Apple opens beta of Mac OS X at all

While it was previously necessary to have a developer account to access the beta of Mac OS X , Apple has relaxed the rules and now allows anyone to use.

Named OS X Beta Seed Program , this new welcomes all types of registration and therefore no longer requires to perform the requested $ 100 to acquire a developer account. Once registered,participants will be able to get free test versions of Mac OS X , and so try to send a report to Apple allowing them to refine their system.

It is interesting to note that this decision comes just over a month before the WWDC 2014 will be held from 2 to 6 June in San Francisco, and a new version of Mac OS X could be presented.

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Apple TV: Steve Jobs there was adamantly opposed

Steve Jobs was against the project of an Apple TV, we learn in Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs , the new book by Yukari Iwatani Kane. former journalist from the Wall Street Journal explains wind having a meeting "secret " which annually brings together 100 leaders Apple. Each of the accused is a month in advance of this very private appointment. All topics are discussed freely.Yukari Iwatani Kane reports in his book that it was during the 2010 edition of one of the guests asked Steve Jobs if Apple will launch a TV. The founder of the brand was told that "no" because"TV is a horrible business. The turnover rate is low and margins are very bad. " History was then folded. Since Steve Jobs bowed and Tim Cook took her away. Again boss, new reforms. Apple is also a regular spins and steps back, it is reasonable to think that this was not news there four years may be on the table today. The fact is that many indiscretions ( and rumors ) have shown in recent years, Apple has begun negotiations with content providers as well as manufacturers,Foxconn head . TV: Ultra HD, LED, OLED ? How to choose?

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Facebook wants to swallow drones Manufacturer

According to a report by the well-informed online magazine Techcrunch.com the social network Facebook is to be interested in a takeover of the drones manufacturer Titan Aerospace. In space, a purchase price of 60 million U.S. dollars to lie but could not be confirmed so far. The company specializes in solar-powered drones that can stay up to five years in the air and fly at a high altitude.

According to the report Facebook wants to use the drones for the Internet supply and the first in Africa. See the plans, according to Techcrunch for the construction of 11,000 drones of the model Solara 60 for this application. Titanium Aerospace was founded in 2012 by Max Yaney and so far has two drone models in the program.

The model Solara 50 can carry about 32 kg payload and 100 kg are at the aircraft Solara 60th The altitude of the drone amounts to approximately 20,000 meters. The provision of Internet access is to be improved with the high-flying drones, especially in rural areas not easily accessible.

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Windows 8.1 update 1: new preview mop Web

Since the beginning of the month, several Prerelease Windows 8.1 update 1 is out and about on the web. If they are distributed without the consent of Microsoft, they still allow you to make a serious idea next steps of the OS. For a few hours, a new pre-release is still at large. It is always WZor , who had already announced the release of the previous versions, which again prevents users via his Twitter account the diffusion of this . This is called MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.2014.UPDATE.X86-64.ONLY.MSU.9600.17025.WINBLUE_GDR.140214-1706-WZT . It is therefore an update applicable systems 32 and 64 bits . She dated 16.02.2014 and as in the previous edition, we must "tweak" a bit before installing this new prerelease. If little new compared to previous pre-release have yet been identified, it seems that OS is faster in the light of the first comments of users who have installed this edition. It is also likely that Microsoft is well advanced and that the bulk of the work was done, though Redmond has not officially communicated on this issue. It will anyway wait until April before Microsoft unveils its schedule during the Build.

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Apple shows interest in Tesla Motors

The U.S. technology company Apple shows a report in the daily newspaper San Francisco Chronicle on a purchase of the California electric car maker Tesla Motors is interested.According to the newspaper report, it was in the spring of 2013, a meeting between the CEO Elon Musk and the Apple manager Adrian Perica. With Apple's Perica is responsible for the area of ​​mergers and acquisitions.

About six months later Adnaan Ahmad, an analyst at Berenberg Bank in Hamburg had the former Apple CEO Tim Cook and the Board CEO Arthur Levinson recommended the purchase of the electric car manufacturer. The growth profile of Apple would, according to Ahmad change by buying and increase electric cars in the acceptance and made a comparison with the Apple iPhone.

Prior to the launch of the Apple iPhone's market share of smartphones in less than one percent have amounted to and 2016/17 to increase to around 100 percent. In addition to electric cars Apple should also show on Medical his interest and develop an acoustic sensor with the sound engineer Tomlinson Holman which based on the flow noise of the blood is to warn of a heart attack. Tomlinson Holman already developed the THX seal of quality and has been working at Apple for three years.

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Sony sells Vaio PC brand

The Japanese technology giant Sony has decided to sell its PC business and found with the investment fund Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) is already a buyer. The Vaio brand is to remain valid and the customer service are maintained. However, there will be in the future only notebooks and PCs from Sony only in Japan. Worldwide sales and manufacture of products Vaio is set. The decision means a layoff of 5,000 employees. The focus of the brand Vaio will in future only be the sale of PCs for the Japanese market.

In the current year, the company expects an amount ranging from 800 million euro loss. Its PC business launched the Walkman manufacturer in 1996 and recorded only one paragraph of 5.8 million units while weddings were still 9 million.The market share amounts to market research firm Gartner, the to just 1.9 percent, Sony ended up in ninth place among PC manufacturers.

The TV business is also going badly for years and so far recorded a total loss of the equivalent of 5.5 billion euros. A spin-off of TV wedding is to take place later this year. In the fourth quarter, however, Sony could reach its operating profit to EUR 660 million due to strong demand for the Playstation 4. The focus points will be in the future for game consoles, smartphones, tablets and games.

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Apple worth half a trillion dollars

The U.S. technology company Apple can point to a record and that the stock market value was on Friday to 500 billion U.S. dollars. At the beginning the company had reached this value before. The share price had amounted on Friday at 550.33 U.S. dollars but was still far away from the highs of last year. In September 2012, the stock price had climbed to more than 700 U.S. dollars.

The company is under intense pressure by its shareholders, mainly because the billionaire Carl Icahn calls a multi-billion share buyback program. The company has free cash of more than 100 billion U.S. dollars, and this money should be the requirements fully distributed to the shareholders. The innovation is obviously no longer the focus but enhances the increase in stock market value. Two years ago, Apple founder Steve Jobs had died, and since that loss Apple has a noticeable loss of innovative momentum. Only new improved Apple iPhone or Apple iPad coming to the market while it used over and over again were surprises in the products.

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Apple buys PrimeSense, a specialist 3D sensors

The firm at the apple has completed the racaht this Israeli start-up to $ 360 million, according to AllThingsD.com.

Apple bought PrimeSense , an Israeli designer of 3D sensors for motion recognition, for about $ 360 million, according to AllThingsD.com .

Specialized website quotes a spokesman for the firm at the apple, Kristin Huguet, who said: "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our goals and our plans." Contacted by AFP Sunday, Apple has not denied.

Apple has made ​​15 acquisitions in the year ended in late September, had said during the presentation of annual results in late October its CEO, Tim Cook. The identity of most of the targets have not been made ​​public.

PrimeSense is an Israeli start-up that produces sensors dedicated to mobile phones, including Apple might want to take advantage in its next iPhones and iPads. Some of these technologies were notably used by Microsoft in early versions of Kinect, the motion sensing instrument console Xbox video games. Microsoft now uses an internally developed solution.

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Apple may build new UFO Headquarters

The U.S. technology company Apple has now received by the City Council of the California city of Cupertino approval for the construction of its new headquarters campus 2 However, the city council at the same time lowered the tax benefits of Apple and that to 35 percent. The company would then receive a tax refund of 4.4 million U.S. dollars for 2012 and Cupertino get an increase of 1.8 million U.S. dollar amount as the previous agreement. In 2011, Apple founder Steve Jobs had a short time before his sudden death presented the plans for the new circular headquarters of the city government.The building consists of a glass facade, has four floors and can accommodate 14,000 people. The Campus 2 was designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster and is reminiscent of the circular space ships from the hit science fiction series Stargate Atlantis.

The headquarters will be according to the plans open in mid-2016 and in the run Apple had acquired the former group's premises by the PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard. The existing complex of buildings fell for Apple now too small and is the main reason for the construction of corporate headquarters.

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Mircrosoft could give his name to the Bernabeu Real Madrid

The U.S. computer giant is in talks with Real Madrid to give his name at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Who will give its name to the famous Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid? Microsoft , perhaps. President of Microsoft Spain, Maria Garaña said Wednesday that the U.S. computer giant was "like other companies" in discussions with Real Madrid to give his name at the Santiago Bernabeu.

"The question of the stadium (Real) we submitted it to us, as to other companies. We discuss," said the leader of the micro Spanish television channel Antena 3. "We have excellent relations with Real Madrid. They use our technology and that makes us very proud (...) We have signed there is little agreement with the Real Madrid Foundation for Spain, America and South Asia, "she said.

The Bernabeu, the Real president Florentino Perez plans to remodel could take this occasion the name of a partner. Besides Microsoft, the Spanish press has recently mentioned the name of the airline Emirates and that the automaker Audi .

However, Perez said in mid-October that the name "Santiago Bernabeu", former president of the iconic club merengue, would be maintained in the final name. "Maybe he has a + name + if we find a sponsor" , said the current president during an interview on Intereconomía chain.

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Samsung increased its profits by 25% last quarter

Samsung have elapsed between 85 and 89 million smartphones in the third quarter. Despite the decline in margins in the mobile, it publishes new record results.

Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobile phones, has generated new record profits in the third quarter despite a decline in performance in smartphones due to saturated market, partially offset by sales of memory cards. 

New record

The net profit for the period July to September emerged in up 25.6% to 8.24 trillion won (5.6 billion euros) against 6.56 trillion a year earlier, a slower growth rate of almost twice that 'the previous quarter. "Despite unfavorable exchange rates in emerging markets, increased competition on prices and economic uncertainty around the world, we were able to generate record profits", welcomed the Vice President Robert Group Yi, without commenting further slowing the growth of operational Samsung.

The turnover has increased by 13.2% to 59.000 trillion won (40.2 billion) and an operating profit of 10.160 billion, up 26% over one year when he was jumped 47.5% in the second quarter. These results are consistent with the predictions of group facing a saturated market of high-end smartphones.

Margins are shrinking in the mobile

The margins of his division are also growing more rapidly as a result of lower sales of its flagship device, the Galaxy S4 , while South Korea has spent a fortune on marketing to promote the latest range. "We expect an increase in demand in the next quarter due to favorable seasonal conditions (shopping season), but the persistence of macroeconomic instability and increased competition continue to weigh", warned, however, Robert Yi.

The Samsung share, which represents half of the market capitalization in Seoul, was unchanged at 1.449 million won.

The global leader in portable electronic chips and flat screens does not publish its reports sales but analysts said it sold between 85 and 89 million smartphones during the period under review. Samsung manages to maintain its number one spot in this sector because, unlike his great rival, the American Apple, its range of smartphones also includes medium-end devices at more affordable prices. The downside, these phones lessen the overall performance of the group and the mobile division whose operating margin is displayed down to 18.3% against 18.8% a year, yet up from the second quarter when it was established at 17.7%.

Demand for memory cards

For Oh Young-Bo, an analyst at Securities Hanmag, results are generally "positive" and herald a new record quarter for the period from October to December with an operating profit that could cross the 11,000 billion won.

In total, the group has limited costs through price increases and sales of memory chips and semiconductors . The turnover of the division increased by 12% to 9.74 trillion won and an operating profit multiplied by two, or more than 20% of total operating income.

Most of the revenues from this segment comes from memory cards which represent two-thirds. "The demand for memory cards will remain strong with the release of several smartphones low and high-end approach the holiday season" year-end, according to Samsung. Oh Young-Bo said that "the price of memory cards will also remain high and sales of graphics cards will increase when released the new Sony Playstation ".

The division of consumer electronics, the second group in terms of revenue, is struggling with margins at half (2.9% in the third quarter) and a market very active screen TV. Robert Yi said during a conference call that Samsung should receive 1.5 trillion won from the sale of the participation of its subsidiary Samsung Display (screens) in a joint venture with the U.S. company Corning Inc.

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