Microsoft Unveils' Band, "his strap connected iPhone compatible

A few hours after the first pictures and information, Microsoft has formalized its strap connected simply called "Microsoft Band." The IT group has the ideal product for people "who want to have a healthier lifestyle and be more productive." It can be worn 24 hours 24 hours, at least that's what hope Microsoft.

The bracelet logged no fewer than 10 sensors, they can include measuring calories burned, sleep quality, the number of steps taken, the heart beats and more. Users can receive notifications of smartphone, such as calls, SMS, emails, or notifications from social networks (Facebook and Twitter).

Study: Apple remains the most innovative company in the world.

For the ninth consecutive year, since the inception of the study by the Boston Consulting Group, Apple thus remains the most innovative company in the technology sector, before Google, Samsung and Microsoft. For those who would already large eyes to the presence of some companies in the panel, it should be remembered that the study in question is a compilation of the views of the great leaders of companies in the sector, also knowing that the financial results are use of criteria.

The area of ​​High-Tech is also strongly represented in the ranking of innovation, since 8 is in the top 10 companies that are part of. Amazon is also 6th, 9th Facebook (social network is also entered in 2014 in the top 10), and almost all American IT industry heavyweights on this list of 50. By Country, it is of course the United States dominate the debate, with more than 70% of the overall ranking occupied by US companies.

Samsung brings photo and smartphone divisions

Branches and smartphone camera Samsung merge. The South Korean giant has created a great division to better cope with its competitors.

According ETNews , Samsung reorganized its divisions smartphones and cameras : they do now make up more than one. "We will bring together brands, sales networks , skills, software and manufacturing divisions and Camera Wireless Business Business and integrate their technical expertise within a single entity to showcase our smartphones ," told the giant consumer electronics to the Korean site.

By leveraging the power of the main branches of business, Samsung is going to try to increase its market share in cameras while leveraging their technology to improve mobile . Both divisions will also work closely to market products and analyze their distribution. The aim is to establish a mapping of the best markets function.

Apple buys chip maker Semiconductor Passive

Apple's acquisition of Passive Semiconductor, a California company specializing in the manufacture of low power radio chips. This could be linked with the future iWatch.
Apple has acquired Passive Semiconductor, a company specializing in the manufacture of low power radio chips for an undisclosed sum. This operation, which was revealed on the blog of the Wall Street Journal, was confirmed by the Cupertino company. The company acquired by Apple was founded in 2007 by Ben Cook and Axel Berny, who both studied electrical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, according to their LinkedIn profiles. She raised  1.6 million $ in funding next year from Khosla Ventures, a well-known Silicon Valley investor founded by Vinod Khosla.

If Apple has confirmed the transaction, the firm declined to comment. Except the perennial "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time. We generally do not discuss our projects. "

This transaction follows investments chips, such as the acquisition of PA Semi in 2008, comes as Apple is widely believed to want to go beyond smartphones and tablets, creating other types of terminals which may require radio components, such as watches connected. Passive Semiconductor has several patents, as noted journalist Jessica Lessin including one called a Bluetooth LE, very promising on the terminal market monitoring health and fitness technology.

Apple and Motorola, will void the lawsuits related to 14 patents

By mutual agreement, Apple and Motorola have announced accept to abandon several lawsuits that had no less than 14 patents in question. They were all centralized justice in Florida, a trial will take place in August 2014, arguing that each brings its various evidence on each point. Apple has agreed to cancel six patents, 8 side of Motorola. Apple had already canceled two earlier. For now, the decision of the two companies should be accepted by the Court. The latter is likely to accept the Common Application.

To recap, the action began in October 2010. Motorola accused Apple of patent infringement. The company sought to ban the products of its competitors as well as prohibit the promotion and distribution. The tone is mounted when Google acquired Motorola in 2011. Motorola, Google and by extension, added other complaints against Apple. And since this year, the legal attacks have continued unabated. In April, Apple had won a round.

Apple plans to boost investments

To get a place next to Google Maps, Apple is trying to revive its plans tool.

Apple announces that it has acquired two start-ups, and HopStop Locationary specialized in routes and geolocation of shops, to improve its mapping application maps. Although redesigned for iOS 7 (expected in the fall, at the launch of the next iPhone), plans are nonetheless a failure for Apple. To rectify the situation and offer the most complete application possible, the company acquired two new technologies.

HopStop is specialized in the route (on foot, bicycle, taxi or public transport) and offers the App Store an application currently covering more than 600 cities around the world. It is therefore likely that this technology will soon be integrated to propose a plan similar to that offered by Google Maps such service.

Samsung innovates with NFC laser printers

Well known for its mobile and AV solutions, Samsung is also a name that begins on the enterprise market. Especially in the field of printing, where the South Korean giant apply the recipe that made its success, innovation with the first range of laser printers NFC.

Live in Seoul - Dominated by incumbents like HP, Canon, Ricoh, Konica and Xerox, the print market is now a challenge well known for its consumer products actor, but less so for its solutions Professional Samsung Electronics. The South Korean giant, which has made only 7% of its 2011 revenue - sales was  155 billion$ - in the BtoB segment aims to achieve 21% 2020 - 400 billion expected revenue . Already number 2 on the market for A4 laser printer, Samsung is not a newcomer to the printing market. For many years, South Korean manufactures OEM laser products for midrange Dell inkjet printers HP and Xerox copiers. Mr. Chin Yoon, vice president in charge of the business of the entity Printing Samsung has told us that Samsung was already number one for A4 laser on many market: France, Germany, UK, Italy, Greece ... "We will sent many segments to gain market share: public sector, health, industry ... ".

New iPod touch 16GB: slight changes in internal

During the weekend, iFixit disassembled the new iPod touch 16GB deprived of a camera on the back and strap, available since last week. The site specializes in appliance repair, always take them apart when they are available on the market to know some not officially announced by the manufacturers details. The new iPod touch is no surprise almost identical to the iPod touch 32GB and 64GB Instead of the lens on the back, a vacuum is observed. Flex cable have been reorganized them, but the performances are identical. The microphone has also changed places, it was normally located between the camera and flash. It is now located at the top of the iPod.

In the lower part, the space where the iPod touch 32GB and 64GB have a mechanism to hang the strap is empty because its tower was removed from the player.

Samsung 2013 FIRST: If the S4 Galaxy Mini will be announced?

Samsung just made from invitations for an event that will take place on June 20: Samsung FIRST 2013. Samsung will use this event to announce new products ATIV (Windows 8 and Windows Phone) and the Galaxy products (Android). The perfect present moment ...

Galaxy S4 mini. Indeed, we expect this type of event to end the rumors around this Android smartphone. Anyway, the S4 Galaxy Mini is already on the manufacturer's website.

Samsung could benefit to advertise other products ...

Tim Cook asked about the tax structure of Apple before the U.S. Senate

Through a complex assembly of subsidiaries, Apple removed largely the income tax that would be payable in the United States and in other countries, especially in Europe and especially in France . Tim Cook, CEO, is called upon to explain to the U.S. Senate.

The Californian group Apple, maker of the iPhone and iPad, developed a convoluted network of offshore entities to evade taxes on profits, some of which are located in Ireland, for example, where the tax rate is low. Three of its subsidiaries are also covered by any country for the collection of taxes. This is to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes in the United States and elsewhere, according to a document issued by a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate. The latter has called Apple CEO Tim Cook, and two other leaders of the California-based company to appear before it on Tuesday, May 21 at Washington.
According to the subcommittee that looked at this issue, a subsidiary of Apple has paid no income tax in any country in the past five years, although it reported net earnings 30 billion between 2009 and 2012. Another was submitted in Ireland to a tax rate of one-tenth of 1% or less in 2009, 2010 and 2012, which is well below the tax rate of 12% normally practiced in the countries. Apple has negotiated a lower rate of 2% with the Irish government, but in some cases, the California group even manages to escape it. In a briefing yesterday, members of the subcommittee to the original report did not accuse Apple of illegal actions, but said they had never seen before mounting avoidance offshore tax comparable efforts by Apple.

Electronic Health Records: pros and cons

During the last decade, the world has seen heavy computerization in all sectors. People booking tickets online to others who are studying online tickets. Despite these advances, the majority of patients still receive handwritten prescriptions and only a small percentage may even be able to make an appointment with a doctor in an e-mail. To ensure that the health sector is no exception, it is important to adopt the use of electronic health records commonly called EHR to improve the services provided. It is important to evaluate the pros and cons behind EHR adoption. Among the benefits of EHRs will provide the health sector include clinical benefits, these clinical benefits include improving the quality of services and reduced medical errors.

Sony finds (some) as

Struggling since the 2008 crisis, the Japanese giant Sony, however, has published encouraging results and finally returned to profit.

Sony has unveiled its results for the 2012-2013 fiscal year (which ended on March 31) and displays a certain optimism about the benefits that are finally back. The company announced in effect a turnover of 6.8 trillion yen (52 billion euros), for a net profit of 43 billion yen (331 million euros). Data that take almost a miracle, considering the record losses of 456 billion yen last year.

Apple: iPad mini Retina available this summer?

According to the latest rumors, the iPad Mini with a Retina display come out this summer.

NDP DislaySearch reportedly told Cnet that production of the new generation of iPad Mini with a Retina screen would begin in the coming months.

  "We should see the launch of mass production of slabs in June or July," has told Richard Shim, an analyst at NPD DisplaySearch.

For this version of the iPad Mini, LG display should be one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers. For this model, Samsung would have been excluded from the project: "Samsung is not present in this model and will not be either of the following. LG has become a leading provider ipad mini retina before. "

Other display manufacturers should also participate in the production of the next iPad Mini, but LG is expected to remain the majority.

The Retina display on the iPad mini will be the 7.9-inch form factor and offer a unique definition of 2048 x 1536 pixels, and with a pixel density similar to that found on the iPhone 5. The iPad Mini will then offer one of the highest densities of pixels available on touch pad. (Yet, despite this density, Richard Shim doubt that users perceive a difference in the picture quality on screens exceeding 300 ppi).

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Optimus Eco: SSD 2TB

All those who have tried it will tell you when it is passed to the SSD, it is almost impossible to return. However, the 100% SSD remains inaccessible, given current drive capacities. Unless ...

Paste 2 TB on a 2.5-inch SSD? What is the good performance offer the company SMART Storage System, with its new Optimus Eco range. Intended primarily for the professional market (servers, HPC, etc ...), these new storage units incorporate type MLC chips engraved in 19 nm, and various software technologies enabling them to combine performance, safety and endurance. For example, the system Everguard prevent data loss in case of power impromptu current hardware encryption AES 256-bit will be supported, and the connection interface will support the SAS 2.0 (6Gb / s).

Decline in sales of computers: Apple also play caution

Technology: According to information from Digitimes, Apple has discontinued orders components used in the manufacture of Mac. While PC sales fell 14% in the first quarter, the firm at the apple would also overestimated its forecasts.

The historic dip in PC sales in the first quarter of 2013 did not save Apple. If not until the announcement of the second fiscal quarter of the Apple brand to know the extent of the decline in Mac sales, it seems that steps have already been taken.

Quarterly: Intel and Yahoo disappoint

Business: The first suffers logically continuous decline in global PC market while the latter saw its revenues stagnate.

The quarterly earnings season began with one of the standard high-tech sector masters Intel. Could be expected, but the first founder of the planet has suffered particularly given the fall in PC sales worldwide.