New Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

We can say that the design and construction of the Grand Galaxy 2 combines the best of the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3, the two star Korean giant Samsung devices pending the Galaxy S5 . In this regard it is noteworthy that the tactile sensations of the Grand 2 are very similar to those that you have when working with a Galaxy Note 3, largely thanks to its back cover that, although made ​​of plastic , simulates the texture of the skin with side seam finishes that recreate .The body of Grand Galaxy 2 ' plays ' with quality plastic to achieve light weight of only 163g . , Something with a thickness of only 8.9 mm , are decisive factors for the proper handling of the device. We can say that despite the 5.25 inch screen makes a great Grand Galaxy 2, the terminal can be reached if necessary to use with one hand , thus activating the " one hand operation " in the system settings .This TFT panel has a resolution of 720 x 1280 , a pixel density of 280 dots per inch, and at first glance is easily recognized as a Samsung device with its sharpness, contrast and color. As a result we find perfectly crisp text and images of remarkable detail although the screen is not Full HD.
The processor and memory of the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 move in a few standard values ​​within the current medium / high range. Thus, we find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 four cores running at a speed of 1.2 GHz, supported by 1.5 GB of RAM and 8GB accompanied by total main storage memory, an extensible value through microSD cards up to 64GB .

The operating system that governs the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is on Android version 4.3 Jelly Bean under Koreans own interface, a setting that from our point of view is one of the most functional among all designed by the manufacturers for customization their devices. All apps that have been tested have shown agile and fast, without significant slowdowns occur.

Future 'smartwatches'​​: Google, Apple and modular clock

According unveiled The Wall Street Journal, Google will begin to take seriously this of ' wearables ' . Sundar Pichai, an executive of the company, has announced that in two weeks to begin to facilitate developers and brands to an Android based device fabrication , such as ' smartwatches ' ​​kit. Among its purposes is to facilitate the connection of these smart watches with Android phones and tablets .
When will the iWatch ?
For its part , Apple has not yet ruled on the matter and , as on other occasions , it's getting hard to get. The future iWatch carries around a long time in the web between speculation and concepts. What will , what benefits it will have ? Flexible display ? ? The latest rumors suggest that Apple smart clock could be more health-oriented than a simple addition of the iPhone. But this sounds to us now, the fitness and bracelets are incorporating . Users need innovation.
So , in the wake of smartphones and tablets modular , a team of developers has launched Blocks, a project to develop personalized smart watches . As with the other devices , the smartwatch have a base and from there, you can add optional components by different modules. The user design the watch to your taste with more battery , sensors, SIM , screen, camera , heart rate monitor , etc card.
This way , everyone can create his watch as the benefits you need. From the web offer various combinations. For example , if you like adventure , then you include the GPS temperature and extra battery. Or if you are a natural athlete , add it to your heart rate monitor and blood oxygen meter .
The platform will be open to any developer can innovate more applications compatible with mobile systems . Blocks already have the first prototypes and expect to launch in mid- 2015.

Facebook buy WhatsApp

Buying WhastApp by Facebook is a new example of the efforts the social network founded 10 years ago by Mark Zuckerberg to keep up and sort the predictions of analysts, who warn of the possible bursting of the company, which has over 1,200 million a year ago usuarios.Desde a loss of interest of the younger is detected, hence the purchase of services that engage them more, like Instagram, two years ago, and now WhatsApp.
Zuckerberg's company, which debuted on Wall Street in 2012, has a market value of 172.886 million dollars (125.895 million euros) in 2013 and its profit soared above 1,000 million euros. Even so, analysts look very closely each of their balance sheets, and wonder if the social network will be able to generate sustainable income. Given this constant scrutiny, is not the first time that Facebook uses competition to grow: In 2012 and bought another star app, Instagram, by 1.000 million.
Zuckerberg 's company , which debuted on Wall Street in 2012, has a market value of 172.886 million dollars ( 125.895 million euros) in 2013 and its profit soared above 1,000 million euros. Even so , analysts look very closely each of their balance sheets, and wonder if the social network will be able to generate sustainable income . Given this constant scrutiny , is not the first time that Facebook uses competition to grow : In 2012 and bought another star app, Instagram , by 1.000 million.Payment is the highest of the latest technological acquisitions. Facebook has paid $ 42 each subscriber WhatsApp , while Instagram if payment was $ 33 / user. Recently, the Japanese Rakuten paid for three U.S. dollars popr Viber user.Mark Zuckerberg had the grace to humble person to the office and anonymously WhatsApp to announce , along with the founders , buying ahead of the employees of the courier company. Zuckerberg said it was the most expensive purchase technological history.

Travel To Mars

Mars One , the private project of the Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp which seeks to bring four people to Mars by 2023 and more than 100,000 volunteers although there are no plans to bring them back to Earth.
So far, all the candidates are about 30,000 Americans, 5,000 of Brazil , there are also 3.Colombia 000 and 5,000 Mexicans.
The project idea is to film the entire process and pass through a live television program , that is, a reality show that will last years and whose final destination is assumed by volunteers.
Mars One, choose a group of forty volunteers this year , including the four will be selected to travel to Mars in 2022 , reaching the red planet for April 2023. Subsequently, four other volunteers traveling to arrive in 2025.
The project wants to colonize the red planet since 2022. But there are financial and practical issues about this company not been clarified. Will there be enough money? Do people really be able to survive on Mars?
The application process
Anyone over 18 can apply to volunteer to go to Mars, but the rate depends on the nationality of a user. For Americans, is $ 38, but for Mexicans is just $ 15.
The company said it fixed based on the gross domestic product per capita of each country's price. "We wanted it to be high enough so that people have to really think about it and low enough for anyone to be able to afford ," said Bas Lansdorp , Mars One CEO and co -founder .
The first crew with only one-way mission to Mars will cost 6 billion away, Lansdorp said. The idea is to be funded by sponsors and media who will pay for the broadcast rights of programs and films to document everything from the training of astronauts to Earth for deployment and colonization of Mars.
Of the applicants , said Mars One will select a group of 40 astronauts multicontinental this year. Four of them , two men and two women.
The astronauts will undergo training required eight years in a secluded location . According to the project site , they will learn how to repair habitat structures , growing vegetables in small spaces and address " routine and serious medical issues , such as conservation dental , muscle tears and bone fractures ."
" What we want to do is tell the story to the world ," Lansdorp said, "when humans go to Mars, when they are set on Mars and build a new earth , a new planet. This is one of the most exciting things that ever happened , and want to share the story with the world. "
How will be colonized Mars?
Each lander sent to Mars One can carry about 5511 pounds of "payload" Mars said . After eight missions , it is expected that more than 44,000 pounds of supplies and people have arrived. The same capsules, whose weight is not included in that figure, will form part of the habitat.
Food and solar panels will go into the capsules . The Earth will not send more water or oxygen, though - the will be manufactured on Mars, Lansdorp said.