Microsoft wants to see Windows 10 on the billion devices – PC World

Build 2015 During the conference he announced that his goal is to reach one billion devices operating under Windows 10. When and how he wants to do that?

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As he explained it Terry Myerson , one of the steps to achieve the objective is free update Windows 7 (which has been a big hit), and Windows 8 and 8.1 to Windows 10 . In addition, a similar solution is to take place in the case of smartphones running Windows Phone. Objectives “plan a billion units” are to be achieved for a minimum of two years and a maximum – three. Is it possible? According to a report IDC , this year will come to sell more than 293 million PCs, and next year – approx. 291 million. Most of them will operate under Windows, and adding to that the fact that the users of the system with the numbers 7, 8 and 8.1, sooner or later will change to a “decade”, it has a chance of success.

Of these 293 million PCs approx. 20 million is Apple machines, as well as several million Chromebooks. It can therefore be assumed that PCs with Windows sales of approximately 270 million, but 20% of them will operate under the earlier versions. It remains approx. 216 million devices with Windows 10. If such a trend would remain for the next three years, it means selling 648 million computers with Windows 10, so 64% to the target Microsoft. However, the trend will change in favor of Windows 10, so you can assume approx. 800 million new PCs with Windows 10 for three years. According to a recent analysis of Net marketshare, 1.5 billion are currently using Windows over 71% is Windows 7, and 8. And the great unknown is how many of their users go to Windows 10. But if we add to that smartphones, which will operate under this system, Microsoft has quietly reached its goal.

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NASA releases new, colorful images of Mercury – Onet.pl

The materials NASA Mercury looks like it was unevenly dyed. Why? The system on the spacecraft “Messenger” captures spectral data. These data are applied to monochrome photographs depicting the area of ​​the planet. Space agency visualizes frequencies of light, turning them into colors.

Charles Wojcicki of the Copernicus Science Centre, explains, that the “Messenger” is not only photographed the planet’s surface. He found a place where there is water in the form of ice. The researchers also found the organic compounds that were probably drawn there by comets.

Data were collected from March 2011, year. All this happened before the emergency landing of the probe. Now the “Messenger” used up almost all the fuel helium and his flight is subject to the forces of gravity of Mercury and the sun. The mission of the probe comes to an end.

After the impact, “Messenger” in the surface of Mercury will remain a 16-meter crater. But before that happens, the probe will perform a series of still images from a height of about 250 meters and send them to Earth.

People will not leave the planet in peace. Space agencies – the European and Japanese – are already planning new missions to Mercury. The first probe is to be launched in January 2017.

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Samsung loses in China – Puls Biznesu

According to data from research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung’s share dwindled to about 10 percent. as a result, for the first time since 2011. company fell out of the top three.

At its head into a Chinese company Xiaomi, who provided the first three months of this year to 14 million units clients, which gave him 12.8 percent. market. Not much worse outcome, at 12.3 percent. (13.5 million) reported US giant, the company Apple with its flagship the iPhone. The last place on the “box” coincided with another Chinese manufacturer, Huawei Technologies company with a score of 10.2 percent.

Experts expect that by the end of this year, the Chinese market leader is Apple, which, thanks to models of the iPhone 6 and 6plus reported a 71-percent. sales growth in China to the level of 16.8 billion.

Globally, Samsung has provided a total of 83.2 million smartphones, which accounted for 24 percent. market. This represents an annual decrease of shares during the year of 31 per cent., But this is a better result than the biggest rival, American Apple. Manufacturer iPhones controlled because in the first quarter. 2015. “Only” 18 percent. the world market.

The mobile division’s operating profit in the first quarter amounted to 2.74 trillion won (2.56 billion US dollars) and was higher than expected, but compared with the same period of 2014. Fell as much as 57 percent.

Russian spaceship falls to Earth – Puls Biznesu

The ship had a problem with entering the orbit and eventually got out of control. The Russian space agency Roscosmos admitted that she tried in vain to establish contact with him and regain control. She assured that the risk to humans resulting from the shipwreck is small considering the small percentage of inhabited areas on the globe.

Progress 59, on board of which there are approx. 3 tons of food, spare parts, test equipment, oxygen and fuel, will enter the Earth’s atmosphere for approx. one week.

Microsoft is counting on Windows users 1 billion 10 – Puls Biznesu

Such a forecast presented by Terry Myerson, head of Windows at Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco. He also presented the tools that facilitate the conversion of applications originally programmed at system Android and iOS to Windows without having to write code.

Microsoft wants to make Windows 10, which is scheduled to go on sale in summer, a segment dominated by PCs, but also allowed the Company to increase presence in the segment of smartphones and tablets.

Major failure of Russian spacecraft – Interia

Yesterday , April 29 (19:29)

Serious failure and end the mission unmanned Progress 59 spacecraft. Information experts of the Russian space agency confirmed their partners at NASA who write on the blog that the planned docking of the Progress vessel to the International Space Station has been canceled.

Earlier, the head of Roskosmos agency, Igor Komarov, said that the ship does not have communication and mooring will not be possible. This was confirmed from the deck station astronaut Scott Kelly. “We learned from Russian and US flight control centers that this Progress arrive to us,” – he said.

Contact Progress was interrupted shortly after its takeoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday morning . The Russians “blind” tried to send a command to restore connectivity, but to no avail. For now, the Russians plans are not specified; most likely ship just burned up in Earth’s atmosphere.

The Progress was carrying supplies for the International Space Station crew, but failure is not dangerous mission astronauts have food, oxygen, water and fuel for a few months.

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The failure of the Russian Progress ship. “Impossible docking to the ISS” – Virtual Poland

The failure of the mission, which was to provide astronauts two and a half tons of equipment, including food, oxygen and fuel. Unmanned transportation spacecraft Progress due to technical glitches will not be able to moor to the International Space Station.
 

The head of Russian space agency Roskosmos, Igor Komarov and exchanged a list of serious problems that have arisen after take-off ship from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. – In connection with this, its further flight as planned, and docking to the International Space Station is impossible – added the head of Roskosmosu. This means that Progress will burn in the Earth’s atmosphere. Yesterday the media reported that scientists after the start they could not establish communication with the ship and even that he slipped them completely out of control.

NASA assured earlier that if the mission ends in failure, the astronauts from the International Space Station that will not be affected. They still have enough food for four months.

LG G4 officially. Leather back and very bright camera lens – Instalki.pl

LG unveiled successor to the G3. Another flagship designated as G4 brings a camera equipped with a lens with F1.8 aperture, the new Quantum IPS display, a slightly curved profile Slim Arc and the rear housing covered with genuine grain leather in six different colors. Is it enough to compete with Samsung and other leading manufacturers of smartphones?

It is clear that LG has put special emphasis on the selection of materials. The LG G4 will be available with rear casing covered with genuine leather, which was subjected to plant tanning. Skin colors used on the back cover G4 distinguish the natural appearance and rich warm colors, which over time gently change their hue. Most importantly, while vegetable tanning does not apply aggressive chemicals, making the skin prepared in this way is environmentally friendly and can be recycled. It is worth noting that G4 will also be available with a different version of the material back cover in white ceramic – decorated spatial pattern and gray – titanium and shimmering gold.

The distinguishing feature of the new flagship is curved profile, further enhanced by the display. The concept of Slim Arc is not only for decoration – allows for convenient and reliable maintenance smartphone in hand, in the case of hitting the ground display provides 20% more stability than in smartphones with flat screens.

Camera 16MP

LG equipped the smartphone LG G4 16 MP camera. The camera uses a lens with F1.8 aperture so that the matrix reaches 80% more light than the previous flagowcu. The quality of pictures taken in low light also affects OIS optical stabilization 2.0, which compensates for vibrations in three axes, making it twice as effective than the stabilization OIS +. New to the G4 model is the manual setting mode, which directly regulate the focus, shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, exposure compensation and white balance. Complementing the advanced camera in the LG G4 is the indicator of the color spectrum (Color Spectrum Sensor), which was first found use in this type of device. This ratio determines the content of the RGB primary colors in lighting the scene, and also records the infrared radiation reflected from objects. This allows you to fine-tune white balance and flash color in order to color the pictures were as close as possible to seen with the naked eye.

While working on a new flagship LG has also thought about lovers’ selfie “so G4 is equipped with 8 MP front camera. The new model has improved Gesture Interval Shot function allows a sequence of four photos “selfie” in two-second intervals, which increases the chances of execution perfect photos even under difficult conditions. Trigger the shutter is very easy: just double open and close the hand in front of the camera lens.

Display IPS Quantum

G4 is the first smartphone, which uses a new, 5.5-inch IPS panel Quantum guarantees a 20% wider color gamut, 25% brighter picture , and 50% better contrast. It is also the first display Quad HD, made with AIT (Advanced In-Cell Touch) which connects the screen and the touch sensor in one layer, so that the colors are still closer to the real and smartphone more responsive to touch. The highest accuracy in color reproduction also provides calibration compliant with the standards of the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives).

Power and Performance G4

LG’s flagship model for 2015 has a removable battery with a capacity of 3000 mAh, which is rare in modern smartphones in its class. STAMINA battery life, combined with the properties of fast, but energy-efficient processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 LTE modem X10 allows extensive use of smartphone LG G4 throughout the day. According to estimates by LG battery G4 model works about 20% more than in flagowcu from the previous year.

Inside we find 32GB of usable memory, LPDDR3 3GB of RAM, and a microSD card slot. The smartphone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop, and its weight is 155 grams and measuring 148.9 x 76.1 x 6.3 – 9.8 mm.

User Interface UX 4.0

LG G4 is the first smartphone, which uses a new user interface UX 4.0 featuring not only simple and more intuitive operation, but also allows for easy adjustment of settings to individual needs. The improved interface limited the number of operations performed during the traditional use of the smartphone and the enhanced configuration options for experienced users.

Accessibility

Immediately after the world premiere of the LG G4 device is introduced to the offer about 180 operators around the world. Information on pricing and availability of new smartphone will be made locally in each country at the time of entry.

Basic technical data:
 

• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 808 LTE modem X10

 

• Display: IPS Quantum, 5.5 inch Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels, 538ppi)

 

• Memory: 32GB eMMC ROM drive, 3GB RAM LPDDR3 / microSD card slot

 

• Camera: 16MP rear lens with F1.8 brightness / OIS Optical Image Stabilizer 2.0

 

• Front camera: 8MP lens with f2.0

 

• Battery: 3000 mAh (convertible)

 

• Operating System: Android 5.1 Lollipop

 

• Dimensions: 148.9 x 76.1 x 6.3 – 9.8 mm

 

• Weight: 155 g

 

• Mobile Network: 4G / LTE / HSPA + 21 Mbit / s (3G)

 

• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac / 4.1LE Bluetooth / NFC / USB 2.0

 

Source: LG

Sales of iPhones in China higher than in the US – AppleCenter.pl

 

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Reuters is reporting that sales of iPhones in China in the last quarter was higher than in the US.

overtake the US in smartphone sales Apple by The Middle Kingdom was predicted by analysts. From quarter to quarter difference in favor of the United States it decreased and this situation was only a matter of time. Following the publication of the financial report, Apple found that this time there was just now. Reuters writes:

Apple, for the first time in history, more iPhones sold in China than in the United States [...] in the last quarter of iPhone sales in China grew by 71%, and revenue from this title amounted to 16.8 billion dollars [...] probably helped very much in the celebration of Chinese New Year and buying gifts for this occasion

Tim Cook said recently that most of the revenue the Apple phone sales generate China but also noted that the number of sent there Mac is unbelievable and increased by 31% compared to the previous year. As with distribution of products in other countries, the iPhone is made in China some kind of “bait” that convinces the client to the ecosystem, making this decides to purchase other equipment marked with the logo brand of Cupertino.

Cook confessed that the company’s revenue from China AppStore doubled over the last 12 months, and into the hands of developers in this country went $ 5 billion. Apple CEO confirmed that the company wants to expand retail network in China and, therefore, to the middle of next year there will be 40 stores Apple Store (at this point there are 21).

Now using Facebook video calling – Polish Radio

The program is available for both Android devices and iOS.

The service is available in 15 countries, including Poland. To be able to talk, you just have a connection with the ordinary 3G cellular network or Wi-Fi. No need for a modern smartphone with good technical parameters.

With the new Messenger feature will compete with services such as Skype, FaceTime and Hangouts.

Facebook ensures that the application will adjust communication parameters call (image, sound) to the quality of the network connected to the user. It is also possible to switch off the video, to improve the quality of the conversation.

It is estimated that the Messenger application uses the world’s 600 million people.

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Apple: surprisingly good balance – Money.pl

2015-04-28 18:34

Author: Christopher Pasławski

Compared with other IT giants Apple improves financial performance in an impressive scale. In the first quarter. Br. net profit corporations increased by 33 percent. with revenues higher by 27 percent.

The company’s revenues in the first quarter. Br. (Second quarter. Financial in 2015, completed on 28 March.) Amounted to 58 billion dollars., And net profit – 13.6 billion dollars. Analysts do not expect it to be so good. Apple-scale business development in the past year demonstrates the fact that the results are better than in the fourth quarter. 2013. What is more, the growth rate is not slowed down compared to the previous quarter (the result was the 30 – 37 per cent. In the black).

For a very good balance contributed to the high demand for the iPhone. Apple’s recent financial success is based essentially on the sale of this one category of devices. Throughout the quarter, Apple sold 61.17 million iPhones in this respect by collecting 40.39 billion. (70 per cent. Of revenues across the corporation). Compared with the prior year, this is an increase by 40 and 55 percent. Wall Street analysts predicted an average of 55.7 million iPhones sold in the first quarter.

Reliable business fundamentem also prove Apple computers, which are a bright spot against the weakening of the global PC market. In the last quarter, customers bought 4.56 million Macs, is about 10 percent. more than a year earlier – when PC sales in the global market shrank by 6.7 percent. (According to Gartner). Revenues from the sale of equipment in the balance sheet of Apple’s Mac has already exceeded the proceeds generated by the iPad. These are melting at a rapid pace – in the first quarter. Amounted to 5.49 billion dollars., About 29 percent. less than a year ago. The number of units sold fell by 23 per cent., To 12.62 million. Clearly shows that the end of the fashion for tablets.

Apple also increased revenues from services such as shops iTunes, App Store, Mac App Store and Apple Pay and Apple Care. The total value of sales in these sectors amounted to nearly $ 5 billion. (9 per cent.).

The high revenues and profits are due primarily to the fact that Apple generates a gross margin of unattainable for many equipment manufacturers – in the first quarter. It amounted to an average of 40.8 percent.

The high sales in mionionych 3 months is associated especially with the high demand for Apple devices in China, where revenues increased by 71 per cent., already generating 29 percent. Group turnover. In Europe, however, sales were higher (17.21 billion dollars.). Here, too, the demand for Apple’s devices and services increased significantly (+12 per cent.).

In the coming months, Apple is counting on additional growth in turnover associated with the release of the watch Aple Watch. In June, he has offered to appear in other countries (in April went on sale on 9 major markets of the world).
In the second quarter. Br. Apple expects a 46 – 48 billion. revenues. Gross margin, however, should be less than the last (38.5 – 39.5 per cent.). A year earlier, revenues amounted to 37.4 billion dollars., And net profit – 7.7 billion.

Apple announces good results in the second quarter of fiscal – Banker

             In the second fiscal quarter, which ended on 28 March., Apple reported revenue growth of 27 percent. to 58 billion dollars. Impact on the financial performance was good among growing sales of smartphones, the iPhone 6, personal computers, Mac and applications in the App Store.
           

 

We are seeing fantastic results for iPhoneów whose income has increased year on year by 55 per cent., We expect a growth in the number (of people passing on mobile Applea) compared with previous cycles iPhonea – emphasized Apple CEO Tim Cook during a call with analysts.

 

The media have pointed out that despite the great interest in the new product, Apple Watch, offered by the company, they are still the iPhone smartphones main source of income. This is the second time in a row, in which the sale of these devices makes up two thirds of the total income of the company. From the published data, however, shows that the low interest is the American company Tablets – iPad.

 

In the second fiscal quarter, Apple sold 61.2 million smartphones, which is a better result than the same period last year, when customers bought 43.7 million units. While sales of iPads is worse than a year earlier. In the second quarter of the fiscal year. tablets sold 12.6 million a year earlier the figure was 14.1 million. The authorities, however, are not the company concerned about these results and – believe that the situation will stabilize soon.

 

I believe that the iPad is a very good business in the long term. I do not want to predict exactly when we notice another increase sales, but I believe that this will happen – Assess Cook.

 

Apple also highlighted the good sales of personal computers Mac. In the second quarter of the fiscal year. , sales of 4.6 million units, an increase compared to the corresponding period of the previous year; then sold 4.1 million computers. (PAP)

 

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Russia’s space problems. Progress ship can not moor – Polish Radio

The Russian space agency Roskosmos said on Tuesday that, due to technical problems had to be postponed transport mooring Progress spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
Progress M-27 was launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Six hours later, he had to get to the ISS.

The Russian media say that he could not open the mooring system antennas called “Course”.

Experts say that if you can not run the antennas , the berthing maneuver can be performed manually from the deck of the ISS. Previously, however, experts have to explain how severe the problem is.

ISS Progress is carrying 2.5 tons of cargo, including food.

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This VR controller to fool your sense of touch – Virtual Poland

  Oculus (Facebook), Valve and HTC, and Samsung are trying to create the best possible image display device for virtual reality. And what about the controller?
 

 Researchers at the University RICE created glove with built-in air bubbles that – fill it – have a chance to trick our next sense: touch. What is more, the glove is wireless, so if you were afraid that it will be yet another gadget that “ties a” cable to the computer you transferring the image to your VR goggles, you can sleep peacefully.
 

 Project Virtuix interest in the company that wants to glove developed at the University of RICE was added to the multi-track Virtuix Omni VR. Assumed the controller will also be on hand certainly cheaper, which definitely has a chance to become a very popular peripheral for VR enthusiasts.
 

Apple still holds the record: 61.2 million sold in the second iPhoneów … – Telix.pl

Homepage Marketplace Apple still holds the record: 61.2 million iPhoneów sold in the second quarter

Apple announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 which is the period from January to March. During these three months, the company sold 61.2 million iPhones and received more than 58 billion dollars in revenue, which was more than expected.

Apple still sets new records – 61.2 million Phone’ów sold the best sales result ever in the second quarter fisklanym. At the same time it is about 18% less than in the previous quarter (October – December 2014), but keep in mind that the holiday season is always a record-breaking sales.

20% of all iPhone users have decided to upgrade your smartphone to the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. Of course, we do not have data on sales of Apple Watcha, but Tim Cook announced that the watch is already available to more than 3.5 thousand applications. As for the iPad, its sales are still falling. Apple sold 12.6 million copies of the tablet, which is below expectations. Macs were 4.56 million customers.

Apple revenue in the last quarter amounted to 58.01 billion dollars, or 2 billion more than expected. Proved insurmountable profits to 13.6 billion dollars, and the price per share of 2.33 dollar. In the same period last year, these figures were 45.6 billion dollars, 10.2 billion dollars and 1.66 dollar. Apple also announced that it has the amount of 194 billion dollars in cash.

Source: PhoneArena

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