Daily Archives: February 4, 2016

Apple Finally Decides Its Music App Needs To Use MicroSD

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Last year saw Apple take its streaming music service to the Android platform. The beta of Apple Music for Android was promised at the launch of the $10/month service, and arrived in November 2015. This week’s update has seen the long-requested feature of offline listening arrive in the Android app, and with it comes a curious quirk between the platforms. Apple is finally using microSD on a smartphone.

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Alleged Xiaomi Mi 5 GFXBench listing and glass back panel spotted online

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Xiaomi’s own Wanqiang Li and Hugo Barra have both already confirmed that the MI 5 flagship is on its way, most likely scheduled for February 24 and it is definitely shaping up as an exciting offer.

We have already seen the phone depicted in renders and even a couple of live shots, but we are yet to catch a glimpse of its glass back, until today, that is. A new photo claims to depict the panel and a few things instantly stand out. For one, the material has a pattern, which rumors failed to reveal. Also, the part is Gold in color, which makes us wonder if other variants will be available as well to go better with the Black, Pink and White, cited for the Mi 5. We can’t also fail to mention that the leaked panel is obviously flat, which doesn’t fit well with the current info that the back will be curved. Still, the two things aren’t necessarily incompatible. The back panel of the Samsung Galaxy Note5 is relatively flat as well when detached from the frame.

As for the specs on the Mi 5, we already had a pretty good idea what to expect, but a new GFXBench listing now promises the full story. According to the report, the Xiaomi Mi 5 will have a 5.7-inch, 1080p display and will be powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 820 SoC. This clearly contradicts the 5.5″ and 5.2″ size reports, as well as QHD resolution, tossed around in the past. Memory will be set at 3GB for RAM and 64GB for storage. We have also heard rumors of another 4GB version, as well as 16GB, 32GB and 128GB storage versions, but all are still largely unconfirmed.

GFXBench doesn’t mention anything about the camera setup, but from what we have heard, the Xiaomi Mi5 will have a 16MP main shooter with f/2.2 aperture and an 8MP one on the front. Other expected features include Bluetooth 4.0, GPS with GLONASS, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, BDS, OTG and NFC. The phone is shaping up as a single SIM offer and 4G LTE is a given.

Xiaomi’s launch event is a few weeks away, but by some accounts, the Mi 5 will also make an appearance at MWC 2016 in Barcelona, so, hopefully, we can catch a first glimpse of the flagship then. It is too early to talk about availability and pricing, but industry sources suggest a price tag of around 2500 CNY.

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Oracle anuncia el fin del plugin Java

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Logo de Java y Flash con un botón de apagado superpuesto

Adobe ha tenido muchisimos problemas de seguridad con su Flash, una alta dependencia de este en Internet ha hecho que se fuerce a los usuarios a tenerlo instalado en sus equipos para poder ver los contenidos que dependen de este plugin del navegador. Sin embargo, los errores cometidos en su desarorllo, han generado una gran cantidad de agujeros de seguridad que podían ser explotados para comprometer las máquinas con Flash, acercado el final de Flash a un futuro inmediato.

Oracle por su parte, compró Sun Microsystems y por tanto es la propietaria actual del plugin Java, otro de los dominantes en Internet. Pero HTML5 ha traído la esperanza y quizás tanto Java como Flash ya no sean necesarios. De hecho, Oracle ha anunciado que en abril el plugin Java dejará de actualizarse, poniendo fin a este plugin para los navegadores, cerrando un ciclo que como el de Adobe con Flash, no ha sido un camino de rosas.

Java también ha sido, como Flash, uno de los principales blancos de ataque, comprometiendo la seguridad de los equipos. La popularidad de Java ha hecho que los atacantes informáticos lo vean como un blanco muy jugoso, haciendo que se destapen nuevas vulnerabilidades y problemas para Oracle en este caso, insisto, un camino casi idéntico al de Adobe con Flash, siendo ambos sistemas dominantes en Internet, pero que ya hay algunos grandes que los han rechazado.

Ahora, con HTML5, los desarrolladores están dejando de lado la tecnología basada en Java y en Flash, además, los numerosos problemas de seguridad de éstos tampoco han ayudado a los desarrolladores en seguir animados para usar estas tecnologías. Ahora, todas esas webs que se basan en esta tecnología, como muchas del ministerio por decir alguna importanteque usa Java para firma de documentación, etc., deberán buscarse una alternativa para seguir funcionado.

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