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Android occupies almost 50% of the world smartphone market

The world of smartphones is phenomenal and the fight continues between just two; on the one hand Google with Android and other Apple with iOS. Company Canalys estimates, the market of smartphones grew in all regions of the world. Overall, the market of smartphones grew about 73%, with more than 107 million units sold in the second quarter of this year.

Equipment sold with Android corresponds to more than 50 million, which equates to approximately half of the world market. The study conducted by Canalys reveals… Read More

2011
08/03
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Facebook launches Skype video calling service

Mark Zuckerberg announced today on live broadcast the launch of video calls service in Facebook. The new feature is all based on Skype, recently bought by Microsoft, which will give the ability to users of both Skype and Facebook to communicate with each other.

The announcement of the new feature has also two other changes in instant communications platform of the social network; a new design and an improved group chat service.

With this new feature, a shortcut to make video calls… Read More

2011
07/06
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iOS or Android? Know which mobile OS is more secure!

Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms are more secure than traditional PCs, but still are very susceptible to many of the existing categories of attacks, according to Symantec’s analysis.

The good news is that Apple and Google have developed their systems keeping security in mind. But it is difficult to keep up-to-date with the ever-changing threats. In this research, Symantec has assessed how the both mobile platforms behaved with web-based attacks and in networks, phishing or spam attacks, attacks against the integrity of… Read More

2011
06/29
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Google Launches Google+, A Real Facebook Rival

After many rumors, Google announced today its newest bet for the social networks, currently dominated by Facebook, which has more than half a billion users worldwide. Project called Google+, the new site from the search giant bring a key differentiator for greater privacy control, allowing users to create multiple groups of friends, called circles and sharing information with anyone.

Google also highlights Google+ features such as Circle, Sparks, which displays content feeds from across the network that may be of interest to you. To do… Read More

2011
06/28
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Skype for iPad coming soon

A video of the new and long awaited application Skype for iPad leaked on the internet, as reported by  TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog).

In an interview with TUAW, the Vice President of product design of Skype, Rick Osterloh, confirms the development of the app and says that the company expects the new app for the Apple tablet reach the same success of the version for iPhone, which, according to him, “doubled its user base in just one month” after the release.

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2011
06/27
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IE slumps in the corporate world and Chrome gains strength

A new study about corporate trends regarding operating systems and browsers made by Forrester Research showed good and bad news about Microsoft.

The good news is that the Windows operating system is still dominant among businesses, running on almost 88% of corporate computers. In addition, Windows 7 is slowly becoming the new standard software, running in 21% of corporate computers, according to the survey.

The bad news? Internet Explorer is in steady decline, while Firefox, Chrome and Safari continue to grow… Read More

2011
06/26
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