Google today announced the acquisition of Gizmo5, a company that provides Internet-based calling software for mobile phones and computers.
Google did not provide any specific features for now. The company said that Gizmo5's engineers will be joining the Google Voice team to continue improving the Google Voice and Gizmo5 experience. Current Gizmo5 users will still be able to use the service, though we will be suspending new signups for the time being, and existing users will no longer be able to sign up for a call-in number.
"We've acquired a number of small companies over the past five years, and the people and technology that have come to Google from other places have contributed in many ways, large and small, to all kinds of Google products. Since the GrandCentral team joined Google in 2007, they've done incredible things with Google's technology and resources to launch and improve Google Voice," Wesley Chan, Group Product Managers Google wrote in a blog.
Google is already offering the "Google Talk" VoIP software. However, Google Talk does not support calls to general subscriber phones, and the Gizmo5 software fills this gap.
A 2x Faster Web
Google also today provided details about the SPDY. Pronounced "SPeeDY", it is an early-stage research project that is part of Google's effort "to make the web faster."
SPDY is at its core an application-layer protocol for transporting content over the web. It is designed specifically for minimizing latency through features such as multiplexed streams, request prioritization and HTTP header compression.
Google started working on SPDY while exploring ways to optimize the way browsers and servers communicate. Today, web clients and servers speak HTTP. HTTP is an elegantly simple protocol that emerged as a web standard in 1996 after a series of experiments. HTTP has served the web incredibly well. We want to continue building on the web's tradition of experimentation and optimization, to further support the evolution of websites and browsers. So over the last few months, a few of us here at Google have been experimenting with new ways for web browsers and servers to speak to each other, resulting in a prototype web server and Google Chrome client with SPDY support.
So far Google has only tested SPDY in lab conditions, Mike Belshe, Software Engineer at Google wrote in a blog. "The initial results are very encouraging: when we download the top 25 websites over simulated home network connections, we see a significant improvement in performance - pages loaded up to 55% faster. There is still a lot of work we need to do to evaluate the performance of SPDY in real-world conditions. However, we believe that we have reached the stage where our small team could benefit from the active participation, feedback and assistance of the web community," he added.
Google invites everyone who would like to learn more and contribute to the experiment to review an early stage documentation, take a look at Google's current code and provide feedback.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Google Docs, at the height of MS Office next year
If you have not yet replaced the Microsoft Office suite applications hosted by Google, then it can not delay. Indeed, this assertion Dave Girouard, president of the enterprise division at Google. In an interview obtained by the magazine Zdnet Asia, he explains that Google Docs is a service "far less mature than Google Mail or Calendar. He said: "We know we do not ask people to abandon Microsoft Office for Google Docs because it is not ready yet."
In contrast, Mr. Girouard said that the book will soon appear in real competitor to Microsoft. Indeed, over the next 12 months are between 30 and 50 new features that should be implemented as well, particularly as regards the performance of the suite online. Mr. Girouard states: "however I do not think that Office will disappear completely. He explains that the Microsoft would make such tools for professionals who require special features, like Adobe Photoshop target the specific needs of the designer.
Recently the Zoho editor, tools also offer hosted, has responded to about Ron Markezitch, vice president of Microsoft Online. The latter claimed that the alternatives offered online "false features" and could never replace Microsoft Office. Zoho was then registered the domain FakeOffice.org to draw some pictures for comparison tools offered by each. Google recently signed a partnership with the administration of the city of Los Angeles to deploy their applications to Google Apps with 30 000 employees, Microsoft had said then that the city would continue to use Office software.
In contrast, Mr. Girouard said that the book will soon appear in real competitor to Microsoft. Indeed, over the next 12 months are between 30 and 50 new features that should be implemented as well, particularly as regards the performance of the suite online. Mr. Girouard states: "however I do not think that Office will disappear completely. He explains that the Microsoft would make such tools for professionals who require special features, like Adobe Photoshop target the specific needs of the designer.
Recently the Zoho editor, tools also offer hosted, has responded to about Ron Markezitch, vice president of Microsoft Online. The latter claimed that the alternatives offered online "false features" and could never replace Microsoft Office. Zoho was then registered the domain FakeOffice.org to draw some pictures for comparison tools offered by each. Google recently signed a partnership with the administration of the city of Los Angeles to deploy their applications to Google Apps with 30 000 employees, Microsoft had said then that the city would continue to use Office software.
Windows 7 inspired by Mac OS X?
Since yesterday the web ablaze around a maintenance collected by CBP. The magazine asks Simon Aldous, Head of Partner Group at Microsoft who has made some relatively praise for Apple, particularly the operating system Mac OS X.
Mr Aldous explained thus: "One of the points that people raise a lot about Macs is the OS that is fantastic, it is very graphic and very easy to use. However, the head of Microsoft did not stop there, and even adds: "What we've tried to do with Windows 7 - for its classic format or multipoint - is to recreate the look and feel of the Mac level of graphics.
Of course, this quotation has not failed to be replicated in different communities specializing in Apple products but also on various websites generalists. The company will let Microsoft does tarnish his image this way? Certainly not. A few hours later, the firm contacted the magazine to rebut PCR block the remarks made by his employee and said: "Description of Windows 7 by Mr. Simon is wrong", adding that the Windows 7 is the result returns Opinion million users of Windows. "The interface of Windows 7 has been designed to facilitate the ownership of computers and build innovative technologies that Microsoft is making the market. For example, unlike Mac OS, Windows 7 supports multicast.
Many have noted the similarities between Windows 7 and Mac OS X, starting with Walt Mossberg, a journalist with the Wall Street Journal. Thus the new taskbar in Windows is often compared to the dock in Mac OS X. Can we still say that the first was inspired by the second? And if so, should we blame Microsoft to use an idea relatively simple and functional? If all agree that Windows 7 is a good system compared to its predecessor, the war seems decidedly OS endless.
Mr Aldous explained thus: "One of the points that people raise a lot about Macs is the OS that is fantastic, it is very graphic and very easy to use. However, the head of Microsoft did not stop there, and even adds: "What we've tried to do with Windows 7 - for its classic format or multipoint - is to recreate the look and feel of the Mac level of graphics.
Of course, this quotation has not failed to be replicated in different communities specializing in Apple products but also on various websites generalists. The company will let Microsoft does tarnish his image this way? Certainly not. A few hours later, the firm contacted the magazine to rebut PCR block the remarks made by his employee and said: "Description of Windows 7 by Mr. Simon is wrong", adding that the Windows 7 is the result returns Opinion million users of Windows. "The interface of Windows 7 has been designed to facilitate the ownership of computers and build innovative technologies that Microsoft is making the market. For example, unlike Mac OS, Windows 7 supports multicast.
Many have noted the similarities between Windows 7 and Mac OS X, starting with Walt Mossberg, a journalist with the Wall Street Journal. Thus the new taskbar in Windows is often compared to the dock in Mac OS X. Can we still say that the first was inspired by the second? And if so, should we blame Microsoft to use an idea relatively simple and functional? If all agree that Windows 7 is a good system compared to its predecessor, the war seems decidedly OS endless.
YouTube moves to the true high definition 1080p
YouTube announced yesterday the imminent availability of true high definition video platform on demand. Starting next week, it will be possible to actually display video in 1080p over 720p. YouTube HD was launched last December with the definition of maximum exposure. The files already submitted to YouTube will automatically re-encoded if the originals are preserved.
While high definition has begun to invade the consumer electronics with an intermediate definition of 1280 x 720 pixels, a growing number of devices now support the "Full HD" in 1920 x 1080 pixels, camcorders screens of computer. YouTube said however that a powerful computer is required, until finally takes Flash's party hardware decoding videos offered by many graphics cards, as do many software already.
But if the definition of a video is one of the most technical representative for its quality, the flow is equally, however YouTube has left silent on this point, only a sample video to get an idea. A 1080p video, two times better than another set to 720p, played at the same rate of 2 Mbps, and would bring no improvement in quality. Conversely, a rate doubled to 4 Mbps limit their viewing to a portion of Internet users have enough bandwidth. Video on demand requires a compromise. Meanwhile the democratization of Internet access via fiber optics, Blu-ray and 25 Mbps is still beautiful days ahead.
While high definition has begun to invade the consumer electronics with an intermediate definition of 1280 x 720 pixels, a growing number of devices now support the "Full HD" in 1920 x 1080 pixels, camcorders screens of computer. YouTube said however that a powerful computer is required, until finally takes Flash's party hardware decoding videos offered by many graphics cards, as do many software already.
But if the definition of a video is one of the most technical representative for its quality, the flow is equally, however YouTube has left silent on this point, only a sample video to get an idea. A 1080p video, two times better than another set to 720p, played at the same rate of 2 Mbps, and would bring no improvement in quality. Conversely, a rate doubled to 4 Mbps limit their viewing to a portion of Internet users have enough bandwidth. Video on demand requires a compromise. Meanwhile the democratization of Internet access via fiber optics, Blu-ray and 25 Mbps is still beautiful days ahead.
Mini 3i the smartphone of Dell in China and Brazil
The U.S. Dell has officially announced the upcoming release in two countries - China and Brazil - its first smartphone, the Mini 3i. To diversify its business, Dell chose therefore to enter the world of mobile phone with a smartphone equipped with the system Google Android.
Dell has given no precise information about its technical characteristics. The specific brand just as the smartphone "Mini 3" will be available from networks of China Mobile, the first Chinese mobile operator with over 500 million customers. It will be launched in this country in the coming weeks at a price not yet announced.
In Brazil, Claro is the operator with 42 million customers, who will do the same by the end of the year. It will be available later in other countries including in Europe through a partnership with Vodafone the United States via AT & T and Verizon, in Singapore through M1 and Starhub or via Maxis in Malaysia. Compatible with the Chinese 3G standard, the Mini 3i is also compatible with 3G/3G + networks in other European countries where it is marketed.
Note that the Chinese version of the smartphone incorporates no WiFi unlike its Brazilian version known as the "Mini 3iX. The Dell smartphone incorporates a touch screen of 3.5 inches and a digital camera of 3 megapixels.
Dell has given no precise information about its technical characteristics. The specific brand just as the smartphone "Mini 3" will be available from networks of China Mobile, the first Chinese mobile operator with over 500 million customers. It will be launched in this country in the coming weeks at a price not yet announced.
In Brazil, Claro is the operator with 42 million customers, who will do the same by the end of the year. It will be available later in other countries including in Europe through a partnership with Vodafone the United States via AT & T and Verizon, in Singapore through M1 and Starhub or via Maxis in Malaysia. Compatible with the Chinese 3G standard, the Mini 3i is also compatible with 3G/3G + networks in other European countries where it is marketed.
Note that the Chinese version of the smartphone incorporates no WiFi unlike its Brazilian version known as the "Mini 3iX. The Dell smartphone incorporates a touch screen of 3.5 inches and a digital camera of 3 megapixels.
ViewSonic VCP08 smartphone running Windows XP
ViewSonic VCP08 smartphone running Windows XP. The device is made in the clamshell form factor. The model has a QWERTY-keyboard, numeric keypad, 2 megapixel camera and two displays: a 2-inch TFT external and internal 4.3-inch touchscreen TFT. The model from ViewSonic is based on the processor Intel ULV, is equipped with 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB hard drive, slot microSD.
Cost ViewSonic VCP08 in Europe and the U.S. is about $ 800.
Cost ViewSonic VCP08 in Europe and the U.S. is about $ 800.
Motorola MT710 based OPhone
Chinese mobile operator China Mobile has started Motorola MT710 Communicator. The machine will go on sale soon. Motorola MT710 is running Open Mobile System (OMS - based on the operating system Google Android). Recall that the company Motorola, according to information from several sources, plans to introduce eight OPhone for cellular operator China Mobile.
Is now known that Motorola MT710 has a 3.7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 845 × 480 pixels (WVGA), and the module WAPI (Chinese analog of Wi-Fi). Communicator supports 3G networks in the standard TD-SCDMA.
Is now known that Motorola MT710 has a 3.7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 845 × 480 pixels (WVGA), and the module WAPI (Chinese analog of Wi-Fi). Communicator supports 3G networks in the standard TD-SCDMA.
Portable device with a 6-inch flexible display
Wistron company is developing a portable device with a 5 or 6-inch display. Display new items will be flexible, similar to technology used in electronic paper.
It is not clear whether it is the communicator, an electronic book or anything else. It is expected that the company Wistron will present its development in 2010.
It is not clear whether it is the communicator, an electronic book or anything else. It is expected that the company Wistron will present its development in 2010.
Download Yahoo! Messenger 10
With Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft sites are those that have the largest global audience in the month of September according to comScore. Even if we can consider that the inclusion of instant messaging pipe with this sort of statistics. Rest of the popularity of Microsoft Customer, which especially in the United States, is rivaled by his counterpart, Yahoo! Messenger with a final 10 was announced last week.
Yahoo! Messenger is designed for users of instant messaging with the same name, but a bridge has been thrown towards those using Windows Live Messenger interoperability. In beta since several months, the tenth version of Yahoo! Messenger brings a lot of news.
Supporting the new operating system Windows 7, Yahoo! Messenger 10 which is destined for the environment supports Microsoft calls audio and video quality, allows video chat in fullscreen window. A view Activities proposed through a new tab Y! Avtivities, the user is informed of the activities of its contacts on sites Yahoo, Flickr, Twitter, Last.fm and others. A social network connotation then.
A new menu lets you quickly choose to launch the user interface in the language of choice among 16 different.
Download
Yahoo! Messenger is designed for users of instant messaging with the same name, but a bridge has been thrown towards those using Windows Live Messenger interoperability. In beta since several months, the tenth version of Yahoo! Messenger brings a lot of news.
Supporting the new operating system Windows 7, Yahoo! Messenger 10 which is destined for the environment supports Microsoft calls audio and video quality, allows video chat in fullscreen window. A view Activities proposed through a new tab Y! Avtivities, the user is informed of the activities of its contacts on sites Yahoo, Flickr, Twitter, Last.fm and others. A social network connotation then.
A new menu lets you quickly choose to launch the user interface in the language of choice among 16 different.
Download
Chrome OS: the operating system this week
This summer, Google has announced that it hung in his face long ago revealing the imminent arrival of an operating system on its label. Necessarily oriented site with a lot of interaction between the browser Google Chrome the OS open source and free with the base Linux is destined primarily for netbooks, and is distinct from Android. Supported architectures are x86 and ARM, which has so far been neglected by Windows 7.
Chrome for OS, Google has left some information filtered by evoking an OS that starts quickly and allows the user to immediately find yourself in a Web browser where they can have access to all data that have been synchronized. Third-party developers will likely be put to use with features that can be designed based on current Web technologies.
Google has announced a new windowing system on top of a kernel for an OS easy to configure, works with all the hardware and allows to update all software.
Chrome OS must be officially launched at the horizon of the second half of 2010 through OEM partnerships. The team in charge of its development work with several companies, including Acer, ASUS, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Toshiba, for one imagines the integration into notebooks. Other companies were also cited the example of Freescale and Texas Instruments for compatibility with the chipset, or Qualcomm who work in components for mobile phones. Another name mentioned with Adobe, which provides the runtime platform for deploying AIR applications RIA on the desktop.
Since the announcement of Google screenshots more or less fanciful Chrome OS have been circulating on the Internet. These publications it is difficult to understand the benefits are promised to quit as soon as information TechCrunch, Google has unveiled its famous OS later this week by making available a version for download. Probably a trial version. For TechCrunch, the greatest challenge that faces that Google will offer a large enough range of hardware drivers.
Chrome for OS, Google has left some information filtered by evoking an OS that starts quickly and allows the user to immediately find yourself in a Web browser where they can have access to all data that have been synchronized. Third-party developers will likely be put to use with features that can be designed based on current Web technologies.
Google has announced a new windowing system on top of a kernel for an OS easy to configure, works with all the hardware and allows to update all software.
Chrome OS must be officially launched at the horizon of the second half of 2010 through OEM partnerships. The team in charge of its development work with several companies, including Acer, ASUS, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Toshiba, for one imagines the integration into notebooks. Other companies were also cited the example of Freescale and Texas Instruments for compatibility with the chipset, or Qualcomm who work in components for mobile phones. Another name mentioned with Adobe, which provides the runtime platform for deploying AIR applications RIA on the desktop.
Since the announcement of Google screenshots more or less fanciful Chrome OS have been circulating on the Internet. These publications it is difficult to understand the benefits are promised to quit as soon as information TechCrunch, Google has unveiled its famous OS later this week by making available a version for download. Probably a trial version. For TechCrunch, the greatest challenge that faces that Google will offer a large enough range of hardware drivers.
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