Morandini -- Apéro Facebook à Nantes: Le jeune homme de 21 est mort
L'homme de 21 ans tombé accidentellement d'un pont en sortant de l'apéro géant de Nantes est décédé en fin de matinée jeudi, a-t-on appris de so...
TechRadar -- HTC Desire finally available on O2
O2 has announced that it has put the HTC Smart and HTC Desire on sale for its customers - the last network to do so.
You can pick up both the phones on the network either online or in store, ranging from free to £99 depending on your contract.
O2 is the last network to release the HTC Desire onto its shelves, after it said it was putting the device through extensive testing, causing a delay from the initial announcement.
Last - and least?
However, Vodafone, Orange, 3, Virgin Media and T-Mobile have already beaten the bubbly network to the punch so far, so it will be interesting to see how many have waited for O2 to pick up the Desire.
The HTC Smart, which is exclusive to the network, is also on sale now, with a similar Sense UI interface but much cheaper contract, with all phones available free.
The Smart is coming in white too - if you're into colour variations and all that - so check out O2's site to see what's happening HTC-style.
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TechRadar -- Exclusive: Skype clarifies position on Windows Phone 7
A Skype VP in the Asia Pacific region set tongues a-wagging earlier this week when he stated that the leading internet telephony company was NOT developing software for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile platform.
The news came as something of a shock to many, particularly those who rely on Skype as their primary VoIP and instant messaging tool on their mobiles.
Skype VP Dan Neary, the company's Vice President for the Asia Pacific region, clearly stated at an event this week that Skype "not developing software for the new Windows Mobile software due later this year."
Rigorously exploring opportunities
TechRadar was quick to seek some clarification from Skype, with a rep just send ing us the following statement:
"In February, we withdrew our Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Phones apps because they didn't offer the experience our customers had come to expect.
"We explore rigorously opportunities presented by new mobile platforms, and Windows Mobile 7 is no exception. However, we don't discuss future platform developments, and have no further information to offer at this time."
So there we go. A non-committal statement from Skype about its plans for Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft is clearly hoping that Skype's 'rigorous exploration' of opportunities to develop its software for Windows 7 will leads to an official confirmation that Skype IS planning to bring its software to Windows Phone 7 later this year.
As ever, we'll bring you more updates as and when we hear more.
In the meantime, you can see the last update on the Skype blog post explaining the changes back in February relating to Windows current mobile platforms a t blogs.skype.com/en/2010/02/changes_to_our_mobile_lineup.html.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Thaïlande: un général pro-rouge blessé par des tirs à Bangkok
Un militaire thaïlandais qui a choisi le camp des chemises rouges antigouvernementales a été victime de tirs jeudi soir à Bangkok.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100513/twl-thalande-un-gnral-pro-rouge-bless-pa-1a8f422.html
TechRadar -- In Depth: Android 2.2: everything you need to know
The next version of Android ? codenamed Froyo ? is just around the corner. Google has been tight-lipped about what the new release will offer, but here's what we know so far.
This page will be constantly updated as new information comes to light.
Android 2.2 will be faster ? a lot faster
That's 450% faster than Android 2.1 on a Nexus One, according to Android Police, who benchmarked a Nexus One running Android 2.1 at 6.5-7 MFLOPS and their Froyo Nexus One at 37.6 MFLOPS.
Admittedly, this is only for non-native applications so it won't make the general day to day actions that much faster (although you will see a speed increase as the CPU isn't taxed as strongly in the background). Still, more speed = good, in our book.
Android 2.2 Froyo turns your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot
Froyo will let you broadcast your 3G signal to any device you like (including an iPad). The new update will also support tethering ? although in the UK the HTC Legend and Desire have had this feature for a while.
HTC has been throwing this feature around for a while, too, with its Windows Mobile range, like the HTC HD2 and the HTC HD Mini - so it will have the know-how already to (hopefully) integrate it with the Android range, too.
Android 2.2 will support Flash as standard
Google's next update to its Android platform will feature integrated Flash support ? that was confirmed by VP of Engineering at Google Andy Rubin. Android Police has taken a video of a Nexus One running Flash 10.1.
Android 2.2 will feature automatic background app updates
Android phone owners tired of having to manually update their apps will be pleased to learn that Froyo will let users set their phone to automatically upgrade applications in the background.
But don't worry about it hitting your privacy or acting as a Trojan horse for viruses - it's likely you'll have control over which apps will update and whether you want to do it automatically.
Android 2.2 will let you install apps to memory card
It's one of the entries in our wishlist for what we want to see in the next version of Android, and now it looks as though it's going to happen. An entry from an Android developer on the Google Code site states that this feature is "coming soon". Soon ? like the end of May?
What this means is more memory-hungry applications, like those on the iPhone, which means a better experience than the casual and functional offerings currently available.
Admittedly, we don't like the thought of having to pay for more applications on the Google app Market, but if it increases the quality of what's on offer, we're all for it.
Android 2.2 release date
While Google hasn't given an official release date for Android 2.2, that's likely to be announced at Google's I/O developer conference on May 19-20.
However, it could take a while to deploy to all phones - especially if HTC needs a little while to work Froyo into its Sense UI as well for the HTC Desire and Legend.
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TechCrunch -- OneSocialWeb: We?re Ahead Of Diaspora In The Creation Of An ?Open Facebook?
For all the attention the Diaspora project has been getting, largely thanks to the New York Times, another alternative called OneSocialWeb has been desperately trying to raise even just a couple of eyebrows. Which is frustrating to them, they say, because the goals of both projects are perfectly aligned, while OneSocialWeb is self-reportedly much further ahead of Diaspora in many ways. So what gives?
Slashdot -- Google To Answer Your Questions Directly
RabbitWho writes "Last week Google launched a redesign of its search results page, and is now introducing some changes to the content of its results too. The company says it will directly answer 'millions of different fact-seeking searches' with short answers at the top of its results. Search for 'Catherine Zeta-Jones date of birth', for instance, and the date shows up at the top, along with where Google is pulling the information from. Google says the feature is based on Google Squared, the experimental search tool it rolled out a year ago that gathers facts from the around the web and presents them in an organized way. "
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Russie : au moins huit morts dans une attaque au Daguestan
Selon des sources officielles, huit ouvriers ont été tués, jeudi 13 mai, dans une attaque au Daguestan, une république du Caucase russe minée par une rébellion.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100513/twl-russie-au-moins-huit-morts-dans-une-acb1c83.html
Journal du Geek -- Un logo Google avec 884 photos
C'est l'équipe de Google UK qui vient de réaliser ce logo géant de Google avec 884 photos (4×6) imprimées. Il leur aura fallu 5,5h mais une vidéo de 1,20min résume cela dans la suite du billet. Lire la suite..
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BlogoScoped -- Google's "Something Different" Shows Other Items of a Group in Results
Age-old Google Sets is one of my favorite Google Labs release. You enter two or so related terms and it will find many more terms from that group it derives. It's similar to the later released Google Squared program. Now, Google offers a search feature in the left-hand side bar titled "Something Different", and it's sort of like Google Sets has made it to the SERPs. Entering zebra in google.com, for instance, returns "giraffe", "hippo", "elephant" and more. Sear ...
TechRadar -- Hollywood set to pull the plug on The Pirate Bay
Hollywood looks like it is close to scalping one of its biggest piracy threats in recent years ? The Pirate Bay.
The MPA, which consists of Disney, Paramount, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner, has managed to obtain a preliminary injunction against ISP CB3ROB, which hosts the data for The Pirate Bay.
If the injunction is successful, then Hollywood have essentially cut the Pirate Bay off from its source.
The Pirate Bay's host, CB3ROB, is based in a place called CyberBunker in Germany ? which is a Cold War era government command bunker ? and this is where the injunction has been sanctioned.
The writ means that CB3ROB is no longer allowed to connect The Pirate Bay's servers to the web.
Copyright fines
If CB3ROB d on't comply, it may well face hefty fines. This is because the MPA has managed to get the courts to say that it is liable for copyright infringement, for hosting links to torrents for the following movies: The Bounty Hunter, Alice in Wonderland, Our Family Wedding, Green Zone, Repo Men and Cop Out.
Torrent Freak, who initially reported on the MPA's plans, has contacted CB3ROB who explained: "We have no information about this. No letters have reached us or our attorneys."
All this in the same week that LimeWire is fined for hosting copyrighted content. It seems that web pirates are currently finding themselves all at sea.
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Slashdot -- Apple vs. Nokia vs. Google vs. HTC
Lanxon writes "Wired has published a lengthy investigation into the litigation underway among some of the world's biggest cell phone manufacturers, and what it means for the industry of patent lawsuits and patent squatting. 'According to a 2009 report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, from 1995 to 2008 non-practising entities [patent trolls] have been awarded damages that are, on average, more than double those for practising entities. Consider Research In Motion's 2006 payout of over $612 million to Virginia-based patent-holding company NTP, to avoid its BlackBerry network being shut down in the US. As part of the settlement, NTP granted RIM a licence to use its patented technology; it has subsequently filed lawsuits against AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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BlogoScoped -- Verizon + Google Tablet?
Bloomberg writes: Google Inc. is in talks with Verizon Wireless to develop a tablet computer that would compete with Apple Inc.'s hit iPad. The tablet will run on Google's Android operating system, Marquett Smith, a spokesman for Verizon, said today in a phone interview. He declined to elaborate and said the carrier will release more details later this week. The device would accelerate the rivalry between Apple and Google, which already compete in wireless software and mobile advertising. Apple released the iPad in the U.S. on April 3 and sold a million of them in 28 days. Mountain View, California- based Google has worked to move beyond its core business of Internet search and into mobile services. ...
Morandini -- Le cofondateur de Twitter lance un paiement par téléphone
L'un des cofondateurs du site de microblogs Twitter, Jack Dorsey, a lancé mardi, avec sa société Square, un système permettant d'encaisser des paiem...
Le Post -- Votre avatar Twitter, c'est de l'art...
Un artiste veut reprendre les images des utilisateurs du site web pour en faire une oeuvre d'art.
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TechRadar -- Android 2.2 Froyo turns your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot
Google's next edition of Android just got that much cooler as it seems Froyo will be packing some serious connectivity options.
Among the best is the fact Android 2.2/Froyo will let you turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot, broadcasting your 3G signal out to any device you like (including an iPad), according to TechCrunch.
This is a feature HTC has been using on its WinMo phones of late (namely the HTC HD2 and the HTC HD Mini) and is a pretty cool feature when you can't be bothered to tie your phone to your PC.
T stands for tethering
However the new update will support tethering too, so we'd imagine any operator offering Android phones will be clamping d own on their data tariffs sharpish (hang on...Vodafone?)
This latter part isn't as cool, as over in the UK the HTC Legend and Desire have had this feature for a while - but for the wider Android community it's better news.
And even better news for Android fans is that it seems the Android 2.2/Froyo release date is coming - Google has unveiled a frozen yoghurt statue on the front lawn of its US HQ.
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TechCrunch -- How Facebook And Twitter Are Changing Business Models, Shaping Brand Identity [Video]
Now that many corporations have mastered the tricky art of signing up for a Twitter or Facebook account, the next step is leveraging social media tools in a meaningful way that impacts your brand and your bottom line. While some have found varying degrees of success, the vast majority could use a crash course stat. That deficiency has given rise to conferences like Smash Summit, held on Wednesday at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, where representatives of Twitter, Facebook, Salesforce, Google and others offered social media tactics for businesses (Techcrunch was a media partner). During the conference, I caught up with executives from Virgin America, Comcast and Cisco to discuss their strategy and outlook. Major takeaways: social media has led to fundamental shifts in corporate structure/ brand identity, business objectives are more important than the platform, and Facebook can be a blessing (and a real pain). 
TechCrunch -- Buzznet Channels Facebook And Twitter; Adds News Feeds And The Ability To Follow
Buzznet, a social network based around people's interests (i.e. music, art, fashion, photography, movies, television, celebrities), is relaunching today with a more social layer on the platform. Buzznet, which is a property of pop culture media conglomerate BuzzMedia, allows users to share, curate and socialize content based on their personal interests. On the site now, users will be able create a custom content feed when they follow other users or follow communities around topics that appear on other contributors? blogs. The ability to follow a user means tapping into their own content and sharing channel on Buzznet. Users will then see updates in a news feeds from the people they follow on their homepage and in the footer that follows them around the site. Users with the most followers will be trending under ?most followed? on the Buzznet homepage.
TechRadar -- Skype will not be available on Windows Phone 7
Leading VoIP provider Skype is not planning on developing its internet telephony software for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Phone 7 platform, according to the company's Vice President.
Skype VP Dan Neary, the company's Vice President for the Asia Pacific region, has said this week that it's "not developing software for the new Windows Mobile software due later this year."
No VoIP love for Win Phone 7?
The Skype man has not elucidated on why this decision has been made. But it is quite a blow for Microsoft, with Skype providing its VoIP app to most other smartphone platforms.
Instead, Neary stressed that Skype was developing new offerings for the iPhone, iPad and Android based phones.
If Skype doesn't appear on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 then it is a major competitive disadvantage.
However, this is not to say things might change in the future, as this is not an 'official' announcement that Skype is not going to support Microsoft's new mobile platform ? more that is doesn't have any current plans to do so.
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