Windows 8.1 is here!

It is an update to Windows 8. But not any like that would be expected from Windows Update, but an update capitalized. Equivalent to a certain extent the Service Pack from previous versions of Windows, but includes deeper changes in Windows 8.

What 's New ?

New Home button
The complaints of many Microsoft users have to return a Start button on Windows 8.1 , after having hidden in Windows 8. Clicking on it will enter the new Desktop (Metro ) . To view the Start menu options you have to click with the RIGHT above .

Added some new about Windows 8. Emphasizes the ability to shutdown , restart or stop the PC from the Start menu .

Direct start on the Desktop
This is another request from many users of Windows 8. Microsoft has ignored them and now you can start Windows 8.1 in standard Desktop .

New default apps
To be added to the apps included in the Windows 8 Metro desktop . They are:

Health and Wellness
A very complete app to stay slim , healthy and fit. You can create diets accurately knowing the nutritional information of what you eat each day, or foods that are . It offers various physical exercises with illustrative images . Lets make a simple and visual segumiento your weight , cholesterol level , blood pressure, etc. 
Recipes
Includes detailed recipes of various dishes. You can also add yours, create a meal plan or make a shopping list .

Calculator
It has a basic version and another scientist . Also a unit converter for various types (temperature , length, weight , volume, etc. . )

Alarms
It is a clock where notices or program that serves as an alarm clock . It also includes a timer and a stopwatch.

Sound recorder
To create audio files you record things into the microphone .

Scanner
To manage you have installed on your computer.

Help and Tricks
On the use of Windows .

On the Desktop (Metro ) for Windows 8.1 bottom left there a new button with an arrow . Click on it gives direct access to other programs and apps. What is called the Applications view , which includes a search engine to find them on your PC .

Expanded system configurations and more accessible
Several configurations that used to be in traditional Control Panel have moved into its equivalent in the Metro Desk . That the hand leaves more users both PC and tablets. There are also new options that were not on Windows 8.
- Changing the screen resolution, power saving settings on the monitor , touch screens, etc. .

- The timing of Windows accounts.

- Automatically create backups on SkyDrive or physical disks , and restore and upgrade tools .

- Extra privacy options . Increase control over what apps can do and to define programs that can use your webcam, a microphone or other devices.

- New tools to configure or add devices. Or to set the default behavior of CD / DVDs or USB flash drives to connect .

- More settings for networks . With that control Internet connections , define aspects of your home network, configure a proxy or VPN for secure remote desktop .

- Definitions and information apps. Things like what occupy or which to use Windows default , configure your notifications, apps search filters , how to share , etc. .

- Customizations regional language and on the keyboard.

Sync between PCs
Simply enter another PC using the same Windows Live ID ( account Microsoft ) to display your apps Metro Desk , organized and with the same look as you have defined in your PC .

Associations also synchronized with the devices. You can synchronize these partnerships through the cloud and ease of use on different computers .

Redesigned App Store
With a more modern and attractive, and search options practices .

New options for snap
The snap function to view and use more than one app in Windows 8 at the same time.
In Windows 8.1 you can use half the screen for each app ( Windows 8 divides it by 75 % for an app and 25% for the other).

If the display supports very high resolutions , it is possible to have four visible apps open at once , rather than just two.

More customization
You can set the size of the icons of the apps are small, medium and large. Also choose from many shades lighter or darker colors for the background of the Metro Desk .

Explorer 11

Its appearance is very similar to the Windows 10 Explorer 8, but includes several improvements and also the option to sync tabs between different computers. Not only between PCs , but perhaps Windows Phones.

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Google is planning to acquire Whatsapp

Google is planning to acquire the instant messaging service WhatsApp totaling 1,000 million dollars (770 million euros), according to a source with guaranteed operation at Digital Trends.
Thus, the most famous Internet search engine would be a hole in one of the most popular markets today, instant messaging applications.
Talks to conduct began buying four or five weeks ago and, for now, it's getting WhatsApp difficult for the company's Mountain View since the price set for the operation is about 1,000 million dollars.
A few days ago a series of reports echoed the possibility that the Mountain View company to create its own instant messaging service under the name of Google Babble. With this application Google enter the market of instant messaging applications and compete against other applications such as Line or WeChat, among others.

                              

Line has grown in a single year from zero to 12 million users or MessageMe that in just 12 days got a million users. Thus, it seems odd that Google wants to be able to compete with Whatsapp popular in this market and this way ensure success.
In addition, the application has a monetization scheme itself. The application has an annual fee of $ 0.99 (0.99 euros in Spain) a year after free trial.
But in Hong Kong 3HK operator customers pay $ 1.03 per month (0.79 euros) and can also use an international package that costs $ 6.18 (4.75 euros) per day.

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Facebook presents an application to become the core of Android OS

Facebook wants to be more present in the mobile. Its founder Marck Zuckerberg, presented in San Francisco Home Facebook application, with which the network becomes the axis system of mobile phones with Android OS.

The start menu of phones that have installed Home allows direct access to publications and discussions on the social network of contacts. The user can decide whether to reply directly to the message, or if you leave it for later. Also you can click on "like" from the screen or the icon.

"We created a phone, not an operating system," said Zuckerberg. The intention is to convert any Android a "Facebook phone." According to the founder of the social network users spend three times more time on Facebook than any other mobile application and spend 20% of their time using the smartphone to consult it.

The application will be available beginning April 12 in the U.S. and, for now, is only operative for high-end phones. Also coming to Android tablets within a few months.

Marck Zuckerberg The company has also launched a mobile phone, the first that will be produced by Taiwan's HTC and will include the implementation Man series. It will cost about 78 euros and will be released on April 12.

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Whatsapp will be a payment app

WhatsApp charges users of Android. Many are those who have been surprised to receive an update to WhatsApp in which they indicated that to keep using it, had to pay 0.78€ (0.99$). This is not a rumor or a threat, is the confirmation of the notice Whatssapp gave himself a few months ago.

Thus, WhatsApp confirms rumors of late have multiplied through by the popular network messages. While surprised this step of the company, it is not totally unreasonable, since the company has from the start announcing the policy of using the application would charge a fee of $ 0.99 in the second year subscription .

The news confirms the suspicions of those who were intended to WhatsApp to charge in the company, which may pose a stone too heavy for a company that in recent times is suffering the effects of the arrival of Line.
In addition, users of Apple so far downloaded the application with a single payment of $ 0.99, but new users will have to pay a similar amount annually to Android users.

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Samsung Galaxy S 4

As if it could be any other way, the just-announcedSamsung Galaxy S 4 is Samsung’s, and perhaps even Android’s, best phone yet. In fact, it very well may be the best smartphone on the market, period.

We’ve been through months of speculation, hype, rumors, and leaks, but the truth is out, and the Galaxy S 4 still has much more up its sleeve than the leaks suggested. More than any other Galaxy before it, the Galaxy S 4 is proof that the company can build a central brand the way Apple has with the iPhone. Both the Galaxy Note and Galaxy S series have been selling in the millions, and the Galaxy S 4 looks like it will hold up that trend.

Even with loads of new software, like an enhanced camera application, hover-style gesture features, and a slew of baked-in apps and services from Samsung, the Galaxy S 4 still brings the heat in the hardware/spec department. Here are the specifics:

The Galaxy S 4 clearly has a small ring of competition in the spec department. The only phones that are on this level are the Xperia Z (1080p 5-inch display, 13mp camera, quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU) and the HTC One (4.7-inch 1080p display, 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 quad-core CPU, and an “Ultrapixel” camera) and LG’s Optimus G Pro (1080p 5.5-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon 600, 13-megapixel camera).

Of course, they each have their own pros and cons, but the Galaxy S 4 seems to be the most compact, lightest, and fastest among them. Samsung hasn’t been clear about the exact brand of the processor for the U.S. version, but it did say that it was a quad-core Snapdragon CPU clocked at 1.9GHz, which we believe may be the Snapdragon 600.

However, “processors vary by region,” says Samsung, and the Asian and European version will sport the long-awaited Samsung Exynos 5 Octa eight-core processor.

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Google Reader RSS closes July 1

Google is finalizing its "spring cleaning" and closed services announced soon. The content aggregator has been the biggest surprise to have great popularity.

For the second time, Google will make their particular "spring cleaning", a procedure that involves closing fewer services used by users to replace them and focus on other higher priority requiring. Usually it is little known tools, but this time it was not so.

Google Reader was born in 2005 to provide access to their favorite websites updated via RSS users. However, according to the form in recent months its use has declined significantly, so has decided to close it down next July 1 so that users have time to export your data.

Along with Reader, Google has decided to close seven more services, but not nearly as well known. Builder GUI widgets and five UiApp developments to focus on HTML, Building Maker, the three-dimensional tool for modeling buildings for Earth and Maps, will also lower the curtain.

The tool helps users to work in the cloud, Google Cloud Connect, will be replaced by Google Drive and Voice application for Blackberry is also relieved by its counterpart in HTML5 format.

From the Browser insist that changes are never easy, "we want to concentrate our efforts to launch great products that really help in their lives," say in Mountain View.