The “Gafanomics” What is it? – The World

Le Monde | 30/11/2014 at 14h52 • Updated 11/30/2014 at 14h57 | By Audrey Fournier

Every quarter sees its share business results. Among them, the stars who combine higher revenues, customers, market share, becoming the entities that the press does not know name other than “juggernaut” or “giant” of the Net.

Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are one continent alone, observers have come to mean an acronym as dull effective: the ‘Gafa’. If these four superstars are the winners of the digital economy, it is no coincidence, says the agency Fabernovel in a study published this fall, with free access, November 25: they operate on common principles that is, explain the authors, replicable and adaptable by other companies.

If Gafa are the champions of the capture of value, because they are developed outside the traditional model says the study. This model assumes that we must invest time and money to develop a product, put it on the market and defend against competition. The Gafa chose to run in reverse. Noting that products and services are all potentially replaceable, they deduced that the only thing that really matters for their development is the customer. The old joke is to say that “if it’s free, it’s that you are the product” is not a fantasy: “all decisions by Gafa aim to win and retain customers “, say the authors of the study.

To do this, simply save customers time and facilitate their daily actions. This approach, sometimes called, usually pejoratively, to “solutionnisme” is to think that for each friction life every day, there is a solution, either a service or application. And above all, that it is virtually costless. As the product is generally a simple need, concrete and well identified, its adoption is strong and fast. According to calculations by Fabernovel the Gafa now occupy 55% of our “digital day” (e-mail, online shopping, listening to music, etc.).

Sacrifice income, gain market share

The free is not an issue, at least not at first: this economic model typically involves the sacrifice of income and short-term profits. Quite a snub to Wall Street, which regularly punishes low profits generated in particular by Amazon, which reinvests most of what she earns. If part of the industry experts, citing the young age of Gafa, believes the bet will pay off in the long run, others consider that this position is not tenable and that he’ll have a day or another that these companies report strong profits and pay dividends to investors. The conservatism of the markets he will win in the end?

If it is perplexing both economists and users, free (91% of applications on iOS, Android and 85%) is considered as a powerful lever for achieving a significant retention of customers, and accentuate the impression of a “brand positive experience”: if part of the proposed service is free, consumers will more willing to pay for the rest. Another advantage of free allows the multiplication of points of contact with the consumer, and thus the data collection, valuable for the analysis of consumer behavior.

Fabernovel cites the example of the manufactured and sold by reading lamp Amazon, the Kindle. The object itself is sold at a loss, but calculations show that it becomes profitable after five months of average use: Amazon loses on the container, but – largely – win over content. The “Gafanomics” show that the value of an object is not intrinsic, it changes with time and use.

In addition, these companies do not intend to stay on one activity .dropoff window Pay with iTunes and Apple, Apple is making headway in the online payment, Amazon is developing a large selection cloud for businesses and Facebook was launched, with the purchase of Oculus Rift in the virtual reality. And some of these new activities – including cloud for Amazon – are much more profitable than the old ones. The movement is supported by high investment (80% of the Amazon is fed cash) and regular acquisitions (the Gafa were involved in a third of mergers and acquisitions in the digital between 2012 and 2014).

Read also: Amazon sinks into the red and worries investors

Even better, Gafa do not hesitate to invest in other community businesses: Google shares in Uber, Airbnb Amazon in … Way to show they are not afraid of each other, even if the logic of “winner takes all” (the winner takes all ) was never so true.

The iPhone 5C on the end, Apple unveils Watch – Les Echos

Apple reportedly asked its subcontractors to stop production of the iPhone 5C in the coming months and continues to detail the features of its connected watch.

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It is in order of things: an old model is about to bow, while a new device gradually unfolds before commercialization. Apple would Respondent Foxconn and Wistron, suppliers to stop production of the iPhone 5C in the middle of 2015, understands Taiwan’s Industrial and Commercial Times, a Taiwanese newspaper.

One possibility already mentioned earlier in the week by Ming-Chi Kuo, warned analyst firm at the apple at KGI Securities. It must be said that sales of the iPhone 5C never really took off. Mid-September, a study by the American firm Localytics had pitched a sales rank of smartphones in the group of Cupertino.

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Sold by Apple as an entry-level model while being offered more 500 euros, the iPhone 5C never really found its audience. Besides that it is in the habits and customs of the group led by Tim Cook not to let its products for sale too long and make room for the new.

Exactly, the functionality of the Apple Watch continue to be unveiled, at the same time by the firm at the apple on his site, and was updated Friday. These had already been presented during the keynote of September 9. No major novelty is to identify in relation to what was then announced, functions and possibilities offered by this smartwatch are just more detailed.

Thus, interactions that may exist between Apple Watch possessors are discussed, as well as functions related to health and fitness or the ability to customize the dials, etc. The first shows connected Apple should land in stores in the first quarter of 2015. And could therefore only make cross for a few weeks, the iPhone 5C.

Les Echos

The French like Google but not Facebook – Generation NT

Behind the acronym GAFA to Google cache, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, the four major US groups of digital. In Europe and France, hunting GAFA seems to be open.

When this is not for tax payment issues via what they present as tax optimization, ie, is questionable handling of personal data, obscure, or conditions of use of charges of abuse of dominant position.

According to a poll by BVA for Fabernovel, the French know the GAFA. Maybe not with this acronym but the recognition rate is around 99%. Better knowledge goes for the Google brand especially as this knowledge is the transgenerational.

If 68% believe that these brands have changed their lives, and 63% are amazed by their capacity for innovation, they are only 42% feel close to them.

The Google brand seems to be the most popular with 81% who have a good image. Apple and Amazon also have a good image (69% and 65%), while Facebook has an effort at this level.

Only 39% have a pretty good image of Facebook when 58% in have a bad. This negative image is especially present with more than 50 years when it is more mixed for 15-34 years. This is probably due to the fact that Facebook gives much more sense – by its nature social network – to focus on the personal data with any concerns that it can generate. Facebook remains that in France it is 28 million users.

NB : Survey conducted on 23 and 24 October 2014 with a sample of 1,268 people representative of the French population aged 15 and over

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Rosetta Mission: 4 amazing facts you may not know … – Linformatique.org

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If all <- - Easy AdSense Pro V7.30!> world now knows that the Rosetta probe is in orbit around a comet and the Philae module is placed above, here are 4 amazing facts that you may not know.

Even people who are not passionate about space exploration now know that Rosetta orbits the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the Philae module is placed above on November 12. But do you know these 4 amazing facts?

1. All media have spoken and still speak of the Rosetta mission. What you should know is that this mission was approved in 1993 and that the probe was launched in March 2004 by an Ariane 5G + rocket. Given that the pitcher could not propel the probe directly into the orbit of the comet, it used the gravity of the Earth and Mars to propel 6.4 billion kilometers from Earth during a journey which lasted 10 years.

2. Kept in hibernation for 31 months, systems and subsystems Rosetta is powered entirely by solar energy. Hibernation was primarily designed to save energy. The consideration of this all is that solar Philae is currently asleep unable to receive enough sunlight.

3. Everyone talks about the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko. You should know that this comet was discovered by Klim Churyumov Ivanovych from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Kiev. In 1969, examining a photograph of what was supposed to be the comet Comas Solá, he discovered this comet.

4. While we often see only the control center for the Rosetta mission, we must know that about 2000 people worked in any way in this mission, design landing Philae, passing the development, manufacture, launch, etc. To this, it will still add all the scientists who will be looking at all the results that have been or will be sent again.

The Rosetta mission, therefore, is a scientific space mission, but also a human adventure.

GoPro prepares a range of drones with high-definition camera … – Generation NT

If commercial drones may soon see their opportunities limited by a future regulation of the ASF ( Federal Aviation Administration ), entertainment drones yet free hand and continue to flourish, bringing with them many manufacturers.

No huge surprise, the specialist outdoor cameras and sports GoPro is about to enter this new market and will bring its expertise in making high definition view.

According to the Wall Street Journal , the group prepares a range of multi-rotor UAV shipping high definition cameras modules to the second half of next year, in a price range from 500 to $ 1000 .

This will be a Pourriat growth drivers against a market board camera now subject to intense competition but it is also noted that GoPro is the reference supplier for many cameras carried by drones now.

However, some drone manufacturers, such as Chinese SZ DJI Technology , the devices are widely used, began to produce drones shipping their cameras own design. The danger is that GoPro sees ejected from this emerging market as it is currently participating in its democratization

However, they may worry that this initiative will make a GoPro concurrent with the benefit of expertise in the outdoor cameras and while the drone buyers often already have a GoPro camera.

To see if the camera manufacturer will shadow the French company Parrot with AR.Drone has helped to publicize the drones and inventing consumer uses, while Turning now to semi-pro uses with new ranges, such as the recent Parrot Bebop .

Bouygues accuses Free deceive subscribers – Les Echos

Free Bouygues assigned before the Paris commercial court for “misleading commercial practice”.
He believes that the operator bracket flows of its subscribers.

New showdown Bouygues and Free. The first is to attack the second before the Commercial Court of Paris, accusing him of “misleading commercial practice”. A hearing will be held on 18 December. The case concerns the network Free Orange leases under an agreement called “roaming”. Free indeed uses a double network: his own and that of Orange. Allowing it to offer its offers on the entire territory before having completed the construction of its own infrastructure. But Bouygues accuses Free when using the network of the incumbent, to violate a promise to its customers: do not reduce their speed before reaching a consumption of 3 gigabytes.

“It is now established that when Free Mobile uses the Orange network, Free Mobile drastically reduces the flow of customers on certain types of services, even though these latter did not reach the consumption threshold that is attached to them, “ and finds the assignment, including” Les Echos “were aware. In so doing, Free keep under control the invoice that rule to Orange for the use of its network as a subscriber more Free download data plus the amount donated by Free Orange is important. In total, Free pays between 500 and 700 million euros annually to Orange to use its network.

“targeted Bridle”

Bouygues, which is based on several studies conducted by the UFC-Que Choisir The Directique cabinet and 4Gmark says in its complaint that Free practice a “targeted bridle” of the Orange roaming network. It would primarily on the flow of subscribers who consume the most, those who download videos for example. A very long wait time would be inflicted on the consumer, in order to discourage him to continue downloads.

Based on an Directique study, a video download time is thus more than twelve hours the Orange Free network roaming, then it is only Free 7 seconds on the network of own … Free would do this since late 2012. The UFC-Que Choisir had already noted the “restrictions in the use of the Orange network,” and without blame anyone had called regulatory authorities and judicial authorities to respond.

According Bouygues, “if the clamp had not occurred, Free Mobile should pass the real roaming costs in the price of its offers, which would necessarily lead to propose higher prices, “ says the subpoena. The result, Bouygues, a “margin loss” , which according to him should be compensated. The operator, which calls for the immediate cessation of any clamping, puts the damage at 100 million, at least. Only the commercial court is entitled to say whether or not the Free and practices have proven criminal.

Fabienne Schmitt, Les Echos

Delsey suitcase Pluggage: a concept connected and intelligent – Six News

suitcase Pluggage Delsey Smartphone is connected to and can communicate with its owner.

The Pluggage Delsey suitcase

L ‘high-tech world has probably no limits since Delsey revolutionized the field with Pluggage suitcase. It integrates the sector of connected products that are more and more on the market. Consumers such as the ability to control their home via their smartphone through an application. Housing and mobile have the ability to become intelligent, the French brand Delsey wanted to build on this trend for this concept of suitcase is still in the prototype stage.

The Pluggage Delsey suitcase is smart and connected

Pluggage Delsey suitcase is no longer isolated and alone as it will be connected to the smartphone of its owner. This method can be interesting, because when going by plane, sometimes luggage tend to get lost. For now, marketing is not started because the manufacturer wants to reap the advices and persons likely to be convinced by this kind of concept. Thus, the Pluggage Delsey suitcase is at the heart of a vote and several functions are discussed. Consumers can choose and weight management, reloading a Smartphone, a detection device, a lighting system inside and flight information or travel.

€ 600 Pluggage for Delsey suitcase

Pluggage Delsey suitcase can be equipped with an internal speaker, offer weather forecasts, checking the lock or fingerprint reader. It meets a real success since the smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung have integrated this system into their mobile. The bag of tomorrow will be intelligent and connected to the phone via a dedicated application as shown in the video. However, it will hand out his wallet to pay around € 600 for a copy. Consumers will also convinced to be patient because Pluggage Delsey suitcase should not be born within two years.

The Pluggage Delsey suitcase in pictures

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A Russian ship managed to dock with the space station … – BFMTV.COM

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying on board the first Italian woman in history, docked without incident Monday the International Space Station (ISS), announced NASA. The ship, which is moored at 2:49 GMT, carrying in addition to Samantha Cristoforetti a Russian cosmonaut, Anton Shkaplerov, and an American astronaut Terry Virts.

In the night Black Kazakh steppes, the Soyuz TMA-15M lifted off from Baikonur at 9:01 p.m. GMT. “A new ship has arrived. It is confirmed that the Soyuz is properly stowed” on station above the Pacific Ocean, said NASA TV.

At 37, the astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the European Space Agency, is the first Italian woman to travel in space. The three newcomers will live aboard the ISS until mid-May 2015. They will join the other three astronauts already there, the American Barry Wilmore and Russians Alexander Samokoutiaïev and Elena Serova, who themselves will come back to . March on Earth

Caviar, citrus and strong coffee

Their journey will be placed under the sign of a Gourmet renewal on the International Space Station: the astronauts take their luggage nearly half a kilo of caviar, told the Russian news agency TASS Agoureïev Alexander, one of the ISS managers. “There will be in the Soyuz 15 boxes of 30 grams of caviar, as well as apples, oranges, lemons, tomatoes and 140 portions of dry milk and black tea without sugar,” he explained, adding it is the wishes of the astronauts for their meal New Year.

The Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti also carries with her “the ISSpresso” , machine Coffee twenty pounds, whose creators have had to deal in particular with the principles of physics and fluid mechanics, very different in space and on Earth. This capsule espresso machine “alien” is the result of collaboration between Argotec , an Italian engineering company specializing in the design of aircraft systems and the preparation of food supplies in space, and Lavazza , an Italian coffee brand.

A total of sixteen countries participating in the ISS, including Russia and the United States, which finance the bulk . A crew of six astronauts continuously occupied structure with rotations of up to six months. Put into orbit in 1998, this outpost and space laboratory construction which cost a total of one hundred billion dollars, saw his long life of four years in January by NASA, until 2024. NASA depends Fully Russia to send its astronauts to the ISS, to $ 70 million headquarters in Soyuz rockets .

Lifts off for a Soyuz ISS – The World

In the dark night of the Kazakh steppes, the Soyuz TMA-15M left the ground at Baikonur 9:01 p.m. GMT (10:01 p.m. in Paris) towards the International Space Station (ISS), where it will dock at 3:50 GMT, said Roskosmos.

ITALIAN FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE

“The takeoff occurred normally and crew well “, said NASA, the US space agency, while broadcast live images showed American Terry Virts up his thumb and smile at the camera.

The three Soyuz passengers will live aboard the ISS until mid-May 2015. They will be joining three other astronauts already there, the American Barry Wilmore and Russians Alexander Samokoutiaïev and Elena Serova, who themselves will return in March on Earth.

Read also the analysis: Two months after the failure of Galileo Soyuz renewed success

Mediterranean invaded by microplastic – Midi Libre

P ollution “Findings edifying” an expedition seven months, the food chain, in particular, is affected. There is danger!

The exploration schooner Tara was back yesterday in Lorient, after a seven-month tour in the Mediterranean to track microplastic. It resulted in “edifying” findings on the extent of pollution, not only near the towns (including early November Palavas and Perpignan), but also at sea. “The initial findings of the expedition are edifying” assured Gaby Gorsky, scientific director of the expedition, which started in May.

“Every statement of net it was collected samples of plastic or microplastic, and throughout the Mediterranean” , said Stéphane Bruzaud of the University of South Brittany. He noted higher concentrations in the waters of some countries, as well as near major cities, ports and tourist areas.

But “significant concentrations” were also observed on the high seas “although one would think that there are more dispersed microplastic” added Prof. Bruzaud, one of the scientists involved in this mission, the first of such scope in the Mediterranean.

These microplastic (less than 5 mm) result from a process of degradation or erosion over long periods

“The Mediterranean experiences on average the largest plastic densities world, with 250 billion microplastic “said Francois Galgani, of the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer). The Mediterranean is small, almost closed and generates strong tourist activities. “All the conditions are met for there to be an extremely high degree of pollution,” according to Professor Bruzaud.

“Densities of the most important plastics in the world” François Galgani, Ifremer

Great biodiversity reserve (8% of species), the sea is less than 1% of the ocean surface but undergoes 90% of the land came pollution. During the expedition – the 10th for Tara since 2003 – which involved 14 research laboratories (French, Italian, German, American …), 2300 samples were collected at 350 hauls, off , near the coast, river mouths and ports.

The chemical composition of the collected plastic will be considered as the interaction between zooplankton base of the marine food chain, and plastic. “There has already microplastic samples that have entered the food chain with effects on human health today which are still unknown,” said Stéphane Bruzaud, whose lab will analyze and identify (PVC, polystyrene, polyethylene .. .) recovered microplastic to propose alternatives.

King seeks its future Candy Crush – BBC

The editor from Sweden launches mobile gaming and Facebook Candy Crush Soda Saga to revive the interest of players for its license, born there two years and reported revenues begin to decline.

From our special correspondent in London

While night enveloped London, the majestic Tower Bridge illuminated for the occasion purple, stands to let a boat rather unusual. Under the gaze amused bystanders, a gelled Teddy 7 meters high, towering over a fountain with fuchsia waters, was the Thames on the heady air of the pop hit “I Want Candy” (“I want candy”). “We turned the Thames in a soda sea!” Entertained the King teams, came to celebrate Thursday night in the start of the global campaign to promote their new game, Candy Crush Soda Saga

King of the boat up the Thames Photo credits: Kois Miah

Mix candy and sugar-rich drink is the recipe millionaire publisher from Sweden to revive the incredible success of Candy Crush, who could relate to King up to a million dollars in profit a day. But do not call Soda Saga a simple consequence of the phenomenon for two years having monopolized the top spot of the most played games on Facebook and mobile. “We see Soda Saga as the brother of Candy Crush , never as a replacement,” says Sebastian Knutsson, creative director of King. Soda Saga offers a hundred levels and five game modes: “When a player is stuck in Candy Crush, it can pass Soda Saga, and vice versa.” The game, released on Facebook in October and available for ten days on mobile, does not mean copying and pasting. “Our challenge was to create a game where our fans immediately found their marks but gives them a new source of amusement. If the game like it, they will renew regularly and eventually spend money “

Candy Crush Soda Saga

These micropayments, which allow players eager to buy new life or aid to unlock them in the most difficult levels are the only source of income for King, which distributes its games for free with no ads. This business model has built the fortunes of the company based in London, but it is slowly beginning to waver: the third quarter 2014, King game players have spent $ 514 million, or 17% less than last year. Profits, $ 142 million, have them melted 33%. Concerned, the decline in the popularity of Candy Crush, which at the height of his fame, attracted up to 93 million players a day, and only partially offset the other games of the publisher, such as Bubble Witch Saga 2 or Pet Rescue .

While investors who play yo-yo with the King title since its IPO this spring, fear that society is an epiphenomenon, King pleads patience. “Our goal is to keep the players on our long-term platform. That is why we continue to release new games, “says Sebastian Knutsson. The company, which has successfully launched Candy Crush in China in September, also intends to launch in 2015 of the securities will not be puzzles, nor for the great public. “We have to play both ways if we want to continue our growth,” says Sebastian Knutsson. The redemption of the studio in August Nonstop Games Singapore, specializing in strategy games for mobile phones, is a good indicator of the direction the Swedish publisher intends to follow.

Windows 10 Store: pros it will create a private space – Clubic

Administrators will list the software used in their business in the application store in Windows 10. The users can then install themselves than they need. slipping away functionality Microsoft’s next system Operating since its introduction in September. The group recently announced the synchronization of local and cloud versions of Active Directory for businesses that use Windows 10. This time, the giant unveils a little more projects on its upcoming Windows Store.

According to the blog of the group, the application store is now available in web version, will allow companies to download a pack of several programs at once. What accelerate the installation of a group of critical applications for example.

Unlike the logic used on the Apple App Store, the administrator can create a private space where employees install themselves what they need from the developed or acquired by their company applications.

Microsoft has also thought of those who use their own system for deploying applications. The selected tool can retrieve metadata software Windows Store (description of the software configuration required …) to replace them seamlessly. Better still, the installation of Windows Store applications files can be downloaded for local installation offline Internet.

These new should be added in the coming months, a future beta Windows 10 (already available to professionals).

Firefox Google replaces Yahoo as a search engine … – Linformatique.org

While 10 years Google was the default search engine for Firefox, it will Yahoo! successor for the next five years.

Since Google launched its Chrome browser, which began to capture market share of Firefox, the relationship between Google and the Mozilla Foundation have gradually deteriorated, although the search is near the income of the foundation. A page of this alliance is now touring as it has been announced that it will become the next Yahoo search engine by default Firefox for the next five years.

The engine Google search will always remain in Firefox, but more as default engine.
It should be noted that Yahoo! will be the default search engine worldwide. The Foundation has also decided that in fact it would Yandex in Russia and Baidu in China.

While the financial participation of Google was estimated at about $ 300 million, the amount was negotiated with Yahoo! not disclosed. In this regard, Chris Beard, CEO of Mozilla, said that “improving economic conditions is solid,” adding that “it will allow Mozilla to innovate and advance our mission to better serve our users and web. “

Yahoo! also a good deal because the traffic generated by Firefox is estimated at some 100 billion requests per year. This will allow the search engine, powered by Microsoft’s Bing, to reposition itself to face Google.

Finally, we must add that it is in a next version of Firefox that change engine default search will be a version that will inherit a search engine “clean and modern” from Yahoo!.

Against government spying, Amnesty provides software to … – Release

To help journalists and human rights to protect themselves from espionage governments, Amnesty International announced Thursday the launch of a free tool that can check whether their computers are monitored by spyware.

The software, called “Detekt” is presented as the first of its kind for the public to detect “on computers and mobile devices The main monitoring software known, some of which are used by governments, “ explained the NGO headquartered in London, in a statement.

Governments have increasingly increased use of technology s “that allow them to read the private emails of activists and journalists and to remotely turn on the camera and the PC microphone thereof to surreptitiously record their activities” said Mark Marczynski, head of Amnesty program transfers of equipment or expertise.

Detekt is intended to warn of such intrusions to “against the -attaquer “ face to governments that use some of the information for ” submit human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary arrests, illegal detention or torture, “ a- he added.

Designed by Claudio Guarnieri, German researcher specializing in security issues, Detekt is launched by Amnesty International in collaboration with organizations Digitale Gesellschaft, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy International.

AFP

Apple Beats Music streaming integrated into iOS next year? – Generation NT

What will Apple streaming service Beats Music received on the redemption of the company Beats Electronics , alongside headphones and audio equipment? It was rumored that the group of Cupertino reintroduce the service in iTunes trying to lower the price compared to competing offers but Financial Times provides new details.

The US giant is preparing to integrate the music streaming service in its iOS platform next year, on the occasion of an update that might occur as early as March 2015 . Beats Music service could be part of integrated services but iOS will keep it Pay dimension .

By requiring the presence of the service as an application, Apple may rely on its hundreds of millions of users of iOS devices to quickly build a subscriber base and try to compete effectively with the major market players such as Spotify.

The Financial Times suggests that this might also benefit from simplified payment system validation by Touch biometric fingerprint ID now present on the iPhone and iPad next generation recognition module.

To see if the low base generated by Beats Music will not constitute an obstacle to the adoption of the service but it is likely that Apple will provide the means to break into this type of service. Recent tribulations between artist Taylor Swift and Spotify could also be an opportunity to take the lead in forging new agreements with the recording industry in the same way as the group’s Cupertino managed to interest players in the banking sector for its payment system Pay Apple.

Between the download music on iTunes (whose activity cup) and the iTunes Radio Service , Beats Music, which will undoubtedly change of name by then, will be the third pillar of the group’s strategy of conquest in the field of music.

First commercial of the new offensive SFR-Numericable – Echoes

A few days before the completion of the merger between the two groups, SFR offers its customers the new box Numericable

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This is the first concrete example of the merger between SFR and Numericable. SFR announced this morning the launch of a new box, The Box TV fiber, which will help to reach the 8.6 million eligible households in Numericable network. The box includes both the modem and the TV decoder, with content Numericable. “ We’re starting to do both brands coexist: tv Numericable appears with SFR network,” commented Eric Denoyer, who will take the general direction of future Numericable SFR group, formed by the merger of two telecom players.

Specifically, SFR offers today Numericable the box but under its own brand. It takes effect in all the services available on the current box Fibre cable operator Numericable – both logos are visible on the interface. It allows for example to display two programs at the same time, and also to record two programs simultaneously. It has a search engine and even offers VOD services (over 30,000 titles) or to act as a subscription channel TF1 Play or VOD. Netflix is ​​not available, but may be under received via the internet. 39 channels are available in “restart” (a feature that allows you to return to the beginning of the program).

Above all, the fiber can reach speeds up to 200 Mbit / s. The fiber allows a very fast internet connection, ten times more than ADSL. The new SFR box will be available from 39.99 euros per month, a reduced € 29.99 for new customers for one year price. Coupled with a mobile plan (minimum 5GB), the price drops to 19.99 euros. It is also possible to combine the services of home automation Home by SFR to this new offer (from 51.99 euros per month). SFR is aligned with the tariff policy practiced by Numericable.

Alignment to come

The new box SFR will be marketed in the areas eligible cable, more than eight million homes in France, and only to new customers. It does not work yet with FTTH (fiber to the apartment or house). Eventually, however, the new group should propose a box capable of operating with both cable and conventional fiber. For the operator, it is not mean to abandon the investment in fiber but enjoy the high-speed broadband coverage offered by his future shareholder.

For the moment, the rest of SFR offers fixed in the Internet continues to be marketed, including the Android box. But the new management should think soon to “harmonize its product portfolio.” “ There are six months, when the takeover was announced, I said that the priority would be to sell the cable in SFR shops. This is today , “says Eric Denoyer. The rest should follow very quickly.

Rosetta’s Philae robot has detected organic molecules – 20minutes.fr

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NASA: Airbus will make the modulus of the Orion capsule – Gridam

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Philae was spotted on a photo in the process of jumping on the comet … – Slate.fr

A few days ago, the world watched and rejoiced while the small Philae spacecraft landed on the surface of the comet tchouri. However, it was soon realized that his harpoons were not triggered and the machine had bounced off the comet.

Philae has soared to nearly a mile high again before incredibly slowly falling for nearly two hours before jumping again, this time less high and less time, and finish in unknown territory.

It took some time, but images taken by Rosetta -which is in orbit around the comète- at the time of first contact between Philae and the comet were eventually released by the European Space Agency (ESA). The video below shows the time just before and just after where the Philae bounced off the comet.

At this time, the planetary geologist and blogger Emily Lakdawalla had speculated that it could Philae and see his shadow in the second image, but there was so much noise on the image I was quite skeptical.

It turns out she was right.

Here is a very nice gif showing the two images, with the impact site listed on the first and the machine (and its shadow) on the second.

ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM; pre-processed by Mikel Canania

Incredible! Astrophysicist Eamonn Kerins was even better: he created a third image from the first two (difference imaging) to show what had changed between the two. And we see clearly Philae and its shadow.

 

DIA imaging ofESA_Rosetta NavCam before / after pictures of the @ Philae2014 initial landing site. Does it show Philae? pic.twitter.com/ymL42BBj7m

 - Eamonn Kerins (Eamonn_Kerins) November 16, 2014

We also see a lot of bright pixels on the third picture. These are probably “hot pixel” overactive these points on the detector unit. There are also black next points, which are the result of image processing. It should be noted that the item presented as Philae is more blurred and his shadow is a few pixels below. I’m pretty convinced by it.

At first, I was skeptical because the projected bottom right plume appeared to be the same in both images. He was also imitated in the upper right; and both seem to be a shadow of a ridge. In the third image, we no longer see them, which means that it is probably just shadows. This was down by chance up when the craft landed.

ESA posted this rebounding on mounting Philae comet / SA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA

And a reminder: This is a photo of a 100 kg machine the size of a chair whose weight is now less than 30 grams (with the gravity exerted) impinging the surface of a ball of dirty snow four miles wide, almost battery for the intended location. And this is seen by another spacecraft that took ten years to reach his goal and reached a speed of 40,000 km / h to go into orbit around a comet.

all this is a first for humanity. So yeah. Cool.

Phil Plait

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