading in the listed firm. not surprisingly, if before made public the announcement by the FBI, he moved on average in the market 5 million shares of the company each day , now about 78 million traded, ie 1,300% more.

UFED, the tool needed the FBI

the challenge of this small Japanese company for mobile devices is growing. Both already represents about 50% of its business. Almost half of its revenues come from this field displacing until a few years ago was its main source of business, the Pachinko , a game with a lot of success in Japan which is very similar to the classic pinball .

And, since 2007, took the Israeli Cellebrite, the percentage of their revenue from this business has exploded. In fact, over the past three years, the share of related business with mobile telephony has grown at a rate of 40% yoy.

Cellebrite is now a regular contributor to security forces and armies in counterterrorism investigations . More than 100 countries have been required in recent years services UFED (Universal Forensic device extraction, in English), the heramienta the company itself describes as “a mobile forensic high-tech solution which extracts, decodes and analyzes data from smart devices for use in law enforcement. “

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What improvements will bring the first major update of Windows 10 – Infobae.com

   
   
   


     

       
       
 
       
 
       
       
 
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The conference Build of Microsoft was the venue chosen to announce the update of Windows 10 Anniversary, coming to PC, tablets, cell phones, Xbox One, HoloLens and Internet of Things.

So Microsoft maintains the idea of ​​converting Windows 10 a universal OS. While there was no specific news on the mobile version, the company announced that the update Anniversary arrive in mid-2016, almost at the same time one year after the arrival of Windows 10 to the market.

That Windows 10 is installed on 270 million devices means that the operating system faster adoption in the history of its flagship product.

“Eight months after its launch, Windows 10 had the strongest start Windows history with over 270 million active devices, exceeding the adoption of Windows 7 in the same period by 145%, “said Microsoft.

Microsoft launched Windows 10 in July year past and offered the upgrade for free to the goal, he said, to achieve 1,000 million users of Windows 10 in the next two or three years.

improvements

Windows Hello , the biometric security system for applications and Microsoft Edge, will have a major upgrade to extend its functions

. Hello Windows allows them to log into your device easily with enterprise-level security. However, studies show that more than 80% of people use the same password for multiple websites, and handle about 20 or 30 different accounts that require passwords. So with the new update, you can use Windows Hello with Windows applications and Microsoft Edge. Thus, entering the home banking, for example, it will be much easier.

The upgrade also allow a phone with Windows 10, for example, can unlock a computer with the same system.

Windows Ink , the stylus system Windows 10, after being upgraded allow more applications to work with. For example, create a route in Maps, write to Office or work with third-party applications. The first will be Adobe Illustrator, so users can work more easily.

Microsoft also said it will incorporate a menu to write quick notes Quick Notes den. All new features are reminiscent of the possibilities offered by Samsung in its Galaxy Note

-. Cortana , the voice assistant Windows 10, will be able to interact with third-party applications with more efficiency. You can also listen to voice commands while the screen is locked. Is also expected to hit Xbox One.

The system will be proactive. After learning of user activities, you will be able to provide you reserve a spot for lunch or order a taxi.

“Cortana works through their devices, so they can complete certain notifications based on tasks within your Windows phone and Android, as well as receive and send text messages on their PC, “he said Microsoft

There was no news on the availability of Cortana in Spanish

.. – Xbox One , the console of Microsoft, will receive Windows 10 and will thus become a machine capable of developing applications and games. The company said that many of the current applications will be converted into universal, so it can be played both on a PC and Xbox.



HoloLens

Microsoft also announced that it began shipping a version of its glasses virtual and augmented reality HoloLens.

The product, which has a cost of USD 3,000, is designed right now for developers working on applications for the device.

Microsoft did not disclose at the moment when you will have a version available for the general public and how much it will cost.

“HoloLens combines holograms in our world, and allows new ways to communicate, create, work and play. it is the only device that supports a holographic computer without markers, external cameras, cables, phones or connection to a PC,” concluded Microsoft.

     


     

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WhatsApp will have new options to facilitate communication – TerritorioDigital.com

The messaging service works in a marked change that has to do with the addition of quick responses; also you can select multiple contacts so

WhatsApp will have a new update for Android; and this seeks to facilitate and expand communication options.

One of the changes is related to the incorporation of quick responses, ie, the ability to respond to a message from the notification without entering the application.

Another betting courier service will give more shape to text messages with the addition of bold and italic type, options that appear when users enter the signs of asterisks (*) and underscore (_).

on the other hand, the application lets you select multiple contacts so in order to start a group or conversation easier. Options can also be added in the menu that appears when you let down your finger on a group or individual contact.

With regard to aesthetics, WhatsApp will add more options in wallpapers in solid colors.

the new trial version can be used once the beta application from Google Play to download.

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Why Amazon stopped selling some USB-C cable in the US? – BBC World

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Image caption The USB-C cables are becoming popular as connectors for electronic equipment.

Amazon, the US giant online trading, banned the sale of USB-C cables or type C in its distribution channels, when do not meet minimum quality standards

According to Amazon, the USB-C poor quality cables can endanger electronic equipment, which announced the following:. “selling any adapter is prohibited or USB-C (or USB Type-C) that does not meet the specifications issued by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc . “.

This entity is a group of companies that has developed, certified and released a standard for USB connectors, precisely to avoid these problems.

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The USB-C cables are more powerful than USB traditional and therefore can be used to charge computers in addition to smartphones , tablets and other devices that require less energy.

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Image caption it is relatively unusual for electronic equipment damaged by Connection issues.

The first devices using the USB-C cable came on the market last year.

The problem with some USB-C low quality was Reviewed by Benson Leung, a Google engineer who published in Google+ one post in which he claimed that not all cables of this type are the same.

he warned that ignoring the specifications, you run the risk of damaging hardware appliances by a change in electrical resistance.

This may occur instantaneously or gradually, depending on the type of cable and the type of adapter used.

it is very unusual that modern devices from damage by connection problems, according to an analyst at consulting firm IHS, Ian Fogg.

“Luckily, since very few smartphones and laptops using the new USB-C cables, the risk of using cables that do not meet minimum standards and can cause damage is reduced to a limited number of consumers, “said Fogg told the BBC.

However, he added that “by acting now, Amazon greatly reduces the risk of large-scale damage of electronic products in the future occur, as the USB-C cable becomes the most popular connector for new smartphones and laptops “.

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Image caption Amazon has said it will not sell cables that do not comply quality standards.

The new cable connectors are reversible, so there is no one way to connect the cables to the USB-C device port, and are as fine as the USB micro.

This made they were one of the keys, for example, that Apple could bring to market a thinner MacBook, since the USB connectors traditional are thicker.

This latest generation of USB also allows you to transmit various types of signal with the same connector: data, audio, video and energy. Therefore, you can charge the laptop and connect to standard USB devices or HDMI and D-Sub video.

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Microsoft announces innovations for Windows 10 – IT Journal

In a new edition of the Buid developer conference, preliminary versions intelligence services were presented, Conversations is launched as a platform, the update Anniversary Windows 10 was announced, among other new features.

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in today took place in San Francisco, USA the first day of the Build Conference microsoft aimed at developers. There Satya Nadella, CEO and Terry Myerson, executive vice president of the Windows group and Devices, spoke against thousands of developers on the work being done by the company to help them adopt the new era of conversational intelligence and create a more personal computing all customers, industries and businesses.

Nadella showed improvements in Cortana and announced prerelease versions of the new services in the cloud along with toolkits designed to understand the world today and create intelligent robots. Meanwhile, Myerson announced the update Anniversary of Windows 10, which will provide important new innovations for users and developers in the Universal Platform for Windows.

“As an industry, we are on the cusp of a new frontier that unites the power of natural human language with advanced automated intelligence, “said Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. “At Microsoft, we call this union talks as a platform, which is built and grows through the capabilities of Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Windows platforms to encourage developers all over the world.”

“with Windows 10 installed on more than 270 million active devices, celebrate this event with our fans by delivering Anniversary update Windows 10. this major update will help users to interact with their devices so Windows 10 as natural as they do with the world around them: with writing, presence and voice, “Myerson said. “We are focused on making Windows environment more productive development for all developers, with completely new capabilities for Universal Platform for Windows and innovative tools to bring applications to Windows 10 from any platform.”



presentation of cloud services, interactive robots and Cortana Intelligence Suite

Cortana Intelligence Suite, formerly known as Cortana Analytics Suite is based on extensive research on big data, machine learning, perception, analysis and intelligent robots. Created in Microsoft Azure, developers and businesses can use these capabilities to develop intelligent solutions from end to end, including new applications to learn about the world, as well as robots and agents interacting with people personalized and intelligent way.

Microsoft announced two new additions to Cortana Intelligence Suite, both in prerelease version. First, Microsoft Cognitive Services is a collection of APIs intelligence allow systems to see, hear, speak, understand and interpret the needs using natural methods of communication. Second, Microsoft Bot Framework helps developers regardless of the programming language that utilicen- to create intelligent robots that allow customers to converse in natural language and in a wide variety of platforms, including text / SMS, Office 365, Skype Slack, web, among others.

Microsoft showed how developers can use services contained in Cortana Intelligence Suite to transform not only business, but also the lives of people. Seeing AI, an application project in development, it showed how these new capabilities will help people visually impaired or blind to better understand all that is around you.

Also presented Skype Bot Platform, It is including SDK, API and workflows in the new Skype Bot Portal. With this platform, developers can build robots that take advantage of multiple forms of communication Skype, including text, voice, video and interactive 3D characters. Customers can start using Skype Bots downloading applications Skype latest drivers for Windows, Android and iOS. Developers can start building Skype Bots today using Skype Bot Platform to reach millions of Skype users.



Innovations Windows 10 offer a more personal computing and opportunities for developers

Windows 10 was designed to provide a more personal computing, with more natural and reliable experience across all devices. With features like Cortana and Windows Hello, Windows 10 started to carry out this vision. Today, Windows 10 is on track to become the fastest adopted operating system in the history of Windows, with more than 270 million active devices, beating Windows 7 at 145%. In addition, users have spent more time in Windows 10 than ever: more than 75,000 million hours since its launch. As a result of this rapid growth, Microsoft displays new universal applications for Twitter, Uber, King, Disney, Wargaming, Square Enix, Yahoo and WWE; and in the future, new applications of Bank of America, Starbucks, Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. The Windows Store received more than 5,000 million visits because Windows users are discovering new applications for Windows 10, including more than 1,000 applications for Cortana.

Today Build, Microsoft shared his vision for what will come in more personal computing, including the new Windows Update Anniversary 10 incorporating innovations for Windows Ink, Cortana, Windows Hello and games. Ink is Windows allows users to write to your device as they do on paper, creating sticky notes, draw on a whiteboard and easily share ideas, similar experience in the digital world. New features allow you to receive proactive Cortana instructions during the day and talk to her without having to log in, even if the device is locked. New features in Windows Hello bring security to multiple devices Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge, so that users can enter their devices and websites with a level of enterprise security. These are some of the many features that this winter will be offered when the update Anniversary Windows 10.

Also the first edition Development Microsoft HoloLens was presented, which extends the Windows experience to the holograms and allows developers to start building the future of holographic computing. Microsoft said business customers in different industries are already using HoloLens, including Case Western Reserve University and NASA. Developers can use the Universal Platform Windows to create a new augmented reality with holograms.

For over thirty years, Windows has been an open ecosystem that receives contributions from partners and developers of hardware and software all the world. The Universal Platform Windows reinforces that commitment by opening Windows combine with the best and most modern application platform available today. all the new capabilities of the Universal Platform Windows today were shared, including full access to proactive intelligence Cortana and SDK anniversary of Windows 10, which provides APIs and new tools to integrate innovations of Windows 10 most recent applications including Windows and Windows Ink Hello. And with the Xbox Dev Mode, any Xbox One can become a development package and allow anyone to develop.

Microsoft also introduced new tools that will make Windows the best place development for all platforms.

• web developers, including American Express, BBC Sport, Yahoo Mail and zulily, among others, they have seen excellent results with Windows 10 Hosted web applications. Now, Windows 10 provides native support for Bash with access to the file system of Windows and the whole universe of open source tools and command line.

• Microsoft introduced a new converter desktop applications for Centennial which allow developers to carry more than 16 million Win32 or .NET applications to the Windows platform Universal. Developers can extend their applications with the capabilities of the Universal Platform for Windows and distribute them in the Windows Store.

• For .NET developers, Xamarin allow easily share the same application code in applications Windows, iOS and Android, while still offering fully native for each platform experiences.

Those who want to try the innovations that come with the update anniversary of Windows 10, can join the program Insider Windows and install the latest build. Starting today, developers who are already in the Windows program Insider have access to previous SDK anniversary of Windows to explore the new features.

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The next update of Windows 10 will be available in June – La Nacion (Argentina)

In its developer event Build, the firm led by Satya Nadella also introduced a service bots for small tasks on Skype, Cortana and third-party applications

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, during the developer conference BUILD.Foto: Reuters

artificial intelligence is a tool for everyday use, or that is what Microsoft seeks to promote by opening a platform that facilitates the creation of applications based on small bots applications, as referred to developments able to respond to natural language and assist users autonomously.

in this way, the company led by Satya Nadella seeks to promote both commands Cortana (digital assistant) as bots integrated into several of its applications and services. For example, these supplements based on developments in artificial intelligence Microsoft can identify relevant texts within a chat, or propose a reservation at a hotel or an airline ticket if the virtual assistant identifies a trip in a Skype conversation.

many of these ads Build its developer conference are part of several experiments conducted Microsoft in recent years. There were several online initiatives that allowed demonstrate the ability of this platform artificial intelligence and recognition in images, such as identifying the mood a person portrayed, and their gender or age, for example. In turn, the most recent history was Tay, a bot known for its ability to hold conversations with users of Twitter, but who was involved in polemics racist and misogynist answers.

That did not stop the company impelled its platform bots, available in 22 API (programming interface) that can be used with the virtual assistant Cortana or independent development.

the update Windows 10 and HoloLens distribution, other prominent ads Microsoft.Foto Build conference: Reuters

the emblem of the company’s operating system will have an update available from June called Anniversary Update. Among its new features is native support for biometric authentication systems. Also have integrated Bash, terminal Linux command, thanks to an agreement between Microsoft and Canonical, responsible for the Ubuntu distribution.

In turn, the Universal Platform Windows will be present in different types of devices, from computers, phones and even the brand new HoloLens device. The holographic viewer Microsoft was another outstanding stars of the Build conference, and is available for users who booked the developers kit, priced at $ 3,000.

Microsoft also seeks to give more benefits the devices stylus type inputs, such as those used by their teams Surface, and introduced Windows Ink, to take notes manuscript or to determine the distance between two points on a virtual map.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Windows 10 Redstone introduce new interface for the Activity Center – lagranepoca

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The surprises do not end for the next major update of Windows 10 , as well as the arrival of support for extensions to Microsoft Edge and the new universal application OneDrive, a recent report indicates that the Redmond company is working on redesigning the Activity Center and the virtual assistant Cortana.

according to WinBeta, sources close to Microsoft indicate that the company is working on a new concept for the user interface Cortana and Activity Center that come with Redstone, maybe in the first or second wave. The new design bet on a user interface with “interactive cards” for both sections.

The idea would be that both the virtual assistant as Notification Center were kept at bay with a new style, characterized by cards information containing buttons to interact. Microsoft has an artistic concept of this but it is a fact that is working to improve the user experience, especially with notifications.

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for example, users can filter them by type at the Center Activities, depending on the applications. If it comes to social networks or productivity tools, notifications for each type appear under a heading previously established. It will be easier to find notifications by type instead of looking among them.

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actually some applications already have their own concept of interactive notifications, but the new interface cards tells us that they will become more complex. All for the benefit of the user. It is recalled that this is just a concept that Microsoft is working and is likely to change with implementation and over time.

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captures amateur astronomer collision of an object with Jupiter – Teletrece

An amateur astronomer captured on 17 March impact of a large object on Jupiter , the largest planet in the solar system.

the Irish John McKeon making observations of the gaseous giant with a 11-inch telescope when saw a bright spot on the surface of the planet , which was a big explosion and whose video posted on the Internet.

the capture ran by chance while filming the transit of the planet’s moons for timelapse.

Austrian Gerrit Kernabeu, another amateur astronomer, made a report with the same sighting.

so far there is no certainty what it was that fell on Jupiter. The most likely case of an asteroid or lesser extent, a comet .

Paul Chodas , manager Center for the Study close to Earth Objects, under the jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA, told Space.com that the most likely have been an asteroid, because they are more common that comets.

the impacts of objects on Jupiter are known in astronomy. In 1994 it was discovered that the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 had entered on a collision course with the planet, which gave time for scientists to prepare your observation.

the sequence of im & # XE1; genes shows the impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet fragmented into several parts.

the gravitational force of Jupiter fragmented comet, which generated a string of impacts left in the huge and visible surface dark scars, which were the size of Earth.

the event was a historic event because for the first time an “alien” collision of this magnitude was observed here in the solar system.

in 2009 an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier, as estimated astronomers also hit the planet. In 2010 a giant asteroid exploded in Jupiter’s atmosphere producing a large bright spot seen from Earth.

In 2012 an amateur astronomer also captured the impact of an object on Jupiter.

Jupiter is the fifth planet of the Solar System and is part of the group of outer or gaseous planets . It is also the largest celestial body in the solar system with a mass almost two and half times that of the other planets combined and 318 times greater than Earth’s.

His violent atmosphere is It composed mainly of hydrogen and helium and is so dense that scientists have been unable to determine how its surface. A huge anticyclone located in tropical latitudes of the southern hemisphere gives characteristic a big red stain.

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News from Microsoft – ElTiempo.com

Microsoft developer conference is held each year in San Francisco (California). It is called ‘Build’ (build, in Spanish). During the first day, several related products and services company announcements are released

These were the five most relevant ads.

1. The next update of Windows is released midyear

Microsoft will release an update to mark the first anniversary of Windows 10. It will support biometric authentication and allow the operating system to reach more families of devices. The intention of the company based in Redmond (USA) is that Windows comes to computers, phones, virtual reality glasses, smart watches and video game consoles. a tool also enables the developers to convert the ‘apps’ legacy systems to Windows 10.

2. Holographic glasses HoloLens start coming developers

Microsoft announced that starting today, developers who have purchased the development kit HoloLens begin receiving the product. Several applications were on stage. One was Galaxy Explorer. This ‘app’ displays planets and galaxies in the visual field of the user. NASA showed a development that carries the person to land on the Red Planet. Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic gave a demonstration of a holographic animation that allows detailing the bowels of the human anatomy.

3. Cortana improve

The voice assistant Cortana will join Xbox. It will help players find new titles and to share tips and tricks during games. With the next update of Windows, Cortana will step forward. Now attend in emails, documents and user application behavior to provide more accurate recommendations. The assistant may be used, more efficiently, with third party applications.

4. Microsoft advances in artificial intelligence

One of the main focuses of the conference was its plan to implement intelligent robots, programs that can interact with people to facilitate interaction between them and the machines. The president of the company, Satya Nadella, said the user interface of the future will be the human language and robots will be new applications. Microsoft wants the artificial intelligence permeating services such as Skype or service platforms customer places like hotels or restaurants.

In order to facilitate the creation of robots that integrate with applications, Microsoft introduced a set tools to facilitate development of robots. It allows you to create ‘bots’ to interact with Cortana or for a business to interact with customers. For example, a site selling fast food can now design a program using Microsoft tools, to answer the requests of its customers with a language that is natural.

5. ‘Bots’ come to Skype

Skype will be one of the first services that will benefit from Microsoft’s emphasis on artificial intelligence systems. Now, Skype may carry out many actions thanks to the ‘bots’ as hotel bookings or food delivery.

The ‘bots’ for Skype are available starting today for desktop and mobile platforms. These virtual robots only operate via chat but through video in the future.

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Skype will use Cortana and ‘bots’ to help you make reservations, shopping and chat – CNET in Spanish

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SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft showed the future of Skype and vision communications of the future for its developer conference Build 2016.

Using bots , Microsoft wants our communications are more integrated into our daily activities and offer simple solutions, making Cortana function as a true assistant for your life.

Skype Microsoft is the first app to integrate bots to make reservations for travel, shopping, organize your schedule and Moreover, just chat with Cortana.

Cortana will now be available in the top right of Skype to answer questions directly on Skype.

in addition, Cortana lets you communicate with bots business. in this way, if you receive a message telling you that there is a package ready for delivery today, Cortana will ask if you want the company to know your location for the package to be sent directly there.

also, Cortana can add events to your calendar and if the conversation is related to a trip, Cortana will suggest a hotel based on the destination you go to visit and where to stay accustomed. From there you can get accommodation options and make reservations just chat.

Moreover, Cortana and bots also prompt you to communicate with friends who may be in your destiny, bringing a message that allows you to communicate with them through a phone call, chat or video call. In addition, Skype predict the text you could give your friend so you do not have to write it. And you can also order up pizza from Skype.

Liliana Rincón, program manager Skype said in Build these bots will also reaching other communication methods such as line, WeChat and Slack, among others. Moreover, Rincon said that “we also take this intelligent assistant to video in real time.”

Since Wednesday, Microsoft will enable the previous version of the SDK bots for different developers functions can be integrated in Skype. In addition, users of Windows, iOS and Android will begin to have access to this new functionality from this very day.



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