Wikimedia: $ 25 million collected in 2012

Since November 27, Wikimedia has launched a fundraising over a large part of its services to fund the development, talks and other costs bustling maintenance services offered for free.In just one month, and would be $ 25 million raised from 1.2 million donors who participate in funding the operation of the sites for the year 2013.  In an official statement, Sue Gadner, executive director of the foundation is pleased that this transaction...

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Firefox: The 64bit version back soon

According to some rumors on Google Groups, the shift would occur following the request of many developers have revealed that many users exceeded the limit of 4GB of memory imposed by 32-bit systems when using simultaneous a large number of tabs (called a hundred, or even thousands of pages simultaneously)At first, Benjamin Smedberg said that Firefox was not programmed to respond to this type of case, but relativized by announcing that the necessary...

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Photos Online: Dropbox bought Snapjoy

For an undisclosed amount, Dropbox just bought Snapjoy. This startup offers a photo service online can import photos from anywhere (computer, Flickr, Instagram, iPhone ...) and arrange them in an album of memories (date, place ... ).Now Snapjoy no longer accepting new registrations but ensures that existing users can still benefit from the service and access to their photos. Become combined with Dropbox will be cleared in the coming weeks.  Snapbox...

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Google Music Play available in France

Everyone can now access the service purchase online music store Google Play. Registration for the service is done on the website of the Internet giant, which will prompt you in exchange the details of your credit card.   The prices of securities musical unit are 1.29 euros. For an album, it takes 6.99, 7.99 or 8.99 euros.  The format for digital music files like MP3 is 320 Kbits / s for securities available for this service is...

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Angry Birds Star Wars lands on Facebook

After flowing several thousand copies on various platforms iOS and Android, Angry Birds has become a phenomenon and true emblem of a new sector for the video game.Version was installed for free on Facebook and is its variation with the Star Wars license that invites today on the social network. Beta version for now, the application should quickly gather a lot of players from the 22.6 million fans of the title. If we can believe that success is...

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Dailymotion tests VOD pay

Relatively quietly, Dailymotion began to implement its video on demand pay.For some videos, a yellow label made ​​its appearance in the thumbnail display. It is the hallmark of a video pay, even if the beginning of each video is free. Test began with episodes of such series as "Plus Belle la Vie". Such an episode is proposed € 1.99 for 48 hours rental, and unlimited access to all the videos are available for € 2.99 per month.BFM Business reported...

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Gmail: indisponiblité short and this is the end of the world

On Twitter, some users have quickly joked about the Apocalypse or the end of the world yet planned as we all know to December 21, 2012 ...The cause of this joyous mess ... a simple unavailability of Gmail, Google's webmail 425 million users. Gmail has been subject to delays or even impossible to access. And users have reported the appearance of a 502 error, namely Bad Gateway or Proxy Error.The incident, however, did not last long - a few minutes...

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Mega: this is what will the service!

It is via Twitter that Kim Dotcom has posted screenshots of Mega. The service will Mega.co.nz. domain nameIt reveals the key generator, the cornerstone of the service, as well as the registration service and file manager.  For now, Mega invites visitors to give Leure email address to be informed about Mega. The site also offers partners to host the service, informs developers APIs for the service and for investors.But from January 19, 2013,...

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Facebook: a ​​few figures on integrating in-app

Facebook and emphasizes applications integrated into the social network, but also the integration of network mobile platforms and third-party applications.According to Facebook, the site itself focuses more than 350 applications involving more than one million monthly active users.  Add to this the impressive figure of 200,000 iPhone and Android applications incorporating links and interactions with Facebook. IPhone integration is even blamed...

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Facebook: a hackathon Windows 8

From tonight until tomorrow (United States), the headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park is hosting a marathon coding. A hackathon. For nearly 24 hours, developers are invited to floor on the design of social applications on the Windows platform 8.To help them and answer all their questions, but also experts Facebook Microsoft will be present. The best "hacks" will in turn rewarded. But promised exceptional price undisclosed. Under the sign of...

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Google Maps: Google Transit in Paris

Google today announced the arrival of Google Transit in Paris. Backed by Google Maps, this feature provides information on transport to Paris. Access is available from both the mobile computer.For directions by public transport, Google Transit provides various information like the metro and RER stops nearby, times, train frequency and duration of trips to Paris intramuros.  In practice, the user enters a route in Google Maps and select the...

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Windows XP: less than 500 days before the end

Announced some time ago, advanced support for Windows XP will end indeed to be April 14, 2014 in just under 500 days.Once the end of this support, no more updated security patch or else will be offered by Microsoft, using the OS will become dangerous for normal users, but will report almost suicide for professional that computer security is of paramount importance. Migration of the entire IT infrastructure to the latest OS seems unlikely, involving...

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Internet 7777 days today!

The Web as a public service, debuted 6 August 1991 under the leadership of Berners-Lee.   The modern Internet has its roots in the WWW (WorldWideWeb). The project aimed to create WWW links to information in order to access it. The concept of hyperlink is born.  It is really in 1979 that began the WWW. But it was in 1980, Berners-Lee began to play with hypertext.   Each information page ENQUIRE, a database was connected to an...

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Windows 8 on Facebook

Still no Facebook app for Windows 8 in the Windows Store? Microsoft believes in any case users of the social network and decided to give them a bit of Windows 8 in their profile.Concocted by the team of Microsoft Windows, a Facebook application called Windows 8 Cover Photo Creator proposes to create an image incorporating the aesthetics of the home screen if particular new operating system with its thumbnails.  For image generation, the...

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GeForce: Maxwell new generation 20 nm

As was the case for older architectures and Fermi Tesla unveiled in 2008 and 2010, 28 nanometers Kepler architecture formalized this year will not be replaced within two years of existence.It is in any case what the group said Nvidia, on the occasion of the SC12, a conference devoted to supercomputers.  It must also be said that the Californian giant can sleep soundly with AMD's hard to follow at the moment - and not only in graphics cards...

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Windows Store: Google Search Windows compatible RT

This compatibility was surprisingly lacking for the Google Search in the Windows Store. Following an update, it is no longer the case.Application Research of Modern UI style proposed by Google now supports not only Windows 8 but Windows RT.In other words, the Google Search can be run on ARM hardware architecture like the Microsoft Surface tablet.This new version of the application is also announced - without further explanation - with more support...

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TheUselessweb: From the uselessness of the Web

Site as useless as the pages to which it refers ... A digital abyss into focusing on simplicity and oiginalité to stand trial sites too serious and complex.Theuselessweb.com has no other purpose than to prove to you that the Internet is more than ever an area of ​​freedom: some taking the opportunity to materialize their ideas as wacky as minimalist.If you are looking for a website to illustrate the value and wealth of information available on...

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China blocks Google internet services

The XVIII Congress of the Communist Party in China has just started. The country wants to reinvigorate its economy and boost economic growth. Renewal will require a change Chinese president with atypical (he went to prison and is married to a singer) Xi Jinping will replace Hu Jintao at the end of the Congress. But China does not lose its old habits with censorship. Google is that, once again, in fact costs. The Mountain View company has already...

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Obama: victory by tweeting

It announced a mano a mano clamped between Obama and Romney in American elections. But the suspense was short-lived as the outgoing president piles up again for 4 years. Therefore a form of continuity in U.S. policy but also a discontinuity in the way of announcing the victory.Obama has just used his Twitter account to announce his victory and congratulate the people who voted for him. Thing he did before the traditional discourse that each candidate...

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NASA rendezvous with the ISS

To mark 12 years of the ISS, NASA has unveiled its new service, available to individuals and to create appointments between earth and space.The application for the occasion called "Spot the Station" should facilitate the work of observers by indicating when the station is visible to them. The online software makes it possible, once registered, to receive SMS and Emails, preventing the user directly on their smartphone that the ISS is in sight.Calculations...

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facebook : learn more about privacy

Facebook has taken a lot of hits in the past about not being totally crystal clear with users about privacy policies, whether they have to do with data sharing, automatic opt-in features, and more.  Thus, the world's largest social network is trying to get a little proactive with its privacy strategy -- at least for new users. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company announced in a blog post on Friday that it is rolling out new privacy education...

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Chrome Remote Desktop en version finale

There is a little more than a year, Google launched a beta version of Chrome Remote Desktop. It is now available in final version.  This passage is also the final opportunity to add new features such as an audio stream in real time, which is only running on Windows. Music (MP3) stored on a computer can be listened to via Chrome.  Another new feature announced by Google is the ability to copy and paste between local and remote computer. The...

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Windows 8: API PayPal for purchases in-apps

As part of the 2012 Microsoft Build conference, the devel oppeurs present learned a PayPal API for Windows 8 that allows them to use their payment system with applications in the Windows Store.  Through this API, developers will be able to integrate into their applications in-app purchases based PayPal, more than 100 million active accounts.  This availability is important for Microsoft as it can rely on a payment system known and...

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Back to basics with a wooden keyboard and foam

Robbie Tilton, designer at times was not limited to making devices bamboo, as we can see surge in recent years, but really wanted to materialize the will of man to return to nature. Noting a perpetual distance civilizations vis-à-vis the nature of its raw materials, intricate and asymmetric imperfection, a question was posed: what would happen if our technology were alive , breathed? If we stimulated both visually and tactilely, our user experience...

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