Apple launched a "cash for clunkers" on his iPhone - Le Figaro

The giant on Friday launched a new program of recovery in the United States. One way to regain control of the market for the resale of iPhone, but also to prepare the launch of its new iPhone 5S.

Apple wants to boost sales of new iPhone. To encourage fans to expenditure, the firm at the apple on Friday launched a new program of recovery in the United States. The principle is simple: the owners of older iPhone models can bring them to an Apple Store and receive in exchange for a purchase credit to afford a newer version of the smartphone at a discount. A sort of “cash for clunkers” deployed while Apple is set to unveil its new iPhone 5S, and has low-cost version of iPhone 5C, probably around September 10.

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Wall Street Journal , the former iPhone owners in good condition could receive up to $ 280 (212 euros) purchase credit. Information not confirmed by the giant Cupertino, California. To participate in the program, only available overseas, we must “first get the phone to a shop to get an estimate. The screen should not be cracked, the buttons should all work “and the phone must not have been exposed to water, told the American newspaper vendor of the Apple Store Grand Central in New York. In addition, the exchange offer is only valid for phones under contract with a service provider or by signing a new contract.

If Apple is preparing the ground for the launch of its new iPhone with this commercial offer, the group intends at the same time put his hand on the market for resale of iPhone has become a thriving business on the Internet. Israel Ganot, CEO of Gazelle, a site specializing in the resale of mobile phones and computers, believes that the market for “smart phones” and tablets used in the United States represent 14 billion dollars (10.6 billion euros) per year by 2015. The Used iPhone sell between 100 and 400 dollars (75.60 to 300 euros) on a website like eBay, depending on condition and model version. Chains like Best Buy also offer exchange old appliances. “There is therefore clearly a huge opportunity for many players,” says the specialist.

Apple Tim Cook begins to resemble Microsoft

The stakes are high for Apple, whose iPhone is the flagship product. Even more than its share of the global smartphone market is eroding face competition from cheaper models operating with Android, Google’s operating software, and manufactured by several groups, headed by the South Korean Samsung . A study by Gartner shows that Apple’s share of the global smartphone market fell to 14.2% in the second quarter while the Samsung grew to 31.7%. For its part, Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with Global Equities Research, believes this “measure promotional” shows that Apple has “lost its ability to innovate since the death of Steve Jobs.” According to him, the “Apple Tim Cook begins to look like Microsoft,” the software giant in decline and whose CEO, Steve Ballmer, has announced his next start.

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Bouygues confirms move to 200Mb / s for fiber - Digital Zone

Home> Computer> Bouygues confirms move to 200Mb / s for fiber

August 30, 2013

Bouygues Telecom with its offer Fibre BBox Sensation rates up to 200 Mega in defined areas. The rates do not change and start with an offer to € 37.90 per month including supply Bein Sport for a period of one year. However for 4G, offering Bouygues is restricted to 48 KB / second due to quota overruns.

Bouygues Telecom today announced that its offer fiber BBox Sensation goes to 200 Mbit / second. A novelty that currently concerns the FFTLA network (fiber optic termination with coaxial cable) Numericable that Bouygues Telecom uses. The offer is unfortunately not accessible to the general population, some areas are affected and an eligibility test is needed to see if you can enjoy the high speed of the operator. The rates are not changed and the promotion of access to Bein Sport is maintained for a year, included in this package less than 40 € mensuel.En offering BBox Sensation offers 200 mega operator dual speed flow of the Box. The cities of Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes (and Vincennes Saint-Mande in Ile-de-France) are already eligible.

BBox Sensation Fibre

However, at the 4G Bouygues, the operator has to modify its contracts for customers who subscribe to the new 4G package with a quota of 3 GB and 8 GB The amendment concerns the flow restriction after passing the quota. On these two new offerings, the flow increases from 100 Mb / s to 48 Mb / s. On the other offerings, this rate is 64 Kb / s. As of October 1, 2013, Bouygues Telecom will cover more than 100 cities representing 25 million French with its 4G network.

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A scientific study says that "we are all Martians" - France Info

According to this study, life would never arrive on Earth without the projection of a meteorite from Mars after © Reuters – Ali Jarekji

scientist Steven Brenner Thursday presented a new theory that life on Earth would have come through the projection of a straight meteorite came from Mars. The object in question is included in a specific metal in an oxidized form: molybdenum, essential to life

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This Thursday is at an international press conference devoted to the geochemistry in Florence (Italy), that e researcher Steven Brenner explained that life arrived on Earth with a Mars projection. According to his hypothesis, a meteorite after the red planet and having an essential metal for life would hit Earth .

There are three billion years, some elements for life were present on Mars, not Earth. But according to the study, a projected from March on planet Earth, including the molybdenum’ll meteorite t changed the course of things. The metal in question had in fact prevented the carbon molecules, elementary basis of all forms of life to deteriorate and eventually tar.

vital ingredient

“ Only when molybdenum is highly oxidized he is able to influence the formation of a primitive life “says Steven Brenner, teaching science and technology to the Westheimer Institute, USA. This metal essential to life, could not be present on Earth, which then included too little oxygen, unlike Mars.

“ It seems that accumulating evidence that we really are all Martians and that life began on Mars before coming to Earth edge of a rock “explains Steven Brenner.

At the time, that is to say, there are three billion years, the solar system was particularly agitated and the Earth was constantly bombarded by comets and asteroids, which explains the Martian debris were projected in space and before finishing their race on this planet.

With Trendrr, Twitter investing in social TV - BBC

computer screens decidedly not sufficient to Twitter. The U.S. site announced Wednesday its acquisition of Trendrr, a start-up that examines the relationship between social networks and television. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Trendrr confirmed the announcement in a blog post. “We are very pleased to join the Twitter team,” commented Mark Ghuneim, CEO of Trendrr, “it will allow us to achieve great opportunities to provide a better experience to our users, the media and advertising.”

Canal + and TF1 as clients

Trendrr offers two products to its customers. The first Trendrr.TV, includes several tools to measure the “investment” of users to their television sets, that is to say their discussions on social networks about a particular program and their reactions to advertisements that pass on their small screen. The second product, Curatorr focuses on identifying tweets “high quality”, that is to say high potential for sharing. It allows brands and television better interaction with web-goers.

Established in 2007 by the agency Wiredset, Trendrr already has large TV among its clients. The U.S. MTV Spanish Telemundo and subscribe to its services. The start-up also works with Canal + and TF1. Curatorr has been used for French popular shows such as “The Voice,” “Dancing with the Stars” or “American Idol” (now posted on D8 chain owned by Canal + Group). Trendrr said he did not intend to sign new contracts with chains at the moment.

strategy already well established

after website Mashable , citing one of its spokesmen, who is more interested Curatorr Twitter. Indeed, Twitter already offers similar to Trendrr.TV service. Officially launched in July in the United States, it can make them more receptive to the message registered users. To do this, mark those Twitter “tweet” about a particular television program, then selects sponsored tweets (ads as tweets) brands that are advertising on the show. Twitter then sends these tweets viewers, thus receive an advertising message “relevant” to what they are currently watching.

For example, if Mary tweeted about the “New Star” and that calls for an X mark appears on the screen during the commercial break, Twitter will send at the same time a tweet sponsored by Brand X . Thus, Mary will receive the message from the X mark on both the TV screen and on their computer or smartphone.

buying Trendrr, Twitter increase its efforts to partner with television. The social network has everything to gain to develop these relations, which can bring him close in terms of advertising revenue. It has already officially associated with Nielsen, which specializes in measuring television audiences in late 2012. A partnership that consists of the publication of studies attempting to prove that the number of tweets and audience levels are linked. In the long term, it should also lead to the creation of a whole new audience measurement to evaluate the success of television programs based on the tweets they generate. Nevertheless, Twitter just yet to prove any causal link. Trendrr himself last month published a study saying that people speak five times more TV on Facebook on Twitter and other social networks. The blue bird is still far from being the master of our zapping.

Sciences. And if life on Earth came from Mars? - Ouest-France

If life arose on Earth, thanks to the metal straight from Mars, delivered directly to our planet by a meteorite, according to a new theory presented this Thursday by a researcher.

“There seems to be accumulating evidence that we really are all Martians and that life began on Mars before coming to Earth on a rock” says Steven Brenner, a professor at the Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology in Gainesville (United States), which presents his theory on Thursday at an international conference on geochemistry in Florence, Italy ..

The metal from Mars would have “the formation of a primitive life”

analyzes recently carried out a Martian meteorite showed them the presence of molybdenum and boron, a metalloid which would have helped to protect the RNA, a primitive precursor of DNA.

But in ancient times when life appeared on Earth, molybdenum oxide was used to prevent carbon molecules – the building blocks of all life – to deteriorate and eventually tar , said Mr. Brenner.

“It is only when molybdenum is highly oxidized he is able to influence the formation of a Primitive Life e,” said in a statement M . Brenner

Our life on Earth due to a “stroke of luck”

“This form of molybdenum could not be present on Earth at the time when the first elements of life appeared, because there are three billion years, the surface Earth contained only very little oxygen, unlike Mars “, he said.

At the time the solar system was particularly agitated and the Earth was constantly bombarded by comets and asteroids. Our neighbor also in March, which explains how the Martian debris could be thrown back into space to finish their race on Earth, trapped by its gravitational field.

“It’s a fluke, because the Earth is by far the better of the two planets to harbor life. If our hypothetical Martian ancestors remained on Mars, there might not be here to talk about “, concludes the researcher.

Comets and asteroids, life on Earth is surely also

Other theories explain the emergence of life on Earth by the water provided on the blue planet by comets, composed of ice and inherited from the formation of the solar system cosmic dust.

Another hypothesis called “panspermia” , suggests that bacteria embedded as stowaways on asteroids have ended up crashing to Earth to grow in its warm oceans and welcoming.

Martians could they be our ancestors? - 20minutes.fr

If life arose on Earth, thanks to the metal straight from Mars, delivered directly to our planet by a meteorite, according to a new theory presented Thursday by a researcher. This vital ingredient was presented to us in an oxidized form of molybdenum, a metal used today in alloys for DIY tools or dental crowns.

bombardment of comets

But in ancient times when life appeared on Earth, molybdenum oxide was used to prevent carbon molecules – the building blocks of all life – to deteriorate and eventually tar, says Steven Brenner teacher at Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology in Gainesville (USA). “It is only when molybdenum is highly oxidized it becomes capable of influencing the formation of a primitive life,” said in a statement Steven Brenner, who presented his theory on Thursday at an international conference on geochemistry in Florence, Italy.

“This form of molybdenum could not be present on Earth at the time when the first elements of life appeared, because there are three billion years, the surface of the Earth contained only very few oxygen, unlike Mars, “he says. At the time the solar system was particularly agitated and the Earth was constantly bombarded by comets and asteroids. Our neighbor also in March, which explains how the Martian debris could be thrown back into space to finish their race on Earth, trapped by its gravitational field.

Another hypothesis: the “panspermia”

recent analyzes of a Martian meteorite showed them the presence of molybdenum and boron, a metalloid which would have helped to protect the RNA, a primitive precursor of DNA, corrosion. “There seems to be accumulating evidence that we are actually all Martians and that life began on Mars before coming to Earth on a rock,” says Steven Brenner. “It’s a fluke, because the Earth is by far the better of the two planets to host life. If our hypothetical Martian ancestors remained on Mars, there might not be here to talk about, “says the researcher.

Other theories explain the emergence of life on Earth by the water provided on the blue planet by comets, composed of ice and inherited from the formation of the solar system cosmic dust. Another hypothesis, called “panspermia” suggests that bacteria embedded as stowaways on asteroids have ended up crashing to Earth to grow in its warm and welcoming ocean.

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Consoles: Nintendo 2DS mocked on Twitter - 20minutes.fr

clash BatAffleck and twerking Miley Cyrus, Twitter has found a new nemesis: the Nintendo 2DS, unveiled Wednesday by the manufacturer, which will be released in France on October 12. A 130 dollars in the United States, it should cost as much euros in France, against 160 euros for the 3DS and 190 for the 3DS XL.

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As its name suggests, the 2DS can play 3DS games … 2D. Nintendo swears he does not abandon the 3D and it just wants to address all market segments.

mobile “low cost” is intended to fight against competition from tablets, even if the 3DS is selling well, with 32 million copies sold worldwide. This does not prevent the parody account boss Sony irony: “The 2DS is perfect for those who were too complicated to unfold the 3DS and disable the 3D effect.”

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the paradox of 3D games playable in 2D (many players and publishers already they disabled an effect not really nice), the design without turning the console under debate. For the principle of the two screens kept the 2DS is kind of a big square 13x15x2cm, which seems impractical to carry in the pocket and not really suitable for small children’s hands.

Internets did not take long before you find another use, so logger:

ad campaign is mocked. “When that happens, Nintendo?” Asked @ josh face staging an evening spent on the couple 2DS.

The price of the Wii U down in the United States

At the same time, Nintendo has announced a 50 dollar price premium pack of Wii U in the United States, offered from September 20 to $ 300. Nothing has filtered to Europe, where it always appears at 349 euros. It would be surprising if the old continent does not have the same boost, while Playstation 4 will land in November to 399 euros and the Wii U sells twice as much as its predecessor.

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SYRIA. The below cyberattack "New York Times" - Le Nouvel Observateur

“Twitter, are you ready?” The tone of the tweet is provocative, like all other actions of the “Syrian Electronic Army” (Syrian Electronic Army, SEA). Last operation time claimed by the hacker group Syrian pro-Assad: a cyberattack against the “New York Times” and Twitter, Tuesday, Aug. 27. An attack that always makes currently inaccessible site of the venerable U.S. newspaper and disrupted the functioning of the microblogging site.

cyber attack comes as the United States, the United Kingdom and France were convinced that the Syrian regime had committed the chemical attack of August 21 in the suburbs of Damascus, and especially when the assumption of a military intervention in Syria said.

SEA has already been shown in recent months by hacking the Twitter account of U.S. news agency Associated Press. She had published a fake tweet that President Barack Obama had been injured in two explosions at the White House. A stunt that had panicked Wall Street. The Dow Jones plunged by over 130 points, or nearly 1%.

Twitter photo service of the AFP, as well as social networks the BBC, Al Jazeera, the “Financial Times” or “Guardian” have also paid the price.

How

SEA she hacked the “New York Times”

To carry out the attack, the Syrian Electronic Army has decided to attack the system that manages domain names (the Domain Name System, DNS) of the “New York Times” and Twitter.

Every computer connected to the Internet is identified by a numeric address, or IP address. For example, the web server “New York Times” is at 170149168130. The Domain Name System, created in 1980, works as a directory that lists the IP address and translated. Thus, 170149168130 becomes www.nytimes.com and can be searched on the Internet.

“New York Times” and Twitter have their registered Internet domain names with an Australian company called Melbourne IT. And it is precisely Melbourne IT was concerned: “The SEA prefer foremost target partners and trusted third parties large groups,” says Sophos, a company specializing in security

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For Johanne Ulloa, security expert at Trend Micro, told the “Nouvel Observateur”, “this is surely due to a targeted attack on a member of society that SEA could infiltrate Manager domain names. ” “We believe that it is with a program that exploits the vulnerabilities and take control of a remote computer that hackers were able to access the interface that manages the DNS,” he analyzes. “What is interesting is that the creator of DarkComet, a RAT, which allows you to take control of a remote machine, decided last year to stop the development of the software because it was used by groups such as” the Syrian Electronic Army. ‘”

Confirmed by Theo Hnarakis suspicions, CEO of Melbourne IT, which told the “Guardian” that hackers had access to the administrative interfaces of the company via a username and a valid password. Once hacked Melbourne IT, the “Syrian Electronic Army” has simply changed the DNS Twitter and “New York Times”. DNS file American newspaper was changed so that readers are redirected to M.SEA.SY, MOD.SEA.SY and SEA.SY, servers under the control of the SEA, says Sophos .

operation not yours to exploit. “There is no need to have any special technical knowledge,” says Johanne Ulloa, who considers this technique to infiltrate a company increasingly common.

A DNS attack is effective?

In such an attack, hackers can go far? “Taking control of the domain name of a website is not as powerful as piracy site’s servers,” says “Washington Post”. “If” the Syrian Electronic Army ‘had managed to take control of servers” New York Times “, it could change the content of the articles, read the e-mails of journalists and even install malware on the servers” . The hijacking of a domain name does not do that.

David Ulevitch, CEO of OpenDNS, however, explains that compromising a domain name can still cause serious problems. “When you turn away DNS, you are changing more than the site’s identity,” he says in the “Washington Post”. For example, “New York Times” “undoubtedly sends e-mails to confidential sources. Someone could intercept these communications” by changing the DNS and saying where to deliver e-mails.

“Compromising the field of Twitter could create serious security problems yet. because the social network has” a lot of javascript [ code that allows you to place tweets on a web page, Ed ] embedded on websites. This means it is possible to deface websites, “says David Ulevitch.

Why target the Anglo-Saxon media

But, why such an attack? “The role of” the Syrian Electronic Army ‘makes sense when considered as pranksters who like al-Assad Bashar,” said the “Washington Post”. The SEA does not steal any information and prefers to take a site or a Twitter account for a short period of time and get his message. Communication centered around the Assad regime, denouncing U.S. foreign policy or disseminates false information.

Google again blocks YouTube application on Windows Phone - Clubic

Windows Phone users will have they finally an official YouTube app? Once again Microsoft points Google’s practices even if both parties worked hand in hand.

In January, Microsoft had publicly accused Google of not wanting to wear his service terminals with Windows Phone. The editor explained not have access to the necessary programming interfaces. The Redmond company had then proceeded to develop an application without the consent of Google but the publication of the latter had resulted in a warning. Having reached an agreement for the development of an application together, the relationship seems to deteriorate again.

David Howard, vice president of Litigation & Antitrust Division Microsoft says after each of the changes required by Google to have resumed, the California firm has still stuck again the YouTube application. Moreover, mobile users attempting to connect to encounter an error message.

According to Google M.Howard multiply excuse to continue the deadlock. The California firm would have liked a development in HTML5 as though iOS and Android applications are coded natively. Then Google would not have been satisfied with the advertisements returned although they are based on the available metadata. The team would also mentioned Youtube violations of its terms of use and “ a bad user experience .”

asked by our confreres of The Verge, Google says working with Microsoft on this time coded in HTML5 application. For the latter, however, Microsoft will update its Internet Explorer browser.

Samsung: an ideas competition to win $ 10,000 - Zebulon.fr

You are resourceful, visionary, imaginative? Qualities that Samsung is currently looking for his ideas competition. The Korean giant seeks to explore new avenues, new concepts with flexible displays for who knows, launch a new product in a few years … the key $ 10,000!

competition to find new ideas for flexible displays

The South Korean giant is interested in exploring new ways to exploit its flexible AOMLED screen technology, it has launched a vast concourse of ideas and the best reward by $ 10,000. All developers, designers, contractors or crafty may participate in this contest by submitting ideas for future possible applications of flexible display technology, both in the professional sphere, and the general public.

Must be accompanied by the idea of ??a true reflection, with precise specifications and an economic study. The rules established by Samsung are clear: “ products must use a flexible screen whose maximum size is 20 inches, do not go beyond a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, do not belong to a market niche and will be produced on a large scale . ” In addition, it will settle for 10,000 dollars gain because Samsung has already planned in the event of large-scale implementation, the creator refuses to claim any fees or charges.

Other price competition on Samsung screens flexible

There will not be one winner in this contest organized by Samsung, since the second receive $ 5,000 and third $ 2,500. This contest will start very soon, on August 29, 2013 and ending October 6, faster rendering their projects before September 15 will be eligible for assistance, recommendations or advice to improve their application before the deadline. Will there be born the future product from Samsung after the contest

Microsoft reduced the wing for the launch of the Xbox One - AFP

Microsoft reduced the wing for the launch of the Xbox One

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NY – Microsoft U.S. computer group announced Wednesday that its new video game console, Xbox One, would be launched in November in fewer countries than expected

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“We announced that the Xbox One would be available in 21 markets around the world to launch. It was an ambitious goal,” recalls a message posted on the official blog of Xbox.

“To meet the demand, we adjusted the number of market receive the Xbox One November 13: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand, “he adds.

The device should then be launched “as soon as possible in 2014″ in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland, he says.

One Xbox to succeed the Xbox 360, sold 77 million copies since late 2005.

Microsoft had officially unveiled during May, posting at the time its intention to impose the device as a platform essential entertainment in the living room for video games as well as other activities.

Xbox One example can zap instantly between a video game, a television program or surfing the internet. Microsoft has also integrated its

Call by Skype internet video system.

Microsoft is not alone in renewing its range. Japanese rival Sony has also announced the release of a PlayStation 4 at the end of this year, and the third largest manufacturer of console, Nintendo of Japan, launched its Wii U last year.

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Five possible futures for BlackBerry - ZDNet

Business: Sell, license its use to other manufacturers, split its activities, to withdraw from the Exchange system? A review of the choices open to the BlackBerry, after yesterday’s announcement of an exploration of “strategic alternatives.”

Long undisputed leader in smartphones for businesses and healthy as in the smartphone sector for individuals, BlackBerry has since experienced a slump: in the five largest European markets (the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany), the BlackBerry is now only 2.2% market share.

In business, the manufacturer has been undermined by the growth of the crop BYOD (” bring your own device “) – where an influx of iPhones and Android devices – while his attempt to emerge on the tablet market with the PlayBook has had little success.

BlackBerry announced yesterday that its Board of Directors has formed a committee “to explore strategic alternatives,” which “may include, among others, potential joint ventures, strategic partnerships and alliances, sale company or other possible transactions. ” While noting that it is not certain “that exploratory process will result in any transaction whatsoever.”

What are the possible futures for BlackBerry now

1 – Partnerships

company stressed in a statement yesterday on its desire to accelerate the rollout of its BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system, and that she could dismiss other handset manufacturers, in order to regain critical mass. After all, despite the initial skepticism, BlackBerry 10 has received largely positive feedback, and is generally considered safe and well designed.

However, this route has hardly been successful in the past for the company. BlackBerry has already planned a time to lay its own OS without much to show: last year it hired JP Morgan and RBC Capital Markets to assist in a strategic review of how to deploy the BlackBerry platform through partnerships or licensing opportunities. And even if BlackBerry 10 is a solid OS, there are many known alternatives – particularly Android – available for device manufacturers and others with long teeth, such as Windows Phone, Tizen and Ubuntu Touch

If the company has touted its OS in the past without arousing interest, it is unlikely that it collects now, while its market share is even lower.

2 – Removing Exchange

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private in itself will not solve the problems BlackBerry, but it can give oxygen it needs.

ongoing attempt to remove Michael Dell Dell Exchange suddenly back into fashion the idea that high-tech companies to the private return. The advantage is that it allows homeowners to take long-term decisions difficult but necessary to restore the company, without Wall Street windows to review every move.

BlackBerry has cash reserves and is much smaller than Dell, so the return to closed capital is a realistic option, if there is a private equity firm interested. But this leaves open the question of strategic options qu’adopterait BlackBerry, even if it is an unlisted company. In this option, the investment funds that buy the company – and the direction he chooses for it – will determine whether it can return to better health, or be sold for nothing

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3 – Sell the business

BlackBerry has been in contact with a number of potential buyers in recent years, Lenovo at Amazon via Samsung and Microsoft. Some might still be interested, but others might be tempted:. Example HP or even Dell

No acquirer does however seem obvious these days. Many hardware manufacturers have withdrawn from the mobile sector in recent years, and for those who want to return or even go for the first time, there are cheaper and easier ways to do it.

4 – Spin

Another option may be to dismantle the company by selling its various components of value – the thousands of patents in the mobile BlackBerry could be extremely interesting for Google or Apple, for example. One could even split the hardware and software of the company branches, and focus on the development of its business management software mobile terminals (MDM) and business – an area that will always be the future, as its devices sink or float.

But there at least one analyst believes that much. Maynard Um, Wells Fargo Securities, wrote in a study notes: “In considering the sale of assets, we believe BBRY have the greatest value in all though it may be of interest for different parts of the business – the OS for the automotive market or smartphones, the infrastructure for security, intellectual property, the subscriber base of the company, and other “

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5 – Do nothing

As the news yesterday, “it is not certain” that exploratory process will result in any transaction whatsoever. “

It is possible that after considering all options, BlackBerry decides to continue his journey alone. She still has a strong brand, a reasonable basis for corporate clients and some attractive technologies -. Lightened a BlackBerry might be able to find its place in the mobile ecosystem

But as our colleague Larry Dignan notes, it will be difficult for BlackBerry that it conducts its business as usual throughout this process, and its customers as its teams are worried and in limbo. The sooner the uncertainty will be removed – if exercised – the better

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CNIL: 50% of mobile apps do not respect life ... - Frandroid

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new technologies, coupled with a keen on cooking Southwest, I go soon lobby to convince the Sky offer sun Parisians.

CNIL estimated that more than 20% of sites and mobile applications provide no information on the protection of private data users. A figure that rises to 50% for single mobile applications.

Information is key for the user. And the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) really wants to understand the administrators of websites and mobile applications. Indeed, after an international cooperation (Internet Sweep Day) with 19 of his colleagues (including American commissions, German, British …), the CNIL has issued the findings of a 2180 audit sites the most visited in the world, started in May The commission more than 20% of this workforce applications provides “ any information (its) visitors about the policy of data protection followed, even though these sites or applications collect personal data. “ And it mobile applications most affected with 50% of them do not fall within the criteria CNIL. “ But without this information, the people who visit these sites or applications do not have the means to control their data “, the stat ement of the Commission.

The CNIL goes further by criminalizing the web players who, themselves, provide information on the policy of protecting private data. “When these policies data protection exist, they are often too general or, conversely, too focused on one technical aspect, such as the cookie ,” says the authority.

The availability of this information has also been examined by the Commission. On this information, “ nearly half of mobile sites and applications involved do not make it easily accessible .” The ambiguity relating in particular to the language as “ CNIL also sometimes found sites to French Internet with informative notices are in English. ”

remember that before tackling these sites, the CNIL had put Google still there a little over a month for non-compliance with French laws on the protection of user data.

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Arirang: the first smartphone 100% North Korean ... finally ... - ZDNet

Business: We have few details on this Android phone, but after the North Korean tablet, it is a new device supported by the system … not release the communications of the country.

official news agency North Korea, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), linked to the government of Kim Jong-un, revealed in a report the existence of a first smartphone manufactured in the country. She followed the communist leader, Kim Jung-un, visiting the factory.

No detail has really filtered through the unit. If you know that this is a smartphone running on Android, the Arirang AS1201 is one of well-kept secrets by the plant May 11 Factory Pyongyang, according to North Korea Tech website.

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Kim Jong-un had visited the factory, two years and two months ago, in the presence of his father, Kim Jong-il. At the time, he toured with a string of flat LCD screens production. Since then, however, there are still doubts about the reality of that manufactures technology products.

only images presented by the official news agency show workers in the presence of finished electronic products. No details of the production, which may suggest that it is only propaganda reports. In which case the “North Korean smartphone” is not really happening in the country, and would only show an image of modernity.

North Korea Tech considers that the devices are probably ordered directly from Chinese suppliers, and delivered to the plant May 11 Factory, where they are inspected before they are sold.

It would not be surprising, the precedent set by the famous “North Korean tablet” actually produced in China have cast suspicion on such advertisements. This does not affect the reality of the smartphone and its distribution to come to North Korea, even though the country is not the place of manufacture. It will probably be marketed via Koryolink, managed by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Egyptian operator Orascom joint venture.

“Many pixels”

specifications, we just know that the supreme leader has enjoyed the performance, and was pleased, according to KCNA, that “mobile devices are convenient for their users because their camera sensor has’ a lot pixel “.” Few pictures of the visit were also shown on the video.

However, the support of Kim Jong-un to the development of a mobile telephone network seems proven. Previous meeting his father Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom operator, was widely reported in the official media. The Daily NK, “Kim has supported the idea of ??a production of mobile phones as a patriotic activity.”

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probably not involved locking telecommunications, while access to the Internet over 3G is very complicated in the country, even for foreign visitors, and citizens of the country can not obviously not make calls internationally.

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A pink planet discovered by NASA - The Point

The Point.fr – Published on 12/08/2013 at 23:50

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NASA has discovered a planet outside our solar system surprising by its color is pink. GJ 504b, as she was called by astronomers, is the lightest planet ever discovered in orbit around the sun. It would be four times larger than Jupiter and is also composed mainly of gas.

The planet was spotted by the Japanese Subaru telescope on Earth in Hawaii. Another feature of the planet, its color is a mixture of pink and magenta.

According to NASA, GJ 504b is older than 160 million years, then it would be a relatively young planet-wide the universe is still in training. The temperature at the surface would be 273 ° C on average. “Our infrared camera reveals that the color is bluer than the other planets, which tells us that the atmosphere has little clouds” says Michael McElwain, a member of the team that discovered this exoplanet.

UNITED STATES • Obama and his timid reform NSA - Courrier International

For the first time since September 11, Barack Obama spoke Friday a reform of the monitoring programs operated by the NSA, at a press conference on the subject. An announcement “appears to be the first president of the concession to the fact that the growing public concern after the revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden justifies reform,” reports The Guardian , which was published the first witness of the former NSA specialist.

revelations also published by the Washington Post , for that Obama “made it clear (…) he had no intention of giving up the daily collection of wiretapping “. “So he offered ‘appropriate reforms’, he accused leaks in government have aroused suspicion about the internal spying program.” U.S. President reiterated he did not think that the current program “involves abuse,” then qualified his remarks: “It is understandable for people to worry I would too if I was not. in the government. “

Four possible reforms

Obama first announced he would work with Congress to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Court of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, which, he acknowledged, is based on principles of operation biased that “do not take into account only part of the story”, “may be too lean for safety, and do not pay enough attention to the freedoms. ” He wants the establishment of an “independent voice” within the Court to balance the government’s position.

The Chairman then requested “appropriate reform” of section 215 of the Patriot Act, which authorizes the collection of millions of phone records on U.S. soil. A panel of civil liberties lawyers and former intelligence officers will be responsible to think about it.

Obama also announced the appointment of a “Mr. Transparency” at the NSA, and the creation of a website on which the agency will inform the public of the details of his mission and l egal aspects of the freedoms. He also announced the establishment of an independent panel of experts, which will publish an evaluation of the activity of all the intelligence agencies before the end of the year report.

proposals too low

Obama’s speech was pretty freshly welcomed by civil libertarians, like the editorial New York Times published on August 9. This series of measures “are just fiddling at the margins of monitoring programs clearly abusive” to the daily, which accuses the President proposals “weak”, “that will certainly no real effect on the collection of information” . “Obama does not understand that the nation needs to hear more than soothing words about the business of espionage government” attacked the New York daily, saying that “it is the very existence of such [oversight] that is the problem, not the fact that they are moderately transparent. “

The president yet received the support of several personality, image Jameel Jaffer, Director the American Civil Liberties Union (American Civil Liberties Union), cited by the Guardian . “Intelligence agencies say there is no example of abuse of authority,” he said. “But the fact that the government collects all this information is in itself a form of abuse. (…) We have no information to assess this. Everything is secret.” Diane Feinstein, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee and defended the NSA said that the ads will be President “first priority” for the commission, to the beginning of September.

Barriers policies

But Obama has also received criticism from the Republican opposition. His ads are “dust in the eyes”, denounced Mike McCaul, Chairman of the Security Committee in the House of Deputies, whose remarks were reported by the website Politico . He accused the president of having done an about-face after the revelations of Snowden, while hitherto supported monitoring programs of the NSA. “The fundamental problem is that it does not explain these programs are completely legal, who saved lives that prevented terrorist plots,” said McCaul, accusing Obama of having lost the confidence in government action.

“Obama’s plan to renovate the NSA encounters obstacles”, as meanwhile Wall Street Journal , which is why the Republicans warn against the fact that these reforms “slow efforts to fight against terrorism, when they need to expand.” Mike McCaul and other elected Republicans announced “that the reforms proposed by Obama (…) may be difficult to pass in Congress, which will have to approve any major change that will affect the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,” says business daily.

Candy Crush reported 470,000 euros every day its designer - Senegal News

Published Assane Diawara on August 10, 2013 in the Science / Tech |

Candy Crush Saga, you know? This game was launched in 2012 and Facebook in mobile application simply to line up three identical candies disappear from the screen is free. To move faster and find ways to move to the next level, tools for sums of between 0.99 and 1.79 euros are offered. A boon for the game’s creator who would collect up to 470 000 euros per day.

Candy Crush is a game that was downloaded by 45 million players. It was the most downloaded game of the month of May on the AppStore and Google Play. That would be 9.7 million daily users use.

Its simplicity is only apparent: the principle is simple: the play must create combinations of colorful candies that appear on the screen when the combination is good, it disappears from the screen. When the screen is filled, the game is lost. The levels increase in difficulty as and when, and every 3 weeks, Candy Crush is updated.

new challenges are added, so do not get to pick. Based on the economic model of “free-to-play” (the game is free), it is however possible to find stuff to make progress paying tools between 0.99 and 1.79 euros. Some players revealing addicts, the money they spend to improve quickly can be important.

King, the English publisher of the game is a small company founded in 2003 which now employs 450 employees worldwide. With this game, it would clear today to € 470 000 per day.

behind the success of this game? Simplicity but also the opportunity to challenge his friends, but he also seems to create addiction. Some players are willing to spend to evolve in the game craze for this game is as Candy Crush gave birth to many products like socks stamped the name of the game, a limited edition leggings or a game “Kitchen Aid mix designed in the colors of the game price of success

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Nights of Star tour in light years - The Point

The Point.fr – Published on 09/08/2013 at 07:49

The 23rd edition of this popular event will take place next weekend on the subject of understanding the distances in the universe.

How far are the stars? The 23rd edition of the Night of stars, the next weekend will be the perfect opportunity to address the issue, since the theme understanding of distances in the universe. The French Association of Astronomy (AFA), which organizes the popular event dedicated to the observation of the sky since 1991, chose this theme to the launch scheduled for the fall of the European satellite Gaia. It will aim to measure with unprecedented accuracy the distance of nearly a billion stars in the Milky Way and to draw up a 3D map of our galaxy. From Friday to Sunday, some 400 events spread throughout France will understand the importance of this mission. More than 350 nights of observation open to the public offer a “heavenly ride” night in the mountains, at the seaside or in the scrub, and even in Paris, from the panoramic rooftop terrace of the Montparnasse Tower.

astronomy clubs, tourist offices or holiday centers participating in this summer event which was also held in Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Morocco and Algeria. The walk will begin at sunset, with the last rays disappear in the northwest horizon. Early in the night, telescopes and glasses will be focused on a crescent moon and the public can watch the sunset Venus, the evening star. Twilight installed, the three stars of “Summer Triangle”, Vega, Deneb and Altair, will unfold at its zenith, while the ringed planet, Saturn, plunge to the west.

A smartphone application

By observing the sky, difficult to perceive that the “three beautiful summer” are so far from each other. Altair and Vega are closest, respectively 17 and 25 light years. Deneb, it lies nearly 1,550 light-years. The tour will continue through the constellations of the Milky Way, Cassiopeia in Scorpio, through Cygnus and Sagittarius. It would not be complete without visiting the famous Perseids meteor which the peak activity is expected at this time of the year. Meteors called by astronomers, these small solid objects, or tiny pebbles rock dust, tumble at a speed of about 210 000 km / h in the atmosphere where they are consumed. When they enter the atmosphere, the temperature rises to 2000 ° C, producing visible to the naked eye light trails.

To observe, “a sun and your eyes enough,” said Afa, stressing that “the single eye vision offers a wide will return the extent of the phenomenon. ” Astronomers still advise to choose an open area away from city lights. Show guaranteed … if the weather does not play spoilsport. The program of events is available on the www.afanet.fr / nights site. For its part, the television channel Arte offer Saturday a “Day of Stars” with a series of documentaries from 12 h 50 (The Sun in all its forms) and until late evening (Star Stories) . Finally the application for smartphones and tablets “Night of the Stars, Volume 1″ available on Iphone, Ipad and Android is free until August 12. This “sky tour” continues the theme of the distances of the universe, said the company CosmoStory.

Camels probably involved in the transmission of ... - 20minutes.fr

camels could be one of the vectors of transmission of the new coronavirus MERS to man, according to a study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet. Appeared last year in the Middle East, coronavirus has infected 94 people, of which 46 died, according to the latest figures provided last week by the World Health Organization (WHO).

virus antibodies in camels

Researchers suspect for some time bats to be at the origin of the new coronavirus, but believe that to transmit the virus to humans probably used intermediate hosts. To test this hypothesis, an international team of researchers led by Dr. Chantal Reusken Netherlands studied blood samples of 349 animals, mainly camels, cows and goats from several countries, including Oman, the Netherlands Netherlands, Spain and Chile.

coronavirus antibody MERS were found in the serology of 50 camels originating in Oman, and to a lesser extent those of a hundred camels originating in the Canary Islands, an area in which the new coronavirus had never been reported. “The presence of antibodies means that these camels were in contact with the virus or a very similar virus,” told AFP Marion Koopmans, one of the researchers, but said they did not know when was the contact. “We also need to find the virus before we can say with certainty that it is the same one that infects humans,” she added.

reservoirs of virus

For researchers, the discovery of antibodies “suggests that camels could be one of the reservoirs of the virus that causes disease in humans.” Camels are popular in the Middle East where they are used as racing animals, but also for their meat and milk. Further studies are needed, both in humans and in animals, the researchers warn, to see if the transmission is by contact or ingestion of products from infected camels, camel milk as such.

new coronavirus is transmitted to the relatively far from patient to patient and mainly affects people already weakened by chronic diseases or compromised immune systems. It causes respiratory problems, pneumonia and rapid kidney failure. “The greatest mystery of the outbreak of coronavirus MERS was how people could be infected by a virus present in the bat and why the Middle East. Showing that camels had been in contact with the virus or with a virus similar, researchers may have contributed to answer the two questions at once, “says the other hand Dr. Benjamin Neuman, University of Reading, UK Kingdom.

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Google Play Music Unlimited Access landed in France - Gizmodo

unveiled with great fanfare last May overseas, Google Play Music Unlimited Access is now available in France to compete with Deezer, Spotify and other Xbox Music. Presentation of a service that could make fly.

€ 7.99 – for all contracts entered into before September 15 and € 9.99 after – the music streaming service Google offers millions of songs and unlimited smart radios, up to 20 000 titles offline, all with no advertising and no one month free trial.

Nonetheless, for the moment at least, the dedicated mobile application available on Android – Furthermore, we must be content to third-party publishers applications – and that the social dimension is as Google +. Small defects of youth, according to the habits of the giant of Mountain View, should be promptly corrected.

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With Google Play Music Unlimited Access, Google hunting on land ... - Le Figaro

Google up the volume in France. The famous search engine Google on Thursday launched Play Music Unlimited Access, its listening music service online. Announced on May 15 in the United States, it is now available in nine European countries. The subscription is currently charged at 7.99 euros per month and will increase to 9.99 euros after September 15.

classic features

Google Play Music Unlimited Access integrates Google Play Music service, which already allowed users to buy their favorite songs and albums of music as MP3 download. It is accessible via a website and application for Android phones, but not yet for iPhone. Google gives access to millions of songs to listen to streaming “of the majors, independents and national artists,” he says. Agreements have been signed with majors Universal, Sony and Warner Music.

its new service, Google has modeled the form of its two main competitors, Deezer and Spotify. Google Play Music Unlimited Access has all the classic features, like the ability to build playlists and receive suggestions for new music to listen to the tastes of the user. These can create and radios from a song or artist they like. The titles can be rearranged, deleted or added convenience. Finally, it is possible to store up to 20,000 additional shares on the platform.

Already number one in France

launching Google Play Music Unlimited Access in Europe, Google is accelerating its strategy content. This type of service is a way for him to retain the users of its Android smartphones, as listening to music is one of the main uses of mobile phones.

Google, which is also engaged in the sale of films and books, there is also a way to generate revenue off of advertising, the heart of business. These “other activities” accounted for a total turnover of one billion dollars (750 million euros) between April and June, up 138% year on year. In France, Google is already the number one free music streaming through YouTube. His video site is used by 54% of French to play songs on the Internet, against 23% for Deezer and Spotify only 3%, according to one published in June by the Hadopi OpinionWay study. But Google did not pay until unlimited supply. In this area, the number one is the French Deezer.

Launched in 2007, it now boasts 6 million unique visitors per month on its website in France. The majority of its paying customers are brought to him by Orange, which includes a range of music in some packages. Aside from that, Deezer had 320,000 subscribers at the end of 2012, according to figures provided by the producers of music, against 130,000 for Spotify.

For the record, this type of paid subscription for unlimited music, however, remains a source of much more promising than free music supported by advertising revenue. Deezer has accounted for 65% of sales of music streaming last year, against only 11% for YouTube.

Frankenburger: the first "Steak in Vitro" Was it good? (Video) - Reviewer

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first “Steak Vitro ” created from stem cells and therefore no cow slaughter an animal, has been tasted for first time in London on Monday by two brave testers. Hanni Rützler an Austrian researcher in culinary trends and Josh Schonwald, American journalist and author, were able to taste this piece of meat 142 grams, cooked by the famous Chef class=”c43″> Frankenburger “. So this “Steak Vitro “, which cost 250,000 euros, was it good?

Under the eyes of Mark Post, the Dutch scientist at the University of Maastricht, which is the origin of this unique experience, the tasting took place without any problems, as you can see in the video above AFP above. “It was intense. I expected that the texture of the steak is softer,” said first Austrian.

“Looks like meat, although it is not as juicy.” As a journalist, he found that “class=”c44″> ” lacked salt, pepper and fat. But other than that … “It’s pretty thin, but for the rest, it really think of a conventional hamburger.”

LG launches its new smartphone, the G2 - Le Figaro

Korean group has chosen to place the on / off button and also controls the volume on the back of the phone. The way to differentiate itself from its rivals.

It is now the norm: the launch of the “stars” are trademarks of smartphones in New York. LG is no exception to the rule by introducing the 7 August the latest G2. The main hallmark of this new smartphone is the button (on / off and volume control) which is located at the back of the phone, not on the sides or top of the device. LG stressed that innovation to enable better grip … and avoid awkward users unleash their phone trying to resolve. Now you can do everything with one hand, whether you are right or left handed! To move the button, LG also has the redesign of the battery G2 “smaller, but without loss of autonomy” promised marketing brand manager.

LG G2 also has a large screen (5.7 inch) Full HD, “The ideal screen size for everyday use long” says marketing director of the brand. The Korean company has also kept the camera with a system stabilizer (OIS), which allows “take sharp pictures from the passenger seat of a car” and take pictures, even at night. “The G2 is the only smartphone market with a 13 mega pixel camera without this resulting in a bulge in the hull of the aircraft,” said the marketing manager of the group, through to the picnic, clearly rival Nokia.

Other features of this Android smartphone, LG has also highlighted the quality of the sound, with pre-recorded ringtones that help assess the quality provided to assess children’s choirs … The User experience is also improved, LG promises. To turn on the screen, simply tap it twice to answer a call, lift the phone … Intuitive, he also knows how to recognize a proposed appointment in a text message and immediately proposed to either save it in their agenda or to open a link in Google Map to locate.

success of G2 is one of the main challenges for LG Mobile. Samsung has shown that sales of a range are based on the success of its flagship smartphone. LG is one of the brands that try to climb on the third step of the podium, behind Samsung and Apple still seem unattainable in smartphones.

"Frankenburger" the first synthetic steak tasted in London ... - 20minutes.fr

It weighed 142 grams and cost 250,000 euros, the first burger created “in vitro” from stem cells cow was cooked and eaten on Monday in London during the staging of a potentially revolutionary experience.

Two tasters

duly sworn, “a researcher culinary trends” Austrian and American author of a book on “the likes of tomorrow,” had the honor of being the first to eat a steak in public created from scratch in the laboratory, cooked in their eyes and those of its creator, a Dutch scientist at the University of Maastricht, Mark Post.

Six weeks of making

Verdict “pretty intense flavor,” “same texture” and a general profile “near meat” despite a “lack of fat” some have cut the two “volunteers” who have not yet finished their meal despite its prohibitive cost (250,000 euros).

Mark Post, who himself swallowed a small piece at the public presentation posted on the Internet, has still found a “good start” for his burger, once nicknamed “Frankenburger” by the British press .

With his team, he took six weeks to make this steak from cow stem cells grown in the laboratory. They added bread crumbs, salt, powdered egg and beet juice and saffron for color.

Marketing within 10 to 20 years

chef Richard McGowan said during the show that he was preparing the steak “business as usual” with sunflower oil and butter in a pan.

If for the moment the complicated manufacturing process makes the company particularly long and expensive, the technology is expected to provide future solutions to the same set of “major problems for the planet.”

According to its designers, who expect a marketing within ten to twenty years, technology will help meet growing demand, while the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expects an increase in meat production from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2000 to 465 million tonnes in 2050. And without the disadvantages of factory farming pollutes, demand large amounts of water emits greenhouse gas emissions and mobilizes 70% of global agricultural land.

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35% of the French declared themselves climate skeptics - Le Figaro

The survey also shows that nuclear proponents are recruited especially in this category.

More than a third of French are climate skeptics, and they are, they tend to support nuclear power, shows the barometer of opinion on energy and climate in 2013 issued by the Commissioner General Sustainable Development (CGDD). It should be recalled that no scientist denies the existence of climate change. But climate skeptics have questioned the role of human activity in this development, arguing instead that it is a fluctuation due to solar rhythms, as there could be some in the past. The debate between scholars also addresses the consequences of this change and how to confront it.

Some 61% of French people believe that global warming is a reality and it is caused by human activities, which is the dominant position supported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , according to the Barometer dated August 2013. But 35% of respondents did not agree: 13% believe that climate change is “not proven” and 22% agree to observe the climate disruption, but felt that “there is no evidence that is due to human activities. ” About 4% have no opinion on the matter.

climate skeptics are mostly represented among those with no education (53%), and 70 years and over (48%). Note that “nuclear proponents are recruited mainly among climate skeptics,” says the CGDD. Also, among those who believe that global warming is not proven, 58% rather see benefits to nuclear power, while the figure is 45% for those who hold the position of the IPCC.

the use of the atom, the French are divided: 47% say that this energy “rather benefits” such as energy independence and the low cost per kilowatt-hour, against 40% who find it “more drawbacks “citing a risk of serious accident and the issue of radioactive waste. Some 13% of respondents had no opinion. According to the barometer established since 1994, the only time the number of French reluctant to use nuclear exceeded its supporters was measured three months after the Fukushima accident of March 11, 2011. In October 2012, the balance was again 12 + for the French rather supporters of the atom.

The online press, the new challenge of Jeff Bezos, Amazon's boss - The Express

a symbol. And a nice shot from Jeff Bezos . The owner and founder of Amazon to offer the Washington Post, the famous American newspaper that was behind Watergate, and more recently part of the title chosen by Edward Snowden for his revelations about the NSA. A flagship of the American press passes under one of the sponsors of the web 19th World fortune, who managed to impose its model in e-commerce … and to the publishing industry falter. Sign of the times and the difficulties facing the web clipboard, for better or for worse, depending on the analysis.

Give the time and the means to innovate

best, these are the growth prospects for Washington Post , whose sales fell 7% and losses totaled $ 54 million in 2012. Advertising revenues fell by 14% last year. And the last five years, its net income fell 40%. Revenues from its website is up (5% in 2012), but the losses of the paper.

“Our revenues have been declining for seven years,” said Donald Graham, CEO of the group. “We were certain that the newspaper survive in our possession, but we wanted more. We wanted it to be successful.” For the Graham family, which owned the newspaper for four generations, Jeff Bezos represented “a unique and extraordinary opportunity.” Friend of the family for years, it was preferred to a half-dozen other candidates.

If

describes himself as a big player release – only online – Jeff Bezos never scored particular interest to the media, except for participation in a round of $ 5 million in Business Insider website. In contrast, the positive is that it is known for long-term investment . This is what he did for Amazon, which has accumulated losses for nine years. He sees further, and wants to take the time to innovate. “There will of course change the Post in the coming years” in order to adapt to the changes created by the Internet, he said. “We need to invent , which means that we will need to experiment.”

Jeff Bezos, for which the $ 250 million invested in the acquisition of Post and several other newspapers in the same group are not 1% of his fortune does not need to return immediately. Especially since he leads the operation name, not the Amazon, subject to market constraints. What is telling the media analyst Jeff Jarvis that the purchase could even be considered philanthropic .

He sees the future in tablets

The worst thing is that the world has changed and the clipboard is now in need of wealthy private investors to save the doldrums. The Post, with 47 Pulitzer Prizes, is no exception to the rule. It sells for $ 250 million, less than half its sales turnover in 2012 (582 million). Last week, the New York Times announced the sale at a loss ($ 70 million against $ 1.1 billion paid in 1993) of the Boston Globe’s principal shareholder baseball club in Boston. Other titles have been bought by businessmen, like the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2011 and the Philadelphia Daily News in 2012.

Jeff Bezos has his own idea about the crisis of the press, reprinted in the Washington Post. According to him, the clipboard will no longer over the next 20 years and the future lies in tablets . “People are willing to pay to subscribe to their paper on their tablet. Tablets increasingly influence our daily lives. Soon every home will have more than one. This is normal. These trends make the strongest press . ” He did put a knee to bookstores, but it will save kiosks.

the clipboard, an investment against the tide

Jeff Bezos, 49, has created Amazon when he was 30 in a garage (obviously), after scientists and computer studies at Princeton and a first professional experience on Wall Street. It is one of the largest and most powerful of the “new economy” that helped to create, along with Bill Gates (Microsoft), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google) bosses. Of “the biggest online bookstore in the world”, Amazon became the first shopping center of the web, extending its activity to multiple categories, from food to clothing, to the high-tech toys and jewelry . Amazon is also a major player in the digital content, cloud and consumer electronic (Kindle). In 2012, the company achieved a turnover of 61 billion dollars.

Usually, Jeff Bezos invests its assets in areas more “modern” than the press. In the conquest of space, for example. Passionate about science fiction, he founded Blue Origin, a company dedicated to space tourism , which works on a shuttle, and acquired land in Texas in order to build a launch pad. Bezos also finance up to $ 42 million to build a clock in a mountain in Texas, designed to work 10,000 years. It also supports civic causes such as gay marriage, for which he spent $ 2.5 million in the state of Washington, and charitable works, particularly in cancer research and education.

synergies to create

If no account is invested in the daily management of the Washington Post, Amazon’s boss might find some synergies between the two businesses. For example, subscribers to the daily could be part of Amazon’s “premium” program, Amazon Prime. Exclusive content could be published on the Kindle. Or newspaper could be integrated with Amazon parcels.

But that fear probably employees of the Post is that Bezos applies to newspaper management methods. Because Amazon is not known for the virtues of its social model. In recent months, the strikes broke out in some of its logistics centers in Germany and France.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon to the "Washington Post" - 20minutes.fr

current CEO of online shopping website Amazon, recently owner Washington Post is an atypical pattern. Founder of the Internet merchant father is in his garage Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen raised by his adoptive father from the age of 4 years, Amazon has created the group in the early 1990s. An idea he had had across the U.S. by car from New York to Seattle.

Fascinated by science and the Internet

science and computer studies in Florida, then at the prestigious Princeton University, this passionate reading books and has worked in several financial firms on Wall Street, before deciding to start his own business.

Fascinated by the Internet and impressed by the strong growth of online commerce, he launched Amazon in Seattle, northwest of the United States in 1994. The first website opened in July 2005. Jeff Bezos then founded his empire on the book. The site is rapidly diversifying and now sells everything from cultural products to food, to clothes or furniture. The company is now the largest online auction site in the world with a turnover of $ 48 billion in 2011.

An estimated $ 25 billion heritage

With his band, the businessman of 49 years up to 19th among the world’s biggest fortunes, according to the latest ranking of Forbes magazine . His assets are estimated at over 25 billion dollars.

Jeff Bezos, married with four children, had been designated “Person of the Year” by the weekly Time in 1999. It has long been his place in the pantheon of the Internet with Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, or Sergey Brin and Larry Page, co-founders of Google .

Looking to the stars

Amazon’s boss is also a citizen committed to the defense of civil liberties. In July 2012, he and his wife signed a check for $ 2.5 million to support a referendum in favor of gay marriage in the state of Washington.

addition to daily activities in the Amazon seat, passionate science fiction also look to the stars. In 2000 he founded Blue Origin, a company that aims to send tourists into space, and already has facilities in Texas. Jeff Bezos dream for any young person develop hotels and attractions in orbit around the Earth parks.

First steps in the media

Jeff Bezos is now investing in the press, with the acquisition for $ 250 million, Washington Post , the seventh day of the United States. The American love and learned to diversify. But what are his motives? The prestige of owning a flagship of the American press? A journalist Guardian his analysis in the British newspaper on Tuesday. According to her, there is no financial incentive, the press no longer what it was “. Newspapers have regained their former status as toys of the rich, rather than profit centers induced by the market” Notice shared by columnist New York Times , in an article entitled: “Newspapers are the new trophies billionaires”

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