Flipora, intelligent content recommendations based on your Internet activity

Flipora is a new service that helps you find news and topics of interest, recording all the websites you visit and analyzing data such as how long you stay in, what you like / share, and much more.


In essence it is an add-on for your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer) that stores the URLs of all sites you visit, excluding those of them require a password and others that you specify. Based on this information, the service builds your personal profile and shows you the content that it deems relevant.


First choose the topics that interest you (technology, movies, music, jokes, etc.) and the service takes care to show you what best suits your preferences. Each time you click on a page, the proposals are shaped accordingly. If still an issue that you are not interested, you can choose 'Flip to Next Page'.


Those interested can try Flipora here.

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How to shift from @facebook.com to your old email adress

Many of you may have noticed a change in your profile on Facebook and specifically in your email. This is because the social network decided, without asking anyone's consent, to replace the emails that users have chosen to display their profile with their Facebook emails (@ facebook.com), the existence of which most were unaware of until now .


If you want to get rid of this annoying Facebook initiative and return to your old address, follow these steps:


Visit our Facebook Timeline and select 'About'
Go a little further down the 'Contact Info' and click 'edit'.
From there you can select which email will appear in your Timeline. Change the crossed circle ('Hidden from Timeline') to normal next to your personal email and back to normal by the deleted your Facebook email.

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uWhisp, the web application that allows you to send audio messages on Facebook and Twitter!

A group of graduates of UPC Barcelona School of Informatics has created the application uWhisp, which gives us the ability to leave voice messages for the various social networks!


The application uWhisp is a simple plug-in installed on your web browser and then displayed directly within the Facebook and Twitter, and automatically create a widget in the user's web browser for direct recording and sending voice messages to any webpage receives a text message.


The creators of the application state that once made ​​the recording of the message is stored in a local file and audio uWhisp enables preview to make sure the sender that the message is correct. Just give the user's consent, then the audio signal stored in the servers and virtually uWhisp published a link that becomes the voice player plug-in. If the recipient has installed uWhisp, then the link leads to uWhisp website where you can play the message.


You can try uWhisp here.

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Google Maps Coordinate: Monitoring of employees of a company!

Google launched a new service called Google Maps Coordinate with which companies can now effectively monitor the location of their employees. Ideally, companies with staff required to have outside the office can better manage the performance of their employees thanks to that service of Google.


Unless, of course, the location of its own employees the company may appoint the sites should be located. Thus, the closest worker to "target" can serve the area faster. The Google Maps Coordinate is available online at Android tablets / smartphones with a monthly subscription of around $ 15 until September 1, 2012. For more information visit this link.

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Cropp.me: Do crop images without installing

One of the most common user actions is to cut their photos. The "crop" is known to be a classic phenomenon, but not for everyone just as easy. Most are forced to use tools that are not user friendly and even install applications exclusively for this purpose. The service Cropp.me, comes to help. This is a very simple web application that allows the user to upload the photo that want, to choose the final size and, download to computer, all without doing any recording. The professional way to cut pictures to Facebook ...

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U.S. and Israel behind the creation of the virus Stuxnet. They start a cyberwarfare against Iran!

We have mentioned several times before the notorious and powerful virus Stuxnet here a virus that attacked the nuclear facilities of Iran in 2010 before it became widely known on the Internet. 


After months of speculation about who is behind the creation of Stuxnet and despite the fact that it was an open secret that they have put their hand in the U.S. and Israel, just yesterday came the confirmation from the New York Times with a very detailed report!


According to the NYT, this is the first global campaign "cyberwarfare" (cyberwar) codenamed "Olympic Games", which began during the presidency of George W. Bush in 2006 to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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The creation of a special version of Stuxnet was after virtual mapping of the Natanz nuclear plant in collaboration with an Israeli team, the virus can be programmed to hit specific equipment of Siemens and destroy the centrifuge equipment used to purify uranium. 


 The decision was taken by cyber President Barack Obama given that the U.S. already had several open fronts in the Middle East, resulting in a physical confrontation with Iran is practically impossible.


 "From the first days of his presidency, watched dynamic efforts to delay the Iranian nuclear program (diplomacy, sanctions, important decisions), independently of other current issues" 


 All went well until they spilled an upgraded version of the virus Stuxnet Natanz, which had an error code so that spread from an Iranian computer engineering throughout the Internet. Please note that the White House blamed the Israelis for the leak. 


 Once started the spread of the virus in the Internet, was quickly noticed by the security software companies, including attacks worldwide in equipment of Siemens. 


 NYT notes that the Flame is part of the company "Olympic Games", but does not state responsible for its creation is still the U.S.. 


 As we understand, the cyber certainly will preoccupy us in the coming years, but hardly anyone impose their sovereignty without military intervention ...

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75% of the European Commissions will vote against ACTA

We have evolution in the agreement against piracy ACTA  in Europe as today 75 % of the  committees that focus on legal issues, political freedom, development and industry respectively, refused to ratify the agreement. This decision is particularly significant since it depends on the final decision by the SEC which will depend, too, and the decision of the members of Parliament. 


The SEC will take the decision between 20 and 21 June and the decision will be postponed until later in the Parliament on 3 and 5 July. Realistically, however, is quite difficult to pass the ACTA as a law, which was clear and the European Commissioner Neelie Kroes few weeks ago.

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Girl publishes photo of her with money on Facebook and robbers break into her house a few hours later!

Some things in our web presence should at this point no longer be considered self-evident, for example not upload photos on Facebook where we show a lot of money. The misfortune seems to have been lesson to a 17-year-old Australian, who helped her grandmother to measure economies and raised in the popular social network of a photograph depicting the money. The result: She had been robbed within a few hours.


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Of course, the thieves finally they made a small mistake , instead of going to grandmother's house went to house of the parents of the girl and fled with a small amount of money instead. So, care to share what information the various social networks and are not as secure as you think.

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Facebook plans to acquire Face.com

Shortly after entering the Stock Exchange of Facebook, rumors the company is in talks for the acquisition of Israeli company Face.com face recognition or even for several tens of millions of dollars.


Face.com already has two applications on the platform of Facebook, the Photo Finder ,  Photo Tagger, and recently released a new mobile application for the calculation of an aged man from a picture.


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This is not the first time that Facebook shows its concern for the Face.com. According to sources, in recent years the two companies were in negotiations many times, but finally, unable to agree in economics. Apart from the obvious which is the technology of face recognition Face.com, Facebook's interest is not excluded to be related to some degree under the domain of the company. 


 Both sides declined to comment on the possibility of redemption.

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Regular book vs e-book. Which is more popular?[infographic]

Do you think that people still read regular books? Think better. Just watch the infographic below

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Twitter follows your actions on the Internet

Twitter of a new publication indicates that the system proposals based on accounts which follow other Twitter users and visits to sites in the overall ecosystem of Twitter. Ie when you press a button or the Twitter widget in a website is recorded from Twitter. This statement triggered strong opposition after the company admitted that essentially follows the movements of users on the Internet.


So far we know that the recording is more than just be best proposals for the accounts you can follow, but in reality no one can know what it is used now or in the future. Obviously, this behavior is not particularly surprising since more or less knew that must be done. So does Facebook, of course, collecting data. That does not justify this behavior but it is-and should-be reprehensible.
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On the other hand, Twitter announced that it will work with Mozilla, enabling users to choose not monitored in any way from it. This will be done to activate the "Do Not Track" which disables the Firefox cookies to gather personal information. This function can only be effective if the website recognize.


 "We are thrilled that Twitter supports Do Not Track as the adoption of the system by users is increasing, signaling a major step forward for the Do Not Track and the Internet», says Mozilla.

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Japanese researchers break the world speed record in wireless transfers!

Researchers at the University of Tokyo managed to achieve 3Gbps transfer in 542Ghz wireless network, which is part of the 300GHz-3THz band which categorized the range terahertz. This achievement doubles the previous record of the  Rohm manufacturer who achieved last November a 1.5Gbps transfer connection 300GHz. Of course, these speeds can be achieved only in a range of ten meters before about various interferences.
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To achieve these speeds was used resonant tunneling diode (RTD). This device operates as an oscillator emitting electromagnetic signals at high frequencies as well as vibrates. The RTD was created exclusively for this project and replaces other more complex systems. 


 Essentially the terahertz range transport is the "next big thing" in wireless communications, not only because of the high speed achieved but also because all frequencies are available worldwide. The project manager believes that over the next ten years all products will use related terahertz technology.

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Pirate Pay, the funded by the Microsoft company that aims to remove torrents

The last time we see continued efforts to combat piracy, the most recent examples of the ban on the Pirate Bay UK, Netherlands and India.


This time a group of Russian developers state that develops the technology that will "kill" once and for all the torrents, having also received funding of $ 100.000 from Microsoft.

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The company is called Pirate Pay and so far has blocked more than 50.000 downloads of the movie 'Vysotsky: Thanks go God I'm Alive' one month after the release. At present it is unclear exactly how the technology works. CEO of The Pirate Pay, Andrei Klimenko explains:


 "We used a large number of servers to connect to any P2P client which distributes the film. Then you send this traffic to be confused about the IP addresses of other clients and get them to dissociate from each other. "


 It remains now to see the response of major torrents sites that surely will not remain with his hands crossed ...

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Samsung buys mSpot in order to compete iCloud and Google Play

Samsung announced today the acquisition of a newly created company mSpot with the amount of the contract to rise to $ 8.8 million according to reports. The mSpot company offers services that are similar to Google Music or Amazon Cloud Player allowing users to upload their music and any other digital content in the "cloud after having access to it from various devices like iPhone, iPad, Google TV and Android.


As part of the agreement mSpot application will be screened directly from the Samsung smartphones, tablets and TVs while the company is expected to be a strong card to compete directly with Apple, which offers a similar service to iTunes Match. H move even the opportunity to become independent Samsung even more than Google Play the Google embedded in all the company's products running Android.

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App Center, the new Facebook online application store!

Facebook announced the launch of the App Center, its own online store application where users can find all clustered applications and games running on Facebook for either iOS, Android, web, mobile web or computers.




As the company's goal is not to compete with Apple stores and applications of Google, since every time the user wants to install an application for iOS or Android, will be redirected directly to the shop (App Store or Google Play) .

Moreover, the App Center will look for first applications paid on Facebook and a new evaluation system of applications that will both inform users about the quality of an application and the developers on how often users visit their applications and how long they stay there.

The applications seem to like users will run stronger, while those who do not collect the best reviews or does not comply with the instructions of the social network will not appear at all.


The App Center will make its appearance at facebook.com / appcenter in the coming weeks. The developers can submit their applications between now and May 18 here.

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Anonymous attack to Virgin Media to block the Pirate Bay in the UK

Not many days have passed from the Court of the Supreme British blocking of the Pirate Bay from five providers, and the answer comes from Anonymous, who threw the site of the Virgin Media provider because of its adherence to the block (the other four are O2, Sky Broadband, Everything Everywhere and Talk Talk).


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The Virgin Media justified the attitude of an official announcement:


"As a responsible provider (ISP), Virgin Media comply with the orders of the court but we strongly believe that addressing the issue of copyright infringement requires legal alternatives that will give access to material at the right price, in order to change habits consumer "



What is very interesting is the position taken by the operators of the Pirate Bay on the attack of Anonymous:




"We do not encourage such actions. We believe in an open and free Internet, where anyone can express his views. Even if we disagree sit with them, even if they hate us. So do not you fight them using their own methods bad. The DDoS attacks and blockages are also forms of censorship. If you want to help, start a tracker, write a manifesto, join or start a pirate organization, your friends learn the art of BitTorrent, Set up a proxy server, write your political beliefs, create a protocol P2P, pirate print some posters and fill your city with them, argue artists Promo Bay or simply become good kids and call your mother to tell her that you love "

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Google +: Improved email alert system

Google plans to improve the system tray of the email social network, making things more quickly, simply and interactively. Soon Google + users can view, comment and make '+1' posts in the social network directly from the incoming mails.

Indeed, the changes will not be exclusive to Gmail but will be available and other services. Additionally, users will be able to apantoyn both the computer and any other mobile device use.


The improved system alerts the Google + is expected to make its appearance next week. For more information see here.

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Attack from hackers on Twitter: leaked information of thousands of accounts

Unknown hackers claim that broke 55,000 users of Twitter accounts and then published their usernames and passwords on the Internet. As usual in such recent cases, the information posted on Pastebin namely five very long pages (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), while between them seems those are some celebrities.




Twitter confirmed the attack, denying the rumored number of accounts infringed. According to the company, many of the items on the list more than once, other accounts are suspended for spamming, but some codes are even wrong:


"We are currently investigating the issue. Meanwhile, we warn all users that may be affected by the attack to change passwords. Those who worry that your account may have been compromised, we propose to change passwords.


As we discovered, the list of usernames and passwords leaked contains more than 20,000 duplicate entries, several accounts have been suspended because of reports of spam and error codes. "

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The 802.11-2012 pattern promises faster Wi-Fi up to 600Mbps at 3.7GHz

The last 15 years the standard for 802.11x Wi-Fi has changed a few times in publications such as the 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n for the fourth time since 1997 the International Committee is planning an upgrade called 802.11 -2012. This new pattern will differ from previous versions since it will operate at frequencies between 2.65GHz and 3.7GHz, giving consumers more opportunities to avoid interference with other more "dense" frequencies.


The 802.11-2012 will also be output to 600Mbps for the modification of components PHY (physical layer) and MAC (software layer). These changes will also allow other additions such as "mesh" networking, direct-link setup, changes to security, broadcast / multicast / unicast data delivery and other additional network management features.


Be the first to have access to the new standard for $ 5 on the IEEE website, but will likely take some time to be marketed the first compatible devices.

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Nokia City Lens: Augmented Reality Application for Lumia smartphones [Video]

Nokia has its own Augmented Reality browser for Windows Phone smartphones of the company, called City Lens, which is essentially the same as the one released for Symbian smartphones, but has some additional features.

As you can see in the following video, the application uses the camera and displays information on restaurants, hotels, shops etc. nearby, and when the user selects something from this, see more information and reviews about this place.




Application Nokia City Lens is available in beta version and you can download it free here.

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