Dailymotion, the French nugget, Yahoo! turned the page

Remained in the Orange fold since Arnaud Montebourg prevented the sale of Yahoo! Dailymotion, the French platform video sharing multiplies agreements and projects.

Six months after the decision of the Minister of Productive Recovery Arnaud Montebourg, to prevent the sale of 75% of Dailymotion U.S. group at Yahoo!, the French video sharing website online writes a new page in its history in the lap Orange, a shareholder since 2011. Shift: platform video exchange is no longer for sale. Stéphane Richard, the owner of Orange, has even decided to invest thirty million and to develop synergies. Since then, Dailymotion, whose audience is almost ten times lower than that of YouTube, multiplies the announcement effects.

The French nugget signed with U.S. film studio Warner Bros. to distribute films in its catalog on the Internet, via a pay offer, which is based on Dailymotion Canal + is about to broadcast its programs in subscription Canada finally Dailymotion opened this fall a subsidiary in Japan and would be "very advanced negotiations" to acquire a European company. A follow.

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Canon Eos M2 with Wi-Fi and faster autofocus

Canon has officially announced in Japan with the EOS M2 the successor to its first system camera. The built-in CMOS sensor to bring a significant improvement in auto focus.The new mirrorless system camera to mid-December, first appear in China and Japan. By installing a hybrid CMOS sensor AF2 objects are to be found much faster sharp.

Smaller than previous model

Up to 2.3 times faster, the new mirrorless system camera to focus, and this over the entire image area. For wireless image transmission, for example, with Android smartphones, the camera is equipped with Wi-Fi equipped. The camera produces images at 4.6 fps, about eight percent smaller than its predecessor (104.9 x 65.2 x 31.6mm), weighs 238 grams and is available in black and white.

Video: Canon Eos M2

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Bluetooth Portable Speakers: what is the best?

In recent years, the Bluetooth speakers are fashionable. Easily transportable , with autonomy for several hours and often a lot better than a smartphone, they have gradually replaced the iPod docks.

The first advantage of pregnant Bluetooth on the dock is the fact of not having to connect the audio source to the speaker.Your smartphone or tablet can remain in your pocket or bag and play music all the same, provided you stay five or ten meters from the enclosure. Another advantage, the Bluetooth speakers are universal , unlike, for example AirPlay speakers. Thus, you can send your music from an Android device, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even from a laptop or desktop as it is equipped for Bluetooth.

In this market more important, some brands more or less confidential paved the way, but other firms specializing in the audio consumer begin to enter the race. How to make sense of things? What are the speakers that are worth? Design, ease of use, sound quality, how to make the right choice? 

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Gmail now displays the default image

On his blog dedicated to Gmail , Google announced Thursday a new default for mail received from users. The images will now be displayed by default, contrary to the practice hitherto observed.

Until now, when you receive an email in your Gmail box , the images were included by default invisible. You had to click on a text "display images" or "always display images from sender" for access. However, Google announced that display images in emails is now the default for all Gmail users on the browser version of its webmail service as its mobile applications. It is nevertheless possible to avoid using too much mobile data, for example, to configure Gmail to not display images by default, in service settings.

The original images were hidden by default in order to avoid displaying images that can be a source of security problems on your device or computer. The images displayed in the emails are indeed directly hosted on third-party servers, not verified by Google. Now, pictures are stored copy on Google's servers to ensure their safety.

In addition to security measures, the new default setting should allow marketing companies to better target their readers. Indeed, as pointed out the site Ars Technica , "Gmail no longer hide the remote images. This means that unless users change their default settings, it will be possible for senders to see when a message sent to a Gmail address was opened " . Indeed, so far, so that companies know if an email as a newsletter was read, it was necessary to send an acknowledgment or the recipient chooses to display images. From the moment the images are opened by default, they know that the mails are read once they have been opened if they use the remote image protocol.

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GTA San Andreas available on iOS, Android soon

One year after Vice City, Rockstar adapts a third part of his saga Grand Theft Auto on iOS. Last episode released on the previous-generation consoles (PS2 and Xbox), San Andreas is now available on the Apple App Store price of 5.99 euros. It will arrive in a week on Android and Windows Phone. For the occasion, Rockstar has given him a youthful look. Released in 2004 on PlayStation 2 is still the only GTA to offer a playground multi cities. County of San Andreas Los Santos and account (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas (Las Vegas), three very different and bordered by the countryside and desert places. All of these environments have been touched by Rockstar teams to smooth textures and improved lighting for their transition to high definition. The characters are not left out as they also benefit from a graphical facelift.Finally, the color palette has been extended for an optimal.

New features

This is a game day revived the controversial editor invites us to (re) discover on iOS . Side functionality, GTA San Andreas supports MPT. Thus, via an online backup service, you can start a game on an iPhone and continue it on an iPad. The game also proposes to use a personal playlist.To do this, he must appoint a playlist "GTASA" in the Music application 's iOS . It is she who will be played on the radio "track" of the game A feature that was previously available only on the PC version of San Andreas. Finally, those who railed against the touch controls in GTA III and EpisodeVice City when they leave on mobile will be happy to learn that this third installment is compatible with iOS controllers, namely Powershell Controller Logitech and Power Ace Moga, among others.specify that GTA San Andreas been optimized for the iPhone 5, 5s, 5c and iPad 4, Air and Mini Retina. On older devices, it is possible to observe some slowdowns. In addition, it is compatible only from iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 5G and iPad 2. 

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Spotify launch a free mobile streaming service

According to the American press, Spotify announce December 11th service music streaming free on mobile. Until now, it had only one offer at $ 9.99.

Soon in Spotify mobile streaming free?  REUTERS / Sean Gardner

Spotify launch a free service of mobile music streaming 11 December, according to the Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch . So far the mobile service was only available to subscribers to plan at $ 9.99 per month. Free streaming supported by advertising, was only available on PC.

Spotify has 6 million paying subscribers a total of 20 million users.

The free service will allow mobile not unlimited listening , except in the webradio mode or playlists already made.

Spotify recently unveiled reverse the amounts to beneficiaries (record labels ...) by listening: between 0.006 and 0.0084 dollars. In 2013, the music platform announcement of $ 500 million in royalties.

Spedidam, who fights for better remuneration of performers on the Internet, has released a statement saying that artists touched 0.0001 per euro listening streaming free.

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Blu Life Pro: 5 inch HD smartphone is thinner than a pencil

Blu Life Pro (Photo: Blu Products)

The Blu Life Pro of California manufacturer Blu is 6.9 millimeter flat and according to the manufacturer, the thinnest 5-inch HD smartphone in the world. First, it is only available in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil, and costs 300 U.S. dollars, the equivalent of about 220 euros.

High quality front camera

For the relatively low price, the contract-free cell phone using the latest smartphones: Equipped with a 5-inch HD display and a quad-core processor , which offers Life Pro is a 12-megapixel camera with LED flash and auto focus, with the full HD movies (1080p, 30 frames per second) can be rotated. In addition, a 5-megapixel front camera is included (in contrast, offers the Galaxy S4 only a 2-megapixel front camera). The operating system is Android 4.2. The ultra-thin smartphone (thinner than a pencil) offers 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory.

Scratch resistant display

Despite its slim exterior, the IPS screen of your smartphone to be scratch resistant. For the power supply a battery 2500 mAh, which should be sufficient for more than 17 days and in talk mode for 12 hours in stand-by mode provides.

Video: Blu Life Pro

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