Monday, July 11, 2011

Android is a robot

Not exactly an essential technology but provides entertainment to its owner. This is a small robot (video), the shape of the mascot of Android, which can be controlled via Bluetooth with a phone or tablet equipped with this system. What makes PhonyBotz and leave in October. The little robot can change the color of your eyes, be rotated at the top and scroll.

These movements are contributing information to the owner. You can greet the same, note that the battery needs charging mobile, the arrival of an SMS message or the modification of certain parameters on the social network of its owner. Has a range of four hours and 48 in standby operation.

LinkedIn is now number two social networks in the U.S.

The social network LinkedIn, for industrial relations, in June has risen to second place in the sector in the U.S., behind MySpace but ahead of Facebook, according to a ComScore study, published Friday, July 8. In June, LinkedIn has recorded 33.9 million unique visitors. Professional Network is certainly far behind Facebook, but it passes MySpace, with 33.5 million visitors .

The site group purchasing Living Social prepare an IPO

Social Living website, which offers as its competitor Groupon coupons from local merchants to users, is preparing an IPO that could value the 10 to 15 billion, say, Friday, July 8, several U.S. media. According to CNBC, "the Washington-based company is planning an IPO that could be about a billion dollars (706 million), and think its implied valuation is 10 to 15 billion [7 , 06 to 10.6 billion euros].

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Spotify arrives in the U.S. and challenge Apple and Google

Spotify, "the coolest music service still can not use" (the second definition inspired the Wired article), is about to land in the United States. And while all the big names in the market trying to square the circle between music and 'cloud', this announcement is certainly not a novelty of little consequence.

Think for a moment: 13 million songs available instantly without having to download, available everywhere. It 'a service that simply does not offer any. And let's face now, in Italy is not yet available. Although in other European countries where you can use (like the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Sweden - where he was born) was a huge success.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Google "fully cooperate" with the U.S. antitrust authorities

The Deputy Executive Director of Google, Eric Schmidt, said Thursday that the company "fully cooperate" with the U.S. antitrust authorities, at a conference on new technologies in Idaho. Google is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and another investigation of the U.S. Senate Committee on abuse of dominance, which has repeatedly complained about the lack of cooperation of the search engine.

If you download movies and music you can not surf the web

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the association of media companies in which militate so much as the Hollywood majors record labels, has achieved a significant victory: in case of illegal downloading of movies, music and television shows, the responsibility will fall Provider and consequently on its customers.

YouTube changes its look

Google changes the YouTube interface. Clearly, you love to watch and share videos. While you're watching your favorite videos or new, YouTube is haunted day and night on how the videos are presented. Our team is constantly experimenting with new ways to make your experience is exactly what you're looking for.
 
The new design is called Cosmic Panda and is in testing phase. The user can choose to try or continue with the usual interface. The main change is a dark area at the top which presents the video. At the bottom right of this window is a series of small rectangles that allow the surfer to choose the size of the viewing screen.