By PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ
As President Xi Jinping prepared to visit the United States, Washington warned of possible sanctions over digital attacks. Beijing pushed back by organizing a technology forum of industry leaders.
Published: September 8, 2015 at 07:00PM
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Though things have improved in recent times, the mobile phone world is still caught in a massive specs race. As a result, manufacturers are continuously looking for ways to pack more into their devices. Samsung has just introduced a new DDR4 variant of RAM that will allow the company to do just that.
The new RAM is properly known as 12 gigabit LPDDR4 mobile RAM, signifying its speed and designation as RAM for mobile phones. The new RAM currently offers the highest mobile RAM speeds available, as well as energy efficiency and a design that allows it to fit in devices that currently have 3GB RAM. The new 12 Gb DDR4 RAM will come in two package options of 3GB or 6GB of RAM, making Samsung the first to come up with a mobile option for 6GB of RAM.
The new RAM will likely be found in devices beginning next year, though Samsung hasn’t yet given specifics on a release date. With the new speed and size options, next-gen flagships will likely have incredibly powerful multi-tasking capabilities, placing them far ahead of the current crop.
We’ll keep you posted on when this RAM can be found in devices.
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Cada vez es más habitual como todo tipo de fabricantes lanzan sus aplicaciones propias a la más exitosa tienda de aplicaciones y contenido digital Google Play. La ventaja no es otra que ofrecer un soporte mucho más continuo de actualización de las aplicaciones en vez de limitarse mediante la implementación en nuevas versiones de firmware.
La propia Google incluso con el paso del tiempo está adoptando esta costumbre, y muchas de las aplicaciones nativas de Android como Reloj o Fotos están al alcance de todos, con el añadido de poder ser desinstaladas cuando queramos.
Esta es otra de las tantas del catálogo que muestra Google en su tienda. Todos sabemos que normalmente los miércoles se suelen actualizar unas u otras. Sin embargo, ésta apenas recibe cambios y mucho menos actualizaciones. Eso sí, esto cambiará muy pronto.
Con la llegada de la nueva versión Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google ya está mediando en el desarrollo de una actualización mayor de Cámara que será incluida en el lanzamiento de la más reciente versión de nuestro sistema operativo.
Las novedades aún permanecen en secreto, pero sí sabemos que habrá nuevos modos, entre ellos el llamado “ráfaga inteligente”, que permitirá ajustar a nuestro antojo como queremos que realice la ráfaga para tomar una secuencia de fotografías.
Y no creas que sólo serán nuevos modos, ya que gracias a la nueva API de Android 6.0 Marshmallow y de la propia cámara, el rendimiento de la misma aplicación, junto a quizás un rediseño serán algunas de las mejoras que llevarán a cabo para estar totalmente disponible y funcional en su lanzamiento.
Aún es pronto para saber hasta qué punto evolucionará la aplicación Cámara para posicionarse como un duro rival frente a las más exitosas de desarrolladores de terceros, incluso las propias de los fabricantes como HTC que tan bien funcionan en todo tipo de terminales gracias a las innumerables ventajas del root para poder instalarlas.
Y tú, ¿qué aplicación de cámara usas en tu terminal para realizar fotografías de todo tipo?
¿Y tú que piensas? Pásate por Google está desarrollando la tercera versión de la aplicación Cámara, nueva API incluida para dejar tu huella.
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Samsung launched its Samsung Pay service in South Korea on August 20 and the number of subscribers is growing, fast. The EVP at Samsung Electronics says that on average there are 25,000 new registrations each day. Also, Pay now handles KRW 750 million ($630K) daily transaction volume.
“Nearly all current merchant locations” support Samsung Pay in South Korea, either over NFC or MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission). Some older payment terminals will need a firmware update to work with Pay though.
Samsung thinks Pay will attract users with notification of location-based coupons that will help them save money and making reward cards much easier to use. Merchants can use the location-based coupons for advertising and promotion.
The majority of Galaxy Note5 owners in SK have already used the service. Keep in mind that Samsung Pay is supported only on the Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 and S6+ for now. They may be best-selling models, but Pay has a lot of room to grow as new models are added. KNOX support on the devices is key for security.
The service is currently in testing in the US and should launch on September 28, Spain and UK are also testing the service. Unsurprisingly, countries where credit card is common are the ones where interest in Pay is the strongest.
And it’s plastic cards the main competitor to Pay, not other mobile payment systems, says the Executive Vice President. That’s a clear jab at Apple Pay, which already operates in the US and the UK. One of the big planned upgrades for Samsung Pay is online payments, which Apple’s service does not support (and usually requires a plastic card at the moment).
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The Xiaomi Mi 4c may shed its unofficial status by the end of the month – the latest rumor is that the third Mi 4 version will be unveiled on September 22. The phone already passed through TENAA and benchmarks, we even saw its box.
It will feature a more powerful chipset than the Mi 4i – a Snapdragon 808, up from 615 – but the rest seems largely unchanged.
The camera setup will remain 13MP on the back and 5MP on the front though video capture resolution is uncertain. It could match the original Mi 4 at 2160p or stay at 1080p like the Mi 4i (the 615 chipset can’t do 2160p, but 808 can).
One relatively big change is the move to USB Type-C, which is slowly gaining popularity. The Xiaomi Mi 4c is will be a dual-SIM phone with LTE, no microSD slot, a 5″ 1080p screen an MIUI 7 on top of Android 5.1.
The expected price is CNY 1,300 (about $200) and China will get it first, rolling out to other regions where Xiaomi is active later…
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La demanda de iPhone, los usuarios de Apple Music y la venta de las Mac están la mira de Apple; este miércoles el presidente ejecutivo de la tecnológica mostrará nuevos productos.
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(Author’s disclosure: The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings, a company mentioned in this article).
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68% of companies will increase their investments in analytics in the coming year.
64% of Salesforce customers plan to increase their Salesforce budgets in the coming year; 11% plan to increase spending by more than 50%.
49% of customers are currently invested in two or more Salesforce clouds; 22% are invested in 3 or more Clouds.
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