Google dejará de vender el Nexus One

Google comunicó que recibió el último lote de su teléfono inteligente Nexus One y que dejar de vender e l aparato cuando se agoten los dispositivos.

“Una vez que vendamos estos dispositivos, el Nexus One no estará disponible en línea en Google ”, comunicó la empresa en su página web.

Google cerrara su tienda en línea en los próximos días y asegura que mantendrá el soporte para los actuales usuario del aparato.

Nexus One continuará vendiéndose a través de los empresas de telecomunicaciones como Vodafone en Europa , KT en Korea, y posiblemente con otros operadores dependiendo de las condiciones del mercado.

Entonces para que tanta publicidad y bombos y platillos por parte de Google en entrar a este mercado? Qué opinan al respecto?

Mobile Video Viewing Grows 9% In Q4 2008 | Nielsen Wire

Mobile Video Viewing Grows 9% In Q4 2008 | Nielsen Wire

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Smartphones to Overtake Feature Phones in U.S. by 2011

The iPhone, Blackberry, Droid and smartphones in general dominate the buzz in the mobile market, but only 21% of American wireless subscribers are using a smartphone as of the fourth quarter 2009 compared to 19% in Q3 2009 and 14% at the end of 2008. We are just at the beginning of a new wireless era where smartphones will become the standard device consumers will use to connect to friends, the internet and the world at large. The share of smartphones as a proportion of overall device sales has increased to 29% for phone purchasers in the last six months and 45% of respondents to a Nielsen survey indicated that their next device will be a smartphone. If we combine these intentional data points with falling prices and increasing capabilities of these devices along with a explosion of applications for devices, we are seeing the beginning of a groundswell. This increase will be so rapid, that by the end of 2011, Nielsen expects more smartphones in the U.S. market than feature phones.

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Costa Rica is ranked 61 of 133 countries in IT usage

According to the The Global Information Technology Report 2009–201 from the World Economic Forum, Costa Rica is now ranked 61 of 133 countries in Technology usage. You can find the complete article here

Skype for Windows Mobile discontinued

"Unfortunately, Skype Lite – a version of Skype for your mobile phone – and Skype for Windows Mobile are no longer available for download from our site.

We’ve chosen to withdraw Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Mobile because we want to offer our new customers an improved mobile experience – much like the version that has proved so popular on the iPhone, and which is now available on Symbian phones. Our focus is on providing a rich user experience that allows you to enjoy free Skype-to-Skype and low cost calls as easily on the move as you do at your desktop.
We felt that Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Mobile were not offering the best possible Skype experience."

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Google services would stop working in old browsers.

In March YouTube, owned by Google, and services like Google Docs, Gmail and others would no longer accept "old" browsers, like the previous Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0 and Safari 3.0.

This decision was based on the vulnerabilities of one of these browsers (Internet Explorer 6) which allowed the attacks to gmail accounts of human rights defenders in China.

Users using old browsers can still view videos but they show a warning to remind them to update. Until they do, there will be some functions that can not access, YouTube said.

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Internet make us smarter, but with less concentration

The possibilities of interconnection among individuals in 2020 could encourage their increased in intelligence and have a greater access to knowledge.

However, among so much information, the depth of reading and the level of concentration could be affected.

A study by the Pew Research Center and developed by Janna Quitney Anderson (Elon University) and Lee Rainie (Pew Internet & Live Project) revealed that of 895 experts, 78% agreed that in ten years the population in the world connected via the Internet may make better decisions and increase their intellect.

However, 18% supported an earlier study by Nicholas Carr called "Google makes us more stupid?", Which indicates that the intense use of the Web alters IQ and concentration of users.

The premise coincides with a study by the University College London, published a few days ago, which stated that the property of "linearity" of the network has made the population, mainly the young, suffer from problems in concentration.

In either of the two positions, the experts supporting the Internet search method will change the cognitive abilities of users.

"We will not have to remember to much information, but we have to think better and have more critical skills," said the study.

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