Facebook phone: it could well be launched next Thursday

Specialized sites will see the sign to launch a smartphone Facebook: the social network invites the press on 4 April to come "discover his new home on Android."It all started with an invitation to a press conference. "Come and see our new home on Android," it is written. An invitation that comes from Facebook. It did not take much for the site Techcrunch bet on the unveiling of the "Facebook Phone" in this event. Despite repeated denials of Mark...

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Twitter: seven years, 200 million active users and a video

It is a special day for Twitter. Like all March 21, the social network further blowing out a candle.   A seventh birthday without special announcement but still the opportunity to give some figures.More than 200 million active users that are the baguette for more than 400 million tweets every day. Twitter users are, however, choose not to write messages but use the platform to follow such news.In his sixth birthday, Twitter has put...

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When doctors use the iPhone as a Microscope

In the wilds of Tanzania, scientists have tinkered with their iPhone a microscope and a hand lens, as part of their research on a disease affecting children. We already knew the multiple functions of the iPhone, but Apple probably had not planned to do a research tool for scientists. And yet ... In the wilds of Tanzania, doctors were able to create a microscope by combining their iPhone with a simple hand lens.   They sought to detect...

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Facebook has a facelift

The site has unveiled a new version more suited to mobile and more oriented photos.The info. Facebook a facelift. The group announced Friday the new version of its news feed (newsfeed) and the profile page of its users (timeline). The group insists its ambition for this new presentation, the most important for many years and gradually appear on the accounts in the coming weeks: "It is easy to see [the newsfeed] as a single stream of content but...

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Java: 50 faults corrected but the software remains vulnerable

The Java environment is still in turmoil. Fifty faults have been corrected in the latest update to Oracle. But it remains vulnerable to attacks and new discoveries are still gaps. Many people advise to disable it as soon as possible.  Java: 50 faults corrected but the software remains vulnerablePosted by Hinde Benabdelhanin on 5 February 2013.At the categories A, cybercrime, NewsKeywords: fault vulnerability, Java, update OracleThe Java...

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Google Chrome does not catch up Firefox

February has just ended. The opportunity to take a look at the global market share attributed to Web browsers. The database users to 160 million unique visitors per month, covering almost 40,000 websites, Net Applications persists and signs.For the firm, Internet Explorer regaining ground. Leader in the sector of desktop browsers is credited with 55.82%. It is early in the year it is back above the 55% mark. An upward trend could be confirmed...

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