New Wearable Technology: February 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016

Apple, New York Judge: Authorities can not force the unlocking of an iPhone – The Republic

NEW YORK – First court victory for Apple in the confrontation with the Obama administration on digital privacy: facing a drug case, a federal judge New York ruled that the Justice department can not force the Cupertino company to unlock an iPhone. The judgment is opposite to that given by a California judge, who ordered Apple to create an ad hoc software to access the iPhone from one of the leaders of the San Bernardino massacre, sparking an international debate: on the one side and the Apple silicon valley, he decided to defend, along with its brand, the confidentiality of customer data, on the other hand the White House, asking for an exception for serious crimes such as the massacre in December in a center for social services in California, according investigators inspired by the Islamic state.

For the legal Apple, Ted Boutrous, “it is not proper for the FBI to talk about a single case”, as indeed they have also noted the American media, listing at least a dozen similar incidents. A situation, says Boutros, who could land the matter before the Supreme Court, currently paralyzed by a perfect balance between Republicans and Democrats judges after the death of Antonin Scalia. In the meantime, however, the legislature should intervene, as advocated by the New York judge in his ruling, passing the ball to the Congress.

“How to best balance these interests is a matter of crucial importance for the our society and the need for a response becomes daily more urgent, because technological advances beyond the boundaries of what also seemed possible a few decades ago, “wrote judge James Orenstein. “But the debate must take place now, and it must occur between legislators who are equipped to consider the technological and cultural reality of a world that their predecessors could not even begin to conceive of,” he added. But in the end to answer the question “is not whether the government should be able to force Apple to release a specific device, but if the law ‘All Writs Act’ (which dates back to 227 years ago and which regulates the decrees that the court may issue, ed) solves this problem and many others similar in the future. ” For Orenstein does not solve it, and then Apple is not obligated to help the FBI against his will.

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Far Cry Primal, a brave return to origins – The Messenger

Take a shooter and eliminate firearms is a brave bet. Besides, to immerse yourself in a primitive world, in which everything can potentially turn into a mortal danger, the courage it takes some time. And it is precisely what is required players to Far Cry Primal, highly anticipated new video games of the signed Ubisoft Montreal series, released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

If Far Cry in the four previous chapters has managed to collect a great success it is probably for some of his recurrent elements, always true to themselves. In no particular order: a wild world and fully explored; the chance to drive any type of vehicle, the jeep to hang gliding; the deep characterization; gunfights galore. Everyone always very present elements, at least until now. Because the real news of Primal is just the basic idea, which of course has an impact on almost all aspects of the game: the setting in prehistory, more precisely in the Mesolithic period, around 10,000 BC Nothing bad dictators, cynical and intelligent (and fascinating), but ruthless tribe of cannibals; no machine guns, pistols and rocket launchers, but only clubs, spears, bows and arrows primitive to ignite if necessary; but above all, no roads, paths and houses, but only caves, villages of huts and makeshift outbreaks. A redesign that is so shaped but not of substance.

Explore the world of Far Cry beginning always puts quite uncomfortable, because the spaces are large and until you learn how to navigate a bit ‘, even threatening. Let alone here, where not only by brutal enemies must also protect themselves from wild predators such as tigers, lions, wolves, mammoths and wild dogs, as they explain the Ubisoft developers, at that time they did not fear humans. The feeling you have when you are immersed in Far Cry Primal in the title role, Takkar, is to be prey long before the hunters, which completely shifts the perspective. Up to us to become familiar with the methods of struggle and survival, finding a shelter or equip ourselves properly for us not to be surprised by the insidious night, and rationing not only the food but also the fire, only effective weapon to ward off wild animals.

interesting new feature is the ability to tame the animals, that may be of great allies either to hunt or defend themselves against other beasts, both aizzarli against enemy tribes. Bring a cheetah with bait and then tame it and make it a harmless cat is an experience that, at least virtually, is worth living.

Another difference is in the story. The developers of Far Cry, which are always very scrupulous in reconstructing the environments in the most faithful as possible, have populated the world of Primal individuals who express themselves in an ancestral language, made up of strange guttural sounds and extremely essential even in the subtitle translation . In short, the forbiti and irresistible dialogues ruthless but brilliant Pagan Min in Far Cry 4 are just a distant memory.

For the rest of the dynamics are the same as always: you have to procure the raw materials to build their own equipment and the goal is to conquer enemy settlements to control certain areas while proceeding with the main story.

Far Cry Primal is, in effect, a return to basics. It is true that the most loyal fans of the series probably will remain a bit ‘out of place, not to say that the most fundamentalist lovers of shooters will be disappointed and a little’ bored. But we soon realized that this chapter has preserved, unchanged, “the soul” of Far Cry, made of exploration, adventure and freedom of movement. Always the same and always fun, since prehistoric times.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 00:40 – Last Updated: 00:47
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WhatsApp ‘disappear’ from these smartphones by the end of 2016 – The Messenger

The popular instant messaging app will soon disappear from some smartphones. WhatsApp has just turned its first seven years, with the goal of almost a billion people around the world who use it. And, for the occasion, the company has chosen to draw on its official blog a balance between past and future. Because, it says, in addition to the challenges they arrive, “anniversaries are also an opportunity to look back.”

“When we started in 2009, the use that people would make mobile devices were very different from today “continues the statement, where it is recalled that about 70% of smartphones sold then had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia.

Today, however, the systems of Google, Apple and Microsoft (installed in less than 25 % of devices sold six years ago) represent 99.5% of the market. And so, “if we look forward to our next seven years – we read on the official blog – we want to focus our efforts on the devices that the vast majority of people use.” And here comes the bitter passage for some fans of the application: “By the end of 2016 we will close support for WhatsApp Messenger on the following mobile platforms.”

– BlackBerry (including BlackBerry 10)

– Nokia S40

– Nokia Symbian S60

– Android 2.1 and Android 2.2

– Windows Phone 7.1

Devices, communicates the company, which “does not offer the kind of functionality that we need to expand the features of the application in the future.”

“It ‘s been an amazing journey – even WhatsApp said – and in the coming months we will even more emphasis on features to ensure security, on the one hand, and always offer more ways to stay connected with the people that you care about the other. ” To continue using WhatsApp, he concludes, “if you use one of these mobile devices, you should upgrade to a newer version of Android, iPhone or Windows Phone before the end of 2016″.

Monday, February 29, 2016, 14:53 – Last Updated: 15:13
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Facebook, there’s two innovations: a happy birthday video and a page for the NGOs – The Messenger

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After emoticons that accompany the “I like”, two other new features coming to Facebook: in order to personalize even more the profile of users, and use that each one makes, the company created by Mark Zuckerberg has decided to add an original and entertaining way (and, indeed, more personal) to wish happy birthday to your friends. Soon, in fact, you can send a 15-second video, which allow you to sing the universal tune that fits in to someone’s birthday, accompanied by small drawings and the words “Happy Birthday”. The new content, for now only available on iOS, Apple’s operating system, will be extended to Android in the coming months.

To record the video, go to that page in question and, in the function that invites us to wish happy birthday, choose the video option; Once you have registered, you can share on the friend’s profile that birthday. To send greetings to your friends is one of the most popular features among Facebook users and also one of the most appreciated; the company is working to expand it: now you can now transfer the calendar with the dates of birth of friends on Google, iOS, and in Outlook Mail.

Lately Facebook has focused heavily on the use of the video: is recent, in fact, the idea of celebrating friendship with a video that collects photos of the most significant moments shared between two people; This news coincided with the twelfth birthday of Facebook, born in 2004. But we can not forget the video that Facebook invites us to share to celebrate a holiday or the end of the year (the latter, among the first to be introduced) .

Another important function on the incoming company of “like” is “Facebook for Nonprofits”, a page specially designed for non-governmental organizations wishing to expand their visibility, promoting awareness campaigns or collect funds for specific initiatives. The goal of the new page, as well as summarize the necessary information on the activity of a specific NGO, aims to create a spirit of community among those who follow a particular petition or who has at heart a precise battle. All shared post will allow users to make a donation (which feature Facebook launched last summer). In this way the various NGOs will receive funds directly from this page without that proponents are required to connect to the web site.

Saturday, February 27, 2016, 19:10 – Last Updated: 21:23
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Apple vs FBI, Microsoft presents petition in court to support Apple – PianetaCellulare.it

Apple needs to help the FBI to join your iPhone belonging to one of the bombers in the massacre of San Bernardino , in California, in December 2015 that killed 14 people along with your partner. The couple died in a gun battle with police that day, but the FBI has recovered the iPhone a bomber from their vehicle after the attack. A US federal judge ordered now that the Cupertino company has to work together.

Federal prosecutors told the court that they could not access the phone used dall’attentatore because do not know his access code . The ruling of the US Magistrate Sheri Pym requires Apple to provide “reasonable technical assistance” to the FBI, so it must develop a software (which no longer exists) can disable the security feature that erases the iPhone data after ten attempts failed to unlock. With the disabled protection function, the FBI will have more opportunity to groped ‘combinations to unlock the iPhone.

The iPhone in question – an iPhone 5c – even though it was in possession of the aggressor actually it was owned by his employer, who has consented to the police using it as evidence and search for information that could be useful for the resolution of the case.

Apple has already announced that it intends to oppose the order: “ Force the code would be a dangerous precedent .” The decision to “oppose this order is not something we take lightly,” said the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook. “We believe that we must make our voices heard in the face of what we see as excessive by the US government.”

Big Silicon Valley from the Apple . Through social, leaders of major hi-tech companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp) have expressed support to Apple.

Bill Gates by the FBI part . The co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates was on the side of the police, stating in an interview with Financial Times you do not share the fear of Apple that unlocking an iPhone means having to put in force at risk the security of all. “This is a case-specific, not general, in which the government asks for information.” Gates in the interview compared the FBI’s request to that made on a particular bank account, hoping that in the future there are strict rules for these cases.

Microsoft from Apple . The Redmond company has filed a petition in court to support Apple’s battle with the FBI, and more ‘in general against the request of the US government. According to rumors, Google, Facebook and Twitter in the coming days will present petitions in court to support Apple.

the first time that Apple has no such request is made : the Department of Justice has asked Apple to unlock at least nine other iPhone in addition to the San Bernardino killer. It ‘as reported in a letter Marc J. Zwillinger, one of Apple’s legal, filed in a federal court and reported by the New York Times. This would explain why Apple does not want to help the FBI, because if you accept this time will be just the first of many more.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (an international non-profit organization of lawyers and law intended to protect digital rights and freedom of speech in the context of today’s digital age) is considering filing a support to Apple’s Amicus curiae and expects other groups that support the digital rights will do same, said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel for the EFF.

“If the US government may force Apple to do this, why not the Chinese or Russian governments? Other countries will ask to do the same for other similar cases. We want to have this earlier? ” Opsahl said, as reported by USA Today .

If Apple develops a software can disable the security feature that erases the iPhone’s data after ten failed attempts to unlock it software that could be used for other iPhone, and if it gets in the wrong hands could be used for different purposes.

Cook argues that agree to cooperate with the FBI could “threaten the safety of our customers .

<'p> in an open letter, Cook said that Apple will cooperate with the FBI by providing “the data that are in our possession,” but will not develop a “backdoor” for its software: “We have great respect for the FBI professionals, and we believe that their intentions are good. So far, we have done everything that is in our power to comply with the law to help them. But now the uS government has asked us anything we simply do not have, and something that we consider too dangerous to create. They asked us to build a backdoor for the iPhone. “

In particular,” the FBI wants a software able to circumvent several important safety features on the iPhone, and install it on an iPhone recovered during ‘investigation. In the wrong hands, this software – which does not exist today – would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in possession of someone physically. “

The implications of government demands are” chilling “Cook “the government could have the power to reach the device to anyone and steal data. The government may extend this breach of privacy and ask Apple to develop a surveillance software to intercept messages, access to the medical records or financial data, track your location, or access the phone’s microphone or camera without you you know it. “

in an exclusive interview with ABC News , Cook described his fear in allowing the ‘access to an iPhone via backdoor, which he described as “the equivalent of cancer to” software, and it would be a dangerous precedent both for privacy that the “public security” of hundreds of millions of Apple customers worldwide.

“we have no sympathy for the terrorists,” Cook said. “in my view they let their rights when they decided to do the terrible things … we are not protecting their privacy, we are protecting … the rights and public safety of all others. “explains the CEO of Apple.

the creation of a software to access the data on the iPhone locked as required by the FBI” exposes all other “explains Cook. “The development of such software would have the ability to unlock other iPhone. That’s the problem.”

Cook said he has received thousands of e-mails in support of Apple’s position, with the majority of voices from men and women of the American authorities that “fighting for our freedom.”

Cook said that you have a key to unlock an iPhone could be used to violate the public security and the potential to expose the intimate details and private people keeps on their phone – such as bank details, reports and photos of the children.

a “Master Key” is not safe.

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Apple vs FBI, Microsoft presents petition in court to support Apple – PianetaCellulare.it

Big Silicon Valley from the Apple . Through social, leaders of major hi-tech companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp) have expressed support to Apple.

Cook argues that agree to cooperate with the FBI could “threaten the safety of our customers .

Cook said he has received thousands of e-mails in support of Apple’s position, with the majority of voices from men and women of the American authorities that “fighting for our freedom.”

a “Master Key” is not safe.

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iPhone prohibited the children of Steve Jobs. That’s why – diregiovani

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27 February 2016

ROME – the gurus of technology are aware of the risks that this can bring.
he knew even Steve Jobs, the man who revolutionized the world of communication but at the same time did not want the world to enter into his house.
dad Apple had banned the use of the iPhone and iPad, as well as other technological products, to his children.
in an interview with the New York Times in 2010, Steve Jobs admitted that he does not have confidence in those devices from him created.
“they do not know them. We need to limit the use of technology into the house from our children. “
Certainly not what you would expect from the man who built an empire thanks to technology.
Yet his strange choice supported and shared by other big hi-tech.

Evan Williams, founder of Twitter, for his children has replaced tablets and smartphones with books.
age is in fact a factor essential to avoid being dependent on technology.
Only adult you are aware of the risks that this can bring, although it is possible that you will be able to not be growing at all slaves.
knows Chris Anderson , former editor of Wired magazine and co-founder of 3D Robotics, which share the approach of Steve Jobs said they knew the dangers of technology, “I have lived on my skin and I do not want the same to happen to my children.”

the thought of Steve Jobs, once again, was a precursor.
our life is so saturated with technology and their application to the relationship with our body has changed.
in recent years, they also identified pathologies linked excessive use of technology.
excessive permanence of young people and children in front of pCs, smartphones and digital consoles can have consequences on the development and healthy functioning of the body, acting on egativamente view, posture, obesity, but also on cognitive and behavioral sphere.
children and teenagers today spend an average of about seven hours a day in front of TV, computers, cell phones and other electronic devices, in spite of 2:00 to 3:00 Recommended daily hours.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Steve Jobs did not want the children were using their iPhone and iPad here is because – The Messenger

Steve Jobs has changed the world with its technology and built an empire, but he did not want his children were using iPod, iPad and iPhone.

In his house He disliked surround his family of technological tools and emphasized how the children were far from understanding the operation and features of the devices launched from time to time on the market. “I do not know them. We need to limit the use of technology into the house from our children,” he said in an interview with the New York Times in 2010 the CEO and founder of Apple after the launch of the first iPad.

A protective approach that in common with other technology guru. Chris Anderson, former director of Wired magazine and co-founder of 3D Robotics, said: “I know the dangers of technology, I have lived on my skin and I do not want the same to happen to my children.”
The same for Evan Williams , founder of Twitter, and his wife Sara Williams who surrounded the sons of books and not the technology. Everything depends on the age: it is necessary that no employees and a bit ‘bigger know the limits in their use.

Friday, February 26, 2016, 18:51 – Last Updated: 19:30
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Apple responds to the FBI: you want a dangerous power – Tom’s Hardware

Apple has filed its Official Response at the judge’s request issued last week. An ordinance that wants to oblige the company to provide the necessary tools to carry out an attack brute force on an iPhone. Specifically, it is the iPhone 5C Farook Rizawan, the murderess who carried out the massacre of San Bernardino.

So far Apple had responded publicly with the now famous open letter to Tim Cook, in which he accused the FBI of wanting a real backdoor to government use. It followed an intense debate between the supporters of the position. The other part of the question raises many questions to which we have tried to answer.

“This is not a case of an iPhone isolated. Rather, this case concerns the Ministry of Justice and the FBI seeking, through the courts, a dangerous power”

appeal lacked the legal response, that of Apple’s lawyers, and arrived in the past few hours. It is essentially a request to cancel ( Motion to Vacate, PDF) against the court order issued last week.

The company says that the law cited by the judge (All Writs Act) does not apply to you. It also states that that law does not permit the court to ask her to take a. “Unreasonable burden and unprecedented”

The document also specifies that this would create an “oppressive burden and unprecedented Apple and citizens using the iPhone.” In addition, the US government, according to the request, did not show that the assistance from the company is required for the procedure.

The lawyers also suggest that the order violates the First and Fifth Amendment of the constitution. Both, in different parts, prohibit the government from forcing Apple to create computer code.

In concluding, first of attachments, it then states that the government has a laudable goal, to protect the security, but is up to citizens to decide how to pursue it – you then see the debate in Congress, not to the judges. “at every level of our legal system the company has acted to preserve certain rights” even at the cost of making the work of authorities more difficult, it reads in the conclusions.

“The desire not to leave no stone unturned, from the government, as resulting from good intentions does not authorize it to circumvent the debate and impose their point of view on society.”

Many technology companies share Apple’s position in an official way, enough to provide additional documents to the court. Among them Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft – the latter in contrast to its founder Bill Gates.

GovtOS, the backdoor

The annexes submitted by Apple to the judge is particularly interesting the intervention of Erik Neuenschwander , which is Manager of User Privacy at the company itself. The expert described the situation from his point of view and states that the FBI is asking you to build an operating system that does not exist, and who baptizes GovtOS.

To create GovtOS Apple should use six technicians (plus any support staff) for 2-4 weeks, removing them from the normal course of business. After that the Cupertino company is expected to sign the software with its own private key, which the company is not prepared to do just because GovtOS arise out of obligation and not by will.

Neuenschwander illustrates the technical process required, but mainly because it explains Tim Cook spoke of backdoor (see also The judge asked Tim Cook a backdoor or a crack?). The FBI is asking for a tool that will serve only once for a single device, but according to Neuenschwander was impossible to prevent with absolute certainty replicability of this instrument. Here are some of these points:

Apple should document the activities to protect themselves in court, and already this material would be useful to carry a copy of the sui generis GovtOS.

Apple should cancel everything, but remove all traces of the code would be almost impossible.

Even if it were possible to cancel everything, Apple would in fact formed six people (or more) to an attack technique does not exist today. These people represent a living threat to the security of iOS, and a potential resource for those wishing to make a back door.

In anticipation of future requests, Apple should budget to redo the job every time, or keep a copy of GovtOS ready for use. The mere existence of such copies requires a danger.

Neuenschwander then argues that once created GovtOS, it would be impossible to destroy it really. “”

Apple-FBI, the office of the Apple: “If we lose this battle will state” – The Republic Police

THE DECISION of hi tech giant in a sense goes against what he had said a few days ago its founder, Bill Gates, in an interview with Financial Times , he asked to Cupertino to cooperate with the American authorities. Now Microsoft has presented in a formal court document that seems to go in the opposite direction: a petition in support of Apple’s battle with the US government. The news was confirmed after a few hours since Cupertino had filed his appeal in which strongly supports not want to cooperate with Washington in the decryption of the iPhone 5c Rizwan Syed Farook, the killer of San Bernardino, California.

“If Apple will lose this battle we find ourselves in a legal house of Cupertino police state, “he said, Ted Olson, in an interview with CNN, and warned of the possibility of” a government with unlimited powers that will always listen our phone conversations. ” It ‘a strong statement from Apple, like that of the CEO of Apple Tim Cook, who in an interview with ABC stated that force the unlocking of iPhone is “the equivalent of cancer software.” “We are asking you to write a program that could expose people to heavy vulnerabilities.”

According to Cupertino that of the judiciary is an unconstitutional request that violates the First and Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, and which has no legal basis. Also, something not new, Apple claims that the US move is an important precedent and a violation of privacy, “not an isolated case” as he wants to imply the FBI.

According to sources quoted by the media Americans also Google, Facebook and Twitter would be ready to join the battle Apple. Microsoft instead in the paper argues that to solve the problem we need a twenty-first century the law to address the twenty-first century problems. A clear reference to the law that would force Apple according to the Government to cooperate: a 800 measure. The petition announcement was made yesterday morning by Brad Smith, Microsoft’s head of legal department, during his testimony before Congress.

Meanwhile, Apple continues its race to increase the safety of its products. They are yesterday’s rumors of New York Times and Financial Times which, citing sources close to the company, confirmed the commitment of the engineers in Cupertino make it even stronger device security and even the company’s intention to armor iCloud so you do not have access to the archive itself of its remote users. Now an official confirmation: Apple has enlisted one of the developers of Signal, the preferred chat by Edward Snowden for his safety. It’s called Frederic Jacobs and announced on Twitter the move to Apple CoreOS team this summer. The news is reported by the website Business Insider . It is still unclear the role that will be covered by the developer, but this news becomes significant in these days of climate. Signal uses an encrypted communication system and has also been endorsed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the global non-profit organization that deals with digital rights.

Topics:: apple; FBI; fbi-apple; san Bernardino; microsoft; iphone; signal; google; Twitter; facebook; privacy; security; iCloud

Starring:: bill gates; Edward Snowden; frederic jacobs; tim cook

Bone conduction devices and partially sighted assistants to win RoadToSuccess – PianetaCellulare.it

Bring the finger of his hand to his ear to answer the phone or help visually impaired people to be more ‘self-employed thanks to the sounds are two Italian projects among the four projects that won a #RoadToSuccess , the event organized by the collaboration between IngDan, the largest Chinese web platform of products for the market of the Internet of things, which is the Internet of things (IoT), and Maker Faire Rome, which took place in Rome in the month of February. The event was launched during the third European Maker Faire held last October at the Sapienza University of Rome.

The four winners will be able to fly directly to China, to promote it and conquer IoT largest market in the world . The winners, in fact, participate in a road show targeted in Shenzhen Valley, the region which is home to the largest production of ‘e worldwide and boasting an extension twice that of Silicon Valley.

the first project to win is “ Archon ” Davide Venturelli, software that manages to program the flight of multiple drones independently. Archon has web interface with which to easily set up flight plans, is able to implement 3D simulation of all operations of the drones, and real-time streaming of data collected during the survey.

Other award-winning project is “ GET ” Edward PariniGet, a wearable device that has the shape of a bracelet that simplifies and accelerates the interaction between the user and smartphone, tablet or pC. GET, that is devoid of a display, touch screen or buttons, using the bones conduction technology that uses bone conduction allows the user to listen to the contents and respond to messages, calls or dictate instructions to Siri simply bringing your ear finger. the law also wereable user actions to interpret the will, thanks to an application you can also customize each gesture combining the function concerned as access to notifications, calls and messages.

Another prize to “ Horus “Saverio Murgia, a device designed to assist blind and partially sighted people throughout the day. Horus observes reality, understands and describes the person who provides useful information such as the signaling of crosswalks or object recognition.

Finally, the fourth winning idea is “ IOMOTE “Claudio Carnevali. Iomote is an end-to-end platform for professional Iot for system integrators that include a simple management dashboard, a tool to create web and mobile applications to wireless devices.

Twenty samples of the Made In Italy 4.0 they could compete by presenting new technological products useful in all fields, from sports to the world of work, through road safety up to the development of innovative drones with the aim of being able to impress a panel of experts composed of Luigi Capello (CEO LV venture Group), Andrea Ciampalini (General Manager of Innova Lazio), Marco Gay (Vice President and President of Confindustria Young Entrepreneurs Confindustria), Jacopo Guedado Apples (Digital Life Coach), Aldo Guide (CEO Theorema srl), Stefano Micelli (Professor Università Ca ‘Foscari), Luciano Mocci (Director General Federlazio), Alessandro Ranellucci (Contents Executive Coordinator at Maker Faire Rome), Brunetto Tini (CEO Askanews), Luciano Tommasi (Head of Startup activities and Business Incubator at Enel) and Gianluca Tondi (CEO TM Italy).

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Apple-FBI, Microsoft settles in court a petition in favor of Cupertino – The Republic

According to Cupertino that the judiciary is an unconstitutional request that violates the first and fifth amendment of the US Constitution and has no legal basis. Also, something not new, Apple claims that the US move is an important precedent and a violation of privacy, “not an isolated case” as he wants to imply the FBI. The CEO of Apple in an interview with ABC also said that forcing the release of the iPhone is “the equivalent of cancer software.” “We are asking you to write a program that could expose people to heavy vulnerabilities,” said Tim Cook.

According to sources quoted by the US media also Google, Facebook and Twitter would be ready to join the battle Apple . Microsoft instead in the paper argues that to solve the problem we need a twenty-first century the law to address the twenty-first century problems. A clear reference to the law that would force Apple according to the Government to cooperate: a 800 measure. The petition announcement was made yesterday morning by Brad Smith, Microsoft’s head of legal department, during his testimony before Congress.

Topics:: apple; FBI; fbi-apple; san Bernardino; microsoft; iphone; signal; google; Twitter; facebook; privacy; security; iCloud

Starring:: bill gates; Edward Snowden; frederic jacobs; tim cook

Finger-smartwatch and Hi-tech sound glasses to conquer China – The Time

Innovation / # Road to success, 20 innovative projects Made in Italy

Turn a simple finger smartwatch or restore sight to the visually impaired thanks to the sounds are no longer fanciful ideas, but real products and all made in Italy ready to conquer China. Are two of the four winning projects selected in “#RoadToSuccess’, the ‘event organized by IngDan, the most’ largest Chinese web platform of the so-called Internet of Things products (IoT), and Maker Faire Rome which took place the other yesterday in Rome.

“Get it seems a simple bracelet, but it lets you talk on the phone by simply placing a finger on ‘ear,” explained Edward Parini, author with his brother Emanuele of this smartwatch low-cost. To make this possible are the bones of the body: in the bracelet hides a small speaker and the vibrations are transmitted almost perfectly along the bones of the hand up to the eardrum. Other award-winning project, and Horus, a headset with speakers and cameras, designed by Xavier Murgia and able to transform images into a voice. It is particularly designed for the visually impaired, and through an analysis software is able to describe the environments and even recognize people. Winners were also the sensor system Iomote and platform for the control of autonomous drones Archon fleets.

Among these four winning projects, all from young makers and selected from among twenty finalists, Get and Iomote were made by the Romans, who will have the opportunity to make creative, therefore, thanks to IngDan, a road show focused on “Shenzhen Valley”, the ‘geographical area which is home to the largest global electronics manufacturing and boasting an extension twice that of Silicon Valley, in order to bring together the best of our made in Italy made of design, technology and innovation with capital, Chinese production and distribution. Shenzhen, in fact, laboratory, factory and market. Very short supply chains that provide access to suppliers and components within a few kilometers in what is now the heart of global innovation Hardware button.

Edoardo get is a wearable bracelet that simplifies and accelerates the interaction between the user and his devices (smartphones, tablets, PCs). It does not need to display, touch screen or buttons. In fact, through the bones conduction technology, which uses bone conduction, just bring your ear finger to listen to the contents and respond to messages, calls or dictate instructions to Siri. It is also capable of reading actions of the user to interpret the will; Thanks to an application you can also customize each gesture combining the function concerned as access to notifications, calls and messages.

It is developed by: www.getwearable.com.

Iomote Claudio Carnevali is the end-to-end platform for professional Iot for system integrators. Making it ready to use a growing range of wireless devices, a powerful cloud, a simple management dashboard, a tool to create web and mobile applications. It is developed by: www.openpicus.com. It thus denies the prejudice on the distance of the capital by the scientific and technological research.

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Finger-smartwatch and sound goggles, ready for China – ANSA.it

Turning a simple finger smartwacth or restore sight to the visually impaired thanks to the sounds seem impossible ideas but they are already real products (all made made in Italy) and now prepare to conquer China. They are two of the four winning projects selected in #RoadToSuccess, the event organized by the collaboration between IngDan, the largest Chinese web platform of the so-called Internet of Things products (IoT), and Maker Faire Rome, which took place today in Rome.

“Get seems a simple bracelet, but lets you talk on the phone by simply placing an ear,” said Edward Parini finger, founder with his brother Emanuele of this ‘low-cost’ smartwatch. To make this possible are the bones of the body: in the bracelet hides a small speaker and vibration (or sound) is transmitted almost perfectly along the bones of the hand up to the eardrum.

It’s not just an idea, but a real product that could go short on the market and that will allow everyone to be able to chat on the phone by simply placing a finger on the ear. Other award-winning project is Horus, a headset with speakers and cameras designed get: by Saverio Murgia, and capable of transforming the images into a voice. Horus is particularly designed for the visually impaired, and through an analysis software is able to describe the environments and even recognize people. Winners were also the sensor system Iomote and platform for the control of autonomous drones Archon fleets.

During the event were presented in just 180/2 twenty of the best Italian projects submitted to the latest Maker faire Rome, which took place in October within the space of Wisdom, who will return 14 to 16 October at Fiera di Roma. From sports to food up to robotics and education, the 20 projects came from all over Italy, and at the end of the day were selected 4, which will now have the opportunity to conquer the Chinese market.

“These are all examples of ‘new’ made in Italy, born to small businesses but ready for the market, “explained Marco Mistretta, CEO of IngDan. “Our goal – he added, is to promote these products and as a ‘bridge’ to help them enter the international markets, especially in China in Shenzhen valley, the area that is home to the largest electronics manufacturing in the world.”

Apple ‘locks down’ the iPhone, “They can not force us to release” – ANSA.it

The Apple locks down the iPhone and raises its game in the battle over privacy against the US government. With firm refusal by a party to unlock the iPhone one of the authors of the massacre of San Bernardino, ( “we can not force, violates the constitutional rights”) and instructed his engineers to develop new security measures that will make it impossible access to a locked iPhone using methods similar to those at the center of the legal battle that is being fought before the courts in California. Hold commissioned by Apple to lock down its systems speaks to the New York Times, citing sources close to the company and industry experts, and even the Financial Times reported that Apple is working to strengthen its systems, such as lock down iCloud for example, in order to make it harder to breach by hackers but in fact raised an insurmountable wall for the investigating authorities.

Then he seemed to reach a sort of confirmed also by the Cook who, in an interview with abc, showed determination to go “all the way” in the case of the phone of the San Bernardino killer, saying he was ready to have recourse to the Supreme Court if necessary. Why, in your opinion, what Washington calls in this case – that force the release of the iPhone indicted – is “the equivalent of cancer software.” and “which may expose people to heavy vulnerabilities.”

A danger to be avoided, according to the number one of Apple, who said he was ready to talk to the administration, with Barack Obama in person, by resolve the matter in the best way. Meanwhile, in the documentation filed in court with which explains his refusal to the FBI’s request to release the Apple iPhone in the San Bernardino killer, points out that in his opinion and ‘a’ forcing ‘unacceptable,’ cause ” purple constitutional rights ” he said. And asking the court to cancel the order of release, Cupertino accused the FBI of wanting to acquire a ” dangerous power ”. At stake is a broader issue: the balance between security and privacy.

So if Apple could strengthen its security system – and according to experts has all the elements to do so – what It would constitute the most significant technological challenge so far to the police and intelligence. This even though the Obama administration were to win his legal battle on the iPhone aggressor San Bernadino, because to cover any tight Apple will also need to develop new legislative tools, making inevitable the involvement of the Congress, which would It called to define what are the possible obligations of the computer companies in such cases. Meanwhile, the federal agency head tried to throw water on the fire: “We’re not trying to set a precedent,” he assured the FBI director James Comey in a congressional hearing. Yet, he noted, the case Apple “we need a broad debate at the national level: the FBI has to explain the costs of privacy.”

Google and Facebook side with Apple in the battle against ‘FBI who asked to Cupertino to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino killer. This was reported by the CNBC citing some sources, according to which the two giants will present in court motions to Apple support. To support Apple would also tweeted that, according to rumors, will submit a ‘friendly’ the motion in court in support of Cupertino. Silicon Valley is so compact to Apple’s support and for its refusal to the FBI’s request to release the iPhone in the San Bernardino killer. Apple believes that the request violates the constitutional rights, especially the first and the fifth amendment. The request is ” unprecedented ” and ” not supported by law. This is not a case involving a single iPhone. No court has never authorized what the government is trying now, no law supports such an unlimited use of the judicial process ”.

Apple, the new security measures for the iPhone and iCloud. Cook: “Unlocking would be like a cancer” – The Republic

Apple raises the bar of the challenge in the battle over privacy against the US government after his refusal to unlock the iPhone one of the authors of the San Bernardino massacre: its engineers have begun to develop new security measures that will make it impossible to access to a iPhone blocked using methods similar to those at the center of the legal dispute pending in the courts in California. He writes the New York Times citing sources close to the company and industry experts.

If Apple could strengthen its security system, and according to experts it succeeded, the company – says the NYT – will create a significant technological challenge for law enforcement and intelligence, even if the Obama administration were to win his legal battle on the iPhone aggressor San Bernadino. The FBI should find another way to circumvent the security of Apple, with a new cycle of litigation and technical corrections by the Cupertino company. The only way to get out of this confrontation, according to experts, will be an intervention of Congress, to clarify and define what are the possible obligations of computer companies.

armored iCloud for Cupertino . Even according to the Financial Times Apple would be working to strengthen the security of its systems. The British newspaper, citing sources close to the operation, reveals that the Cupertino company is working to lock iCloud, the cloud where the data of the users ‘backup’ are kept: personal information, pictures, email contact.

In this way Apple wants to make it harder to access by hackers, but also on the part of the investigating authorities. In practice, with the new Apple system put in place a mechanism that will make it impossible for the same company to grant the FBI or anyone else access to user data on its iCloud systems.

So far, those who are holding the investigations in the United States had the opportunity to ask a judge to order forcing Apple to go to the authorities the saved data and encrypted. Under the new system, Apple will no longer have access to the access keys encrypted in iCloud, and this means that customers who forget their passwords to iCloud will no longer have the ability to access personal data stored on the Apple system.

Tim Cook: “Software as a cancer.” Meanwhile, and as for the open questions, the CEO of Apple Tim Cook in an interview with the ABC network, said that forcing the release of iPhone is “the equivalent of cancer software.” “We are asking you to write a program that could expose people to heavy vulnerabilities,” said Cook, “One thing that would be bad for America, and that it could establish a precedent that I would put many people in danger.”

the number one FBI: “It would not “we’re not trying to set a precedent”: so said James Comey, the number one of the FBI, in a ‘hearing in Congress. A few hours before the deadline for submission of documents to court by Apple, Comey back on the case pressed by MPs. “The code that the judge has ordered Apple to write only work for quell’iphone”. Comey, who said to “love the privacy,” he said before the intelligence committee of the chamber that “unlikely” the case of San Bernardino “will serve as a trailblazer.”