January 2017 - iMindsoft

Samsung Galaxy S8: Bixby and the voice assistant as the ultimate end?

January 30, 2017 by Lincoln

How long have you been talking to your cell phone? Not with the person, you call, no. With your cell phone. Voice assistants are for that, for you to communicate with a device that increasingly wants to serve as the secretary or virtual secretary to be able to rely at all times, but the ability of these platforms is yet to be demonstrated.

There are several proposals offered by the mobility market. Microsoft, Google, Apple and Amazon have been tempting us to talk more about Cortana, Google Now, Siri or Alexa. Now Samsung will also do so with Bixby, a wizard that comes after the purchase of Viv and that will, they say, absolute protagonist of experience in the Galaxy S8. Should all Samsung focus on this wizard?

Xiaomi laptop upgraded: Intel Core i7 processor and 4G connectivity

January 26, 2017 by Lincoln

One of the surprises of the season in the world of computers was undoubtedly laptop Xiaomi, a fantastic device by price, specifications and design. You may know him better in our recent analysis, but what brings us here today is the emergence of a new version of the computer: Mi Notebook Air 4G comes with more power, better connectivity.

The main novelty we have in the 4G connectivity, integrated teams, speak in plural because it is something that the two models are available to date, which differ in size 12.5 and 13.3 inches. There is some more change that we will comment, but in principle, what they decided in Xiaomi is to create a more competent product in mobility, an authentic portable office.

If you want to learn how to program, these are the most popular and promising languages

January 24, 2017 by Lincoln

Develop software has never been better valued and paid : the deficit developer is patent in the United States, where demand for these positions is huge, something that has made formed in this sole segment be guaranteed to find (good) employment.

Obviously when you start to approach this segment doubt it is clear: what programming language should I choose to start? Although there is no single answer, what is certain is that there are certain especially popular languages that can help guide you to that first formative option.

Look at me but do not get wet: Apple faces a misleading advertising claim

January 23, 2017January 21, 2017 by Lincoln

The OCU has complained to Apple before the Department of Consumer Affairs of the Community of Madrid by the announcement of the iPhone in July accusing the company of using misleading advertising to promote your smartphone.

They refer specifically to the mention of resistance to water: in the announcement “the user is made to understand that the mobile is waterproof,” OCU explains in the statement, “what it does not say is that in the legal guarantee expressly excludes any damage caused by liquids”.

If you are looking for a laptop to play that is not dead, check out the Gigabyte Aero 14 with Nvidia GTX 1060

January 19, 2017 by Lincoln

A laptop to play more or less in a position is quite difficult to find, and if you always find there are different fault the face: the price is very high, the designs are quirky, and in terms of size, is usually dead. Except for Razer and some other specialized brands, the market is pretty short if you’re picky.

Not long ago we present the Gigabyte Aero 14, a very interesting product in this complicated world: you have a pretty decent size, design inside and out is quite good, without fanfare, and well, its specifications are first. If the above updated and will put a new batch Nvidia card, it becomes a good deal.

TCEC: The world chess championship that no human could win

January 17, 2017 by Lincoln

A few days ago, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has re-validated his title as world champion chess against Sergey Karjakin: after 12 conventional items had to be held for an extension to items semi-fast, and it was in that duel in which finally Carlsen managed to win against his rival.

These great teachers are among the best in the world, but neither they nor the former masters of the whole story could do much in that other world championship called Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) in humans even competing. It is reserved for machines, or rather, to chess engines that compete with each other and that would leave very bad place to any human player.

ReMarkable wants to be the notebook of the future: An electronic ink reader in which we can draw

January 12, 2017 by Lincoln

Tablets and e-book readers have to get bored in many formats and guidelines, but it is difficult to find a device you want to cover as many things as remarkable. Mainly it offers screen electronic ink rather large, which we can also write and draw.

As we see the product reminds us of Sony that we had christened “the future notebook” fortunately this is much more affordable, but neither is no bargain: US $ 379 across the pond. It is also true that its specifications are very interesting, we have not seen them in any competitor, and there may find a gap in the market.

If we see it as a reader, for nothing it is small with its 10.3-inch diagonal screen, when it is usual to move around 6 inches. This allows us to present it as a good place to visualize graphic contents, beyond the books.

Nubia is preparing a sliding phone without frames, a competitor for Xiaomi Mi Mix

January 10, 2017 by Lincoln

If Xiaomi copy or Xiaomi does not innovate, then it takes Mi Mix, a phone without frames that left everyone with their mouths open. Apart from the actual usability, or if it is what the market really needs, they took and developed many proprietary technology to make their particular forms, were associated with a designer like Philippe Starck and created something really special.

The dream could become reality: Emulate x86 programs in ARM64 for 2017 in Windows 10

January 7, 2017 by Lincoln

The rumor that appeared earlier this year begins to gain strength, since according to the information collecting Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft would be to incorporate emulation programs x86 on ARM platform 64-bit Windows 10 for mobile, something that many have dreamed and that would open the doors to devices with more interesting characteristics, in addition to enhancing Continuum.

This means that Microsoft has not abandoned its mobile platform as many thought, on the contrary, continue to develop new products for the launch of ‘Redstone 3’ in the fall of 2017, the next major update of the mobile operating system, which would incorporate the desired emulation.

Raspberry Pi Zero becomes a tiny lethal hacking system thanks to PoisonTap

January 5, 2017 by Lincoln

Samy Kamkar is an engineer who takes time demonstrating how small conventional devices can have much more danger than usual. Its latest creation is PoisonTap, software that converts the small Raspberry Pi Zero in a lethal device for the safety of our laptops.

This tool achieves that by connecting the RPI Zero to any USB port of a computer all web traffic unencrypted intercepts, including authentication cookies that are used to log in all types of private accounts, and that information is then sent to a Server that is under the control of the attacker.