Samsung Galaxy S IV coming in May 2014

Seems, Samsung is again readying a big launch for the month of May. The company which unveiled its flagship smartphone Galaxy S3 in May last year, is reportedly launching its successor Samsung Galaxy S IV in May 2013.

The speculations have been fuelled by a post from Samsung Lebanon on Facebook saying that the upcoming Galaxy S IV will not launch before May 2014. Facebook user Anthony Ghattas posted a question on Samsung Lebanon's page on the social networking website, asking, "Hey, is there any news for the Samsung Galaxy S4 release?" The reply he received from the company was "The Galaxy SIV won't be released before May 2013."

The current flagship model, Galaxy S III, was launched in May 2012, giving the device a full year before it is replaced as the top-of-the-line smartphone in the company's portfolio. Before that, Galaxy S and Galaxy S II were rolled out in June 2010 and April 2011, respectively.

Sammobile, a tech blog, has also revealed leaked press shots of the Galaxy S IV. The blog noticed that "the device will use on-screen buttons as there is no home-button present on the device, the bezel around the device is much thinner and the device features a large display."

The image, which the blog claims to have got from a Samsung insider, if authentic, exhibits that the company has continued with the design style introduced in Galaxy S III in the upcoming model. The smartphone, in the image, looks like a longer version of Galaxy S III, much like Galaxy Premier.

Rumours say that the upcoming flagship will have a 4.99-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen with 441ppi pixel density. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the display of the device will be unbreakable, while rumours also suggest that it will also be bendable. Speculations are also rife that the device will be powered by a 2GHz quad-core processor and sport a 13MP camera on the back.

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IE10 to less than 1% and lower Firefox

To Net Applications, Windows 8 has reached a market share of 1.72% at end-2012. However, Internet Explorer 10 - present in the OS - does not hang below the 1% and merely 0.96%.

This suggests that even with Windows 8 which has a prominent place, IE10 has much to do with competition from other browsers.

 According to Net Applications, the world podium late 2012 coronation Family Internet Explorer to Firefox with 54.77% (19.82%) and Google Chrome (18.04%).

The last months of 2012, Internet Explorer has regained points, while Google Chrome has lost some feathers and ultimately rise again in December. Firefox has hovered around the 20% mark but eventually go under in December after rising in November.

Around the year 2012, IE displays a positive with 1.81 point. Firefox and Google Chrome, this is against -1.06 and -0.9 point.

The podium global desktop browsers prepared by Net Applications (Data 160 million unique visitors monthly on 40,000 sites) is different from that established by StatCounter (based on 15 billion page views).

In late 2012, as the podium gives StatCounter: Google Chrome (36.42%), Internet Explorer (30.78%) and Firefox (21.89%).

Especially, the trends are very different with a steady increase in Google Chrome throughout 2012, while the year is segmented into two parts for IE and Firefox. Tumble and stabilization for IE, then decline slightly higher for Firefox.

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Youtube: Flash back to Pakistan

Platform for the exchange of the most popular videos on the Web, which is the subject of an outright blocking from the Pakistani government since September 2012, was again available on Saturday from some users.

It is estimated that the temporary availability range from 3 minutes to 3 hours depending on various reports of local news organizations. 

To recap, the blocking of the site occurred following the refusal of Google to remove a video posted on the platform where the Prophet Muhammad was the subject of ridicule.

YouTube has been completely banned in Pakistan since September 17 following the protest movement in the Middle East caused by the release of the film "innocent Muslims."

The temporary return of the platform to the Pakistani network is the result of a lack of coordination of government as explained by the Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on Twitter. Pakistan wanted to lift the ban on YouTube, but eventually recanted after having found no change in hosting the video deemed offensive.

Pakistan is not his first blockade of the Internet, similar cases having occurred in 2008 with a clip of a Dutch legislator, but also in 2010 on a Facebook page featuring illustrations of the prophet considered inappropriate.

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