Google drops Gmail app for BlackBerry

Google said Wednesday it is launching a nail in the coffin on the Gmail application for BlackBerry smartphones. According to the company, starting next November 22 the program will no longer be downloaded.


Users who already have the app installed on their phones can continue to use it without major problems, but can not download it again if the ban from their phones. In addition, no longer count on any support or upgrade in the future.

In one of his blogs, the web giant explains that from this day will focus its efforts on developing the web interface of your e-mail service that is accessed from the Blackberry Browser.

Thus, only users of Android-based smartphones have at their disposal a native app for Gmail. Last week the company was launching an application to Gmail for the iOS, but errors reported by a large number of users have made the program go out of circulation after a few hours.

And this was not the worst news in the week involving the Blackberry. On Tuesday the British bank Barclays investment lowered the rating of the shares of the company, considering that they did not offer the same security to investors than other times. As a result, the roles of the company came to be sold for $ 19, compared with $ 46 of May.

Google tests reliable sources in the search results

Quality information  is something harder to find in large network. It is not uncommon, but not everywhere. Solving part of the problem related to trusted content, Google decided to test a different way to present search results with highlighted information deemed reliable partner for them.


Rather than explain how it works, there goes the first screenshot. We have a search by the name of the singer Rihanna, an artist who deserves international information and cleared in Google searches.

Alongside the results appear a sidebar with the huge short biography of Rihanna, courtesy of Wikipedia, then data about your birth, place of origin, height (!) And even the name of the current boyfriend - something tells me that the algorithm Google can go crazy trying to follow the novels of certain artists, always so fickle and varied.

Besides personal information, the music for Rihanna, entitled to the year of release and the album to which they belong, are also displayed through the feature now called Sources (sources, the translation into Portuguese).

In another example seen by a user, the search for "twitter" brought about the founding of microblogging, as well as its current CEO.

It is not today that Google has been reinforcing the premise that want quality content and that content will have privileges. The Panda update for the search algorithm has made it clear: they want more articles written by professionals, more detailed content pages, and less hype.

If all goes well in the Sources of the experiment, it is likely that some content partners carry the day and are held captive in the search pages (thanks Wikipedia).

As with any feature is not confirmed officially, Google says it is testing the Sources. It may be that the feature appear more often and to more users. Maybe they dismiss the idea without even telling the public why. I cheer for the first option.

NET Virtua passes for connection problems

As if they were locusts, subscribers NET Virtua took social networks assault (using 3G?) In the late afternoon to complain about lack of access. Users from all over Brazil, especially Sao Paulo, reported that there are difficulties to connect to the internet. The press office of the company has already expressed acknowledging the problem.


One of the biggest internet service, NET Virtua uses the pay-TV technology and fiber optics to deliver NET connection speeds vary considerably. In some places the company in São Paulo offers connection up to 100 Mega - is not anywhere, however.


Skavurzka!
Rafa Silva, editor of TB was no connection from 17h. He tried to call center company, but only gave information that all attendants were busy at the moment.

In a quick consultation on Facebook, many readers have confirmed that the service had undergone instability but was normalized. Being a telecom service that depends on many factors, it is really complicated reporting immediately suffers an overall drop of broadband, but now we have confirmation of the company itself. NET Now you just need to tell you what led to the incident.

On the Facebook page TB inform readers that Virtua is running in the following locations: Curitiba, Florianópolis, Jacareí, Joao Pessoa, Piracicaba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Santo Andre, Sao Jose do Rio Preto and São Paulo, between other cities. Already some unfortunate report that the forecast return of service was only for 22h today.

Below you can read the official stance on the issue of NET.

"The NET reports that in the late afternoon of Wednesday, November 9, there was a technical occurrence that affected Internet services and fixed telephony company in some parts of the city of São Paulo. The technical service teams were immediately activated NET and the signal was restored quickly. "

From what the company says, it really was a central problem in Sao Paulo. There is recommending that customers are still having difficulty connecting or using the NET Fone contact us at 106-21.

Twitter's News Activity tab

It's not news that Twitter is always integrating functionality on the site, since this is the main means of access used by its members. Earlier this week one of these innovations began to be activated for the users: a tab called Activity (as in Portuguese, was active), which was already being tested in a while. Now it came without warning by Twitter, with some improvements since the test.


The functionality of this new tab is quite simple and can be reduced in a sentence: it makes all the Twitter users in professional stalkers. The Activity tab displays real-time, various activities of the people you follow, among which were favorite tweets, which others followed and what were they retweet. Different than Twitter exhibited in August, there's a very large accumulation of users followed this tab, which is good to avoid visual pollution.


In addition, the flap mentions was also modified. Now she began to have the username of the logged in user and shows the activities related to its user, such as retweets, favorites, and references. For those who do not want to see all this there is an option to view only the information, which is disabled by default and is also a novelty that had not been implemented in the initial tests. And it also displayed in real time, without having to click a blue progress bar from time to time.

With the update, only the main timeline (which was translated into history in Portuguese) is the one that has no tweets displayed in real time. Applications for Twitter like Tweetdeck and Echofon already have this functionality for some months.

The flap is slowly being activated for all users of social networking. If you have not yet, just wait for it to appear.

Sony Targets PSN Game Content Sharing‎

With several new rolling in a world of games that can change the lives of many people and went unnoticed was a change that will apply in the Sony PSN. From November 18 to change the rules of sharing accounts.


Sharing accounts? There is a loophole in the system that allows PSN today a PSN account to be active in up to 5 devices. Thus, up to five friends can make a cow, buy a game, enable the download to console each other and play the five. Technically, it is not piracy or against the rules, of course, all five people must have the same password for that account.

From the 18 day limit will be reduced from five to two devices to all new purchases, valid for PlayStation 3 as for models PSP-1000, PSP-2000 and PSP-3000. With the change in the boundary, Sony hopes to lessen the sharing of downloads and sell more games in his store.

It is worth emphasizing the "new purchases" ', since the games purchased before that date can still be activated by up to five consoles.

Another change in the system will be the availability of a web account management, which will allow the user to unlink your account on any PS3 or PSP. Very useful for those who always comes with his own friends in the game.

I do not know about you, but I'm already recruiting some friends to make a short list of shopping while we have the '80% discount 'in the games.

Taking to ask: who here share account? Many bought games? Who discovered this now, will buy what?

Google will support partners in the war of patents

The battles of Android patent lawsuits were especially fierce in recent times, not only by attacks of Apple but also because of Microsoft, which has created several license agreements with device manufacturers with the system in the world. Thinking in those future problems, Google announced this week that will help all companies that manufacture devices with Android and they are called to court.


Ensures Schmidt: Google helps
"We told our partners, including those in Taiwan, we will support them. We're giving all HTC support in its dispute with Apple, why we think Apple's stance is not correct, "said the chairman Erich Schmidt to the Reuters news network. In addition to legal aid, the giant web support its partners with industry experts and technology, especially with its own patent portfolio.

Microsoft is one that is also the target of Google's lawyers. Since the beginning of the year the maker of Windows have created licensing agreements for patents involving Android with certain companies who agree to pay amounts ranging from $ 3 to $ 7 for the right to use its alleged patents. The practice has even publicly called "extortion" by Google. "Microsoft is not telling the truth about this matter. They are lying to scare people because they are concerned with the success of Android, "he said.

"Companies in the production chain of Android are mainly in Taiwan," says analyst Ming Chi Kuo, Concord Securities Company. "But until now most of the manufacturers of the country used to have a close relationship of Microsoft, especially in the production of handheld devices. By providing greater support to local businesses, Google is also gaining support for the tablets and computers that can launch up in the future, "added Schmidt.

YouTube tests new redesign in gray

Those who have failed a little time to procrastinate at work on Thursday probably did not realize the ultimate YouTube: a new site redesign. He began to be tested last week was released this week to a wider group of users. As the last experiment layout was in July, this may be evidence of the fact that YouTube plans to launch new layouts as fast as Mozilla and Google launch new Firefox and Chrome.



The first change you notice is the logo at first, which was darker, and the favicon has changed completely. In the new page was more gray and was not only in the background but in every section of the site. Some features links to the site were also changed and turned into buttons, such as signing a channel. The rest of the buttons followed the same shade of gray.

The new layout also came in video player, which has had its buttons and options simplified and transformed into symbols. It is very similar to the Cosmic Panda, that YouTube began testing in early July. But while the new design draws some inspiration from Cosmic Panda buttons and gray, the individual videos remains with the playlists to the player and not centralized.

In the mobile version of site YouTube is also testing a few weeks ago a new layout that is very similar to that shown above, with gray tones, with new player buttons and sharing options in the player itself.

For now it seems that the redesign is still in testing, with some bugs appearing. But now you can get a feel for the screenshots above, right? So say there, what you think of the new YouTube layout? Likes? If you do not like, okay, a few months they will probably change again.

Students want school change its name to "Steve Jobs"

Students from a technical school for high school located in the city of Plovdiv, the second largest in Bulgaria, you can meet your college go by the name of Steve Jobs in a vote being held to choose a new patron.


On his 50th birthday, held in 2012, the educational institution must now meet by another name. She currently leads a tribute to Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a name that does not bring the happiest memories for local people and will be replaced.

By the time students and teachers are debating about choosing a new school name, tells the local TV network TV7. While most students prefer to pay tribute to the pop star executive of Apple, a minority believes it appropriate to pay tribute to a scientist in the country.

One of the names listed to name the current school Vladimir Lenin is Peter Petroff, a Bulgarian-born American in 1917 and died in 2003 which was a NASA engineer and created the first wireless heart rate monitor, but that marked his name in history by inventing the digital clock.