60 million French people now registered in a same database – Europe1

The text is passed almost unnoticed. A full weekend of all saints day, a decree published Sunday in the Official Journal has authorized the creation of a huge computer file containing personal information and biometric of 60 million French, as the spotted the site NextInpact. This file, called TES (securities secure e-mail), now includes “all personal data that is common to passports and identity card”.

The goal : to collect information common to the passports and cards of national identity, such as fingerprints, home address, email address or telephone contact information of (almost) the entirety of the French population. The implementation of this huge file, however, has been the subject of many reservations, the CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés), the institution responsible for ensuring respect for private life.

The TES will eventually replace the two separate files dedicated to passports and identity cards, as explained in The World. It will contain in particular many personal data, such as eye color, size, domicile, email address and telephone contact information.

More sensitive, the TES will bring together also the fingerprints and the facial image of the face of nearly 60 million French. The CNIL, asked for its opinion by the ministry of the interior, had suggested the adoption of “devices pose less risk to the protection of personal data”, as “the retention of biometric data on an individual support exclusively owned by the person”. A recommendation that was not followed by the government.

All these personal data, retained for 15 years for passports and 20 years for identity cards, may be consulted in the first place by the officials in charge of enforcing the regulations of passports and identity cards. The police, gendarmerie or intelligence services may also have access to the file, like Interpol or the Schengen information system. The judicial authorities will not be able to see, but the CNIL reminds that “the data contained in the TES (…) may be the object of legal requisitions”.

In the clear : many of the services of the State will be able to access this huge file. A fact regretted by the French CNIL, who complains in his view the absence of control of the Parliament in the elaboration of the file. “The issues raised (by TES) would have deserved a real organization with a real impact study and the organisation of a parliamentary debate,” writes the institution. Notice, again, no follow-up by the government.

in order To limit the risk of drift, the decree, however, forbids the establishment of a “search feature, allowing for the identification” from the face or fingerprints. In summary : there is, for the moment, not possible to use the TES to make the automated recognition. Not reassuring for all that, Michel Tubiana, honorary president of the League of Human Rights. “There is no guarantee for the future. In addition, there is no recourse and no control by an independent body. The government is engaged in a process identical to the Patriot Act (an anti-terrorism law adopted by the United States under George W. Bush, ed)”, is critical of the lawyer, interviewed by Europe 1.

Jean-Marc Ayrault, one of the signatories of the decree, however, was one of the opponents of the “super file” and wanted by the right, now in power in 2011, remember NextInpact. The minister of foreign Affairs had even seized the constitutional Council, with other deputies and senators of the socialist to censor a part of the bill in march 2012. Four years later, the socialist majority has realized what the right called for.

Vine closed : Giphy looks at the hot body – ZDNet France

Vine, the precursor to the live sharing of video of 6 seconds is going to down the curtain in the "next coming months" while the web site will remain active for an indefinite period to allow a access to archived video. This closure raises a lot of attention due to the success of Vine.

as Well, the giant X online PornHub has said that he is interested in a buyout even though the declaration looks more like a publicity stunt. Other opportunistic, the site Giphy that is well known for its search engine for GIF’s that come now sprinkling massively chat conversations of internet users.

Giphy offers a new tool to easily convert videos Vine into GIF. They will lose their sound, but the GIF will be stored by the user.

The idea is, of course, to recover a share of the millions of users of Vine, the use of this tool is conditioned to open the account on Giphy.

Remember that no official reason was given to explain the closure of Vine. But we do know that the service has never developed a model of monetization and the growth of its audience seemed to mark the not. Especially, Twitter, which is currently going through a delicate phase, comes to announce layoffs and decide to choice dramatic in its activities to try to find the path to profitability. Vine has without doubt the cost of this pragmatism, and a competition in the form of “copied-pasted” fierce.

Still, Giphy has no robust economic model…

Firefox : renewal in 2017 with Quantum ? – ZDNet France

“We fight for the gains in performance of Quantum to be so sensitive that your Web experience a whole different” says David Bryant, head of Mozilla, the engineering of the platform, in a blog post.

the ambitions of the foundation are clear : unable to bounce back in the face of Chrome, Firefox, indeed, has need of a true revival to take hold. It is the object of the new engine Quantum, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2017… Yes not before as the engine that should replace the older Gecko rendering engine is all new.

“The pages will load faster and scrolling will be in any fluidity. The animations and interactive applications will respond instantly and will be able to manage the content more heavy, while maintaining the refresh rate at the height. And the content most important to you will automatically obtain the more high priority, concentrating the power where you want it most need.”, promises Mozilla.

let us Recall that Quantum is based on the project experimental Servo is written in Rust. Pursuing the philosophy of the project Electrolysis, it is even more gain in velocity, by better exploiting the possibilities of processors with several cores. The move to the multithreaded architecture should allow for the display of pages 4 to 7 times faster than with the earlier version of Firefox.

In parallel, Mozilla has introduced at the beginning of the month for the first time the Project Mortar, a new initiative that aims to allow Firefox to rely on the functionality of Chromium, rather than developing some secondary modules in-house. “The goal of this project is to reduce the complexity and maintenance of Firefox on the long-term.” Concretely, Firefox wants to rely on open source modules third party to reduce the amount of time spent on features that are not absolutely critical to the browser.

Closure of Vine : the loop is closed on Giphy.com – ITespresso.fr

last week, Twitter announced that it was closing ahead of the mobile application Vine. The platform microblogging, stated that the site would be maintained for an indefinite period.

It was not necessary any more to give ideas to the competition. Giphy claims his love for the Vines, these short videos that run in a loop : “We love the curls and that’s why we’ve built an import tool that allows you to convert your Vines into GIFs! “

This is because the loops are infinite ” they have to find a second life on Giphy, explains the company.

Unlike Vine, which relies on videos, Giphy has experienced success with the animated GIF, these graphic animations of a few seconds of spin on the Web, Twitter, Facebook and e-mail Outlook.com Microsoft.

Giphy.com is also a database of data that a search engine launched in 2013 by Jace Cooke and Alex Chung.

Unlike the videos, Vine, animated GIFS do not include sound. This is the reason for which the tool Giphy also retains the video, in addition to the conversion to GIF can be shared on Giphy.

Very simple, the tool requires that you identify on Giphy, before you copy and paste the URL of your account Vine in order to import the entirety of the Vines. An email is then sent as soon as the conversion is completed. If it is allowed to import the contents of a single account Vine, it is possible to contact Giphy to import multiple.

Giphy is gaining influence in the era of social media with its potential for monetization.

In February 2016, the new york corporation had finalised a fund raising of $ 55 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners, RRE, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA, and other investors already present in the capital. All in all, Giphy.com has raised about $ 79 million since its inception under the leadership of the incubator Betaworks. The valuation of the motor would be around $ 300 million.

(Credit image : @Giphy)

To a version of Firefox that is even more powerful in 2017 – 01net.com

While a more powerful Firefox, based on the architecture of Electrolysis, is in the process of getting on our computers, Mozilla has been planning the step after that. And this is called Quantum. This project wants to push the philosophy of Electrolysis until the end. As a reminder, this technical architecture allows to divide the process of the browser into several sub-processes, each of which supports one or more web pages. This distribution of tasks enables to gain substantially in performance.

The goal of the Quantum project is to replace the current Gecko rendering engine a rendering engine of ” the new generation “. It would be able to run a maximum of their software modules in a mode of parallel computation, as this is based on the multiple cores of the processor or on the capabilities of the graphics chip of a PC. In short, the idea is to bring parallel computing to all floors to further enhance the display performance, and thus improve the user’s experience.

take Advantage of the advanced hardware

” browsers have appeared in the PC era. These first computers had only a single-core processor (…) so They could not do one thing at a time. And even today, most browsers are still turn a web page into a single thread of execution (thread) on a single-core calculation. But today, we surf the web on phones, tablets, and laptops have cpus much more sophisticated “, ” says David Bryant, head of Platform Engineering at Mozilla, in a blog.

To create its new rendering engine, Mozilla account, above all, poke in the experimental project Servo, the purpose of which is precisely to create a browser based on parallel programming. Thus, the module CSS in Gecko (which is in charge of the management of the style sheets) will be replaced by the module CSS Servo, the code is already heavily parallelized. Ditto for the rendering module (graphics WebRender), which builds on the capabilities of parallel computation to the GPU.

Management of pages by multithreading

The management module web pages, meanwhile, comes visibly to a new development. Baptized in Quantum DOM, it’s not going to divide the pages in different processes such as Electrolysis, but in different threads of execution of processes (threads). This has the advantage not to generate an inflation of the use of the memory, as is the case when we multiply the process.
In contrast, the multithreading forced to fine-tune memory resources shared, to avoid that it all ends in chaos. It is, therefore, more complex to do.

Theoretically, the users of Firefox should not have to wait too long to experience this new rendering engine. Mozilla expects to be able to distribute the first versions in 2017, for Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux. the ” One day, we hope to be able to offer it on iOS, too “, says David Bryant. It, however, it is far from being won.

Soon, a rendering engine of new generation in Firefox – 01net.com

While a more powerful Firefox, based on the architecture of Electrolysis, is in the process of getting on our computers, Mozilla has been planning the step after that. And this is called Quantum. This project wants to push the philosophy of Electrolysis until the end. As a reminder, this technical architecture allows to divide the process of the browser into several sub-processes, each of which supports one or more web pages. This distribution of tasks enables to gain substantially in performance.

The goal of the Quantum project is to replace the current Gecko rendering engine a rendering engine of ” the new generation “. It would be able to run a maximum of their software modules in a mode of parallel computation, as this is based on the multiple cores of the processor or on the capabilities of the graphics chip of a PC. In short, the idea is to bring parallel computing to all floors to further enhance the display performance, and thus improve the user’s experience.

take Advantage of the advanced hardware

” browsers have appeared in the PC era. These first computers had only a single-core processor (…) so They could not do one thing at a time. And even today, most browsers are still turn a web page into a single thread of execution (thread) on a single-core calculation. But today, we surf the web on phones, tablets, and laptops have cpus much more sophisticated “, ” says David Bryant, head of Platform Engineering at Mozilla, in a blog.

To create its new rendering engine, Mozilla account, above all, poke in the experimental project Servo, the purpose of which is precisely to create a browser based on parallel programming. Thus, the module CSS in Gecko (which is in charge of the management of the style sheets) will be replaced by the module CSS Servo, the code is already heavily parallelized. Ditto for the rendering module (graphics WebRender), which builds on the capabilities of parallel computation to the GPU.

Management of pages by multithreading

The management module web pages, meanwhile, comes visibly to a new development. Baptized in Quantum DOM, it’s not going to divide the pages in different processes such as Electrolysis, but in different threads of execution of processes (threads). This has the advantage not to generate an inflation of the use of the memory, as is the case when we multiply the process.
In contrast, the multithreading forced to fine-tune memory resources shared, to avoid that it all ends in chaos. It is, therefore, more complex to do.

Theoretically, the users of Firefox should not have to wait too long to experience this new rendering engine. Mozilla expects to be able to distribute the first versions in 2017, for Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux. the ” One day, we hope to be able to offer it on iOS, too “, says David Bryant. It, however, it is far from being won.

Soon, a rendering engine of new generation in Firefox – 01net.com

While a more powerful Firefox, based on the architecture of Electrolysis, is in the process of getting on our computers, Mozilla has been planning the step after that. And this is called Quantum. This project wants to push the philosophy of Electrolysis until the end. As a reminder, this technical architecture allows to divide the process of the browser into several sub-processes, each of which supports one or more web pages. This distribution of tasks enables to gain substantially in performance.

The goal of the Quantum project is to replace the current Gecko rendering engine a rendering engine of ” the new generation “. It would be able to run a maximum of their software modules in a mode of parallel computation, as this is based on the multiple cores of the processor or on the capabilities of the graphics chip of a PC. In short, the idea is to bring parallel computing to all floors to further enhance the display performance, and thus improve the user’s experience.

take Advantage of the advanced hardware

” browsers have appeared in the PC era. These first computers had only a single-core processor (…) so They could not do one thing at a time. And even today, most browsers are still turn a web page into a single thread of execution (thread) on a single-core calculation. But today, we surf the web on phones, tablets, and laptops have cpus much more sophisticated “, ” says David Bryant, head of Platform Engineering at Mozilla, in a blog.

To create its new rendering engine, Mozilla account, above all, poke in the experimental project Servo, the purpose of which is precisely to create a browser based on parallel programming. Thus, the module CSS in Gecko (which is in charge of the management of the style sheets) will be replaced by the module CSS Servo, the code is already heavily parallelized. Ditto for the rendering module (graphics WebRender), which builds on the capabilities of parallel computation to the GPU.

Management of pages by multithreading

The management module web pages, meanwhile, comes visibly to a new development. Baptized in Quantum DOM, it’s not going to divide the pages in different processes such as Electrolysis, but in different threads of execution of processes (threads). This has the advantage not to generate an inflation of the use of the memory, as is the case when we multiply the process.
In contrast, the multithreading forced to fine-tune memory resources shared, to avoid that it all ends in chaos. It is, therefore, more complex to do.

Theoretically, the users of Firefox should not have to wait too long to experience this new rendering engine. Mozilla expects to be able to distribute the first versions in 2017, for Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux. the ” One day, we hope to be able to offer it on iOS, too “, says David Bryant. It, however, it is far from being won.

Should we be tempted by the virtual reality helmet for the Playstation ? – The Echoes

The Playstation VR, virtual reality helmet from Sony, is available from the October 13 in-store . Compared to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive , released earlier this year, this headset is supposed to be an alternative that is more accessible and less costly for the VR.

a place where his two competitors must be coupled with powerful computers, the Playstation VR plugs directly into the PS4, console living room, with 40 million people already equipped.

Immersion bluffing in the game

How a simple OLED screen, 5.7 inch posed in front of the eyes and a pair of headphones can make believe to a new reality ? And yet ! As soon as the headset on the nose, the magic operates. The player is transported into a virtual bubble in 3D, well isolated from its environment. At the top, bottom, behind… The 360-degree view works great.

The small camera hooked to the tv, which detects the movement of the player, it is efficient : no blur or lag time relative to the movements of the head.

quickly You forget the”aliasing” of the image (the definition is not optimal, comparable to that of the games of the PS3) to get overwhelmed by this new experience. Your brain is blown away, and one begins to feel the movement, the flight, the vertigo, to return, naturally, when one sees something out of the corner of the eye. No nausea felt during the test, but some people may be hampered when there are rapid movements.

skill Games, horror, contemplation…

twenty games are currently available, and the figure is expected to reach fifty by the end of the year. Some key titles are already talking about them : “Batman: Arkham”, “Farpoint”, “Until Dawn: a Rush of Blood”, “EVE: Valkyrie”… But the games demo offered free of charge with the helmet, it is already possible to get a good idea of its potential.

If one is in the mood for a contemplative, one can test the “VR World” and descend to the bottom of the ocean to watch the fish :

For a little more action, the best thing is to try the games of pilotage, to which the VR is perfect. In EVE Valkyrie, we pass the controls of a spaceship, in a setting that could be drawn from the last “Star Wars”, with the mission to knock out the enemy ships :

The securities are more horrific are even more addictive (and terrifying) with a helmet on the nose. In addition to the highly anticipated “Resident Evil 7″, where you must survive in a house dark and murky, it is impossible not to jump in the ghost train, “Rush of Blood”, populated by clowns hidden in the darkness :

If one gives up the classic controller to the “PS VR Aim Controller”, an optional accessory in the form of a gun, playing FPS (shooting games) gets really exciting in a virtual reality : just stretch out your arm to aim at his target. This is the case with “Farpoint”, in which one embodies a soldier sent on a hostile alien planet :

with More relaxing, the VR can also be used to distract him with small robots cute Playroom – a game that could be closer to Mario on Nintendo , with adventure games such as Wayward Sky or with puzzle games such as “Tumble,” where you must stack the most cubes possible :

An object that is aesthetic and pleasant to wear

Despite its 610 grams, the helmet does not fall on the nose. Its weight is well distributed and the foam inside makes it comfortable to wear. The level design, Playstation does better than its competitors with a stylish design, almost futuristic, where flashing a few blue LED’s.

No, for fear that it will not fit your head, everything is customizable. Wearers of glasses should, however, be careful of the condensation that can sometimes build up on the lenses.

When it is released for the first time out of the box, the more impressive is the number of cables and adapters that must be connected. Luckily, Playstation has anticipated the panic of players and has added an installation manual to be very clear, with diagrams step by step. But it has to be said, once all these wires are installed, the set’s still a mess.

A helmet to put between all the hands

Put the Playstation VR under the tree at Christmas next, is this ultimately a good idea ? Yes, if you already own a PS4. Otherwise all you will certainly cost more than 700 euros, since one must also count the camera (sold separately, 60 euros) and possibly two PS Move (devices that can replace the controller, sold around 30 euros each).

in addition to these considerations of price, this headset provides an immersive experience bluffing, and even for the less experienced who have never held a game controller. This is just for the big players that the Playstation VR the risk of disappointing if you already saw him replace consoles classic : in its current configuration, the helmet is better suited to games of “thrill seeking”, and especially in short sessions. Beyond an hour, play becomes challenging, especially for those with the eyes to be fragile, and the return to reality is harsh.

In summary, this helmet signed with Sony is very promising, especially for a first version, which will surely be improved in the coming years.

The Mac and the iPad does not merge. Forget it – ZDNet France

of course, Apple could design a common software for Macs and iPads.

Yes, it could put touch screens on its notebooks.

And yeah, he could conceive of a terminal, a hybrid that is both a tablet and a laptop.

But that would take the easy way out. At least according to Jony Ive, the longtime head of Apple’s design.

“Do something different is actually relatively easy and relatively fast, and it is tempting,” said Ive. “We take a very different approach in the sense that we really want to offer something better.”

I’ve frankly not excited by the touch screen PC, which is why we will not see such a screen on a Mac. This is also why Apple will not merge not Macs and iOS devices, to design a new product, reported Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi in an exclusive interview in the upstream of the presentation of the latest generation of MacBook Pro.

in other words, the people who have contributed to popularize the touch screen does not believe that this is the way you should interact with a laptop.

instead, they offer what Apple called the Touch Bar – a display multitouch integrated in the upper part of the keyboard of the MacBook Pro. It lights up with menu buttons, faders, control dials and tools that change depending on the application used. In place of the function keys, the Touch Bar automatically suggests terms as you type on the keyboard and you can scroll through photos, or to open your favorite websites in Safari.

“What we wanted to do was bring all of this advanced technology of the screens multitouch and Retina at the place where your hands can make a profit on a laptop,” says Schiller. “As far as we can foresee, there will always be a place for this architecture-based portable computer.”

You can’t touch

Four years earlier, Windows 8 has opened the opportunity for PC manufacturers to produce computers with touch screens. Since, Asus, Dell, HP and others have launched handsets all-in-one, like the Apple iMac but with a touch screen. They also offer laptops that convert to tablets by removing the keyboard.

the evolution of The MacBook Pro, it is a computer thinner and lighter, with faster processors and a touch strip.

With the release last year of Windows 10, the hybrid touch screen is becoming more widespread. But this did not put an end to the decline in shipments of PCS, declining for 8 consecutive quarters : “the longest period of decline in the history of the PC industry”, according to Gartner. This can be explained by the preference of consumers for mobile terminals, to the detriment of computers.

“The momentum in favour of mobility is detrimental to the sales of PC” considers the analyst Brian Blau. “We have seen quarter after quarter.”

Microsoft says that its Surface Pro with detachable keyboard and stylus for 899 dollars, and its Surface Book to 1499$ have hijacked users of the Mac.

on Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled a new desktop all-in-one baptized Surface Studio. Imagine an iMac, but with a touch screen and support for a stylus.

A week earlier, Microsoft was a growth of the line of terminal Surface of 38% year on year to 926 million dollars. This is a significant increase compared to the stagnation of the incomes of the iPad and 17% decrease in sales of Mac in the last quarter.

But despite this boost, the quarterly sales of the Surface around just one billion dollars, far short of the demand for Apple products. The sales of the iPad exceeds $ 4 billion, and reached $ 5.7 billion for the Mac.

To Brian Hall, the vice-president of marketing terminals, Microsoft, Surface, has conquered buyers in part because Apple has delayed the evolution of its range of MacBook Pro. The last major update dates back to 2012. Microsoft hopes that the high-end Surface Book i7, unveiled Wednesday at 2399 dollars, will attract new users of the MacBook Pro.

“Apple has definitely neglected his clients have not made an update in the next three to four years,” judge Hall. “At this point, Apple makes a really bad service to customers by not having a touch option on a MacBook.”

Apple is in disagreement. Four years earlier, Tim Cook criticized the terminals hybrids describing it as the intersection of a toaster and a refrigerator. But Apple has also launched a new iPad Pro 12.9-inch last year with a detachable keyboard and a stylus, Pencil. The sign that there is for Apple, a market for consumers who want to work on the iPad, and only use it as a hub of entertainment.

The manufacturer has considered the possibility of add touch on Mac, before you give up on the idea of “years and years before,” according to Ive. And this, in part, for reasons of ergonomics. For the leaders of Apple, it does not seem normal to have to tighten the arm to touch the screen. “This was not the right place for it,” consider Ive. “This was not a particularly useful or appropriate application of multitouch.”

Some fans at least, the MacBook share the opinion of Apple. T-pain, first known as a rapper, is also a technophile. It is the user of MacBook Pro for over 10 years, edits his own computers since he was young, and love to try new terminals. This includes laptops, touch-screen under Windows 8 as the Razer Blade.

T-pain considers the touch screen of the laptop as a “barrier” more than anything else. “This is too much”.

When CNet asked him if he would like to see a MacBook with touchscreen, T-pain laughs : “My god, no. No, no, no !”

they Never meet

in Addition to ergonomics, we should mention that MacOS is not a compatible operating system with the touch, even if the last iteration, Sierra, works with Touch Bar. Apple has preserved the separate software, even if a certain degree of convergence allows the OS to interact better, and functions to iOS such as Siri to turn on the Mac.

“What you have seen, it is a ton of shared technology between the two,” says Federighi. “But where we differ is on what is basically the model of user interaction and ergonomics fundamental.”

For this reason – a BONE using the fingers, the other the mouse and keyboard – Apple does not have a project to merge its two operating systems.

“We spent a lot of time to think about this and have come to the conclusion that, in order to make the best of a personal computer, you can’t try to turn MacOS into a iPhone” says Schiller. “Conversely, you can’t turn iOS into a Mac … Then everyone is the best in its field – and we add to one and the other, which makes sense, but without fundamentally changing them.”

of course, never say never with Apple.

Jobs had harshly criticized the tablets 7-inch, declaring the end of 2010 that they were “too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with an iPad. In November 2012, Apple eventually launch an iPad Mini of 7.9 inches.

Jobs was also highly critical of the smartphones to the big screen. But in September 2014, Apple introduced the iPhone 6 of 4.7 inches and the iPhone 6 Plus of 5.5 inches. These devices have made Apple the firm the most profitable in the world.

And Jobs made sure that the finger was the only pointer you needed, eight years before Apple only sells Pencil as an accessory to the iPad Pro.

Federighi will not say that MacOS and iOS do not merge ever, but said that as much as he could predict that they will remain distinct, at least 5 to 10 years. “They have very different roles, because these environments are optimized around a core ergonomic,” he says. “Try to deform one into the other comes down to making a compromise.”

Apple attack the market for monitors with LG – Le Journal du Geek

It is now official : Apple finally leaves the market for the external monitor. The constructor californian had stopped the production and marketing of its Thunderbolt Display this summer.

Is this to say that the company, which has more than contributed to the development of screens for the professional edition (in the good old days of desktop publishing) completely abandons this sector ? Probably not : its Mac have specific needs, especially during their launch, as has been the case of the MacBook Pro with USB ports,-C, and Thunderbolt 3.

This is why Apple has worked with LG to develop two external monitors 4K (4.096 x 2.304, 219 ppp) and 5K (5.120 x 2.880, 218 dpi), respectively 21.5 and 27-inch, extra fine. These screens are of course compatible with the MacBook and MacBook Pro with USB-C — the monitors can also be used to load the computers and office hub USB-C. The support of Thunderbolt 3 (for MacBook Pro) have an additional advantage : you can adjust the brightness and the volume of the speakers from the Mac.

The prices are 749 euros for the 4K, 1 399 euros for the 5K.

Why Twitter closed its sharing service of short videos Vine – The new yorker

C‘is soon to be over of a Vine and its small video sequences of a few seconds, often funny, ad Twitter. The service will definitely close “in the coming months”.

Launched in the beginning of 2013, Vine is an app by Twitter that hosts short videos of 6 seconds with hashtags and which rotate in a loop. These can be posted via social networks or sent to friends. Vine has mostly been a precursor to the phenomenon of sharing of very short videos, since taken over by other applications to start with Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.

With time, the application has tremendously evolved, adopting, for example, an instant messaging system or a tool remix audio, aiding the recovery of sounds already used by others.

Past fashion and while some creators have managed to get out of the lot, to the image of the Frenchman Jerome Jarre, and its 8.6 million subscribers, Vine has ever managed to compete with Instagram, which has perfectly negotiated the corner of the video (short sequences or cut into “stories”), but also Snapchat, which offers even more fancy with all its filters and remains the preferred choice for most young people. In a certain way Vine is also a victim of the popularity of animated Gifs, which are invading today the news feed of Twitter followers for a effectiveness also to be feared that the majority of the Vine.

ALes users will be able to download all their Vine if they wish to keep a trace. This announcement comes in the perfect storm for Twitter, which still haven’t been able to find a viable business model, fails to appeal to a potential buyer and must, in awaiting better days, remove many posts.

In terms of video, Twitter has always Periscope, a service streaming live video itself subject to stiff competition now with Facebook Live.

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The new MacBook Pro from Apple boasts a new bar touch and a fingerprint sensor – The Parisian

Apple has caused a sensation by presenting in presenting in a keynote that he was almost fully dedicated to its new line of MacBook Pro as well as a bar touch pop-up.

The new MacBook Pro is the thinnest and the lightest ever produced by Apple. It is also the MacBook the more powerful, Apple is referring to graphics performance up to 2.3 times higher compared to the previous generation. However, it stands out especially in this all-new “Touch Bar”, a bar touchscreen that replaces the traditional row of function keys. This Multi-Touch screen quality Retina adapts to the use that is made of the MacBook, offering a quick access and touch-key commands related to the Finder, Mail, Safari, Photos, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X or third-party applications.

The new MacBook Pro is also equipped with the latest technology Touch ID, which allows to not only unlock his or her computer via his or her fingerprint, but also do secure shopping on the Web via Apple Pay.

Level connectivity, Apple has made the choice not to suggest that the Thunderbolt 3 connector USB Type-C. In fact, the manufacturer abandons his charge connector magnetic MagSafe, but also all of the USB ports-Type-A classic. Unfortunate consequence : an adapter to connect the iPhone is necessary.

All this, of course, a price and it takes at least 1999 euros for a MacBook Pro 13-inch equipped with this technology and 2.699 euros for a 15 inch. Note that in the optimal configuration, the MacBook Pro can reach up to 4999 euros. A 13-inch model without Touch Bar is proposed from 1699 euros. It is the only one available now, the other new features are expected in 2 to 3 weeks. The older generation is still present in the catalog via a 13-inch model from 1449 euros and another of 15 inches at 2249 euros.

If the MacBook Pro has, therefore, undergone a serious facelift, no novelty has been announced on the side of the iMac, yet seriously competed technically with the all-new Surface Studio Microsoft. As for the MacBook Air, if it remains in the catalogue, it nevertheless seems to be condemned to not evolve and disappear.

Discover the new MacBook Pro video : youtu.be/WVPRkcczXCY

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G29 – WhatsApp, please stop sharing data with Facebook – ZDNet France

Several european authorities for personal data protection have opened an investigation after the announcement by WhatsApp to change its privacy policy. In this framework, the mobile application provides the ability to share data with its parent company, Facebook.

As in the past with Google, the regulators have decided to act in a concerted manner, through the Article 29 working party, bringing together the different authorities. In a press release relayed by the Cnil, the article 29 working party “expressed its concern” about information sharing.

how to Stop sharing user data WhatsApp

A share that according to him is “purposes that were not included in the terms of use and the privacy policy at the time the current users have subscribed to the service WhatsApp.”

The article 29 working party questioned (and even “worries”) in several respects : the validity of the consent, the effectiveness of the mechanisms available to users to exercise their rights, and the rights of non-users whose data is shared through the notebooks of contacts on WhatsApp.

To decide on the legality of this amendment in terms of privacy, the article 29 working party “requires” of the editor to communicate to it at the earliest, “any relevant information”. It is also called “urge”, and “until the appropriate legal safeguards can be made”, to put an end to the sharing of data.

The protection authority of Hamburg has already ordered, through an administrative decision, to WhatsApp to cease data collection and sharing, as well as delete the data already collected.

Article 29 was, however, no power constraint at european level. In 2012, this body had requested, in vain, to Google to suspend the implementation of its new privacy policy – that the firm refused.

note that the article 29 working party is also concerned with the news of Yahoo. It has sent a letter to the company concerning its security vulnerability, critical, and monitoring emails of its users for the services account of US intelligence.

The repressive actions now have their european experts

“The article 29 working party therefore asks the company to explain and communicate all aspects of this security breach, to notify affected users of the undesirable consequences and to cooperate with any investigation or request to come from the part of national authorities of data protection on the subject,” said the release.

Yahoo is furthermore invited to explain himself on the surveillance of the emails and show the “legal basis of this type of activity” and that “its compatibility with the european legislation.” The cases Yahoo and WhatsApp will be discussed in November at the first meeting of the working group dedicated to the repressive actions.

The consultation in the repressive actions of the european authorities was institutionalised in effect. The creation of a specific working group has been recorded in September. “This pool of national experts will facilitate the sharing of point of view between authorities on the strategies and repressive actions relating to cross-border cases” is shown.

The article 29 working party justified its creation by the “growing number of events having cross-border implications and impact on the citizens.” And in the conduct of their repressive actions, the regulators will soon have (2018) new powers of sanction (up to 4% of the annual turnover in the world).

We tried the most affordable new MacBook Pro – 01net.com

Its design refined compared to the previous generation, its huge trackpad and the new keyboard : this is what jumps to the eyes when using for the first time this new 13-inch MacBook Pro.

Apple has further reduced the volume of the set of approximately 20 % compared to the previous generation, and it feels from the outset : the new Macbook does more than 1,49 cm thick for a weight of 1.37 kg. But this has a setback : in order to slim down its machine, Apple got rid of the connectors too bulky in integrating here that the USB Type-C, very compact. It should be noted that this version 1 699 euros has only two – on the left side of the machine instead of four on the other models in the range.

The keyboard is the one inherited from the MacBook 12-inch : the keys are fine and they run very short. The noise when you press them is also disturbing during the first few minutes of use, very flashy. Phew, we can quickly learn to type a little less hard to be more discreet ! The keyboard, surprising at the beginning, nevertheless remains comfortable and gives the impression of being able to enter text more quickly.

01net.com – This MacBook Pro features two ThunderBolt ports for USB type-C instead of four.

A trackpad that you can’t miss

The trackpad is huge, twice as large as on the previous generation. There is a tendency to place the hands as soon as one uses the keyboard. But you can be assured, no activation pop up is to be deplored.

Its size is rather an advantage : it lets you use the different gestures built-in to macOS very comfortably, in all applications : keep your fingers to zoom in a photo, rotate to change the orientation or move four fingers up to use App Exposé, without asking the question as to whether all the fingers are properly positioned on the touch surface.

If the Retina display always displays the same resolution 2 560 x 1 600 points, Apple has boosted its performance, with such a brightness announced 500 cd/m2. Side processor, it’s a Core i5 dual core 2 GHz, sixth-generation, which has been chosen (a Core i7 is available as an option). Astonishing when one knows that the seventh generation “Kaby Lake” is now in production on the side of Intel. Has it, Apple replied that they had need of processors to four cores for models 15-inch, a feature that is not available from this seventh generation.

01net.com – With a trackpad as great, the hand tends to rest constantly on. However, without the trigger of action-reaction.

Already a lack of Touch Bar

the question Remains painful of the absence of Touch Bar. After using a few tens of minutes, a model incorporating this new system, one has the impression that it lacks an important feature, as if the MacBook was not really a model of 2016 but a revised and updated version of the previous iteration.

Certainly, this MacBook Pro entry level is a good machine, the screen is bright, the keyboard is comfortable and fast, the responsiveness is impeccable. Remains that after having used Touch Bar, one cannot help but be disappointed not to find it on this version. Those who are also in need of a connection abundant will be too limited by the two-port USB Type-C. Add 300 euros to take advantage of the real new features of this MacBook Pro can be seriously considered.

Deficit, Twitter licensee and sign the death warrant of Vine – Next INpact

in Spite of income and a number of users on the rise, Twitter still shows more than 100 million dollars in losses in the third quarter. To achieve balance, the company has announced the departure of 9 % of its workforce – particularly in sales – and the closing of the video service Vine.

Twitter is embarking on a plan of the surroundings of the winter. On the occasion of the announcement of its results for the third quarter, the social network has published its intention to separate of 9% of its 3 910 employees and close the video service Vine. The company intends to focus on its core business, by streamlining its sales channels and advertising. The goal : profitability in 2017, even when the losses are even larger in these three months.

An increase in sales but still incur losses

In fact, Twitter reported revenue of $ 616 million, an increase of 8 % year-over-year. For their part, the losses amounted to $ 103 million (compared to $ 131 million a year earlier). American users are still those who report the most : a total of 376 million dollars in sales to 67 million members. The 250 million members abroad have enabled the company to earn $ 242 million.

The number of users has increased by 7 % in one year, thanks above all abroad (+21 %), whereas the base members of the Atlantic remains stable (+1 percent). The company says it is just the same as the number of daily users has increased, as the number of impressions of tweets and the time spent, ” for the second quarter in a row “. The question of the use is sensitive for Twitter, as its growth is weak in the face of competing services.

To attract more users, Twitter claims to (still) want to improve the experience for newcomers, via the interface to the first arrival, the news feed main, notifications, and writing of tweets. It is for example, to control the new entrants to the thematic people to follow or view a summary of missed messages back to the service. It also displays his willingness to “secure ” its platform, highly criticized for its minimal management of the harassment that has in the course.

On the bottom, Twitter declares intention to strengthen its strategy on the content, such as coverage of sporting events or political (in the image of the French primary). Moments that contribute to increase the time spent on the service. “Our experience live video is unique, combining the video with the conversation on Twitter live, ” she says elsewhere, after having launched several applications for keypads and TV consoles. The company says it also get good results with Periscope, while remaining very vague on its actual performance.

Layoffs, the end of the Vine and profitability expected in 2017

To recover quickly, and thus achieve a balanced budget next year, the company has decided to remove 9 % of its workforce. The objective is to reduce its sales teams and partnerships, from three commercial channels to two. The expected cost is 10 to 20 million dollars in cash, plus 5 to 10 million of share-based compensation.

” The restructuring allows us to continue to fund fully our priorities, while eliminating investments in ancillary activities, and thus to be more efficient, ” says the company in its letter to investors. The long-term goal is to obtain an EBITDA margin of 40% to 45%, net of the costs of acquiring traffic. A margin which is currently at 29 %, or $ 181 million. It does risk not have forecasts for the next quarter, due to the ongoing restructuring.

on the side of The services, the main victim is Vine, which has announced in a blog post its closure in the coming months. The application of diffusion of short videos do not give details on the job cuts-related, or on the precise date of implementation of key under the door. Always is it that the videos are already online should be kept, promises the team, which adds that users will also be notified of any new major service-related. On the video, the horse on which to bet Twitter is so Periscope and its live broadcasts, with a significant investment in new features, especially on the business side.

video advertising, plank Twitter

On the $ 616 million of revenue in the quarter, 545 million come directly from the advertising… Which 90 % of the mobile. “As we expected, the turnover of the Tweets sponsored traditional continue to melt, so that the new function-oriented brands are better adopted, ” says the company, which thus becomes increasingly dependent on the operations of global brands. They would show their willingness to invest more on the social network, says Twitter.

The licenses of the data, for example the database access Twitter via third-party actors, have reported $ 71 million over these three months, that is 26 % better than a year earlier. The reason : the success of the system of bidding on ads (ad exchange) mobile of the company. In absolute terms, the engagement of internet users with advertisements grew by 91 % in one year, even if every interaction is charged in 44 % less.

For the result, Twitter says, is to focus on the return on investment for advertisers, and tools for the measure. In detail, it is to propose new indicators and a further integration with the management tools of the governed DoubleClick (Google). On the merits, he wants to offer live content and conversations with a wide targeted audience, which would be the most effective methods to generate advertising revenue.

Twitter also claims the strength of its video advertising. “For the second consecutive quarter, the video was the advertising format that generates the most revenue, ” explains the service, which is said to receive a lot of requests from advertisers on the video, live or not. It remains that, over the quarter, the advertising activity in and of itself has caused 78 million dollars in losses. If Twitter supports hold a series of indicators showing the best, the balance is therefore clearly not reached for this which is the heart of turnover of the company.

New MacBook Pro of Apple : a laptop full of promise – The Figaro

getting started – We have been able to take in hand the last computer Apple and its system of menu extra baptized TouchBar. An interesting innovation, provided that it does not reduce to a simple gadget.

It is in the auditorium of its historic headquarters in Cupertino that Apple has chosen to present its new laptop, the MacBook Pro last generation. The opportunity also, for the brand, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first PowerBook, which will inaugurate a long line of Mac laptops.

” FIND our getting started video on the new MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro 2016. photo Credits : Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

TrackPad giant

If the newcomer retains the overall design of the MacBook Pro Retina, it differs from its predecessor by an amount of detail. The trackpad, first of which seems unreasonable on this model. More than twice as great as before, it thus becomes more comfortable and, above all, make gestures wider and more specific, a bit as if it was on the touch screen of an iPad. The downside is that its size requires much rule out the cuffs when you enter the text, under penalty of risking a few false manoeuvres involuntary.

Keyboard fast and accurate

For this model, Apple has adapted the keyboard released on the MacBook last year, with its keys ultra-thin and its springs to the profile “butterfly”. In use, we find the same effectiveness: the strike is precise, quicker through the race reduced keys, and the system limits the risk of pressing other buttons by mistake. It may take a little time to adapt, but the result is appreciable.

Out of the USB-to-C point of salvation

Another notable change: the disappearance of the typical connectors Thunderbolt, USB 3, HDMI, miniPort HD, etc (and, by the way, the SD card reader) for the benefit of the four USB sockets-C. They are used either to recharge the battery of the computer, to exchange data with an external drive USB or Thunderbolt, to transmit the display in HD or 4K, and to connect a variety of devices. It will therefore be necessary to use accessories that are compatible or invest in adapters.

The Touch Bar for the selection of photos. photo Credits : JOSH EDELSON/AFP

Bar do-it-all

The main innovation of the new MacBook Pro, it is obviously the small bar of the touch-enabled display that extends above the keyboard. Called Touch Bar, it replaces the traditional function keys and serves as the fingerprint reader. It has the advantage of being able to display various information and especially to adapt automatically to the applications that one is using. In the Finder, thus you can easily adjust brightness and volume using the corresponding icons, or even change the style of presentation of the files. In Messages, the bar suggests words to write according to first letters typed, like on the iPhone, and show the emoticons that you can insert in the text. In the Photo, the Touch Bar allows you to quickly navigate among previews of the images to launch a video and speed up its playback, apply filters, etc, In the video editing software Final Cut Pro, the small screen displays the timeline and allows you to quickly move from one plan to another by sliding the finge r over its surface.

An alternative to the keyboard shortcuts and trackpad

In its most common use, the Touch Bar appears therefore as a convenient way to quickly access functions hidden in menus and sub-menus, this one also gets… by using keyboard shortcuts. What is interesting, is that it is possible to customize the Touch Bar by moving or adding icons. More specifically, and particularly with business applications, the Touch Bar may make service by delivering the right tool at the right time, and in suggesting additional options. It is a bit the same philosophy as the Surface Dial that Microsoft has launched, a button mobile which can be used as well to adjust the screen brightness or the sound volume that to deliver new capabilities when you apply it on the screen itself.

But after a few attempts in different configurations, we wonder if the approach of Apple is not a little duplication with what already offers the TrackPad… and especially if this innovation is not a means of back again the moment where it will go to the touch screen.

Twitter announces the closure of Vine – ZDNet France

the End of the game to Vine. The service to create microvidéos of six seconds will soon be closed. The announcement fell yesterday, indicating that the mobile application Vine will be put out of service in the "next coming months" while the web site will remain active for an indefinite period in order to allow access to the archived videos.

Vine was acquired in 2012 by Twitter and has quickly established itself as the a precursor to an unseen format. As on YouTube, stars Vine emerge and the service has up to 200 million monthly users. But the competition was not slow to react, first with Instagram, which launched its own service of short videos from 2013 and then Snapchat that did the same over the last year.

No official reason was given to explain the closure of Vine. But we do know that the service has never developed a model of monetization and the growth of its audience seemed to mark time. and Especially, Twitter, which is currently going through a delicate phase, has just announced layoffs and decide to choice dramatic in its activities to try to find the path to profitability so that no buyer has expressed his interest. Vine has without doubt made the cost of this pragmatism. (Eureka Presse)

the new features of the MacBook Pro in images – Europe1

Exit USB hello USB C

Apple has used the opportunity to clean the connectors. Exit, thus, the connectors traditional USB, HDMI port, and the MagSafe connector used for charging and the USB type-C. These connectors, which are already present on the MacBook, will be used as well to charge the computer, exchanging data and connecting to an external monitor. Advantage : can use the four ports are present for everything. Disadvantage : it would require adapters, sold separately

Keynote from Apple : Apple unveils an app TV, three new MacBook Pro (and said goodbye to the MacBook Air ?) – LCI

what’s NEW – After the iPhone and 7, the iPad Pro with 9.7″ and the Apple Watch Series 2, Apple is preparing to unveil new products on Thursday at 19H (Paris time), from its campus in Cupertino (California). Computers MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are expected to be in the program. If the desktop computer, the iMac seems to have to wait until spring, apple might still reserve some surprises.

Never two without three!!! For the third time of the year, Apple has given appointment to the press to unveil new products. It was the iPhone and the iPad Pro 9.7-inch, in march, the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 in September, here came the turn of the MacBook that have not experienced renewal since very long months.

If the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air seem to be on track to be of the party, the computer all-in-one iMac is not expected to make an appearance at next spring. On the other hand, there are whispers that Apple may have other surprises in his moneybag. Starting with a TV guide universal for Apple TV. On sale as of Friday, the Apple Watch Nike + may have the right to a new spotlight.

so please Go as early as 19 h (Paris time) to follow the keynote in our company from Cupertino, California.

MacBook Pro : Apple introduces its new portable high-end – Clubic

Apple announces new MacBook Pro 13 and 15 inches. Consistent with the rumors and leaks that are hidden in MacOS Sierra, they include a headband touch to the place of the function keys, a fingerprint sensor TouchID, and a connector fully review around the couple’s Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C. The 13-inch MacBook Air leaves its place to a configuration of the input range of the MacBook Pro.

The new MacBook Pro were to wait : for the latest updates, themselves purely evolutionary (integration of the trackpad ForceTouch), dating back to the spring of 2015. This time Apple is redesigning its mobile-to-bottom for the first time since the introduction of the MacBook Pro Retina in June 2012.

Most purposes, the finest and lightest ever released by Apple, the new MacBook Pro is available in two colors : silver or space grey. Their thickness goes from 18 mm to 14.9 mm for the 13-inch model, and 15.5 mm for the 15-inch model.

They are distinguished by a disappearance. Not the mini-jack, which is always present, but the function keys are replaced by the Touch Bar, touch screen, covering the entire row. The Touch Bar is customizable depending on the applications used. It replaces the function keys on the desktop, lets you access the shortcuts in Safari, the settings or the navigation in the photo library in Photos, to editing clips into editing software, or offers suggestions predictor when entered.

A new version of Final Cut Pro supports the Touch Bar to navigate to a project or edit a clip from the touch screen. Adobe is also part of the first third party publishers to take advantage of it with an update of Photoshop.

to the right of the panel, the second novelty is the appearance of a sensor TouchID. With MacOS Sierra, Apple incorporates an unlock via the Apple Watch, and we imagined well Apple to unveil something more immediate to his new MacBook Pro. A new chip T1 includes the enclave, secure, opening up the MacBook Pro the payment via Apple Pay without the iPhone, this was already possible with Sierra. Touch ID can also be used to switch from one user session to another.

A new trackpad, compatible Force Touch, now occupies twice as much space. The keyboard is also changing, to adopt keys of a similar shape to those of the MacBook 12-inch, and a new generation of keys ” butterfly “.

The connector industry is changing radically with the advent of 4-port USB-C compatible Thunderbolt 3, replacing the two USB 3.0 ports and two Thunderbolt from previous models. The Thunderbolt 3 display of the maximum flow rate of 40 Gb/second. Charging via MagSafe disappears, just like the SD slot.

The screen is 67% brighter, and will display 25% more color with a gamut most high. We were expecting a new Cinema Display, but it is a partnership with LG that Apple ad for a new screen 5K, also able to act as a docking station.

The latest generation of processors Intel Core i7 processor, runs the processor, and a graphics chip AMD Radeon Polaris. The SSD shows speed gains of 50%, and data rates up to 3.1 Gb/second. Apple has revised the cooling, while the speakers double their dynamic.

Apple has announced earnings of 57% for the video, 60% for the game.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro does not move, always based on processors Core i5 or Core i7 dual-cores, and a graphics solution integrated. Apple announced a battery life of 10 hours for both models.

The MacBook Air becomes Pro

The surprise comes from the 13-inch MacBook Air which leaves its place to a special configuration of the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Devoid of Touch Bar, and equipped with only two Thunderbolt ports 3, she integrates a processor Core i5 dual-core at 2 GHz. This version is marketed from 1 699 euros, and available today. The 13-inch models “premium” and the 15-inch model will be available within two to three weeks, respectively from 1 999 and 2 699 euros. The two 13-inch models include 8 Gb ram and 256 Gb of storage as standard. The 15-inch model has 16 Gb of RAM as standard.

The three MacBook Pro form the new range of MacBook which is the MacBook 12-inch, updated in the spring. The fate of the MacBook Air existing, therefore, seems sealed.

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Want to know more about the Nintendo Switch ? See you in January Begeek.fr

a week ago, Nintendo rose finally the veil on its next home console. Only here, it was simply placed in the mouth since many elements of the Switch are to be defined and Big N wants to take his time. In effect, there will be no further official announcement in 2016 and it will have to wait until 12 January (13 of us) to enjoy a presentation broadcast live from Tokyo.

More details on the Nintendo Switch in January 2017

it should reveal ” many important details “, including the date of final release in march of the machine and the games currently in development on it. In addition, the press release states that before the event it will be indicated where and when it will be possible to afford the console. The price could therefore well be announced before January 13.

many Of the technical details (power, autonomy, functioning, possible backward compatibility, digital…etc) also remain to be clarified and it is hoped that the presentation will be longer than the first.

The console in the main lines

If you have not followed, in major lines, it is a home console that is also portable. At its heart is a tablet powered by Nvidia screen (obviously the touch) is framed by two handles detachable baptised Joy-Con. Thus, it is possible to use the Switch as a PS Vita or place it on its tripod to play two each with a Joy-Con in hand, which look as though they are the controllers of the Wii. At home, the Switch may be inserted in a dock to stream the image on a television, and recharge the tablet.

The Nintendo Switch uses a cartridge system that is not compatible with the 3DS. Moreover, according to the list of partners announced, many third-party developers to offer games on the console.