Yahoo with a new Home

The U.S. online company Yahoo has its home at the optimized design for smartphones and tablets. The message stream can be adjusted according to personal preferences. In the new design modules for the weather, financial market and Flickr are included. The localized at home shows need for the latest news of Facebook contacts.

The company has experienced years of declining advertising revenue and conversion under the new boss Marissa Mayer shows slow effect. Sales in the fiscal third quarter declined 5 percent to 1.139 billion U.S. dollars, while operating profit fell by 39 percent to 93 Million U.S. dollar was posted.

Net income had amounted to only 297 million U.S. dollars after there were 3.2 billion U.S. dollars last year. The sale of a stake in the Chinese online provider Alibaba but excelled primarily responsible for last year's record profit. The share price climbs significantly since the start of the restructuring and shows that probably should be on the right path.

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What's new with Dropbox

The cloud service Dropbox has to be adjusted by the cloud offer packages for private and business customers were merged. Users therefore need to use the cloud storage, only one user account. The management of private and business data is then only possible through this one account. Previously this was not possible and required two accounts. In the future, customers can access personal and business data.

For access via app two separate directories are displayed. New photos are stored immediately. The business accounts have been extended with a remote-access, check log file and account transfers. According to the company, the new features will be available in November. To use a registry at www.dropbox.com Dropbox is previously required.

Since the NSA spying scandal U.S. suppliers are seen as Dropbox critical because many users fear a sounding out of their data. The advantage of a cloud, however, storage is the possibility to access the data stored there worldwide.

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Google Now & Google+: New Versions Available

Google is just back again to update its own apps. Very fresh and well at least not yet available to me is a new version of the Google search. Included are, among other things, three new types of maps for Google Now. This includes an update message for blogs that you have subscribed, of which one is a fan or possibly often enough. Google now says Now you know when there is something new there - RSS Feed greets. More generally, but much more interesting for me at least is the "news topic card". Based on the search terms entered Now Google makes proposals to articles that appear on the Web on the subject sought. Third, there is a new card that gives tips to Live TV - which should be reserved for the time being but still users in the United States. Meanwhile, this is also a few days ago already announced Google+ update on  Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Huawei Ascend P1 arrived. This includes the "auto-effects", ie photos and videos are automatically put together to short films - only available from Android 4.3 - and the advanced editing options for photos. In selfsame now also appears the option to share it directly via Android Beam via NFC with friends or use them as "Daydream" screen saver. Furthermore, there should also be a new widget that shows the location of friends directly on the start-up screen.

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Start the ball in the air, it will make 360 ​​° photos

On a camera, image capture is often summed up in a simple press of the shutter button. And if you could do differently? This is what has developed by a German firm model. In addition to its unique design, it is a digital camera that launches into the air for a panoramic view.

Called Panono Camera , AFN takes the form of a balloon full of 36 sensors fixed focus with a resolution of 72 megapixels. Everything is covered with transparent plastic, robust and shock resistant time. Weighing about 300g, the spherical camera can automatically capture 360-degree images. It just simply throw in the air. With a built-in accelerometer, Panono is able to recognize the moment when it reaches its peak altitude. This allows him to trigger the shooting in all directions simultaneously. The device can connect to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and a mobile app for iOS and Android allows you to view photos. Its internal flash memory can store 400 panoramic shots. Rechargeable via USB, it can also roll like a ball for pictures at ground level.

Still at the prototype stage, Panono Camera trying to raise the sum of $ 900,000 on Indiegogo for its industrial production.

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Apple Consider providing the iPhone 6 with curved screen

According to Bloomberg, Apple plancherait on its own curved screens for its upcoming iPhone models technology. The size of the terminals could be revised upwards.

After Samsung and LG , which have both announced their smartphone models to curved screens , Apple also consider developing the technology for its upcoming devices. According to Bloomberg , the Cupertino think out two models in the second half of 2014, probably in the fall, which would feature curved screens on the edges.

For the first time, the Cupertino company also would build for the first time on the big screen with iPhone 4.7 and 5.5 inches. One must be careful about these claims ever since until now the Apple brand has launched this trend. She had just made ​​a slight increase in the size of the screen of the iPhone 5. In contrast, Samsung and competition reap market share with these famous " phablets ".

Apple also hear develop its tactile recognition technology introduced with the launch of the iPhone 5s . The degree of pressure on the home button terminal would then launch different actions.

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Spy: the CIA would pay 10 million per year to AT & T

Beyond the transmission of information on judicial order to the NSA, AT & T have entered into a voluntary agreement with the CIA that has access to phone records of suspected terrorists.

The CIA pays more than $ 10 million annually to the telephone operator AT & T to provide it for phone records of people suspected of terrorist ties, reported Thursday the New York Times .

If the NSA , the U.S. agency responsible for intercepting communications, ensures the forced cooperation of American operators through court injunctions, the collaboration between the CIA and AT & T settled on the basis of a voluntary contract and paid says the daily. The agency provides information to the operator of the telephone numbers of suspected terrorists overseas. AT & T then searches its huge database with which these people were in phone contact, including the United States, and provides metadata (number called, length of call) to the CIA.

The agency is responsible for foreign intelligence and law prohibiting him from conducting business in the U.S., where phone numbers are in the United States, AT & T does not disclose the identity of the owner of the number , she hides many figures, says the daily.

"When a government entity requests information from us, we ensure that the request and our response is appropriate and completely legal," he told AFP Mark Siegel, a spokesman for the operator who does not " comment on matters of national security. "

Without confirming the existence of this program, Todd Ebitz, a spokesman for the CIA, assured that it was not engaged in surveillance of American citizens. "The CIA protects the country and respects the rights to privacy of Americans by ensuring that its intelligence gathering activities are focused on foreign intelligence and espionage against", has he told AFP .

This program seems to duplicate that of the NSA to collect phone metadata with operators in the fight against terrorism. Since the revelations of his old Edward Snowden consultant, she faced strong criticism and is accused of violating the privacy of Americans.

Conducting a similar program by the CIA could be explained by the need for an agency with agents in the field of rapid information, according to the Times , citing a senior intelligence official. "The CIA often meets this need for immediate action by developing its own capacity," the official said.

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Google Glass: Playing music now - the new earrings

Google Glass is expected to reach market maturity in the coming year and behind the scenes or the still very exclusive test program, work is in full swing. Thus, the beta phase may be extended, the developers have not only an open waiting list for willing test candidates (unfortunately still U.S. only), but also steadily expanded the functional framework of Glass. Currently there is also to music. Several blogs had reported yesterday that the latest firmware update (XE11) is the possibility of the Google Music app manually Glass installed and by voice command " Glass OK, listen to ... "call a song, artist or album.Today the matching official announcement came. Google Music and all known features such as the streaming service All Access will be immediately available. Another new feature is therefore the song recognition - you simply ask the smart glasses " What song is this , "Glass and listens nearby by playing music. If successful, then there is song, artist and album art on the screen. So that the whole can also be used properly and generates a value for the potential buyer, praises Google some ear plugs as original equipment. This will (obviously) be specifically geared to the comfort combined with glass and interchangeable caps in five colors including cost around $ 85th Interestingly, however, it will be definitely trying out music through the built-in vibration technology.

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