The Apple iPhone is the full and flies. Cupertino closed the fourth quarter of the fiscal year with record numbers: Net profit rose 13% to $ 8.5 billion on revenues up 12% to 42.12 billion dollars.
A push, are iPhone sales rose to 39.3 million units, 16% more than last year and more than 38 million expected by analysts. Positive surprise in the forecast for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, which includes the holiday season: Apple expects revenues between 63.5 and 66.5 billion dollars.
And all awaiting the landing of the Apple Watch, next year. Apple presents the results on the day of the launch of Apple Pay, the system which – according to some observers – will revolutionize the payments to retire the credit card plastic. “Our fiscal year 2014 is a year of records, including the biggest iPhone launch ever, with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus”, says the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook.
“We are entering in the Christmas season with the range of products stronger than ever, with incredible innovations in our new iPhone, iPad and Mac in, as well as in iOS and OS X 8 Yosemite. We are incredibly excited about the Apple Watch and other exceptional products and services planned for 2015. “
” Our strong business performance were the basis of a 20% increase in our earnings per share and a record cash flow from operations of $ 13.3 billion in the September quarter, “highlights Luca Maestri, the chief financial officer of Apple. “We have continued to work aggressively on our program of return of capital, spending more than $ 20 billion in the quarter, bringing the total amount of the return of share capital to 94 billion dollars.”
L ‘iPhone remains the engine of growth for Apple. “The demand for new models is astounding,” states Cook. “We knew it would be a good product, but it is selling faster than we thought,” admitted Cook, adding that the demand for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 iPhone 5S Plus exceeds that of last year in all markets in which the new iPhone are available.
The boom iPhone compares with the slowdown of the ‘iPad sold in the fourth quarter to 12.3 million units, below analysts’ expectations betting on 13100000. With smartphones becoming larger and lighter laptops, the tablet market is shrinking. Apple last week introduced its new line of iPad.
Bad news for users (and of course for managers) of the note platform for cloud storage and synchronization multi-device Dropbox ; the service would have suffered the theft of well 7 million account with grave danger to the data (including personal) associated with the latter; However, the incident could have even more serious consequences.
7 million would in fact published online utilities for a sort of demonstration of their work by self-styled strikers after their malevolent action, the latter, however, would have claimed to be in possession of other account and you are ready to sell them in exchange for a payment that must be paid in virtual currency through Bitcoin .
As for the company involved, the technicians of Dropbox for now they denied having suffered a loss of confidential information in response to a cyber attack; accounts on the lists on the Internet would have been finished, however, as a precautionary measure and reset their passwords will be forcibly changed.
It is still possible that the lists in the hands of the crackers have been acquired from third parties or subtracted from the database external companies whose applications interact with API ( Application Programming Interface ) of Dropbox; if they were to be corroborated these assumptions the platform could be considered actually innocent, as well as its security managers.
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What perpetrated by self-proclaimed attackers would seem to be a real kidnapping with ransom demand and its proof of existence in life (accounts already published on the Web); however, beyond the incident, we recommend users to use Dropbox two-factor authentication and to choose passwords that are hard to break.
But the company’s services on the cloud states: “Username and password have been stolen from other websites and used to try to log on to our account”
10/14/2014
Another hacker attack, after the theft of sexy photos Stars like Jennifer Lawrence and that of images from Snapchat, app popular among the kids. This time is under attack Dropbox. Seven million account of the popular cloud storage service data on the web would have been violated and some credentials published on the web. “Username and password have been stolen and used by other services to try to log in to your Dropbox account,” Do you know the company in a statement.
“Attacks like this – continues Dropbox – are one of the reasons why we strongly encourage users to not use the same password across various services. For an additional level of security, we always recommend you to activate a two-step verification process on your account. ”
In recent weeks, Apple has increased the security of its iCloud introducing dual authentication. While it’s a few days ago that were stolen more than 3 Gb of photos and video from Snapchat, the app disposable very popular among American kids. Also in this case the hackers are exploiting sneaked a third party application.
Dropbox, born in San Francisco in 2007, is close to 300 million users in the world: in April it had 275 million to be exact. It offers a storage system on the Net free up to 2 GB of space.
“Get rid of Dropbox, Facebook and Google,” he reiterated a few days ago Edward Snowden in a videoconference with the New Yorker Festival, organized by the popular American magazine. The concern of the former expert of Nsa, as is known, however, are not hackers. For Snowden, in fact, these giants of the web offer services that are not fully encrypted and therefore do not maintain our privacy.
and the image of kids from Snapchat, another hacker attack.
This time strikes Dropbox. Seven million account of the popular cloud storage service data on the web would have been violated and some credentials posted on the Net. Society defends and explains that it is not directly responsible.
Alarm ” Username and password have been stolen and used by other services to try to log in to your Dropbox account, “he says in an official statement. Dropbox has, however, taken steps to reset all accounts in the published list. Hoping that no others exist, maybe not disclosed. Hackers have in fact claimed to have in my hands several other login details that threaten to make them public if someone is funding them with Bitcoin. A campaign donations for the moment does not seem to have great success.
The platform Dropbox is one of the services ‘cloud storage’ most common and popular of all, to which almost 300 million users worldwide rely on to keep personal documents, sensitive data and even photos. Invented in 2007 in San Francisco, offers a system of free web storage up to 2 GB of space.
Tips “Attacks such as this are one of the reasons why we strongly encourage users do not use the same password across various services – Dropbox says -. For an additional level of security, we always recommend you to activate a two-step verification process on your account. ” The two-factor authentication is the same as a security measure implemented by Apple on its iCloud few weeks ago when there was the case of the theft of risque photos of celebrities, then into the public domain on the web. If it is dropped in the field even the FBI.
The case Snapchat While it’s a few days ago that were stolen over 100 thousand pictures and videos from Snapchat: yes assumed that there are those among them minors since the messages app that will auto-destroy is very popular among the kids. Even in this case, the hacker snuck using a third party application.
The halt of Snowden “Get rid of Dropbox, Facebook and Google,” he reiterated a few days Edward Snowden ago in a videoconference with the New Yorker Festival, organized by the popular American magazine. The concern of the former expert of Nsa, as is known, however, are not hackers. For Snowden, in fact, these giants of the web offer services that are not fully encrypted and therefore do not maintain our privacy.
Skype today announced the new Qik app for video-messages
It starts along with Skype and allows you to have a continuous stream of video chat
10/14/2014
Skype announces Qik, the new video-messaging app easy to use application that allows you to stay in touch with friends and family through video messages and video sharing.
The app is created specifically to capture every moment in a simple and spontaneous, and allows you to share it with their friends via a single chat or group.
All video shared on the network have a duration of 2 weeks, and if a message or a video was posted by mistake, you can delete it after it has already been looked at.
Skype Qik is available on Windows Phone, Android and iPhone.
Rome – A stratagem devised against Snapchat, or third app that takes advantage of the sharing service in time of photos and video, has given rise to the spread of a archive content Private 13-gigabyte . After “The Fappening,” the dissemination of images of very private VIP, so netizens are located in front of “The Snappening.”
The news of the spread of private content is filtered again before to 4chan , whose users have already created a database: hosted on viralpop.com , allows to to search by user name Snapchat . According to users of 4chan, however, in the large archive of content there would be numerous pictures of male private parts, as well as images and videos of child pornography: indeed half of the students at sharing service consists of adolescents between 13 and 17 years old.
Now began the hunt for the culprit as Snapchat is not new to security issues, so as to end up in the crosshairs of the FTC, this time he firmly rejected the accusations made against him and via Twitter reported to be able to “confirm that its servers were not violated and are not the source of the leak.”
“Users – reads a statement Snapchat – were victims of the use of third-party app, a practice explicitly prohibited by our terms of service because of security reasons. ” The responsibility, therefore, would be attributed to an app that others have for years collected the content files exchanged on the platform for the exchange of images and video.
According to some sources he was the victim of the attack would have been computer service Snapsave , app for Android that lets you save photos and videos Snapchat that would otherwise be automatically deleted once viewed through the official app Snapchat: its CEO Georgie Casey, however, said that his app “has nothing to do with this story “, because it does not save the basic content online. According to other sources behind the leak would be instead a flaw in SnapSaved.com , web client for Snapchat that allows users to watch online pictures and video received.
In France you can pay with a tweet. The agreement between the social network and one of the largest French banks, the BPCE has been reached and will be presented in detail at a press conference in Paris.
The French bank must set the service S-Money and will offer the opportunity to make transactions via twitter, regardless of the bank where the account is opened, and without the need of having to enter all the bank details of the beneficiary.
The service will enjoy the standard security protocols, the same that are activated when you use the credit cards on the internet. It is not yet clear whether the transaction will be visible to followers or remain private. And ‘one of the strategies to be able to monetize online conversations.
On the other hand the head of the company’s San Francisco had already declared its intention to take this route in order to increase revenues. They tried an experiment in progress from September: the “Twitter Buy” that appears in the profiles from September American giants such as Burberry or in those of musicians, see Pharrell.
And the competitors are not in watch. Facebook announced the option of sending money through chat messenger. And Apple is going to launch the Apple Pay service available on the latest iPhone 6.
A few weeks after the deployment of thousands of pictures of hot celebrities stolen from their accounts iCloud , a new wave of hot pictures seems about to invade your network. These are the images that some hackers have recovered from the server Snapchat , your application (especially the young) to exchange images, often from the content rather explicit.
The California-based company has confirmed the theft, but defending the goodness of their security systems: all the photos, in fact, have been stolen by exploiting flaws in third-party applications (such as SnapSaved ), which rely on Snapchat but that do not depend in any way by the company that created the application.
In network then circulate (or soon will circulate) images of thousands of users Snapchat, often portrayed in provocative poses and often underage , since the app is widespread in the band between the ages of 13 and 17 , with all the consequences.
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Lovers of pasta dishes resign: 2050 will have to say goodbye to the pasta al dente. Reason? Climate changes that await us in the next 40 years. This was stated by a study carried out between 2012 and 2013 by the Research Center for Genomics of the CRA (Council for Research and Experimentation in Agriculture) Fiorenzuola d’Arda (Piacenza) on the system Face (Free Air CO2 Enrichment – Enrichment of the open air with CO2) in collaboration with the Institute of Biometeorology of the National Research Council in Florence. According to the research, which simulated open field weather conditions in 2050 (an increase of CO2 to 570 parts per million), between 35 years there will be a greater yield of durum wheat, but this will have less protein, which is essential for the actual cooking of the pasta .
“The result is an increase in plant biomass and production, but with a lower protein content – experts say -. The increase in plant biomass and production is a direct result of the effect of fertilizer Co2 “.
“In some varieties increases production reached even 20% – reads the text of the research -. But the protein content influence the tightness of the pasta cooking, except for a forward-looking work of genetic improvement that could create new varieties that can yield the most of the increase in atmospheric C02, avoiding or reducing the negative consequences on the quality of the product ” .
We live in a world already contaminated, and future forecasts do not improve for sure. But what is even more serious, the research proposes a genetic modification of wheat to obviate ‘”inconvenience.”
Yet it would seem that the Italian pasta, fortunately, is safe: the Barilla in fact, the first processor of wheat in the world, has developed varieties with characteristics adapted to different climates along the country.
Predictions aside, we face yet another proof that the great changes in the world affect the smallest quality of daily life of individuals. The question then arises, positive change in the future or future deterioration of the human species?
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– As if all the damage caused by global warming were not enough, here’s another consequence that could destroy the fortunes of the main dish of the Mediterranean diet. The pasta al dente in 2050 will be less and therefore hot, sticky, because with the rates of pollution we expected crop yields richer, even 20%, but the wheat will contain less protein, factor in the tightness of the pasta cooking.
Blame CO2 – If the dough will be hot in 2050 will also be the fault of the ozone hole, or rather the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide, estimated an increase of 30% -40% over the next 40 years.
The increase of CO2 is in fact a fertilizer for plants, and among these the grain. The figure emerged from an experiment conducted at the Council for Research and Experimentation in Agriculture Fiorenzuola d’Arda, in the Piacenza. The research was based on the system Face (open air with CO2 enrichment), in collaboration with the Institute of Biometeorology, National Research Council of Florence.
The study – E ‘ observed the behavior of twelve varieties of durum wheat grown in field conditions in an atmosphere containing about 570 parts per million of CO2, the concentration expected in 2050
The result, say researchers, a “increase in plant biomass and production, but with a lower protein content. To keep the pasta or serve a reduction in emissions or a farsighted genetic improvement.”
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Internet is no longer the same. It is not, as in the early days, a vacant lot on which to germinate ideas, content, and business ideas. It is a space populated by 3 billion people with economic and social balances increasingly structured that rely primarily on the role of one who has become the filter for navigation. The door, even the doors to access the Net: Google, Facebook and Twitter but also dictate in good and in bad times and modes of access. Think of, sacrosanct, the decision to cancel the video of the beheading of James Foley or the principle that services are provided for free in exchange of personal data and the navigation to sell to advertisers. Decisions and mechanisms of private giants that, in fact, become law in an area without specific standards dedicated. And in the hours when Google is spreading the first data on the actual removals performed after the application of the right to be forgotten, Italy has made its proposal, joining a global debate that has in Marco Civil Brazilian’s first and most important position. At present 27 MEPs the Declaration of the Rights of the Internet Speaker of the House Laura Boldrini, which has strongly backed the creation of the Committee of Experts and MPs chaired by the jurist Stefano overspend. It came out 14 points from October 27th will be open to comments and suggestions on an online platform dedicated to 4 months.
The web is the preferred means for policy proposals
“I believe that democratic participation is very important in this stage,” he told the Corriere della Sera Boldrini, “we need to bring people closer together and parliamentary institution cope with the crisis of participation and lack of love for politics.” Internet, according to the president, so it is the subject of the proposals is the preferred means to make them more effective. Pretty obvious the change in approach from last year, when at the top of the priority list of president there was the problem of hate online and the need to stem it, “There are negatives against minorities or women, and I have also experienced on my skin, but you’re talking about a tool too important to leave in the hands of the arrogant and the powerful. The citizen has rights which must be respected. ” The reference is in fact the dominant role assumed by the giants and their management of our data, as well as the abuse of individuals or groups. “Awareness is about using the best protection,” says Boldrini. And the paper is structured precisely for (groped to) throw and principles of all interactions, from the international recognition of the fundamental rights of every person online.
Access to the Internet is a right
The global dimension is crucial: the document has as its primary purpose to inspire any legislative action within the Parliament but, as he explains to overspend Corriere della Sera, “we want to insert ourselves into the debate that according to the Berkman Center sees 87 proposals around the world. We are already in touch with the people who wrote the Brazilian law and with Germany, France and the United Kingdom. On November 12, we will present the paper in Brussels. ” The road is long and the goal to which the jurist tip for 4 years, the inclusion of the right of access to the Internet in the Constitution, it is still such. Italy today is proposed as towing, at least in Europe, taking advantage of half of our national presidency and trying to pull the muzzle to the new Digital Single Market Commissioner Andrus Ansip. The right of access, so dear to overspend, is at the top of the list, the second point of the document: “Every person has an equal right to access the Internet on an equal footing with mode technologically appropriate and up to date remove all obstacles to economic and social “. We speak of “fundamental right” to not only access but also choice of operating systems, software, and applications. And he puts his finger on the “public interventions to overcome every form of digital divide.” Backbone of reasoning emphasizes the lawyer, is “the prevalence of the rights on economic logic.” Here, therefore, reiterates the importance of net neutrality also both fixed and mobile, “in reference to the production of innovation.” The possibility debated in the United States but also in Europe, to create a fast track for the delivery of content is therefore rejected in no uncertain terms. There is also to say that good intentions of this type have characterized all the debates on the subject, even those indirizzatisi then to the two speeds.
The use of the data must be transparent
The hot months for the fate of the Rules of the Old Continent are the ones up at the end of the year. Overspend states: “Network neutrality is the guarantee of maintaining the capacity for innovation and freedom expressed by the internet until today.” Large part dedicated to the protection and control of personal data. The information, according to the paper, should be collected and treated “with the actual informed consent of the person concerned”, “every person has the right to access their data, regardless of the person who holds or the place where they are stored, to ask for their integration, rectification, cancellation in the manner prescribed by law “and” the use of algorithms and probabilistic techniques (for the construction of identity, ed) must be brought to the attention of the persons concerned. ” Overspend summarizes asking “more transparency on the part of large companies on the mechanisms of tracking data” and go to the “right to anonymity ensures that the person to express their ideas avoiding censorship. Think of the dissidents. ” The boundary in this case is between the right and the need for action to suppress illegal activities or defamation, object – among other things – of a controversial bill introduced in the Senate that the removal of the articles online in 24 hours. Facebook Meanwhile, as we know, is pushing for us to enter with real first and last name.
include the right to information and right to be forgotten
It returns to the debated issue of the right to oblivion. Just at this time Google has made available the first data on 146 thousand requests for deletion of pages considered most important by its search results. In more than half of the cases, 58.2%, there was no effective removal. Italy, with its 11 thousand requests, we saw no say in 75.8% of cases. The paper reiterates the principle of forward questions of this type but also focuses on the “right to information”, which effectively excludes politicians and celebrities. Any application received can also be challenged before a judge, always in the name of the right of access to knowledge. This aspect is also particularly sensitive to the issue of protection of copyright: “We have not discussed for lack of time but we will do in the coming weeks. We must deepen the legal status of knowledge on the Net, “anticipates overspend. The border, which has recently also ventured NRA Commissioner Antonio Nicita, is what separates the fight against piracy supported (also) of the Regulations of the Guarantor and access to content. The paper will lay the foundation, to the legislature the task of unraveling the skein.
With Ashton Kutcher reinvents Lenovo tablet and pc
Laptop ultra-flexible, adventurous design, built-in video projector: the Chinese innovate to remain the world’s top producers of computer. And with Motorola also aim to control the smartphone market
10/10/2014
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The first PC maker in the world has the public face of Ashton Kutcher. The American actor is not only the spokesperson for Lenovo, but the Chinese company officially holds the role of “product engineer”: with his passion for technology has contributed to the development of new products launched in London yesterday.
The tablet
It is called Yoga, like the previous series, which give rise also to the design, which resembles a block notes open and folded on itself. Yoga 2 has a cylindrical base along the long side, to keep it tilted when it is laid on a table for writing, but also allows you to hold it comfortably with one hand, or keep it up to see a movie or a TV show. And there’s even a hook to hang it on the wall. The two tablets are available in both Android and Windows, version 8 or 10 inches: have Intel Atom processor, stereo speakers and a good battery life, thanks to the powerful cylindrical battery. The model, however, is more curious Yoga 2 Pro: Android operating system, 13-inch display with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels QuadHD, subwoofer and even a built-in projector for viewing movies and cinema-like images on the walls of the house. “Our idea was to create the best tablet in the market,” says Kutcher. “To do that, we thought about how users use the tablet and what they need for an optimal experience. The YOGA Tablet 2 Pro has the best sound quality, a camera and an exceptionally bright display, a new mode of operation, a projector and a top of the line processor. ” And ambitions are high: Lenovo aims to sell 100 million tablets in the next year.
The market
In his speech Kutcher remembers Steve Jobs perhaps unconsciously, or rather the character of Steve Jobs in the film (not great) who has starred in a couple of years ago. Some quirk, some emphatic accent in his voice has remained from that experience, but in reality the strategy of Lenovo has nothing in common with Apple. Jobs had declared the PCs on the road to decline as early as four years ago, explaining that desktops and laptops would continue to exist, but that it was started in the post-PC era, in which smartphones and tablets have replaced the computer in everyone’s life days. “I think you’re reaching a balance – notes Gianfranco Lanci, Chief Operating Officer of Lenovo, the number two Italian company that is Chinese but has a management from around the world. “For a while we thought it was possible to replace a pc with a tablet, because it costs less. Today, however, users have found that these devices can not do everything: they are perfect for consuming content, but not to generate them; also write an email it is not easy. ” The world market for tablet is in decline in recent months, while the decline in each decade of the computer slows down, albeit slightly.
The computer
Lenovo has 20 percent of the world market of computers. But how do you see the future? “There is still room for pc, provided you have an idea,” he says Lanci. “The desktop changes its skin, it becomes all-in-one with built-in monitor or shrinks until it turns into a little box. The box once perhaps endure in some company, maybe the fans will still use video games that can ride inside graphics cards very powerful. ” The rest of the changing face quickly, and even the laptop is no longer what it once was: the models are multiplied, the design of experiments grow. Lenovo covers 50 percent of the global market for convertible pc, and London presented a computer powerful and ultra-thin (12.8 mm) that bends in a thousand different ways thanks to a hinge ‘watch strap’; software allows you to use it as a tablet, such as laptop or even on vertical surfaces by automatically changing the screen orientation. Yoga 3 Pro has an ultra high-definition 13.3-inch display and is absolutely silent because it has no internal fan (processor develops very little heat).
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Lanci left Acer a few years ago, where he had arrived to the role of CEO. “Conflicts of opinion with the board of directors,” he says. “I was of the opinion that it was necessary to focus more on mobile devices.” Lenovo, which in a few years has grown from a small manufacturer in eastern technological power planetary, bought the first consumer computer, then the server division of IBM, and today is also ranked third in the top ten of smartphones. Since we are not in the market, but coming soon: and who knows that they are not sold under the Motorola brand, given that the Chinese have bought a few months ago the historic company from Google.
The California-based company has confirmed the theft, but defending the goodness of their security systems: all the photos, in fact, have been stolen by exploiting flaws in third-party applications (such as SnapSaved ), which rely on Snapchat but that do not depend in any way by the company that created the application. 
