European news of the first day of Google I / O 2010

The Web Application store Chrome and the release of the video codec VP8 represent the two major developments of the first day of Google I / O 2010, but during the day have come to know more news that can cause some interesting changes in time.

First we have to Google Wave is open to the public , so no need for an invitation to access it. For those who do not know what is Wave, represents a kind of fusion between email and instant messaging innovator, but has failed to go deeper among users.

We also have the new Font API , which we have a list of sources for use in web pages with maximum compatibility in browsers and in order to facilitate the enrichment of web pages with these sources. Thus, using a short code in CSS and availing ourselves of the sources are stored in the same Google, we can use different fonts without worries. All sources available in the API can be explored from this catalog.

Another service that has earned its own API is Google Buzz, with which you can integrate this service into third-party programs . For example, TweetDeck can show all updates to Buzz in one of his columns, together with updates on other networks like Facebook or Twitter. Seesmic also announced that Buzz will integrate a whole social networking built into the program. With this, Google Buzz off and no longer isolated in the sidebars of our Gmail inboxes.

We also have a new API called Google Prediction , which uses Google’s algorithms for storing a history of our data online and generate predictions of what might happen in the future. For example, this API could predict what decisions we might take in the development of an application we are creating. Do not, we can save all this data from another API called Google Storagedesigned for that purpose, although focused on developers. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook access from mobile phones will be faster … and free

Facebook wants to be on mobile phones around the world it is no secret, and today is closer to achieving this. The company has announced a new application, 0.facebook.com, from which you can access the social network without paying anything for the data connection.

The application will have the same features as its predecessor m.facebook.com, allowing it to update the statue, read the updates of the contacts, send and receive messages, comment, etc., the only difference that it is possible to view photos directly.

The photographs, which will, as explained in Facebook, “just a click away”, will be outside the application, and are therefore also outside the “free area” by agreement with the operators. The same is true, as is Of course, with the display of links on external sites.

0.facebook.com is available in 45 countries, including Spain is not, with 50 different operators. The implementation of the application in Spain does not seem to be either between Facebook plans: no longer featured in the list of thirteen other countries where the mobile application will be available in the near future.

Nero 10: tips and features on the new writing program

The recently available new version of Nero 10 offers a host of new features.Nero is no longer a pure burning program more, also shows the name that is the first time Nero Multimedia Suite 10.

However, if you want the future to use only the burning capabilities of Nero, when Nero can buy 10, the recording software separately. Nero Burning ROM is the first time now that is also individually at a lower price than the complete multimedia suite Nero 10 sold. The suite is next to the still burning software from the two parts and Nero Vision and Nero BackItUp Xtra & Burn. The already known from previous versions of multimedia tools are naturally also back on board.

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Privacy: 8% of users indicate full address in Facebook

Privacy in social networks is not only an issue in Germany. The U.S. magazine Consumer Reports calls for evaluation of a study on user behavior on more responsibility. The majority of members in social networks is still careless with their data.

In the United States there has been a less stringent view on topics such as data protection and privacy. Nevertheless, consumer protection in the U.S. do worry about how to deal with sensitive data.

Privacy in social networks like Facebook and MySpace is not only a task for operators. Users should not make personal information public so lightly, warns the American magazine Consumer Reports.

A study by the magazine showed that the majority of the users in social networks rather careless when it comes to publishing private data. Nearly 40 percent of users reveal their date of birth, 20 percent post photos of their children online, with 13 percent also specify their names. Your full address to give 8 percent of surveyed users. Read the rest of this entry »