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Bluetooth 5 is on the way: four times the speed, twice the range, and location-awareness

Publié: juin 11, 2016, 7:42pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Due to be announced next week on June 16, Bluetooth 5 has a great deal to offer. Ahead of the announcement, Bluetooth Special Interest Group executive director Mark Powell has revealed a little about what we can expect. The headline-grabbing specifications for the latest version of the wireless standard are a doubling of the current range, and a quadrupling of the current speed. Slightly less exciting is the change in naming convention which is a move to simplify the communication of major changes, but another key feature of Bluetooth 5 is support for location-aware services. This is something that other… [Continue Reading]
YouTube star Christina Grimmie shot and killed after concert

Publié: juin 11, 2016, 4:18pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

The world has lost many greats of late including Prince and Muhammad Ali. Now it loses one more, though perhaps a bit less known to the older generation, but that makes the story no less sad. Christina Grimmie, who amassed fame on YouTube with over three million followers, and then went on to become a finalist on The Voice working with Adam Levine, was playing a concert last night in Orlando, Florida. CNN reports "A man armed with two guns walked up to the 22-year-old singer as she was signing autographs late Friday night and opened fire, Orlando police spokeswoman… [Continue Reading]
Google turns evil and backs controversial Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP)

Publié: juin 11, 2016, 1:48pm CEST par Mark Wilson

The Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, or TPP, is a controversial trade agreement which has been decried by many as limiting privacy and freedom of expression, as well as lacking transparency. Google has just announced that it supports TPP. While the TPP has been signed by the Obama administration back in February, it is still to be approved by congressed. In the meantime, many companies, organizations and interest groups have spoken out against it. Google admits that the TPP is not perfect, but joins the likes of Microsoft in lending its support. In a post on Google's Public Policy Blog, SVP and… [Continue Reading]
Facebook threatens to delete users' photos if they don’t install the Moments app

Publié: juin 11, 2016, 1:07pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Not content with forcing people into using its Messenger app, Facebook is continuing its aggressive tactics and driving users to install its photo-sharing app, Moments. The social network has warned users that their photos face deletion if they fail to use the Moments app. Unsurprisingly, this has led to a huge surge in interest in the app, pushing it to the top of the download charts. Facebook has announced that it is going to delete Synced Albums and Synced Photos if Moments is not installed by July 7, sending warning emails to a number of users. This has understandably led… [Continue Reading]
Google explains that search autocomplete censors suggestions

Publié: juin 11, 2016, 12:13pm CEST par Mark Wilson

If you use Google as your search engine, you'll no doubt have noticed that as you type, a list of suggestions appears. This is an example of Google trying to be helpful, but the autocomplete suggestions can also be amusing or just plain weird -- thanks, algorithms! In recent days, Google has been accused of tinkering with search suggestions in a way that favors Hillary Clinton -- something the company strenuously denies. You may have wondered how Google comes up with the suggestions it makes, and Tamar Yehoshua, VP of product management has spilled the beans. She reveals that as… [Continue Reading]
Report: Amazon is on the verge of launching its own music streaming service

Publié: juin 11, 2016, 12:02am CEST par Mark Wilson

A report from Reuters, citing two sources close to Amazon, says that the online retail giant is about to launch a music streaming service to rival the likes of Spotify. The as-yet-unnamed service is expected to launch towards the end of summer or beginning of fall, pending negotiations with record labels. With a rumored monthly fee of $9.95, the streaming service does nothing to compete with its rivals financially, but Amazon will still be hoping that it will help boost its Echo product. The paid-for streaming service will sit alongside the free one currently available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Amazon… [Continue Reading]