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Facebook appoints chief of Apple Maps and negotiates on "home"
Bloomberg newspaper reported that Facebook decided to appoint “Richard Williamson,” a former Apple employee who was responsible for the company's maps in iOS 6 and was dismissed after the maps failed. The report did not mention why Facebook would appoint a maps employee and what would his position be? Facebook also did not comment on this report, either positively or negatively.
And in another context and after the launch of the Facebook interface on Android, famously called "Home"; The company started negotiations with Apple and Microsoft in order to support the new interface in their systems because these systems are closed and the two companies must add the interface in their upcoming updates, but it is difficult to expect the appearance of the interface in the two systems due to the big differences between it and the philosophy of the two companies.
WhatsApp is more popular than Twitter
WhatsApp is the most famous instant messaging service in the world and is growing very quickly until rumors arrived that Google will buy the application for a billion dollars and then This news has been deniedFinally, the CEO of the company announced that his application has become more widespread than Twitter and that it has nearly 200 million active users, which is more than the number of active Twitter users. The CEO added that every day, 20 billion messages are sent and received daily.
Affected Android devices increased 300% last year:
The strength and weakness of the Android system is that it is an open operating system, it allows developers to create creative applications that provide any services the user dreams, but it also allows any malicious application to access the store and user devices without censorship, which prompted Google to put applications in its latest system similar to anti-virus, A recent report stated that the number of devices that were infected with this malware in 2011 was 10.8 million devices, and this number rose to 32.8 million devices in 2012, a 3-fold increase, and the statistic also stated that 95% of the phones viruses that were designed in 2012 are for Android devices, Which explains Google's recent activityDeleted more than 60 thousand apps In order to protect its users.
Half of iPhone users in China are considering buying an S4:
Apple gets a quarter of its income from the Chinese market, so it has been interested in increasing the number of stores there and also seeking better support for China, its search engines, and services of interest to the Chinese user, but it seems that there is a strong new competitor for Apple in China, as a survey revealed that more than a text of iPhone users are thinking In acquiring the new Samsung S4 phone to be their next device, and these numbers must be a source of concern for Apple, while Apple is seeking to increase the number of iPhone users and persuade new Chinese to acquire the device, there are those who currently own the iPhone and are considering moving to Samsung.
IPad 5, lighter, thinner, and less battery:
The next analyzes of the iPad 5 have begun to appear, as it is expected that Apple will benefit from the design of the iPad mini in the new iPad, as the reports stated that the thickness of the new iPad will range between 7.5 to 8.0 mm, which means 15% thinner than the iPad 4, and the weight will also be 500 grams or less, a decrease of 25%, and it will come with an A7x processor and an 4-megapixel iPhone 8S camera or a sophisticated 5-megapixel camera, but there is a negative point in the new specifications which is that Apple will not be able to put the same battery and Apple will have to reduce it between 25 to 30 % Ranges between 8500 to 9000 mAh compared to 11560 mAh in the iPad 3 or 4. This means that Apple must use less energy-consuming screen technologies and processors to compensate for the battery reduction.
Google Glass Specifications:
Finally, Google glasses, which were revealed last year, became available to developers and revealed their technical specifications, saying that the glasses are suitable for any face, and the screen (glass) measures 640 * 360, which is similar to watching a 25-inch TV from 8 feet away, and it also comes with a 5 mega pixel camera and video quality. 720p, includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and an internal memory of 16 GB, of which 12 GB are usable, with the ability to synchronize with the Google cloud, and a battery that lasts a day of use. It will work with Android devices, starting with an ice cream sandwich after downloading its own application from the Google Store, and the price of the glasses is $ 1500 for developers..
Apple is asking developers to support several languages, including Arabic
Apple sent a message to the developers telling them whether the Apple Store has become available in 155 countries and supports 40 languages, so it is better for them to seek support for several languages in their applications and mentioned a list of 13 languages, including, of course, English, French, German and other basic languages, and Apple concluded the list in Arabic, and Apple requested Of them, the application name, menus, settings, etc. should be in these languages to ensure the best spread, and Apple's addition of the Arabic language within the main languages is good news, especially with those rumors that Siri will come in Arabic in the seventh system after a few months.
Watch the fall of 10 thousand iPhone 5
There is a famous game, which is laying the domino pieces in a way that they fall in succession, but we used to see it in the domino pieces, but the "Aatma" studio decided to replace them with the iPhone 5 to present a more wonderful video in which more than 10 thousand iPhone 5 fell, but remember that Aatma studio is One of the most famous studios to provide fictional videos for Apple devices, watch the video:
Microsoft Office in 2014:
The Microsoft Office series continues, as it was rumored that it will be released at the end of 2012, then the rumors moved to the beginning of 2013 and then April 2013, and here are the news and sources saying that Microsoft may not issue its own office for Apple, Android and Mac devices before 2014, which is considered a fatal error due to the huge market in which Microsoft exaggerates And also not to exploit the coma in the Apple Office (iWork) that has not been upgraded on the Mac since 2009 and most of its updates on iOS devices are simple updates and have no real advantages, so a one-year delay may result in Apple waking up and deciding to update the iWork series And here, the operating systems giant is losing a promising market with great purchasing power. These statements are not surprising after Steve Palmer said two months ago that Apple's office suite (nearly half a billion devices) was "not important."
Firefox phones after two months
Open source systems are preparing to receive a new competitor, as the Mozilla CEO announced that his company plans to start offering phones that run on the Firefox system next June, as it will start with 5 countries, namely Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Poland and Venezuela, and added that at the end of the year 11 new countries will be added, As for the most important US market in the world, he said that they will introduce phones in it next year. It seems that Mozilla is not targeting the rapid spread, but it wants to move slowly and deliberately to achieve the greatest possible benefit, will it brighten the competition between Apple and Google?
Miscellaneous news:
- As we mentioned earlier, all companies are now rumored to be working on smart watches, Apple, Samsung, Google, LG and others, and here is Microsoft joining the list, where statements spread by one of the company's executives had met the company's research team and came out of the meeting that they are thinking about starting a project to produce a watch.
- Apple's stock continued its continuous downward journey for months, as the share price reached $ 400, which are close to those of the stock at the end of 2011, meaning the price reached its lowest level in 16 months.
- In a new statistic, he revealed a significant growth in the revenues of the Google Store, where the percentage in favor of Apple reached 2.6 times, after it was 4 times a few months ago, and the number of applications downloads in the Android Store reached 90% of the number of the Apple Store, which are numbers that must be put by Apple In her account.
- Apple is the most profitable company in the world, this is what the numbers showed recently, as it said that in 2012 Apple sold 5% of computers and made a profit estimated at 45%, which means that the company's profit margin in its devices is very high compared to any other company.
Updates to a number of important applications:
During the past week, updates were released for some important applications, such as:
Facebook: Adding a conversation bubble to facilitate conversation - Organizing and categorizing posts on the main page - Improving notifications and group events - Improving the interface.
YouTube: The ability to watch live broadcast videos - Facilitate access to new videos for the channels you follow - The ability to arrange videos for display on TV - The application works better.
mailbox: Improved email reminder work - Improved moving tiles in the main interface - Improved app usage and fixed some problems.
Flipboard: The ability to add content to your magazine by pressing the “+” button and it can be removed from the settings - you can choose between making your magazine public or private - the ability to receive an alert when your magazine is liked or followed - the ability to share all or some of the magazine - put the search engine in different places in Application to facilitate search - improve loading of page content.
LinkedIn: A different and wonderful new design - You can send an invitation, like, follow up and share from the updates screen on the right of the screen - Add personal preferences to access the right content for you - Improve the iPad version and fix errors in it.
This is not all the news, but we came to you with the best of it, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the odd and incoming, there are more important things that you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology exists to facilitate life and help you in it, and if I robbed you of your life and preoccupied you with it, so you don't need it
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