The tragedy of LG, be brave and original does not serve apparently nothing

LG

These days have been published the financial results for the first quarter of the year for various companies that are strongly committed to the field of mobility. Apple has stuck a good smack – the first in 13 long years while Samsung news is much better. Something similar happens with Sony – the Nipponese do not raise head – and also with Lenovo and Xiaomi, they lose relevance for Oppo and Vivo.

The sector of smartphones has no pity: many try to conquer, but few succeed. This is a small tribute to a company that has spent years trying to make things right, but above all about doing things differently. LG is the company again and again differs from the rest, but that does not seem to be enough, and that, dear readers, is a tragedy.

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Beyond Google: SEO Is Diversifying – Are You?

In mid February this year, Google rolled out their new programme of using blocks of four paid ads at the top of many of their results pages, instead of the previously standard one to three. Obviously, this has some implications for the future of SEO: no matter how well optimised your site is, it’s still only going to appear fourth, possibly underneath the page cut. So how can SEO adapt to this new system?

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Mobile advertising now accounts for 82% of revenue for Facebook

Facebook

These last days have been full of activity on Wall Street due to the financial results of most companies in the world, where we have seen cases of Google, Microsoft and Apple, who have presented numbers below expectations, which it has caused nervousness among investors and a general fall in stocks.

But this scenario is not the same for Facebook, because the company Zuckerberg is outstripping forecasts reporting revenues of 5.380 billion dollars, which represents an increase of 52% over the same quarter last year, in addition to the base monthly active users increased by 15%, which makes the company one of the most profitable and best monetization profile in the market.

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The top end maintain or reduce size in 2016, are we asking for smaller screens!

Smartphone

A few months ago we talked about how the average screen diagonal was increasing over the years since smartphones dominance snatching the dumbphones. An average which rose from 5 inches a few years ago with the consolidation of the format phablet, but may be watching the sunset at least part of the releases: will we stop having a sad picture lovers screens below 5.5 inches?

If we look at the latest releases of end caps, we see that not only the majority are below what is considered phablet (i.e. from the 5.5 inches), but in many cases represents a decrease or maintenance with respect to the foregoing of those models. Beyond curves and metal, which seems trend now contain both terminals thinness and height.

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Opera includes a free VPN in your browser

Opera VPN

The segment browsers is somewhat less moved a few years ago, but there is still moving forward with interesting concepts and one of the last to give a twist to these applications has been Opera. The developer version of the browser Opera integrates a free unlimited VPN, which is a useful solution for lovers and privacy advocates … and blocked by region, course content.

Many services are trying to offer a VPN to access those same advantages, but here we must tread eye. In the past we talked about the problems that can generate free use VPNs so have to watch closely Opera. For now the truth is that this capability works swimmingly: these are our impressions.

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What is Magic Leap? We have new tracks of the mysterious project of mixed reality

Magic Leap

In October 2015 was a year of the emergence of the name Magic Leap, an unknown startup hoarded holders to receive the support of large technology companies, of which stand Qualcomm, the production company Legendary Entertainment and Google, the latter being the current owner of the project. All this would sound somewhat normal, if not because Magic Leap has been limited to show a few videos of their possibilities with augmented reality, but has never been given to know a single device.

Magic Leap has raised more than 1,400 million dollars, and from the beginning was challenged on the grounds that everything shown could be part of an assembly, because everything looked spectacular, something never seen before. But then he came Microsoft with its HoloLens and perception changed, which presented Magic Leap was possible, however Microsoft device was real, while there was still nothing clear about the mysterious startup, until today.

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What advice would you give to someone starting out programming after more than 5 years doing?

Programming

The world of programming is based on continuous learning. Engage in software development requires always be aware of the new, of what is to come. Conformism and stop learning every day Aboca programmers to work exile. Sooner or later it comes. Any newcomer to the world of programming should be aware of it.

That said, we have all wondered, to a lesser or greater extent, if we retrain as programmers. Or more dramatically, if we get out of our comfort zone apparent, i.e. learn something radically new or even try another job prospects.

Always keep in mind the question is it time to retrain?

Ask this question from time to time is essential. Sometimes we do not realize that excessive workload prevents us from assessing the quality or type of work we do. We do not see how they have emerged other technologies or paradigms of work. Although our professional staff say that we are Senior we have not evolved as such.

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InFocus has a new mini computer Kangaroo: Doubles in size, also possibilities

InFocus

The Kangaroo was one of our elected officials in the selection of mini-computers we did not long ago, it is a Windows product tiny with good specifications, the other side of the pond is working very well, and little by little we know better in these parts. Infocus, the company that creates, has a new model called Kangaroo Mobile Desktop Pro.

The Pro model is again a computer Windows 10 than in the North American country sells for $ 199. It is much more capable than the original Kangaroo, dating from October 2015, but is also a bit less portable. The reason is an addition called Dock Pro, which opens up the doors to greater connectivity, plus leave room for a 2.5 inch hard drive.

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