Facebook to launch own music platform

Facebook announced its own music platform in September

The social network Facebook announced the launch of its own music service at its next developer conference, the September 22, as reported on CNBC Wednesday.

"The plan of the social network Facebook is launching its long-rumored music service developer conference on 22 September, "said Jon Fortt journalist speaking at the program Fast Money Halftime Report.

The developer conference will be announced the new company's plans Fortt, citing a source with knowledge of the decision, adding that it seems "likely" that the company will be hosting the music, but to be associated with other companies.

The Facebook developer conference will take place in San Francisco (California, USA). In the event, called f8, for which tickets are already on sale, will be announced the company's plans for your platform.

In past years this event has been marked by announcing some new developments that have boosted the use of social network.

At the previous conference, held in April 2010, the founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the button "Like" ("like"), now commonly used on websites, allowing you to observe the tastes of other users .

Also released the tool "Opran Graph", which collects information about websites that the user has visited recently and shows both in his Facebook profile as other websites.

At that time the social network had about 400 million users, a number that almost has doubled today.

Sony will launch 3D viewer

Remember in design and functionality to the virtual reality that viewers were designed in the 90's.

Sony will launch in Japan this year its 3D image viewer that is placed on the head in the image of the virtual reality viewers occupied much of the projects, fantasies and failed products of the '90s (perhaps the most famous being the Nintendo Virtual Boy, released in 1995). Sony refers to it as an HMD ( head mounted display , ie, "screen positioned on the head.") The device offers two OLED screens offer a comparable quality to 720p (HD-Ready). Each eye thus has its own screen and can produce three-dimensional effect. It also supports two-dimensional image. Sony recommends the product be used by adults 15 years and warns that sudden movements can cause dizziness. This product has been presented in various technology fairs , and finally becomes a commercial product, although no date for distribution outside the Nippon market.

Earth Visible with binoculars

The closest supernova to Earth in 30 years will be visible with binoculars

An international team of astronomers has detected hours after the explosion, a supernova that increasing brightness can be seen even with binoculars from here to a week because of their "closeness" to Earth, "only" 21 million years light.

The discovery of a supernova occur shortly after and as close to the Earth is uncommon , so the phenomenon is being studied by all the telescopes, including Hubble, according to a statement issued Friday by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the U.S. States that detected the explosion.

The supernova, called PTF 11kly, was discovered this week in the constellation Ursa Major and is of type Ia, the most powerful of all , which can emit a brightness several times greater than the host galaxy. Through the study of these stellar explosions, scientists measure the cosmic expansion.

It will take "a dark sky and a good pair of binoculars," "caught shortly after the supernova explosion. 11kly PTF is brightening every minute and it's 20 times brighter than yesterday , "said Peter Nugent, the first scientist Berkeley Lab to see the phenomenon. "This is the supernova of a generation," said Joshua Bloom, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley.

Supernovae occur when stars with a mass equivalent to at least ten of our suns reach the end of his life and explode , producing flashes of light are rapidly increasing in intensity and can last from several weeks to several months.

A "just" 21 million light years from Earth, a relatively small distance in terms of astronomy, PTF 11kly gaining brightness and brighter than any supernova of its kind in the past 30 years , so you can be admired by astronomy fans next week.

"The best time to see the explosion of the star will be just after sunset in the northern hemisphere , within about a week, "said astronomer Mark Sullivan, the British University of Oxford. It will require "a dark sky and a good pair of binoculars, even a small telescope will be even better , "added the scientist.

This supernova, which scientists say will become one of the most studied in history, could be seen through the Palomar Transient Factory survey, which uses a wide-field camera to track new objects in the sky each day. Just three hours after being seen, the telescopes in the Canary Islands had captured the spectrum of the stellar explosion, which allows identification and classification, it said.

Never before had measured so close to the time of the explosion of a supernova spectrum, which provides valuable information about the star's outer layers and clues about why the outbreak.

"We're finding new clues to solve the mystery of the origin of these supernovae perplexing for 70 years. Despite having seen thousands of supernovae have never seen anything like it before , "said scientist Andrew Howell of the University of California Santa Barbara.

steve jobs quits apple as ceo

Tim Cook, a calm man with the difficult task to shine as the head of Steve Jobs Apple

Cook Time has been at the helm of Apple since January, when Jobs announced he was taking an indefinite medical leave.

It also was briefly in charge in 2004 and 2009.

Investors and consumers will be closely monitoring their movements.

Cook, capable executive and right hand of Jobs, has a huge list of tasks ahead: not only must maintain a good run financial companies in the world with more benefits, but must be able to continue innovating and surprising consumers , and almost as difficult to live up to the oratory that has been his boss. Apple and Steve Jobs are the same. The board of directors of the company took the glove released Wednesday by Jobs in his farewell letter, which recommended "strongly" to Cook as his successor, and named the new executive managing director. "The council is convinced that Tim is the right person to be our new CEO. (...) His 13 years in the service of Apple have been characterized by their outstanding performance and has shown extraordinary talent and good sense at all what he has done, "the highest governing body of the Cupertino company said in a statement. The company must show unity in supporting Cook with the aim of calming investors who fear that the departure of Jobs subtract quality new products and impair their ability to create new technological trends. A stroke of revolution in computing and consumer digital entertainment and thanks to his enormous gifts dialectical, Jobs has managed to prevail over other stars in the firmament of Silicon Valley.

For practical purposes, Cook has been at the helm of Apple since January , when Jobs announced he was taking an indefinite medical leave. It also was briefly in charge in 2004 and 2009 , but the final say in the decisions still had the ideologue of the apple company. From now, Cook is no longer under the wing of mentor and will have to demonstrate what they have learned to him. And not going to be easy, not only because the shadow of the master is long, but because all, both investors and consumers, will be closely monitoring their movements.

For years Apple reconciles his role in his seat on the board of Nike

Short term success is guaranteed given that the company's strategy is outlined and new products (5 iPhone, new version of the IOS operating system and iPhone 3), track. However, this manager will have to hold the bar with innovation and design. "I think the most promising and innovative days of Apple are coming," encouraged his farewell letter to Steve Jobs. Timothy D. Cook was born in 1960 in Alabama and is an industrial engineer. At Apple, where he arrived thirteen years ago, has been responsible for global sales and operations and previously headed the Macintosh division and played a key role in relations with suppliers and distributors who marketed the products of the company in the context of a increasingly large market. For years reconciles his role in the Cupertino company with membership of the board of directors of Nike. Before coming to Apple, Cook was vice president of corporate materials Compaq , chief operating officer of distribution Intelligent Electronics and spent 12 years at IBM. His perseverance and good work have led him to be at the forefront of the "darling" of Silicon Valley, the company's perfectionism, innovation and excellence. You now need to demonstrate more than their good manners that are known to live up to this huge ship.

Google acquires Motorola Mobility 8,700 million euros

Google has announced the purchase of Motorola's mobile division for U.S. $ 12,500 million , approximately 8.743 million euros. With this acquisition, the Internet giant seeks to further its already successful potential operating system for smartphones Android .

The transaction is expected to be completed in late 2011 or latest, early 2012

The company reported that Motorola Mobility as a license to run Android and will remain a separate business from its mobile platform. The move aims to strengthen the ecosystem of Android in the face of increasing competition in the market for smart mobile phones. Among other advantages, Google gets this agreement a number of valuable patents.

"Motorola's total commitment to technology Android Mobility has created a natural arrangement for both our companies," the statement said the chief executive of Google, Larry Page. The combined companies will create, according to Page, "amazing experiences for users to load the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, business associates and technicians."

The offer of $ 40 per share represents a premium of 63% from the closing price of Motorola Mobility Friday in the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of Google fell 2.8% after news operations prior to market opening, while the Motorola Mobility climbed 59%.

The transaction is expected to be completed in late 2011 or latest, in early 2012.

Apple copied 2001 film iPad

Samsung says that Apple copied the design of the 2001 film iPad

The final chapter of the legal dispute between Apple and Samsung has led the Korean company to blame Apple for copying the design of the tablet iPad a very similar device seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey , the science fiction film Stanley Kubrick. Both companies are fighting legally and the latest news was the Galaxy Tab lock in Europe . Apple thought that Samsung had copied the design of the iPhone. Now Samsung has turned the situation as evidence showing scenes and images of 2001 in which the astronauts use a small flat screens, reminiscent of the current tablets. The film dates from 1968. Apple has not yet responded to this accusation. Samsung's strategy might be to try to prove that none of the two devices is completely original, and therefore, the design of the tablet is not a copy from Apple.

Xbox 360 will cost 50 euros

Xbox 360 will cost 50 euros Kinect least until September 18

Microsoft has since announced its official Twitter account that from tomorrow until September 18, Xbox 360 and Kinect cost 50 euros less than its usual price, including all the packs and models. They also announce that the Xbox 360 accessories are discounted 20%. Currently, the console costs $ 249 in their 250 GB model and 169 euros for 4 GB. For its part, Kinecta is a recommended price of 150 euros. From tomorrow there will subtract $ 50 at these prices. This contrasts with recent statements from Microsoft, which said that any reduction would at the lower price of PlayStation 3.