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The Canadian firm accuses Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to have copied the technology and functionality of BlackBerry Messenger. BlackBerry has decided to lodge a complaint against Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for violation of patents related to its messaging technology. The company blamed Facebook and its two subsidiaries to have exploited many of its safety innovations, UI, encoding and notifications. "Protect shareholder assets and intellectual property is the job of every CEO," said a spokeswoman for BlackBerry. The company has a portfolio of 40,000 patents on technologies of operating system, network infrastructure, messaging, of cyber-security, wireless communications, from beneath vehicle systems or acoustic. The complaint against Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp follows several years of negotiations, and BlackBerry advertising today damages whose amount is not specified. The Canadian firm had attacked Nokia a year ago on the grounds of a violation of its pa...

Here's how to start using Google Lens on any Android phone. Google Lens in Google Photos support on iOS will be launched "soon" Google said Monday that Google Lens, an application that uses artificial intelligence to identify objects with the camera on a phone, is now available to all users of Google Photos on Android. Previously, Google Lens was available for the Pixel range. Google Lens support is gradually spreading, and everyone should have the update in the next few days, Google tweeted. During MWC in February, Google has detailed enforcement Lens, which can scan a business card and turn it into a contact. The firm added that the app would be supported more widely in the future. Google for Lens aims to understand what you look at and perform actions based on that information. For example, you can launch the application Google Photos,point your phone on a flower and discover the type of flower. Or you can point your phone at a restaurant and get contextual informa...

Coworking giant diversifies with acquisition of Conductor, start-up specialized in marketing and digital advertising. WeWork, coworking and provision of local specialist, has just formalized the acquisition of Conductor. This start-up founded in 2006 offers digital advertising and marketing services that help companies create content based on the expectations of the prospects. Including tools to collect information on the keywords used by consumers to better target the creation of content marketing. WeWork was himself a Conductor since 2016. Having a good knowledge of the product, he realized that it would be a relevant complementary offer for thousands of start-ups and companies that use its workspaces. However, WeWork didn't intend to close Conductor who will continue to operate independently with its co-founder and P - dg Seth Besmertnik always at the bar. The amount of the purchase has not been made public.

This structure focuses on retraining people, away from the job or school dropouts. 24 students integrate the first promotion. According to different studies, specialized in the AI profiles demand explodes in companies. Increased interest in AI skills seems quite logical as most important industries such as manufacturing or health make a transition to this technology to offer new offers of service and products to their business partners and customers. Gartner estimated that the AI will create 2.3 million jobs by 2020 all by eliminating 1.8 million jobs. But in the meantime, need to be trained, and dedicated training are few, particularly in France. Given this situation, Microsoft has decided to open a school on the subject in partnership with Simplon. This structure focuses on retraining people, away from the job or school dropouts. 24 students integrate the first promotion. Thus, learners of the training were recruited in partnership with Pôle Emploi and the great school of digital...

Society of cyber security Dr Web published last week a list of smartphones Android Chinese infected with malware at the level of their firmware. According to Dr. Web, infections occur during the design of these smartphones. To infect smartphones Android, cyber criminals have several possible entry doors: applications trapped, malicious links and other techniques are possible. But the safest and most effective is to deliver smartphone user with a malware integrated since its conception. Dr Web published the week last of several Chinese Android smartphones list containing all malware of type trojan integrated directly in the design of the device. For the user, it is not even necessary to make a mistake or to download a malicious application: the malware is present from the opening of the packaging. Called Android.triada.231, this malware attacks an Android component known as the Zygote. Zygote is used by Android to manage and compartmentalize the launch of applications on the phone, ...

The incumbent focuses on commissioning in the 1800 Mhz band which associate to other frequencies allows us to offer more flow.While operators have made new commitments in the 4G coverage as a result of the requirements of the Government, ANFR (national frequencies Agency) made the point on the commissioning of  materials 4 G during the month of February. It's Orange, which was the most active with 313 sites placed in service for a total of 14.603. The incumbent focuses on commissioning in the 1800 Mhz band which associate to other frequencies allows us to offer more flow. "Currently, we gather three frequency bands and we start to aggregate four, allowing compatible terminals up to 600 / 800 Mb/s theoretical." Practical flow rising is also already seen on the ground," explained to us there is little Laurent Benatar, technical director of Orange. Free Mobile is on the second step of the podium with 164 commissioning for a total of 10.058 sites. The operator focuse...

The telecom giant will multiply with Chinese actors already installed on the old continent and agreements with local operators. After London, China Mobile opened premises in France, in Boulogne-Billancourt. The Chinese giant, more big operators in the world by number of subscribers (880 million) is in the wake of China Unicom and China Telecom, which already have a subsidiary in our country. The goal is of course to develop European activities: "We have very ambitious targets for this year," explains echoes Benedict Cholvy, who will lead China Mobile in France. How? Developing partnerships with Chinese companies on the french market so including their propose targeted offers. China Mobile also intends to make agreements with operators as local Telecom Orange with an agreement on research and development in the 5 G and the Internet of things. Finally, the group will intensify the roaming agreements with french operators specifically for Chinese tourists. "By 2017, amo...

According to le Figaro, the Hinin report on the chronology of the media should provide a new window into gold for the so-called "virtuous" SVOD platforms. But what is virtue and what are the platforms who will benefit? Although the report is not yet official, since it will be given by its rapporteur Dominique of Hinin to Françoise Nyssen, Minister of Culture and communications on March 9, the Figaro information feed into debates and raise many questions. While it is relegated to the bottom of the current timeline to 36 months, the SVOD would make a leap forward in 30 months to position themselves at 6 months of age, as the first window of the Pay TV, which she would win 4 months since she is currently positioned to 10 months. The price of virtue To enjoy this window into gold, SVOD platforms comply, according to le Figaro, 5 criteria:     The French law (Decree SMAD which quotas of works)     Make an agreement with the CSA (like TV channels)  ...

Apple could get ready to refresh its MacBook range outrageously stagnant with the launch of a cheaper MacBook Air during the second quarter. Are you looking for a new MacBook Air, while continuing to desert the Apple Store, disappointed by the stagnation of the products it houses? Well, 2018 could smile you. According to the analyst of KGI Securities Ming - Chi Kuo, and as reported by 9To5Mac, Apple plans to release a new MacBook Air 13 inch, and this at "a lower price. Expected launch date: second quarter of this year. Cheaper, but by how much? The MacBook Air is currently available from $ 999. And even if it has been updated in June 2017 (Apple went Intel Core i5 at 1.8 GHz processor), he experienced no real development since March 2015. How much cost this new MacBook Air ? Kuo does not. A drop of 100 dollars off the price certainly revigorerait sales, while declining to 799 dollars could put serious pressure on the leading manufacturers of laptop computers Windows and set o...

 While the tailer refuses to reference some of its products, Nest had decided to withdraw all of its catalogue once stocks depleted. The tug of war between Amazon and Google could make a new victim: Nest. According to Business Insider, products home automation of the brand owned by Google will not be available on Amazon.com once sold out. A decision made by the manufacturer, and presumably Google, in response to the boycott of its products by Amazon. In fact, the camera Nest Cam IQ as well as the latest generation of the connected thermostats are not referenced on the e-commerce site. A decision that would come "from above", or the CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos. Information has not been confirmed officially by either party. Remember that Amazon invests strongly in the House connected with including acquiring recent Ring for $ 1 billion market. This isn't the first situation of this type between Amazon and Google. The tailer refused to sell the Google Home, Pixel smartphone...

According to informal sources, Google should publish the developers preview of Android P later this month. The replacement of Android 8.0 Oreo could be introduced support of the notch for the screens. While the majority of Android users are still waiting to see the color of Oreo, version 8.0 released last year, his successor prepares in the shade. The blogger Evan Blass, known for its scoops on the Google OS and its terminals, has just launched a tweet announcing that the first developers preview of Android P would be available in mid-March. A timing that was not surprising knowing that Android 8.0 Oreo had arrived at the same time last year. A few details have leaked about things to expect from this new version. Much of the support of the notch in the upper part of the screen that would pave the way to a generalization of this design inspired by Apple's X iPhone. For the rest, it is question of new security features, with such a warning system when a phone call is recorded and...

600 powerful servers specifically designed to mine bitcoin. (What is bitcoin? Here's everything you need to know.) Plus 600 graphics cards, 100 processors, 100 power supplies, 100 motherboards and 100 sets of computer memory. According to The Associated Press and Visir, those are the items a coordinated group of Icelandic thieves has stolen. And though 11 people have reportedly been arrested and at least two are still in custody, none of the stolen computers have yet been found by police. The thefts, which occured between late December and early January, were reportedly captured on surveillance cameras by Advania, the server company hit by two of the three thefts. (The graphics cards, processors and so on were allegedly stolen from a home.) Advania had been offering its customers access to bitcoin-mining rigs, and it sounds like those were the type that were stolen. The Associated Press reports that the stolen computers are worth nearly $2 million. "This is a grand theft on...

Samsung now offers four different ways of unlocking the Galaxy S9 with biometrics -- facial recognition, iris scanning, fingerprint scanning, and a combination of iris and face called Intelligent Scan. Unlocking the Galaxy S9 might be faster -- but that doesn't mean it's more secure. Samsung's newest smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, include a new feature the company calls Intelligent Scan. The technology combines Samsung's secure iris scanner with its less-secure facial recognition unlock technology. When unlocking your phone, it first will scan your face. If that fails to unlock the phone, the device then will check your irises. If both fail, Intelligent Scan will try to authenticate your identity using a combination of the two. And it all happens almost instantaneously. "Intelligent Scan adapts to your needs, combining the intelligence of iris scanning and face recognition to make it even easier for you to unlock your phone in more situations," Ju...

Brief teaser campaigns are fun and build hype for a new car, but if you string it out for too long, you risk everyone getting tired of it before it even debuts. Thankfully, what's under the cover at Mercedes-Benz will be too exciting to tire of. Ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in just a few days, Mercedes-Benz sent out one last set of teasers for its new Mercedes-AMG GT "Four-Door Coupe, " which is actually a sedan but nobody's bothered to tell the automaker that. Last time we saw it, it was covered in some Guy Fieri-approved flames. This  time, it appears to be inside a volcanic cave of some sort, which doesn't seem good for the tires. Or the rest of the car. Mercedes-Benz has handed out precisely zero tidbits regarding this car's specs, so it's all one big mystery. It could carry the same 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that's in the (actual) coupe, or it could borrow the 800-horsepower hybrid system found in the concept that presaged its exi...

Asus currently makes the world's thinnest 13.3-inch laptop with discrete graphics, the ZenBook 13. If you'd rather have the flexibility of a two-in-one, Asus has you covered there, too, with the ZenBook Flip 14. Though the Flip 14 is slightly larger, owing to its 14-inch 1,920x1,080-resolution display, it's nearly the same thickness as the ZenBook 13 at 0.5-inch (13.9mm). That, for the moment, makes the Flip 14 the thinnest two-in-one to trade integrated graphics for a more powerful discrete GPU, in this case an entry-level Nvidia GeForce MX150. While integrated graphics are more power efficient, run cooler and cost less than a standalone discrete graphics chip, they also eat into your system memory and can't handle more demanding graphics tasks such as photo and video editing or gaming. The Flip 14 is not a full-fledged gaming laptop or a graphics workstation, but games are smoother and faster, and it can make quicker work of tasks you wouldn't even consider do...

Many are used for mobile phones, mobile or smartphone operating systems, but there are 2 that are the main and occupy almost the entire market of mobile: Android and iOS. Followed but by far would be Symbian, Blackberry OS and Windows Phone. What is an operating system? An operating system is a (software) program that starts when you turn on your computer or mobile phone and is responsible for managing all the resources of  the computer system, both hardware (physical parts, hard drive, storage, display, keyboard, etc.) as the software (programs and instructions) allowing communication between the user and the computer. Ultimately control the computer, mobile phone or tablet and it allows us to communicate with them easily. Similar to Windows or Linux are operating systems that control your desktop PC or laptop, a mobile operating system is the software platform on which other programs can run on mobile devices. The mobile operating system for smart-phones are enough simpler...

If your PC has been attacked we can find any of the following symptoms:   1)  The computer works with slowdown both processes and the connection to the network. 2)  Decreases the available disk space (leave notices about lack of space). 3)  Are unknowns. 4)  Icons appear on the desktop unknown and difficult to remove. 5)  Keyboard or mouse do strange things. 6)  Unexpected messages appear or some programs are started automatically. 7)  Modem or the hard work more than necessary: e-mail viruses are typically sent many copies of      themselves by email. An indicator of this is that the activity of the external modem or broadband light is always on. These are not always symptoms of virus, but when combined with other problems may indicate a viral infection. 8)  Ads leave me-pop-up (popup windows) even when the browser is not open. 9)  Some programs open automatically. 10) You can open the antivirus or not you ...

Today, with our computer connected to the internet, emails, shopping online and file-sharing programs, run quite a few risks of being attacked and infected, causing sometimes irreparable damage on your computer . To protect us from these attacks, we must follow basic computer security measures that we will explain here. We also use our Smartphone to surf the internet, so it is important the safety standards at public Wi-Fi connections below you will see. And if despite everything we have a virus on your computer? Well don't worry, we also give rules to be able to disinfect your computer of virus. The first thing we have to say is that always we must keep in our computer installed an antivirus, firewall and antispyware program or anti-spam filters. There are such free programs if we do not want to spend money, but what better outcome usually gives also "common sense". At the end we bring you some links to download these free protection programs as well as know if your ...

Malware is an abbreviated term which means "malicious software" this is a (program) software that is specifically designed to access or damage to a computer  without the knowledge of the owner. The first malware programs were created as experiments and mischief, but over time, it has given rise to acts of vandalism and destruction of machines. Today, much of the malware is created for profit through forced advertising (adware), the theft of sensitive information (spyware), the diffusion of e-mail spam or pornography (zombie computers), or to get money) Ransomware). Before seeing the types of hazards we recommend you to see 10 basic rules of safety at the following link: Computer security. Let's look at the types of Malware or malicious Software that can be used. At the end you have programs that you can use to protect yourself from these hazards computer called "Antimalware programs". Types of Malware 1) Computer virus Viruses are programs with very pec...

Gartner analysis firm unveiled last year its popular tees of emerging technologies in 2017. This report is often considered to be a good overview of the technologies ready to affect businesses and their it spending in the next few years. Gartner indicates that the machine learning (machine learning), the blockchain (chain of blocks), drones, security software-defined and brain-machine interfaces have progressed along the media cycle in the 12 months precedents. However, this enthusiasm is tempered by the fact that none of these technologies will integrate the company anytime soon. Gartner accompanies indeed its cycle from a legend that determines the likely date of impact. Over the next two years, none of these emerging technology reaches the "plateau of productivity", name given to the last phase of the cycle of Gartner in which systems and services reach widespread adoption. The interest of a cycle of emerging technologies is that he tries to expose the considerable...

 Semiconductor Microchip manufacturer seizes Microsemi, his counterpart specializes in equipment for the military and aerospace industry. Microchip Technology has just formalized its intention to acquire Microsemi to $ 8.35 billion. Founded in 1989, Microchip produces some microcontrollers, components (circuit, radio frequency, battery... Management), clock and timers for the industry, the automotive sector and the consumer market. Microsemi also produces semiconductors for the sectors of aerospace, defence, communications, data and industry centers. According to Microchip, the acquisition is expected to generate about $ 300 million of synergies from the third year following the transaction. In 2016, the company had already put the hand on Atmel (components electronics, microcontrollers) to $ 3.4 billion. "Even if we implemented a very successfulMicrochip 2.0 strategy which allows organic growth of revenues, Microchip continues to consider profitable acquisitions as a key stra...

As Orange, the Canal + group refuses to pay for the remuneration of TF1 channels through his box. In a statement issued Friday morning, the TF1 group says "outraged" by "unilateral decision" group Canal +. "This decision is all the more incomprehensible that the Group Canal + is allowed to spread, the TF1 group having never asked that its channels and its replay service are cut, but had instead proposed a continuation of the negotiations", wrote Yet the television property of Bouygues group. Between TF1 and the operators, the war is on. Remember that the chain now requires that providers pay for the recovery of its signal in exchange of value-added services. The Group has managed to convince SFR and Bouygues Telecom, but Orange, Free and Canal + refused. At the risk of cutting the signal for their subscribers. If Orange and Free have not yet passed the Cape, Canal + decided to press the stop button. The latter announced in a statement that he interrupt...

According to IDC figures, the smart watch of Apple Roundup more than 53% of sales in 2017 leaving crumbs to competition. Apple refuses to give its Watch sales figures but according to IDC, the smartwatch flows as a small bread. Apple would have elapsed to no less than 8 million copies during the last quarter of 2017 against 5 million a year earlier, representing a growth of 57%. A figure identical to that delivered by Canalys, a few weeks ago. Which is a new record for wearables sold by a company in a quarter. Fitbit was the previous record holder, reminds Canalys, with 6.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015. Considering the strict market of the smartwatch (and), the firm won 60% of the market in Q4 (!) and 53% for the whole year with 17.7 million copies sold. Apple distance its main competitor Samsung that has sold only 3.6 million watches connected over the period, or a share of around 11%. The rest of the actors settle for crumbs. The success of the Apple wearables in 2...

Still in development, this ultra-basique terminal aims drugs from the laptop. But the "less is more" has a price. Drugged to Facebook and Twitter, you look about 500 times a day your smartphone. You perceive as a dependency to your digital security blanket? You want to win? You have two options: opt for a good old feature phone with 2G keyboard at 15 euros. But it's not very fancy. Or choose a minimalist smartphone, new trend of the moment. Lord? In form, it resembles a sleek smartphone but in the background, its functions are very limited. This is the case of the Light Phone that allows only to make calls (and 9 numbers)... A new version is in preparation, a little less radical since it will be possible to send messages through an E - ink screen text and will support 4 G (to do what, we don't know). It should also be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 2100 chip, dedicated originally to the connected objects, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of memory storage. Indiegogo camp...

Google Domains in the image of other Google services offers a simple and uncluttered interface. And a list of several names of suggested field appears, as well as the Whois information, in case of request. The giant Google offers many services, including, since 2014, that of registrar (breau of recording or Registrar of domain name). Registrar? Google Domains offers as many actors (Gandi, Online or even OVH) accommodation booking and rent of domain names. And here's the service arrives in France. Here you are! fetedesmeres.voyage costs only € 48 per year. But no way to book fetedesmeres.fr with Google Domains. Google Domains in the image of other services Google offers a simple and uncluttered interface. A list of several domain names appears, as well as the Whois information, in case of request on the service. Google Domains offers in addition to the domain names in connection with the search term in the query. What alternatives to an already taken domain name. Google ...

The news was revealed by local media, based on sources within the German intelligence services. This attack has been ongoing for more than a year. According to the DPA News Agency, a cybercriminal group would be able to seep into a central computer system of the German Federal administration. This network, known as the "Berlin Bonn information network" is an important network for the German administration. It is notably used by both houses of  Parliament, but also by the Chancery, the Court of Auditors, the departments as well as the Chancery and the German security services. Attack would have been detected by German intelligence towards the end of the year 2017. But as the world, the Group cyber criminal responsible for the intrusion could have penetrated the network for more than a year. Few details have been given on the exact nature of this intrusion or its starting point is currently still in progress and the security services are working to solve the problem. The In...

The South Korean wave a nice carrot to convince fans of Apple premium to the competition. Samsung is a master for a long time in marketing operations to encourage to buy its products: refund offers, bundles products and recovery of your old smartphone for the purchase of a model of its brand. In the latter case, the world number one today hits hard enough. The South Korean company made foot for iPhone X owners and not a little. Indeed, the manufacturer is ready to resume the last flagship headed for 800 euros (256 GB version) for the purchase of a Galaxy S9 happening so at 59 euros only. He also took the opportunity to increase the prize pool of 100 euros for other models. An iPhone 4 resumed usually only 5 euros will be today bought 105 euros, an iPhone 8 more will be taken 472 euros instead of 372, always for the purchase ofa S9. Many models are concerned. However, the Apple consumer loyalty is such that Samsung proposal may not find much echo, especially for the iPhone X ...

Facebook hopes to test its tool on a sample of European user before considering to extend the system to the rest of the EU. Improvements have been planned so that the use of this technology does not come to face the RGPD. Facial recognition at Facebook is a thorny subject. This may be understandable: given positions sometimes controversy social network privacy and its business model based on advertising, we're entitled to be worried at the idea that Facebook can analyze and recognize the faces present on the photos. As reported by the Figaro, Facebook would like to test a new version of its functionality of facial recognition in Europe. It is already enabled in the US for several years and allows users to have a better control over photos of them uploaded on social networking: don't need a user let you tag on an image to be put to the aware of its upload on the social network. Facebook will you recognize and you warn whenever an image of you is put online on the network,...

A South Korean operator dropped this rumour without giving a timetable. But according to our information, the manufacturers of the devices still have a job. The commercial launch of 5 G is close. "Acceleration takes place, the ecosystem is in place, all the conditions are there," explained recently Laurent Fournier, CEO of Qualcomm France. It must be said that the demand for bandwidth is such that everyone in the value chain are put into battle together to reduce delays. And last December, the Release 15, first technological specifications dedicated to 5 G NR (New Radio) have been published by the 3GPP (mobile technologies standardization association). They validate including exploitation of under 6 GHz frequency bands as in the sphere of the millimeter wave. "We now expect a potential commercial launch for the first half of 2019 with the first smartphones equipped with modems 5G", still coming the founder who hasalready unveiled its compatible 5G modem chi...

In a few months, the screens have become a strong argument of differentiation in smartphones. Apple tried to compete in quality with Samsung, with its iPhone X. A site specializing in tests of slabs was awarded the laurels of the quality to the Apple model, believing that its screen is "the most innovative and the most powerful ever tested". But Apple won't have long kept this trophy. The specialist estimated that the OLED Quad HD + Infinity Display of the S9 is a notch above including thanks to improved color rendering and better visibility with a reflection of light compared to previous models. The accuracy of the colors of his slab is considered to be perfect, the screen is brighter than the previous generation, for the same energy consumption. The conclusion is final, the S9 screen is "the best ever tested screen" and the score of "Excellent A +".

With more than 70 million paying customers, Spotify has twice as many subscribers as Apple Music. And that's not counting millions of users freemium of its streaming service. The music streaming service has opted for a procedure of direct IPO, without issue of new shares or capital raising. A way to save costs associated with a classical IPO. Spotify would like to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SPOT" and does not intend to raise new funds during this operation. The share price has not yet been set, but according to Reuters estimates, the valuation of the streaming service would be of the order of $ 19 billion. This IPO is expected in the Swedish of the gap with its main competitor Apple Music. Champion of the paid download, Apple did that late of streaming, constrained by the global change uses among music consumers. Since then, the Mountain View company strives to revisit one of the precursors of the sector: Spotify. With his sales of ...

At a conference in San Diego last week, Parisa Tabriz, Director of engineering at Google, said that using Adobe Flash dropped drastically over the past four years on Google Chrome, from 80 percent in 2014 to 8% at the start of the year 2018. Flash is on the decline, but it is not always easy to quantify. During a conference in San Diego, Parisa Tabriz presented a panorama of the evolution of security issues over the past years on Google Chrome. The Director presented the evolution of the browser and focused especially on statistics related to the use of Adobe Flash by Chrome users. The fall of popularity of the Adobe plug-in is quite obvious: Parisa Tabriz explains that in 2014, 80% of Chrome users had used Flash to view content. In 2018, this figure drops to 8% of users. Several factors explain this drastic reduction of uses. On the one hand, Flash does not have good press and its too many security flaws have largely been exploited by cyber criminals in recent years. A tren...

 This country which includes more than 1,200 islands in the Pacific ocean adopted Wednesday a law declaring the officiality of its digital currency, called Sovereign (SOV), to quickly replace the dollar American, used until then. The Republic of the Marshall Islands, an island country located in the center of the central Pacific ocean, should become the first sovereign nation to issue a crypto-currency as legal tender and official reports the International Business Times. The Parliament of this group of more than 1,200 islands, with a population of approximately 50,000 inhabitants, adopted Wednesday a law declaring its digital currency, called Sovereign (SOV), as its new official currency. It should enter into circulation later this year. Neema, a start-up based in Israel which facilitates international money transfers via an application, will develop the underlying technology of the new crypto-currency. "SOV is a big issue, because so far, all the crypto-currencies were i...