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The batteries start to fail Chinese authorities warn the giant of Cupertino that their problems affect all versions of the iPhone 6   The big manufacturers of smartphones have a problem of batteries. A few years ago the war was to increase the life of batteries, lithium ions came to be the lifeline table of the sector. The next challenge was to reduce the recharge time of these and the experiment to Samsung exploded with Note 7. Now the battery earthquake moves from South Korea to the United States, Apple announced last November that it has been investigating for months a problem with the iPhone 6s batteries. The decision of the company: replace some batteries free of charge.   The technical department of Apple has restricted this problem to its 6s models, although the Consumers Association of China, dependent on Beijing, has described it as "a major problem" and extends it to the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Plus 6s models . Precisely this association already launched...

Apple Pay lands in Spain IPhone and Apple Watch users can now pay with their devices thanks to Santander  Just for Christmas, although two years behind the United States, Apple Pay disembarks in Spain with the help of Banco Santander. The payment gateway of the Cupertino giant will have to share the market between Samsung Pay, Android Pay, Bizum or Twyp, which already accumulate months of experience among Spanish consumers. Spain since Thursday becomes the thirteenth country to receive this technology, but for this you have to meet two requirements: have an Apple device or be a customer of Banco Santarder, with MasterCard, American Express or have Ticket Restaurant cards or Carrefour. If you meet these two requirements you can make your payments at establishments such as Fnac, Vips or gas stations. Although for this, the establishment must have a 'contactless' point of sale terminal. However, Apple Pay arrives but only with the latest versions of the products of the Cup...

Netflix offers to download movies instead of viewing them online Online viewing depends on the subscriber's internet connection, which can sometimes complicate the use of the page outside the home   The online video platform Netflix offers its subscribers to download movies and series at no additional cost, in addition to viewing them online, until now the only option, according to a published statement.   Online viewing depends on the subscriber's internet connection, which can sometimes complicate the use of the page outside the home. "Although many of our subscribers watch Netflix at home, they have often told us that they wanted to keep watching 'Stranger Things' (one of the series produced by Netflix) on the plane and in other places where the Internet connection is limited or expensive" said Eddy Wu, director of innovation for the platform, in the statement. Netflix reported that several movies and series were already available for download, incl...

How are Netflix movies downloaded? The company has just announced that it will allow its users to download certain content from mobile devices   At last you can watch many Netflix series and movies without an internet connection . It is a request that users made for a long time, but the company was reluctant to implement this option. Now, it is possible but yes, you have to download the Netflix app before, that is, it is only available for the moment to watch movies on our mobile devices.   The first thing we must do is make sure that the app on your mobile or tablet is up to date, whether we have Android or iOS . At that time, a pop-up will inform you of the new news and through the message you can go to the titles that are now susceptible to download because the entire catalog is not available due to copyright issues. The menu is very similar to the usual one, with the usual suggestions based on the series and films you've seen recently. When you select a title, a do...

This is the technology that will allow you to see the classic with 360º repetitions For the first time, fans will be able to see the most exciting moves from all points of view    There are many fans who do not get tired of watching the repetitions of the most controversial moves of a match, but until now they were just like images that had already seen live or, at most, from another point of view. This vision of 2D football has changed with the collaboration agreement signed between LaLiga and Intel that yesterday presented at the Camp Nou the new 'Free Day' technology with which they will broadcast this Saturday's match between Real Madrid and Barça. novelty is that it will count for the first time in history with 360 degrees repetitions.    The director of the Audiovisual department of LaLiga, Melcior Soler, has confirmed that this is the first football league in the world in which this technology will be used. "In addition to the classic, he will also be ...

Japan develops a low-cost mini space rocket with Canon The project will use the company's experience to design smaller and lighter control instruments with the aim of creating the smallest satellite launch vehicle in the world    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is leading the construction of a low-cost mini space rocket with the help of Japan's technological manufacturer Canon, the Nikkei business daily revealed on Friday. The project will use the manufacturing experience to design smaller and lighter control instruments in order to create the smallest satellite launch vehicle in the world.    The three-stage rocket, 52 centimeters in diameter and less than 10 meters high, will be an improved version of the JAXA SS-520 two-stage model, and launching it will cost less than a tenth of the cost of a conventional launch. The Japanese space agency, which announced the project on November 20, plans to use the device to put into orbit micro-satellites, a...

Nokia will return to the smartphone market in the first half of 2017 HMD hopes to become a "significant" player in the market thanks to the prestige of the brand    Nokia will return to the world market of smartphones in the first half of 2017 with the launch of the first devices with the brand and the Android operating system of the Finnish company HMD, which aims to become a "significant" player in the sector in the next years. HMD began its operations on Thursday, December 1, six months after the new company signed a strategic agreement with Nokia to exclusively use the brand in mobile phones and tablets for the next ten years. Speaking to Europa Press, the CEO of HMD, Arto Nummela, stressed that a launch like HMD is not common in new companies in the smartphone market, since it will benefit from the first day of the strong presence global and the cash flow that gives it its leading position in the basic telephony business.   In order to take advantage of...

The Zowi robot from BQ is already 'made in Spain' Spanish technology begins to produce its educational toy in its factory in Navarra, where it also assembles 3D printers    The Spanish technology company BQ has begun to manufacture its educational robot Zowi in the factory that the company has in Noáin (Navarra), where for three years it has been manufacturing 3D printers and 'Do it yourself' (DIY) products. "The objective of BQ has always been to manufacture in Spain all products for which you can count on a local supplier ecosystem," they say from the company.   Zowi, the robot that discovers children how technology works, is a toy that facilitates a real first approach between the child and technology. You can play with it and control it from your app, disassemble it and reassemble it easily to access its circuits or create your own programming projects. In addition, it evolves with the child: every time he completes a project, he unlocks new functi...

Madrid, Paris and Mexico City will say goodbye to diesel cars in 2025 The three capitals aim to improve air quality for their citizens   Madrid, Paris and Mexico City have a common goal: to end diesel in 2025. This is the agreement reached by the councilors of these three cities at the Mayors' Summit held on Thursday, as part of an agreement to improve the air of their cities. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the three cities have a serious problem with the level of air pollution in their cities. Therefore the mayors of the three capitals Anne Hidalgo, Manuela Carmena and Miguel Angel Mancera have agreed to prohibit the circulation of diesel vehicles in their cities from 2025.   This is an unacceptable global crisis and how the mayors are determined to act, says the document signed at the Summit. Therefore, Madrid, Paris and Mexico City are already working on promoting measures to promote sustainable mobility. Among the proposals are to encourage the use...

How to convince the Spanish market with an electric car, according to Tesla From this Friday, the latest electric models of the iconic Elon Musk brand can be booked in Spain. This is his technological bet   Tesla starts its 100% electric motors of the Model X SUV and its Model S. sedan. Although there are still several months to see the vehicles circulating on the Spanish roads, reservations can already be made on the company's website, but the delivery is not It will be until the first quarter of 2017.   In 2003, Elon Musk visited the AC Propulsion company that had a prototype electric sports car based on a gasoline car kit that had been fitted with an electric motor and lithium-ion batteries. A year later he invested nearly 6 million dollars in Tesla Motors. That's where the Tesla Motors race started and a decade later they have a presence in 22 countries. One of the last to join the North American list is Spain, in which Elon Musk has taken Barcelona as its center o...

Spotahome, the Spanish version of Airbnb for longer stays The winner of the latest edition of South Summit is a 100% online platform that is responsible for visiting and personally checking all the properties they publish    The Spanish rental startup Spotahome offers a disruptive model that seeks to revolutionize the real estate sector. It is an online platform similar to Airbnb that offers the most complete advertisements for apartments, rooms, studios and residences for students and professionals. The main difference with the American fashion website is that the rents must be longer than one month. Spotahome goes to the market of stays of medium and long term, covering all the non-vacation rental exceeding 30 days.   So, although it is an online booking platform like Booking or Airbnb, they saw that "in the long-term sector there were no transactional models, all you found were traditional agencies or classified pages like Idealista or Fotocasa", says Alejandro...

Madrid and Barcelona, ​​approved in quality of life but suspended in R & D A report reveals that the two capitals are in the top 20 in the generation, development and retention of talent across Europe    The quality of life in Spain is one of the greatest attractions of our country, both for Spaniards and for many foreigners. Now a report prepared by the consultancy Everis and Barcelona Global confirms it. City Talent Index , an index that assesses the capacity of cities to generate, attract, develop and retain talent throughout Europe, has positioned Madrid and Barcelona in the top 20 of the ranking from 64 indicators in five different areas.   With sources ranging from Eurostat, the World Bank, the OECD or the Fortune 500, the report reveals that Barcelona stands out in postgraduate education and Madrid in lifestyle and business networks. Copenhagen, Paris and London lead the table for business excellence, explains Sandra Sans, a partner at Everis. The attra...

One in four public Wi-Fi networks is not safe They represent a risk to the personal data of the users who connect   25% of the world's Wi-Fi networks do not have any encryption or password protection, that is, the information they transmit is completely open and can be intercepted and read by anyone, according to a Kaspersky Lab report. "After analyzing more than 31 million public Wi-Fi networks or hotspots around the world, Kaspersky Lab has discovered that one in four are not safe and represent a risk to the personal data of users who connect," they say. That means that all the traffic transmitted through these networks, including personal messages, passwords, documents and much more, can be easily intercepted by cyber attackers.   According to Kaspersky Security Network data, a quarter of the world's Wi-Fi networks do not have any encryption or password protection of any kind. Another 3% of hotspots use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) to encrypt data. "...

«Writing code should be like learning to read or math» Former Minister of Culture and Creative Industries of the United Kingdom    Direct and concise, Ed Vaizey has in all probability been the minister of Culture of the United Kingdom that has more impelled the paper of the digital industries and, in particular, the one of the videojuegos. Last week he led the VI Videogame Industry Forum at the Fun & Serious Game Festival in Bilbao. We keep asking if the videogame is art. Should not we have already overcome that phase? This debate is silly because they are clearly cultural products and just as you have good or bad movies you also have good video games and other not so good ones. In my opinion, the stories told by videogames, creativity and innovation make them both a cultural and technological product.    Why is the entertainment industry that generates more value is still treated as something less? I think it's a generational issue. The politicians who a...

Create an app to improve the spatial orientation of people with visual disabilities The application expands in real time the information about the physical context in which people move through vibrations, sounds or audio indications   Researchers at the Center for Biomedical Technology of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) are working on the development of a new application of augmented reality to improve the spatial orientation of people with visual impairment, through vibrations and sounds on your mobile phone.   Known as the 'e-Glance' project, the 'app' facilitates adaptation to the workplace and its integration into the workplace, by being able to easily perform tasks such as planning a route in the midst of multiple mobile obstacles or obtaining information on location and identification. of people and objects at a distance. This tool is part of the Indra-Adecco Foundation Research Chair in Accessible Technologies and seeks to help people with...

Amazon tests a new store concept without boxes «Detects when the products are taken from the shelves or are returned and stores the code in a virtual shopping cart», the company advances   Amazon revealed that it will open a new retail store without boxes. At the store, which will be located in Seattle (Washington State, Northwest), customers will be able to fill shopping baskets and leave, charging the cost of their invoice to the accounts they have with the American online retail giant.    Amazon Go is tested in a single physical store with Amazon employees and will open to the public next year. It is a "boxless purchase experience that is possible by the same type of technologies used in autonomous automobiles: computer vision, fusion sensor and deep understanding," says the website of the Internet sales emporium. "Our 'Just Leave' technology detects when products are taken from the shelves or are returned and stores the code in a virtual shopping cart W...

Internet giants will create a common database to combat extremism YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft will share with other platforms the digital identifications of videos or photos of extremist content removed from their websites The Internet giants YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft will redouble their efforts to eliminate extremist content from their platforms by creating a common database. The companies will share the "hashes" - unique digital identifications that automatically assign videos or photographs - of extremist content that they have removed from their websites to allow others to identify the same content on their platforms. "We hope that this collaboration will lead to greater efficiency while we continue to apply our policies to help curb the urgent global issue of terrorist content on the Internet," they said in a joint statement published on Tuesday. Companies in the technology sector have long resisted external interventi...

Instagram will allow its users to deactivate the comments in the images Until now it was only possible for some accounts with privileges   The social network of Instagram images will allow users to deactivate offensive comments, eliminate followers and rate positive comments to avoid abuses, Facebook's affiliate said in a statement. Instagram will start "soon" to allow its users to deactivate the comments in some posts, something that, until now, was only available in some special accounts. This option will allow Instagram photos or videos not to be exposed to comments, which in many situations are offensive, something that has affected several celebrities, who have been forced to close their accounts of the social network.   This measure adds to the recently announced possibility to filter comments if they contain certain words, which reduces the possibility of offensive comments. Likewise, Instagram will also integrate the possibility of clicking "like...