Also Twitter is interested in buying Instagram months before Facebook

Instagram is the “popular girl” of the moment: everybody talks about it, still breaking records and user downloads after their arrival in Android and has been acquired by the ultimate social platform (Facebook). But there anyone who should not be at all happy with this: Twitter. In fact, one of its founders has stopped using the application recently.

The reason? Apparently, for months Twitter was considering and negotiating the purchase of its own shadow Instagram. The microblogging platform is silent on this, but the fact is it would make sense and would have complemented the existing portfolio of Twitter. Do not forget that not too long ago the network itself became accommodate the users’ own photos so as not to rely on third party services.

Nor would it be surprising that in the coming weeks we might know more details about buying Facebook and all the suitors who came out on the road. After all, if Mark Zuckerberg was willing to pay 1,000 million dollars, would surely have an offer from a smaller number who were forced to overcome.

Internet is a series of blogs

playing a good portion of recommended blogs and articles about software and other components of the field Engadget.

Although English is very interesting experience that tells the Spanish Carlos Abril in his blog on the experience of publishing ‘Zack Zero’ only in a digital platform as PSN. Interesting because it discusses several current problems of the digital market and shops belonging to a single distributor.
David Torne makes the key question: does it really give us enough mobile gadget and its applications?
Remove the email useful information, the Board of Berto Pena Think Wasabi to stop wasting time searching through the mail … but the search gmail is so efficient that the temptation to leave it is still too strong.
JLantunez wonders what is design and why the magnificent creations of others can help enteneder what it is.
Is there a Free SEO Internet? Opciónweb WooRank tells us.
What are the strangest social networks ? A good selection, with its point of dislodging, us given in Annex M.
subsidies courses adwords ? The Versvs account.
The Indian Mail wonders if it’s realistic fear for a computer apocalypse in 2012 .

Firefox will load optional Flash and other plugins

Flash has a huge presence on the Internet. Videos, commercials, games, sounds … A large part of all multimedia content from Internet need this plugin to work. The problem is that Flash is not exactly lightweight, and sometimes has security flaws that make it vulnerable to the user. Would be great to load only when needed, right?

In Mozilla have thought the same, and are already preparing 14 to make Firefox load optional Flash and other accessories. How it works Very simple. Firefox will not load the add-only display a black window in place that says “Click to activate the plugin.” If we click, we charge the plug-in power and everything works normally. Easy, right?

The idea seems great. Flash Load only when needed is a relief for performance, the battery and computer security. In addition, act as blocking annoying ads. If you want to try, just need the latest version Nightly (Aurora) and activate the tab plugins.click_to_play about: config.

Intel SSD 910 Series “Ramsdale,” debuts (Update)

After several solid state drives with SATA port Intel is in the context of the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing for the first time a model for the PCI Express slot to present. A native PCI Express controller is not designed for Intel SSD 910 Series, but instead uses one developed by Hitachi SAS controller .

To improve performance, Intel uses a modular RAID design of two or four of the SAS controllers that are connected to a SAS / PCIe bridge. At each turn, the controller is a NAND module with 200 GB of storage, thus resulting in the two SSD variants with 400 and 800 GB of storage.

Block diagram of Intel SSD 910 Series
It goes with the Intel SSD 710 Series continues on this course and dispensed, despite enterprise focus, even with the SSD 910 Series on SLC memory chips . Instead the company relies on MLC memory chips with High Endurance Technology (HET), which are manufactured in 25 nanometer feature size and compared with normal MLC memory chips up to 30 times to provide a longer service life – which does not extend, however, to SLC. To achieve this, Intel is committed to an optimized production process, an improved circuit design and improved testing procedures and adjustments to the controller and firmware, conserve and reduce errors to the NAND.

Kino.to programmers to four years in prison

P. Bastian, the chief programmer of almost a year ago by the authorities closed Kino.to streaming portal, was sentenced today by the Leipzig district court to a prison sentence of three years and ten months.

As with other ‘ world online under ‘referring to the news agency’ dpa ‘reported, Bastian P. was sentenced today in Leipzig to a nearly four-year prison sentence. This was followed by the district court (almost completely) the claim of the prosecution, this had caused four more months.

The 29-year-old former philosophy and computer science student had placed the end of March, a full confession and tell the authorities many details about his activities during the year closed streaming portal. His cooperation will was probably the main reason that the sentence has been reduced, initially threatened a prison of P. five years.

Whether he actually serve the sentence in jail is not known. The Leipzig court had originally announced that they would check on his comprehensive confession, the possibility for an open prison.

Bastian P. was accused of copyright infringement on more than one million cases, he was considered one of the masterminds behind the portal, the beginning of June 2011 under the auspices of the prosecutor in Dresden for many simultaneously conducted raids in Germany, Spain, France and the Netherlands has been taken offline.

Chrome OS is updated to resemble more an operating system

Chrome OS continues to advance, although their presence in the market is tiny. In the latest developer channel update the system gains more typical features of an operating system interface with the Aura, a window manager with a task bar and some icons that remind us a lot to features already in Windows and OS X.

We have a wallpaper, and the main window navigation becomes a window to run as more and does not stay anchored as the primary interface to use. There is a lower bar extremely similar to the Windows Start bar with shortcuts to some web applications, and what can be described as a clone of the role of OS X Lion Launchpad offers some more shortcuts. In addition, the title bar of each window is semi-transparent Aero interface in Windows that Microsoft released Vista.

Is this a sign that Google has admitted that the first concept of Chrome OS was not viable? We continue with a system that uses only applications and Web services, but is much more like what we’re used to seeing on computers. We do not have that window of Chrome immovable, which for many is synonymous with limitations. The update is available for Samsung and Acer Chromebooks (including the Series 5 from Samsung that could test from London), unfortunately can not be used in the original Cr-48 Google deployed among developers.

Analysis of the new iPad: is open season for the pixels

The new iPhone is planted in Spain just a week ago. That time we thought we should spend the minimum to the analysis of a tablet so that both media and everyone says.

No change on the outside, few could differentiate the new iPad previous model without lighting. But as you turn you’re lost. From that point you’ll want all your screens clump more pixels.

Then I leave with my analysis of the new iPad, a tablet which is to say: do it my way.

New iPhone, renewed leader without apparent changes

When the live coverage of the launch of the new iPad was mentally noting the new specifications of the third generation of the Apple tablet, it was clear: it is a renewal of the market leader is not afraid to rivals at the moment.

Why I thought just that? Because at first glance the iPhone third generation no news that a consumer finds on the street, behind a window. It is thinner and lighter and there are no design changes. In fact, when you take it, it is virtually impossible to differentiate the iPhone 2.

At first glance it is impossible to distinguish the new iPad iPad 2
But Apple did not need to change anything “external”. Needed updating to ensure the interior that makes the iPad leading the tablet: the user experience. Let things run more. And he gave a cherry of which are not removed but are savored slowly as new screen for me is the only reason to take the step of an iPad 2 for this model.

Still, there are significant developments in their specifications, including those designed to move with the agility that the iPad 2 applications despite twice the resolution of the screen: new quad-core graphics processor and 1 GB of RAM. Add Bluetooth 4.0, LTE connectivity for those countries that already have compatible networks and twice the battery, and you have a photo of the new features not seen the new iPhone.

Just by searching for “keep everything as in the iPad 2″ in experience despite improvements, Apple has failed to implement a reduction in weight and thickness to your new tablet, although you should know that is a feature that is everyone’s lips.

In fact it is that has not been able to reduce the numbers of thickness and weight of the iPad 2 but that has had to increase. Also by this theoretical step back say that this new iPad is a renewal of leadership. Any opponent who walks chasing market share will risk taking in these two aspects to be more attractive entry but then have unpleasant surprises on drums, for example.

The thickness and weight are all pending issues with their Apple tablet
In figures, the new iPhone has left a noticeable increase in thickness (0.6 mm) and a “+50″ grams to “note” but no matter. Notwithstanding this, I think Apple is still pending in the weight of your iPhone and still have to reduce it to make it comfortable to hold with one hand.

The display of the new iPad, its reason for being

We arrived at the real reason for this analysis. No screen debut in the new iPad, we could have stayed with our impressions of the previous model to get an idea (approximate) of where you move this new model. In fact, if you can not tell the difference between previous screens and the new iPhone, plus emergency visit to the ophthalmologist, rather elect to purchase (if your idea is brand new iPad) one of the previous generation, which have been well priced.

In my case, with glasses look pretty good, yeah I’ve noticed a considerable difference in quality with the new iPhone screen. Apple has doubled the resolution (2x what it is no coincidence and is due mainly to rescale practical applications) to get to have a 9.8 inch IPS display with 2,048 × 1,536 pixels, giving us a density of 264 pixels per inch .

In common language to talk about quality of printed paper and the good. The clarity offered by the new screen is especially noticeable with the text, which is defined as never seen before on screen. But beware, so now the contents are not prepared for this resolution is evident.

Not the page of a paper book
But in the new screen third-generation iPhone is not all pixels. Color fidelity and contrast well with her ​​win, and the brightness and warmth of the color temperature.

In practice, the resolution of the new display makes reading much nicer on the iPad whenever the sun is not present, as well as viewing games and pictures to seize it. Moreover, given the greater clarity, “fit” more text on the screen and is not necessary to enlarge the image to read comfortably.

Wikipedia relies on OpenStreetMap new app

The operators of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and put in the latest version of the recently published related mobile app for Android and IOS devices on the maps from OpenStreetMap.

The announcement was made ​​the switch from Google Maps, to OpenStreetMap of the Wikimedia Foundation in a blog post . Technically possible, the use of the free maps from the Library Leaflet.js. Apart from some errors in the mobile application has been made from the world.

The new app from Wikipedia

With the demand for the mobile Wikipedia app is the brains behind the online encyclopedia, shows quite satisfied. The latest surveys show that the application has been installed over two million copies. Every month you get 23 million page views, which are made via the mobile app.

Since October of last year, the German Wikipedia article by K species material from the OpenStreetMap project completed. In various articles, the online encyclopedia, you can display the location of specific locations on a map represent.

Geoinformatics at the University of Heidelberg in the course of a study conducted concluded that the contents of OpenStreetMap maps are more accurate in the long run , than with a commercial offer.

Samsung wants to launch its own mobile advertising platform to compete against Apple and Google

Samsung has achieved a strong presence in the mobile market thanks to Android. It is the second brand present in the streets after Nokia and therefore one of the standards of competition against Apple. And it must be partly for this reason we have decided to launch the Samsung Adhub, its own mobile advertising platform.

The platform that name is already present in some TVs with Smart TV company, but now the idea is to provide mobile application developers a way to make a profit by adding advertising to programs without having to work with giants like Google.

Do not think this is going to like the guys mointain View. Android is present in the Samsung, and we all know that advertising is one of the pillars of that company. If Samsung prefers to go his own way in this field could arise in future disputes. It is expected that the first mobile advertising campaigns with Adhub arrive during the second half of this year.

Yahoo “converts” have to go 2,000 employees

The Internet company Yahoo has announced a radical reorganization of its internal structures. As part of the “transformation” of the company’s 2,000 employees losing their jobs well.

Yahoo responded, according to company president Scott Thompson on the changes in the market and will therefore be “smaller, more nimble and profitable.” The ultimate goal of the Yahoo layoffs to be better able to implement necessary for success in web innovations.

According to Thompson wants to refocus on its core objective of the company, namely users and advertisers in the first place to set. Yahoo hopes that the redundancies in savings of 375 million dollars per year. Currently the search engine with declining revenues from the rise of competitors such as Google and Facebook has to fight.

Market observers see the job cuts at Yahoo, however, very skeptical. Analysts said it was impossible to lay-offs in the long term to increase profitability. Instead, Yahoo need concrete plans and measures to achieve future growth. End of 2011, Yahoo had about 14,000 employees around the world.