Apple makes war on Google maps

FourSquare, a service where friends say where they are and get rewards for exploring places, gave the first warning. During the Mobile World Congress Barcelona announced they were leaving Google maps . On Wednesday, during the presentation of the iPad was known , in fact, that Apple does without the services of Google Maps in one of its star applications, iPhoto.

FourSquare and Apple have both opted for Open Street Map , a website that is gaining more followers. Firstly because it is easy to use. Second, it maintains the philosophy of Wikipedia. They have over 400,000 registered volunteers that are updated as changes occur in streets.

A FourSquare has been particularly useful to be as open as they have exploited to revamp their icons and indications. He has been embraced with such force that is committed to actively participate in its improvement.

In Apple's case there has been a spokesman and its operating system, by default, the map application of Google. However, iPhoto, just released in iPad and iPhone, has chosen to follow the trail of FourSquare. Open Street Map has welcomed them in his blog and clarified that Apple was using a year ago, but internally.

This move Apple seems transitory, until you list your own version. Buying Poly9 Placebase in 2009 and in 2010 indicate that soon could dispense with services outside the apple company.

Anyway Open Street has its dark spots. It works very well in areas with high population density. If a place is very busy is amended as soon as a change, but has dark areas in rural areas and no satellite images help both in the version of Google.

Google's strategy is quite logical, but also aggressive. When they launched their service attracted many customers by allowing free access to consumers and businesses. Opened its application programming interface for other services, as mentioned Apple and FourSquare, integrate maintaining the aesthetics of your website. That's how successfully harvested into almost standard. According to ComScore estimates, measuring Internet traffic, 49% of mobile applications and tablet mapping using the browser.

The price of GoogleMaps

In April 2011 reported via his blog that he was still free to queries on the web, but with a limit of 25,000 requests to their servers. Search pages from hotels or apartments, they need to show clearly how to get there, they must pay more than three euros (four dollars) per 1000 additional consultations . This figure does not seem too high, unless you have to pay for the use that is made ​​from 180 million iPhone distributed worldwide and 60 million iPads. The Spanish subsidiary has refused to discuss the matter and has not provided access to a spokesman for Google Maps that, since birth has had privacy issues. Google Maps added a layer at street called StreeView that recorded both buildings and people.

Peter Fleischer, chief privacy Google, acknowledged in an interview this means that in Europe had given them some headaches . The usual procedure to disappear from it was to fill a form with the request. That is, a posteriori. More than likely that many citizens in the most remote, ignore that are cause for derision .

In Germany the commotion was such that they had to choose to take a period prior to the publication of images for users to officially denied permission to leave home.

The movement of Apple and Google FourSquare gives some of his own medicine. When they broke into this field NavQuest dethroned, the leading map provider until then, and still continues to operate in much of the car GPS navigators.

"Films set in position. Video games make you live"

Philip Tan (Singapore, 1976) is director of the gaming lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Your job is to explore the game from multiple viewpoints. On the one hand as a source of wealth to Asia, in fact, although formed in the U.S., the center is headed home. The other as a form of communication and narrative vehicle. "Video games are good for encouraging certain mental processes. They are a very powerful means of communication. " So the difference between active and passive consumption of media: "Films set in position. Video games make you live it, put your brain to work to understand complex systems and get into the role. "

The gamificación is a trend that promotes use of game mechanics for non-recreational to increasing the motivation, effort and concentration. It has become the latest craze to promote productivity in companies. This mechanism, incidentally, often not achieved in their own games. Yet Tan has put quite hopeful: "Humans have the ability to make the ordinary special."

An example of how the dynamics of the games can be applied is FourSquare , a service that blends social networking, mobile and location. "Nobody's mind until they started to medal, simple, simple, in recognition of special places to discover and recommend."

Faced with the threat of gamificar all, So is cautious: "I think it may promote some changes, but not very deep and prolonged. I think últil to reinforce previous ideas, but not to change behavior in profound ways. " He also sees some restrictions: "Football, for example, or tennis, or any game already in place, especially if we refer to the sport and have their own design aspects that are to be promoted."

After a moment of reflection is released to list titles that in his view have evolved in the industry. No appointment or Sonic or Mario, but Sim City, a simulator that combines urban planning with political skills. Portal, a mixture of puzzles and action, known for his wit. Dark Souls prefer the need to seek complicity with the character and learn to be patient. It is noteworthy that only highlights a logic-based securities 'oriental' games based on an experience rather than reaching a goal. They are more thoughtful, but less competitive.

The video game industry is at a crossroads. Electronic Arts, the strongest independent study, said in March that as more money enters mobile gaming consoles and tablets. "This is not what is better or worse, but to think what the public wants. I think the key is in the distribution. People do not want to go to a store to buy a disc or wait until you get home, but the download instantly. If you want to play just five minutes, do sets of 5 minutes, you have to fit your lifestyle, "says Tan In his opinion, Apple is not competition because" does not play, but has created a better system, as did with music. "

Nintendo's latest creation is a handheld, 3DS, which lets you view images in three dimensions without glasses. Despite the technological despligue believes that fails at something. "There's always going with me, just when I go to conventions. He thought with a social use that only occurs in very specific cases, until they reach a wider audience will not show all its splendor "he says. Maybe that's why, a few months of dating Nintendo cut the price by 40%. Despite this reduction, has not taken off.

Sony, the other Japanese giant highlights its nods to the user-generated content, "Do not stay in the passive, but leave an open door to creativity. Sony understands their machines almost like a computer. Microsoft leaves it as something reserved for experts. " In his view, this openness extends the life of games and creates community around them. "Here Little Big Planet is a masterpiece."


"Kinect will not kill the controls, but extending the options."

As has been seen since his first experience in an Atari 2600 to today have evolved controls. Would he die command with buttons? "I think not. Kinect not going to kill, but are extended options. In Rock Band for example do not learn to play guitar, but I think you're capable of it. To get into the role you need the piece of plastic that simulates what is the reference. "

In the past 30 years some companies have fallen by the wayside. The most famous case was that of SEGA. "The mistake was not open enough for developers. Last console, Dreamcast, was very special, but were unable to compete. "

After relating the benefits of video games as part of learning a question arises: How fit when cheating? "All we do is part of learning and well. Say that while you do not fool yourself and know that it does is good. I see only bad if used as a competitive advantage to play against someone but if you get stuck in one place how could you not find the solution if you spend 60 euros? "He concludes.

Yahoo! Sues Facebook for violating ten patents

SAN FRANCISCO, 13 (Reuters / EP) The company Yahoo! sued yesterday to Facebook for violating 10 patents that include methods and systems for Internet advertising, in which is the first major legal battle between the two tech giants.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, highlights a significant increase in patent litigation that has already reached the industries of 'smartphones' and 'tablets', as well as technology giants like Apple, Microsoft and Motorola Mobility Holdings. Yahoo! demand follows the announcement of plans to launch a Facebook IPO (IPO) that could give the company a value of around 100,000 million (75,970 million euros).

The spokesman for Facebook , Jonathan Thaw, said the social network has knowledge of the demand through the media. "We are disappointed that Yahoo! , a business partner of Facebook a long time and a company that has been substantially benefited from its partnership with Facebook, has decided to appeal to the courts, "he said.

In an emailed statement, Yahoo! said it is confident he will prevail in court. "Unfortunately, the matter remains unresolved with Facebook, and we are forced to seek redress in federal court," the company said in a statement. Yahoo! said in late February that it was demanding payment of license fees to Facebook for its patents, and that other companies had already agreed to such licensing agreements.

In the lawsuit, Yahoo! said that Facebook was considered "one of the worst performing sites for advertising" before adapting the ideas of Yahoo!. "Mr. Mark Zuckerberg , founder and CEO of Facebook, agreed that the design of Facebook is not new and is based on the ideas of others, "the suit said.

Several companies involved in social networking sites including Facebook, have experienced an increase in patent claims against them as they progress in their process to go public. However, most of these lawsuits have been filed by "patent accumulators" that buy intellectual property rights to extract juice through licensing agreements and so far, none had been submitted by a technology company as important as Yahoo!

The new iPad sweeps before going to market

Apple expects to sell one million units tomorrow, launching the new tablet in ten countries. In Spain not arrive until Friday March 23 | The sale of 'tablets' grew 254% in 2011 and increase by 54% in 2012, according to research firm IDG

Los Angeles (USA), March 14 (EFE). - The third generation of the popular Apple tablet, the iPhone will arrive Friday at the shops Mañan a dozen countries amid unprecedented demand, according to California-based advanced , which could eventually sell over a million units of the device on the day of its release.

Apple confirmed this week that it had exhausted its inventory intended for sale in advance through their website . Is predicted to be repeated the usual queues at the gates of the company stores, which begin shipping new iPhone in the U.S. in the early birds beginning at 8 am.

The tablet will release on Friday in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and United Kingdom, while customers in countries like Spain or Mexico will have to wait until March 23 to acquire the new tablet: "The consumer response to the new iPhone is unprecedented," said a spokesman for Apple. An analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. estimates that Apple will sell over 1 million of its new tablets on the same day 16.

Should this forecast, Apple would beat a new record of business. In 2010, the company took a month to exceed one million units sold, a time that was reduced to just one weekend in 2011 after the release of iPad 2. Just as with the iPhone, the iPhone has become a commercial phenomenon and the interest of users is multiplying with every new version.

The tablet will be released in the same price range as did their predecessors: $ 499 in its cheapest version and 829 the most expensive. The new iPhone features a faster processor, a screen with high resolution, improved their cameras to photograph and video recording and compatibility with the 4G mobile Internet network.

The sale of 'tablets' grew 254% in 2011 and increase by 54% in 2012

Worldwide sales of tablets increased 254.12% in 2011, to 68.7 million units sold. The estimate is that 54% increase in 2012, to 106.1 million units sold, according to tech consultancy IDC .

After finding the strength of this market in the fourth quarter, and the strong demand expected for 2012, IDG has increased its previous sales estimates for this year by 21% to. The previous forecasts were at the 87.7 million units. In the fourth quarter, sales of 'tablets' amounted to 28.2 million units sold worldwide, representing a growth of 56.1%.

IDC has stated that despite the "impressive" debut of Amazon, which sold 4.7 million Fire Kindle , Apple continued to experience strong quarterly growth, with sales of 15.4 million units in the last quarter, compared with 11.1 million units the previous quarter, representing a market share of 54.7% worldwide.

In Europe, the fastest growing market where the iPhone is the Reido Kingdom (115% dentre February 2011 and January 2012), followed by France (95%), Italy (75%), Germany (50%) and Spain (37%), according to comScore .

For its part, Amazon stood at second with a market share of 16.8% followed by Samsung, with a share of 5.8% in the last quarter of 5.5% over the previous quarter.

Four students of robotics champions can not contest the world finals for 9,000 euros

The youths, Sant Pere de Torello, can not afford to go to the U.S. | Young people have spent seven months in the design of a magnifying glass water treatment.

Four boys from Sant Pere de Torello are a step of keeping honey on the lips. After passing the qualifying Catalan team Pamplona The Santperencs swept a couple of weekends, in the Spanish round of the First Lego League, a robotics world championship organized by the popular brand of toys. The adolescents gained from this Thus, establishing itself among a lot of schools and colleges dumps with their equipment, the right to travel to the U.S. within months and participate in the finals of this tournament aimed at promoting scientific talent among the young. The problem of kids in the Osona do not have enough money to cross the pond. So settle for participating in the European version of the competition in Germany, because it is cheaper. "I says Matthew Daniel, the leader of The Santperencs , the largest of the group, which already has sixteen years as I have learned from this whole experience is that the effort, good work, perseverance ... always worth it, just coming to fruition and results.

"The other members of the group, Marc Famada, Biel Jimenez and Thomasz Sydor, every twelve years, are also unable to be disappointed. "Surely in Germany we are also an incredible level and learn a lot, continues Daniel. addition, the United States and were last year, and it was great. There are NASA scouts looking for talent. And you can manage unmanned military robots. The truth is we did not expect to win again and win a second time and was a reward in itself, quite a recognition. " Yes, The Santperencs and the Americas did last year, and despite the intimidating and pompous that there was any, were tenth in the world. They became ambassadors of their small town. Heat after heat, were imposed on dozens of seasoned teams in the laboratories of their institutions, supported by their cloisters ...

Then the de Sant Pere with Lego bricks designed a mechanical arm that can operate remote warts, thanks to a webcam. The free time of the last seven months the kids were dedicated to the design of a magnifying glass water treatment , without more help than that of the sun's rays can boil water in less than an hour. The idea is to apply it in the third world. The competition theme this year is food hygiene. The Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona d'have been invited to give a talk. defrayed Last year the trip dodging a breadbox and with the support of various public institutions in the area and with the help of the sponsors of the event. But as explained by Charles Matthew, the father of Daniel, a retired postman who manages to tutor the kids, "although sponsors are helping us a lot, much as in 2011, and again give two thousand euros, This year things are much worse.

"And although it is possible that a group of traders in the region will yield a computer to navigate back to the basket, and perhaps even a ham, it seems that the final collection covers only stay in Germany. "Between tickets, transportation and material-hotels calculate Carlos in a unit of the former municipal library, where the group has its own laboratory-the German option we would go for about 4,500 euros, and yes I think we can assume with the help of all families of the kids ... But is that the U.S. is double, and parents as we are very normal people, humbly. "

Thailand closes 5,000 sites in three months to protect the king's image

Authorities Thai blocked during the last three months access to over 5,000 sites or sites of Internet to consider grievances containing the monarchy, police said this week.

Blocking these web pages is part of the campaign by the Thai government to protect the image of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and members of the Royal Family, which is also covered by the law of "treason" .

The police spokesman, General Piya Utayo, said at a news conference that the special brigade closed the thousands of locations in the first quarter for "inappropriate and insulting" , but said, without giving figures, the number of pages with this content type has declined over the previous year.

In November last year, the Thai authorities sought help from the social network Facebook to eliminate over 10,000 sites with content deemed offensive to the monarchy, as stated by the Ministry of Information and Communication.

The number of prosecutions brought by the alleged crime of "treason" has soared in recent years to more than several hundred, when the 90's barely a dozen denounced as Group Awareness Section 112, organization that campaigns against the use of this law.

Several groups of group intellectual Thais have spoken against the law of "treason" and order that can be discussed constructively on the monarchy, but the government has rejected any reform in this regard

Since entering into force until January 2011, the number of sites blocked by the courts using the Act, amounted to 75,000 , including 57,330 for contents against the monarchy, according to a report by the Thammasat University in Bangkok.

Apple unveiled the iPhone 3 on March 7

The technology company Apple announced Tuesday the conclusion of an event in San Francisco on March 7 in which it looks like it was unveiling the new version of its popular "tablet" iPad from which the details are still unknown.

Apple sent an invitation which summoned reporters that they should come next week at the Yerba Buena Arts Center in the center of the Californian city. In the call only sees an image of an iPhone screen with the day 7 March in the calendar marked with the following message: "We really have something to do. And touch. "

The company, true to form, avoided further the contents of the presentation, but it is assumed that revolve around the device and popularly called iPad 3. Both 2010 and 2011, Apple spent his first event of the year to talk about his revolutionary "tablet" with the idea that novelty hits the market between March and April.

The U.S. media speculate that the new iPhone is equipped with the same clarity of display the latest versions of iPhone, a definition called Retina Display, best cameras for photo and video , and the possibility of 4G connection.

Poor countries require cheap mobile

"In developing countries easier than one person has access to a mobile to a toilet." The phrase is from the GSMA, the association of operators around the world and the vast sums off of mobile telephony in the poorest countries and its popularity, beyond any basic service.

As an example of that push, over the next five years, Internet traffic through IP will be multiplied by seven in Latin America, with the highest global rate of annual growth (+48%). Developing countries have surpassed developed countries in number of smart phones (smartphones), advanced today as President of Telefónica Latin America, Santiago Fernandez Valbuena, who participated in the roundtable strategy operators in developing markets, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

 Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, an Indian company in 19 countries in Asia and Africa, said it is imperative to find ways to prover low cost smartphone to emerging markets to ensure that development does not stop.

 In the same vein, Fernandez Valbuena said the availability of these terminals at prices around $ 100 is a challenge that will further open the market, and in which Telefónica is already taking steps. The company believes that in these countries may be better segmented products and packages for use in place of unlimited flat rates.

Telefonica, which is leading the revolution in Latin America data business with more than 24 million broadband connections in the region, estimates that the average growth technology market expected to remain nearly 8% per year (over GDP) . "Broadband (fixed and mobile) will be the main source of growth in the coming years," said Fernandez Valbuena.

The manager believes that the current competitive environment in the ICT sector in the world will change dramatically with the explosion of emerging markets. The data support this "revolution" in emerging countries. In fact, Latin America an estimated 10% increase in penetration of broadband generates increases of 3.2% in GDP and productivity growth of 2.6%. Telefónica has set a goal in 2013 to almost triple the current BAM access and mobile data involving one third of mobile service revenues.

Meanwhile, Jo Lunder, CEO of VimpelCom, a Dutch company that operates in many developing countries from former Soviet republics to Pakistan and Burundi, insisted on the same forum that investment in the mobile industry has a multiplier effect on growth and employment in poor countries than in developed ones.

Lunder said that, contrary to what is happening in the West, emerging markets the mobile screen and not the computer let alone that of the tablet is the first Internet access. So, agreed with Mittal that the phone is the opportunity to develop mobile financial services, especially targeted to unbanked segments or the e-Health solutions in these countries who otherwise could not have banking or health care.

Viruses are hooked to mobile

A bomb in his pocket. It's what we have become the smartphone as specialists and security firms gathered for the first time at the fair in Barcelona to discuss the dangers of mobile as a new source of scams and attacks. And his conclusion seems unanimous: Android is a real security loophole.

"Android is not that technologically worse, is simply a problem of neglect by Google. It has been necessary protective measures and above has the largest market share. The threat is real and serious, "says Rick Ferguson, research director at Trend Micro, who points out further that the malware on mobile phones has grown by 1,400% in recent months and could reach 130,000 malicious code at the end of 2012.

The last case occurred just this week in France, where police have arrested two suspected mobile Android 2,000 infected with the Trojan Foncy. SMS sending program without user authorization, a technique that criminals have pocketed more than 100,000 euros.

"People know they can not have a PC with no protection but that conviction has not reached the phone. And the danger is the same, almost no difference between a computer and a smartphone. Indeed, in the future there will be no home computers, tablets and mobile only. Android will be the main focus of attack at home, Windows will remain at the company, "says Eugene Kaspersky of Russia, founder of Kaspersky Labs

Between 2005 and 2010 were detected in less than 1,200 worldwide attacks of malware on mobile, but now that figure is well over a month. "It's an exponential growth," said Kaspersky. According to the firm, 75% of viruses on smartphones are discovered on Android devices. Then comes Symbian and Windows Phone. IOS barely on the map, despite having a market share below some Android.

Among the threats there are to choose from. It is possible to create a mobile infiltrate botnets and launch denial of service (DDoS) to knock down webs. Applications are another major focus. Just hide a virus in a game or a productivity program to infiltrate the mobile to download it. Once inside, the Trojan can divert banking transactions, made ​​with all the information stored on your computer (email, contacts, photos) or send SMS to numbers premium without your knowledge.

It is estimated that a cybercriminal can earn between 1,500 and 4,000 euros a day engaging phones. In Russia recently amassed over a million dollars in a scam SMS with Trojan Alphawap. Alarming figures, which flows into the eternal debate: if the problem is so bad, why even security firms generate business just to sell security software on the phone? Is it a real or inflated by the interests of the sector?

Chris DiBona, chief of free software programs from Google, is clear: "The security companies try to scare people to sell protection on Android, RIM or IOS. They are charlatans and swindlers, they should be ashamed of themselves, "recently wrote in with your Google Account +.

Ferguson, Trend Micro, adjusts her hair, tattoos and scratches take a laugh. "Google is the one who should be ashamed. The proof that Android is not safe Bouncer, your new system to monitor applications. Even works well, "he says.

It's true. Yago Jesus, security specialist, developed a few hours last week in a simple program with erotic pictures, he infiltrated a Trojan, hung it on the Android Market and, surprise, was published without problems. "If you descargabas it, the phone was completely at our mercy. We could access all content or even record your conversations remotely without you found out, "says Yago Jesus. Google took nearly 24 hours to remove. "That in IOS is more difficult to occur, is a very closed environment. Android is just the opposite. "

The use of social networks on the fly, messaging services like WhatsApp, which processes 2,000 million messages a day, or payment systems such as Google Wallet, turns the phone into a juicy target. Nigel Stanley, security analyst at Bloor Research believes the problem is huge. "The interest is emerging among the community of hackers to compromise mobile is worrisome, "he says.

Garlati Cesare, director of Trend Micro, also indicates that the threats on the phone very soon affect businesses. An added incentive for cybercriminals. "If confidential information on mobile phones and tablets is compromised, companies could lose millions. And that's happening, "he says.

Yago Jesus doubt that security firms to contain the problem, at least for now. "It's like a carpenter to put a glass melt, have no expertise in mobility, criminals are ahead," he says. Garlati nervous arms waving, to the Italian. "Nonsense, we already have many experts and ficharemos more. We are winning the war on the PC, we will win the mobile phone. "

The new Google privacy policy comes into effect today

The new Google privacy policy , with which the company says it wants to facilitate the user's activity , making it simple and intuitive, and keeping the same controls, has entered into force on Thursday. One of the major changes of the measure is that the user will have a unique profile compared with those who had different now different services, like social networks or programs of geographic location.

The European Commissioner for Justice has asked leave to suspend its new policy of Google's new policy has generated much discussion , and just this week the European justice commissioner, Viviane Reding has asked the Internet giant to leave in abeyance the new rules Privacy. According to the authorities of the European Commission, the new Google's privacy policy does not comply with European legislation on data protection. By contrast, Google reiterates that its new policy will bring benefits to the user , and insists on Thursday in his blog that has not changed any of the existing privacy principles, or how to treat the personal information shared outside the company. Google states that they are not picking up "any new or additional users. not sell your personal data. And we will continue using our industry-leading security to keep the information secure. "

Gowex exports its model France WiFi to an agreement with the city of Bordeaux (France)

Gowex has closed a contract with the city of Bordeaux to carry out there a WiFi City project, which is exporting its model of free WiFi France, announced Thursday the company.

In this way, Bordeaux, the seventh most populated city in France with 250,000 inhabitants and about one million across the region, will have free Internet access in the streets and various municipal public buildings through the agreement between the Gowex and the consistory .

Specifically, the new municipal WiFi network will allow visitors and citizens of Bordeaux can surf for free in the main tourist and municipal buildings located on the banks of the Garonne River and a score of public buildings in the city.

Thus, users need only have a wireless mobile terminal, municipal WiFi network to detect and register to start navigating.

The company pointed out that, like other cities in Gowex WiFi, users can connect for free for a period of time and, simultaneously, have the possibility of hiring Premium rates that allow speeds up to 6 Mbps

Over 100 million Europeans have never used Internet

Almost one third of the 500 million people living in the European Union has never used the Internet and there is a wide division between northern Europe, most experienced technology issues, and the south and east, poorer, according to agency Eurostat statistics.  Thus, more than half the population of Romania and just under half of those living in Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Portugal do not have Internet access at home.

Moreover, the figures underline the lack of opportunities for the population of the poorest communities to participate in developments like the Internet, which has provided products and services at lower cost to millions of people.  Another of the most surprising results of the survey was that Spain , a modern economy within Europe, has a relatively modest rate of Internet access and electronic commerce: only 64 percent of households are connected and only 39 percent of the population buys online, according to the figures.  The countries with the lowest usage rates also tend to be those with the least number of fixed broadband connections and those who make less use of electronic commerce.

Intel will include mobile payment technology in its upcoming

The chipmaker Intel technology eventually will incorporate Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payment for their upcoming chips.  As The Inquirer picks, Intel, which houses intention of entering the chip business smart phones, has signed a According to Inside Secure NFC technology to use in future products.  Aicha Evans, vice president and general manager of Intel's mobile wireless group, said that "NFC technology is gaining ground in many markets as one of the most convenient ways to use of electronic payments and transactions for retail, to access information as well as for other applications. "  Evans's words reveal the NFC technology boom in mobile devices, so it is not surprising interest in this technology as it has done Google service with Wallet .   Intel will launch a competitive chip for smartphones in 2012 to a high production of smart phones if you want to advance to suppliers like Qualcomm and Nvidia ARM.

Today begins the Campus Party in Valencia with 8.5GB of bandwidth

Today takes place in Valencia the beginning of the Campus Party 2009 . It said this in Colombia where he was a great success. This time the occasion, the Spanish have to come together for a week in what is says is the "biggest event of electronic entertainment network in the world."

This edition will offer a bandwidth of 8.5 GB , which means 13% more than last year.

The Campus Party not only brings together fans of computer and video games to interact, but also offers computer courses, workshops and exhibitions to display the innovations made ​​by companies and research institutes Valencia. For example, you can see the new interfaces for communication between people and computers, robots and vehicles.

The 13 th edition of this great event in the world of computer and communication technology has made ​​4500 computer in the main room and a budget of 5.4 million euros.

There will be four areas in which they divided the contents of this mega-event: Science, Innovation, Digital Creativity and Leisure. Among them you will find areas dedicated to music, design, photography, astronomy and video. Some of the activities planned for this week will be the creation of a space probe and a series of online fiction, as well as is the proposal to develop new programs based on free software.

Developments, inventions, knowledge, entertainment and technology. Everything is included in this week, but the major premise is to exchange experiences and learn.

'Modern Warfare 3' was the eighth most discussed topic in Facebook in 2011

As if there was any doubt that electronic entertainment is already the first form of entertainment industry, just look at the latest statistics released by Facebook , where they can read the top ten issues discussed in the social network during 2011 .

A video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , has made ​​an eighth place ranking in which there is no hint of theatrical release, literary or musical work (if we ignore the unfortunate death of Amy Winehouse ).

The title of Activision-Blizzard , which raised $ 400 million in its first 24 hours (making it the most profitable launch of the industry to date), has much to talk about in line with major political issues, sports and social of the year is ending.

Thus, the death of Osama Bin Laden was the most talked about among the more than 800 million people who populate Facebook , also the death of Steve Jobs , the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton or the last Super Bowl.  In fact, the Comment game postponed exceeded Libyan conflict and natural disaster, Hurricane Irene , the tenth most discussed issue in the social network.

In Modern Warfare 3 in addition to its impressive sales , has been much talk of a certain sequence, in which a father records the death of his wife and daughter by an explosion in central London , which no doubt a British politician to relate with the attacks of 7-J  in the British capital.

Mark Zuckerberg is suffering from the mistakes of Facebook privacy

Many Facebook users have complained of the judgments is social network security and privacy compromised by them. Now he has been its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who has been affected by one of those mistakes that made possible the publication of several of the pictures I had in your profile.

Some of them you can see the millionaire with his girlfriend Priscilla Chan while playing with his dog, are prepared in a restaurant or sushi. The founder of Facebook, which has ensured that only eat meat from animals he has killed , appears in other holding a chicken by the legs.

Snapshots have spread like wildfire on the Internet since they were posted on Imgur by a software engineer named Mike Rundle, who claims to have seen the pictures linked on Hacker News forum, according collects Daily Mail . A Facebook spokesman has confirmed, in statements compiled by Forbes to be temporarily fixed the "bug that allowed anyone to view an unlimited number of photos uploaded by other more recent users, regardless of the privacy settings of these pictures." In another instant Zuckerberg can see the U.S. president, Barack Obama, or handing out candy on Halloween.

The debate about privacy on Facebook was revived last September when the social network introduced the new bar of instant information, making the wall again to be public, but before the user had configured only for your contacts. At the end of November was the very Zuckerber on his blog that Facebook acknowledged he had made ​​"a lot of mistakes" when it comes to user privacy. Zuckerberg's words came after privacy agreement signed between U.S. authorities and Facebook, social network which is committed to seek the express consent of its members before their data is shared beyond what is expected under the terms of use and confidentiality.

The movements of the Palo Alto company run counter to the words of its founder in January 2010. Zuckberg said in an interview with Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, that "the era of privacy was dead" and that if re-create the social network user data would be fully public.

Anyone can register domains and pornographic. Xxx

The. Xxx is designed to accommodate, in a clear and limited , the pornography industry. The idea is that just the families and educational institutions and public can more effectively use filters to prevent access of minors or the public is not interested in those sites.

The registration of. Xxx, created to designate Internet web pages or sexual pornographic content , which started last September and has exceeded 100,000 and the number is expected to double by year end , Efe said Stuart Lawley, the CEO of the promoter of triple x domain, ICM Registry.

When in September of this year began the first phase of registration, ICM Registry said it expected more than 650,000 websites were operational before the end of the year and estimated that only 10% of requests come from companies that seek to prevent they relate to adult content.

It begins the third stage in the registration process

The first step to protect the marks of this domain and to register other in order to develop adult content took place from September 7 to October 28 this year. Once completed, any company may request the blocking of its brand name and therefore would be available to the general public. The next phase, from 8 to November 25 is destinóa professionals unregistered adult entertainment and the last to be opened this December 6 , allows access to any applicant.

That is, from Tuesday any individual who wishes may register one of these domains , but may only exploit those who prove to belong to the pornography industry.

"The triple x porno located good" , he pointed out the company spokesman Immaculate Hostalia domain registrar Castellanos, who believes that the mere fact of being located in this domain (which will cost approximately between 100 and 150 euros) is a statement of good practice Consumers facing this kind of material.

New Zealand users will be the first to try the new 'timeline' of Facebook

Facebook announced at the last conference on company news its new Timeline . This development has been described as an "interactive album on our lives." Users can place your files and photos in chronological order to form a more detailed information on their lives.

Users of New Zealand will be the first to see the new face of the social network. According to adapt they will incorporate the remaining countries.

The timeline will not be a change in the privacy policy of Facebook, it does not affect the information displayed, just change the chronological position of the content.

Responsible for this product is carried out, Sam Lessin , said that this country has been chosen because they are Anglophone and may know what you think of the timeline faster.

Another reason may be the large number of users Zealanders who have Facebook account, says Los Angeles Times . Of the 4.4 million , 2 million are in the social networking profile.

If all goes as planned and the first users are well adapted to the new system, it is likely that the rest of users around the world to have this new service soon , but has not materialized to date.

Twitter is renewed with a custom design and multimedia

The social network Twitter revamped its website on Thursday, adding several new features in its use and will help companies to better show their brands.

The new version of Twitter , the company is making available to users gradually since Thursday, has a redesigned look that the company expects to facilitate the task of finding interesting content on the service.

It also has better technology that will enhance the company said speed of service.

The new version of Twitter has a streamlined profile page, in which a company can be highlighted for example videos or pictures . Previously, the profile pages showing a chronological list of the latest messages from the company.

Twitter is taking steps to build a profitable business from its popular service. The company began to display advertising on limited parts of its service in 2010, and is expected to generate advertising revenue by 140 billion this year, according to the firm eMarketer.

More possibilities for marketing

Comments on the developments have positioned the hastag # and # NuevoDiseño NewTwitter Trend in Topics.

The new design incorporates a new top navigation bar on which are the three main tabs : Home, @ # Connect and Discover.

Below, the design is divided into modules, two columns , right wider than the left. The elements basic has been invested, showing the timeline right and left profile information with followers, the trend topics and the field to write a new tweet . This arrangement of the blocks reminiscent, for many users, Facebook .

But the main novelty is the possibility of expanding the tweets , with additional information such as comments, pictures and videos.

As for the three tabs of @ contect is the evolution of the current tab "activity", while the tab # See offers suggestions for personalized content, according to the profile and user preferences.

Precisely this tab which opens up possibilities for marketing : The information that emerges from the profiles of the users (their tastes and preferences) will be used to deliver content "interesting" for this.

Twitter allows people to send 140-character messages called "tweets" through a network of over 100 million users. One of the most popular social networking internet with Facebook.

The company faces competition from Google Inc, which recently introduced a service with similar functionality to Twitter and asked users to provide their feedback on the hashtag: # newlook.

Australia warns of scams online dating pages

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has urged the Government to take action against the online dating sites after reporting that more than 1,600 Australians were swindled in a scam which amount totals more than $ 17 million during 2011.

The regulatory body is required to create a project with clear guidelines to regulate this lucrative business.

"The scams online dating sites cause significant damage to Australian consumers," the commission warned in a statement.

The publication of the Australian group is working on recommendations from last July, is made after the scandal generated in the oceanic country to learn that a doctor paid for years at a dating agency to believe that helping a girlfriend about 3 million of dollars.

"It is common for a real user is contacted by a fan who actually cheat you are looking after you create an emotional bond and receive money and personal gifts," says the ACCC.

Among the recommendations are that the pages to warn customers about potential scams, to assist the processing of claims and verify potential profiles to avoid "fraudulent conduct." EFE