BLU VIVO AIR a Powerful UNLOCKED OCTA CORE smartphone for just $199.- Made in USA.

BLU VIVO AIR a Powerful UNLOCKED OCTA CORE smartphone for just $199.- Made in USA.

The BLU (Bold Like US) Vivo Air is the latest smartphone model of the Miami based manufacturing company, Americas thinnest with 5.1 m.m thick and one of the lowest price in the market for just $199.- Unlocked.

Measuring at 5.1 m.m thin and with its bezels that are only 1.8 m.m, High quality aluminum magnesium alloy allows for a lighter (97g) and stronger device.

This powerful smartphone runs on Android 4.4 Kit Kat upgradable to Android 5.0 Lollipop in July 2015, is a 4G 850/1900/2100 HSPA +21 Mbps  phone, with a 1.7 GHz Octa core processor Mediatek MT6592 chipset with ARM Mali 450 GPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory , 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED  720 x 1080 +- 360 ppi, BLU Infinitive View Technology, BLU Nes Lens Technology, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on both sides of the phone, 8MP Main Camera with LED Flash, f 2/4 aperture, 5MP Front Camera, Records HD 1080p Video@30fps, DTS Sorround Audio Tecnology, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, Hotspot, Micros USB 2.0,   139.8 x 67.5  x  5.15 m.m, 95 grams. 2100 mAh Battery. (FM Radio) pdf See the comparison chart with the iPhone 6 right below.

What is in the Box ?

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Google's Eric Schmidt says the "Internet will disappear.

Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, said the current Internet will seem to vanish as it becomes a part of everyday objects and services.

"There will be so many IP addresses, so many devices, sensors, things that you are wearing, things that you are interacting with that you won't even sense it," Schmidt said. "It will be part of your presence all the time."

Google is positioning itself to become a major provider of the Internet's next iteration that Schmidt mentioned—on earth and in space.

The search giant made headlines this week with a $1 billion investment in Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to tech blog The Information. The funds could help connect hard-to-reach areas to the Web with satellite Internet, the report said.

Google's also getting deeper into the wireless sector. It plans to sell mobile phone plans directly to consumers as early as this year,according to reports.

The company plans to work with wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile by piggybacking on top of their existing networks. Reports say Google will pay the companies to use space on the networks and then resell it to its own customers.

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China: Apple #1 in smartphones for first time.

The incredible popularity of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China in Q4 2014 has led Apple to take first place in the Chinese smart phone market for the first time by units shipped. 

This is an amazing result, given that the average selling price of Apple’s handsets is nearly double those of its nearest competitors.

While Chinese smart phone vendors are quickly gaining ground internationally, Apple has turned the tables on them in their home market. 

The company is finally riding the large screen and LTE trends in China, which have been vital to its success, along with a well-timed launch and a clampdown on grey exports of its products out of Hong Kong. The top four vendors in Q4 in China by units shipped were Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung and Huawei, respectively.

China customers prefer the bigger size of the iPhone 6 Plus 5.5 inch display than the customers in the Americas which prefer the iPhone 6  4.7 inch display size smartphone.

The Apple sales in China of the iPhone 6 Plus helps the company to increase its smartphone market share worldwide.(Canalys)

1Q2015: Apple sells 74.4 million iPhones 46% more but iPads -18%. Chart.

The Apple sales in China of the iPhone 6 Plus helps the company to increase its smartphone market share worldwide.

China customers prefer the bigger size of the iPhone 6 Plus 5.5 inch display than the customers in the Americas which prefer the iPhone 6  4.7 inch display size smartphone.

However not everything is sucess for Apple since the iPad market sales are continuing been diminished (Year/Year Change -18% in units) by the large variety of sizes  integrated by low cost and high ended tablets made by the competition specially Androids.

By the other hand Apple sells Macs and services with positive results.

The sales of Apple products in the Greater China ($16.14 billion) are near to get Europe sales ($17.2 billion)

Apple keeps its smartphone lead sales in the Americas with a $30.5 billion revenues.

Apple Reports Two First Quarter 2015 records: revenue of $74.6 billion and net profit of $18 billion.

Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results

Highest-ever revenue & earnings drive 48% increase in EPS

Growth led by record revenue from iPhone, Mac & App Store

CUPERTINO, California—January 27, 2015—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 first quarter ended December 27, 2014. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion and record quarterly net profit of $18 billion, or $3.06 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $57.6 billion and net profit of $13.1 billion, or $2.07 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent compared to 37.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 65 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

The results were fueled by all-time record revenue from iPhone® and Mac® sales as well as record performance of the App Store℠. iPhone unit sales of 74.5 million also set a new record.

“We’d like to thank our customers for an incredible quarter, which saw demand for Apple products soar to an all-time high,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Our revenue grew 30 percent over last year to $74.6 billion, and the execution by our teams to achieve these results was simply phenomenal.” 

“Our exceptional results produced EPS growth of 48 percent over last year, and $33.7 billion in operating cash flow during the quarter, an all-time record,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO. “We spent over $8 billion on our capital return program, bringing total returns to investors to almost $103 billion, over $57 billion of which occurred in just the last 12 months.”

Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2015 second quarter:

• revenue between $52 billion and $55 billion
• gross margin between 38.5 percent and 39.5 percent
• operating expenses between $5.4 billion and $5.5 billion
• other income/(expense) of $350 million
• tax rate of 26.3 percent

Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $.47 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on February 12, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 9, 2015.

Apple will provide live streaming of its Q1 2015 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PST on January 27, 2015 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq115. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.

Samsung Galaxy S Edge is the name for the two sided curved displays version of the Galaxy S6.

Vodafone dutch site accidentaly leaked the name (picture below) of the upcoming two sided curved displays as Samsung Galaxy S Edge, that according to several rumors will have the same specifications of the Galaxy S6:(both models to arrive at MWC 2015)

CPU that’s 50% faster, to an incredible quad-HD display, Samsung hit every angle with this year’s flagship phone. It will also have a payment feature which works with magnetic and NFC terminals, incredible cameras, and a gorgeous glass and metal body.

.Full metal unibody

64-bit eight-core 14nm CPU

5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a 577ppi density

A 20 megapixel OIS camera sensor and a 5 megapixel f/1.8 front-facing camera with real-time HDR

32 / 64 / 128GB of storage

2550mAh battery

Built-in wireless charging

Four hours of usage on a 10 minute charge

Quick connect charging

Samsung Pay

Metal and glass body

Gorilla Glass 4

Cat 6 LTE

Samsung Galaxy S6

Want to know more about the successor to the S5? As soon as we have more information about the latest Samsung Galaxy smartphone, you read it here, of course. (information on Vodafone site)

Vodafone  via Yahoo Finance

Samsung offer for buying Blackberry is not enough.

Reuters  is coming back with the story and say their sources that want to keep it private ,people familiar with the matter and documents Reuters have seen, are exposing a Samsung buying Blackberry proposal offer.

Samsung is interested more  on the Blackberry patents than in the whole company. However the South Korean giant will have to buy the whole package, work with what they really need and shut down what they don`t need. The offer reachs to $7.5 billion.

Samsung initialy offer $13.35 to $15.49 per share, representing a premium of 38 % to 60% over Blackberry`s current price.

Ross Healy, a portfolio manager at MacNicol & Associates, which owns a small stake in Blackberry, said Samsung's reported offer undervalues the company. “To get a hold of the BlackBerry network and all its secure features, that would be a real coup for Samsung, looking to differentiate themselves from Apple and from others," he said.

The road is not easy for Samsung.  In 2013, the Canadian government had strongly hinted to BlackBerry that any sale to China’s Lenovo Group would be rejected due to security concerns, sources told Reuters at the time. Harper's office wouldn't comment on the report on Wednesday but sources familiar with the Canadian government's thinking said a Samsung buyout was unlikely to raise such concerns.

BlackBerry announced a high-profile security partnership with Samsung in November. The partnership will wed BlackBerry's security platform with the South Korean company's own security software for its Galaxy devices.

Shares of Blackberry jumped as much as 30 percent on heavy volume in afternoon trading at $29.71 per share in New York.

Orange launches venture fund for digital and telecoms start-ups for €20Million (Euros)

Orange has earmarked €20 million (Euros) for an investment programme called Orange Digital Ventures which will fund start-ups “working on the new and next transformations of the telecoms and digital sectors” in all regions where the mobile operator is currently present.

The venture aims to take capital investments via minority holdings. It wants to focus on start-ups in the fields of communication, connectivity, the cloud, payment, the Internet of Things and big data, e-health and security services who are developing innovative solutions and technologies as well as inventing new business models.

Companies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa could benefit from the Digital Ventures programme.

“Orange intends to leverage its already active role in the global digital ecosystem, and through these new investments get closer to companies that are agile at grasping and acting on technology shifts vital to the creation of tomorrow’s digital services,” the company said in a statement.

It added that its goal is to “transform talented entrepreneurs into key players in their chosen markets and in so doing, benefit Orange and its customers.” Orange believes “this new approach will reinforce existing Orange open innovation initiatives, like Orange Fab, while also allowing the support of new companies in their ramp-up phases.”

Press Release:

Orange launches Digital Ventures, a new funding vehicle for start-ups, further expanding its digital innovation strategy

Paris, Thursday 22 January 2015

Orange builds on its existing open innovation strategy with an “early stage” investment program branded Orange Digital Ventures. It will  identify and fund start-ups during their initial development as well as provide the  strategic relationships needed for them to become valuable companies.

Orange intends to leverage its already active role in the global  digital ecosystem, and through these new investments get closer to  companies that are agile at grasping and acting on technology shifts  vital to the creation of tomorrow’s digital services.

Funding innovation in the digital and telecoms sector

The  focus of Orange Digital Ventures is on financing those start-ups  working on the new and next transformations of the telecoms and digital  sectors. Orange Digital Ventures will support in particular start-ups in  the fields of communication, connectivity, the cloud, payment, the  Internet of Things and big data, e-Health and security services  developing innovative solutions and technologies as well as inventing  new business models.

With  20 million Euros earmarked for its first  year, Orange Digital Ventures will proceed by making capital investments  via minority holdings. This support will be available to start-ups in  all geographical regions where Orange is present.

Delivering what start-ups need: responsiveness and simplicity

Early-stage  companies move fast, which is why Orange Digital Ventures features a  dedicated team of digital specialists and a simplified, rapid selection  methodology. The intent is to deliver entrepreneurs a first response in  less than 30 days.

Turning the vision of entrepreneurs into scalable businesses

Orange  Digital Ventures will be more than a shareholder; it is designed to be a  growth catalyst. The immediate priority is on the economic development  of the portfolio companies and their global expansion. The ambition for  Orange Digital Ventures is to work alongside them to transform  far-sighted, talented entrepreneurs into key players in their chosen  markets and

in so doing, benefit Orange and its customers.   

Orange,  as an investor and catalyst, will benefit participating start-ups  through its  international commercial footprint and its reputation.   Entrepreneurs will be able to develop technical or commercial  relationships through access to Orange experts and decision-makers.

This  new approach will reinforce existing Orange open innovation  initiatives, like Orange Fab, while also allowing the support of new  companies in their ramp-up phases. 

Start-ups can get in touch with the teams of Orange Digital Ventures ondigitalventures.orange.com .

About Orange

Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2013 and 159,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2014, including 99,800 employees in France. Present in 30 countries, the Group has a total customer base of 240 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2014, including 182 million mobile customers and 16 million fixed broadband customers. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services.

Orange is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).
For more information on the internet and on your mobile: www.orange.com , www.orange-business.com , livetv.orange.com or to follow us on Twitter: @orange , @orangegrouppr , @orangebusiness .

Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limited.

New Inventions: World`s First PC on a mouse or both. Video.

The Mouse Box is either a mini PC or a mouse or both. 

The Mouse Bos has a system capable of basic computing tasks, with a Quad Core 1.4 Ghz ARM Cortex Processor inside, 128GB Flash Memory, WiFi b/g/n, acceloremeter, gyroscope, 2 USB 3.0 ports, one micro HDMI port.

The designers are currently working on a special pad using inductive charging technology.

The Mouse Box is always capable of switching between mouse and desktop modes or even do both jobs simultaneously.

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Skype on your task bar with Windows 10

Microsot is building Skype as a native incorporated task instead of needing to install a separated application, 

You will be able to send messages,  just directly from your task bar in Windows 10.

With the built in experience you can send free messages over the internet straight from the task bar and on your phone  send text messages and free Skype to Skype messages , all from the same place at your choice.

You can connect to your friends using Skype not just on Windows devices, but also on iPhones, Macs, Androids and more. 

Eamey Primo 3 wireless headset with audio playback, activity tracking, FM Radio and SD storage.

The Eamey Primo3 is an innovative wireless headset that offers audio playback as well as activity tracking. The device is capable of streaming radio via its built-in FM module and can also store music locally via a microSD card reader. This device is perfect for people who'd rather not take their smartphone around when they go for a run. 

This functionality is impressive given the extremely low cost of the device -- currently the subject of a crowdfunding campaign, pledges start at just $13. The device will cost $16 once available on the market. 

The Primo3 is powered by a rechargeable 190-mAh battery which offers 24 hours of audio playback on a single charge. The wire connecting the two earpieces is made from flexible metal that snaps back into shape when the headset isn't in use.

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