HTC is planning its own mapping system

Because Nokia has done a good job with its own mapping solution that worked a few years, HTC wants to try something similar.

Part of the aura of exclusivity that have terminals what Windows Phones ecosystem world is defined by a set of exclusive applications. Although many of them have come on other WP smartphones, Nokia did not hesitate to say that the best experience for applications such as Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive will remain no Nokia terminals.

HTC seems to want to try something similar on their smartphones. Several sources have confirmed that HTC wants to invest in its own solution for navigation and mapping. It is worth noting that these rumors are not the first incursions of HTC in an area led by Google, Nokia and in little extent, Apple. HTC Locations, was a Windows Phone application which unfortunately is no longer available on the online store of Microsoft applications. Although it is unknown whether HTC will try upgrading the application or if it will create its one from scratch, the company seems determined to create a competitive application.

Even if there are good chances that such a navigation solution to materialize remains to be seen if it will be available exclusively on Windows Phone or could just as easily be downloaded from Google Play at some point. Most times, such initiatives are very expensive, but considering the remarkable financial effort made ​​last year with Beats, nothing surprises us anymore when it comes to HTC.

MagicPlan, an application that helps you to make your house plan

For making a plan of the house is useful in many situations, for which a less known company has done MagicPlan.

If Google makes a map of the world at the macro level, MagicPlan aims to do something similar at the micro level for your home. Basically, it's a huge application which makes a more efficient plan of the house. Given that this activity always seemed difficult and ambiguous MagicPlan done a very good job in clarifying this dilemma.

To carry out the work, the application engages all sensors fitted to an iDevice. It introduces some elements of augmented reality and captures the different areas of the house on which you can draw with precision.

“It eliminates stressful measurements, drawing and moving furniture in the house. Saves a lot of time and there are already multiple partnerships and applications who can take advantage of MagicPlan. "With a price of three dollars in the AppStore, the application is the proud achievement of Sanspias CEO, the producing company. Very excited, Pierrerie Gaubil described in detail the three years invested in the technology present in this small application.

No matter how you plan to use the application described, this is certainly an interesting way to spend your time in the house, especially before you renovate.

Lego folding machine

Although it is neither the first nor the last to use LEGO pieces for something other than what it says on the box on the forum user a called hknssn13 from Lego Mind storms achieved something unique. In addition to hundreds of other spectacular creations based on LEGO the enthusiast user that made ​​a machine that uses sheets of paper to fold and throw paper airplanes.

If you want to make yourself something similar construction details should be sufficient to discourage you. Besides many LEGO pieces, the entire device was built around two micro controllers NXT, 5 servos, 10 dc motors, a pneumatic systems, and sensors of various types. 

Rehabilitation program for hacking victims

Because more and more websites owners have problems with hacking, Google launched a new educational website on this topic.

To get the recovery process started when you see your website attacked by hackers, Google launched a new page called” help for hacked sites ". Thought of as a collection of videos and useful articles, the new website is designed to function as a tutorial for those who have had a problem with hackers or those who believe that they will be at some point. In principle there are several steps, more or less simple to put the site back up. To realize how simple they are, each guide has his difficulty level clearly marked beside the title.

If you can’t handle it in any way when it comes to the technicality of a website this page will help to detect the extent of the problem and hire someone who knows how to fix it. A simple test to see if you resolved the effects of the attack, is to see if you can reach your page from a Google search. A website infected with viruses or malware which you find through Google results will redirect you to a warning from the giant.

Www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/ came online in just a few weeks after several incidents that shook the world. At that time it was shown that employees' PCs from Facebook and Apple have been compromised by an integrated code in a web page. The guides are designed to make your website even more resistant in the future.

Seagate is the first manufacturer to have sold 2 bilion units

Seagate announced that it is the first manufacturer in the world that can boast with two billion units sold.

 Besides the fact that the number itself is an absolute record, the most interesting fact is that it was established in 1980, and for 29 had had over billion units sold, while in the last four years has managed to double its sales. This clearly demonstrates the growing need for users to store and carry information that requires more space and therefore more hard drives.

According to experts, the explosion of mobile devices and their capacities to record Full HD content, and the need for storage and sharing of information via a cloud increasing day by day the demand for hard drives. Seagate expects unprecedented growth for applications over 1TB storage units, with over 30% more in the next two or three years. According to estimates starting with 2015 every home will not only get to retain information received or purchased, but will also generate on average 20 times more content than currently stored.

If we consider these estimates, two billion hard drives sold doesn’t seem so much and there is no surprised that in the next two to three years sales to double yet again. We have to take into account the fact that most manufacturers were affected by floods, followed by a price policy that didn’t stimulate much sales.

iOS Harlem Shake

Harlem Shake has conquered the Internet with more and more original versions taking place every day.

The Harlem shakes series is part novel and movie above you can notice how the iOS icons make it. As expected this artistic number and was conducted on a Jailbreak phone by Filippo Bigarella (application developer). It was obvious that Apple wouldn’t include such a "blasphemy" to the list of applications in the App Store, no matter how funny it is.

We must confess that we would like to be able to use the Harlem Shake on our friend’s iPhones even as a joke, but unfortunately for now this tweak has not been released. 

Xi3 Piston available for pre-order

Xi3 Piston, the minimalist computer for video games, is now available for pre-order. It will hit the market late this year, but if you want to have a $ 100 discount, you will need to order right now.

Piston is the first device that fits in the category of "Steam box" but is not an official product made ​​with Valve. The Xi3 Company tries to offer top performance in a very small package, appealing to a unique design. The entire computer is modular, and various internal components can be changed over time to always run the latest games.

Unfortunately, the hardware offered now, at $ 999 is a bit high. Even after reducing the pre-order price at $ 899, is not really justified. But we know now that in the aluminum housing there is a 3.2 GHz AMD Trinity, a Radeon 7000 series graphics chip, a 128 GB SSD and 8 GB of DDR3 memory.

Piston Xi3 was presented live at the SXSW and so we can see the first small computer interface, which is now referred to by the nickname "console". Obviously, the operating system is Windows, which received a custom interface. Below you can find the official video presentation with a video interface.