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TomTom is now available on Android. The Dutch company that manufactures navigators completes the range of devices that are present on its software. The debut of this program on Google's mobile operating system is not a surprise, as it had already been announced at IFA in Berlin last August.



The TomTom app incorporates the features in version for boaters. Then we find the TomTom HD Traffic function, which suggests the quickest route to your destination and IQ Routes, which according to the company further enhances the paths through the information provided by TomTom users. There are also shows useful places Nesses and characteristic for motorists and the recognition of the street names.

The maps are available offline and does not require Internet access. "The upgrades will be available for free four times a year for the lifetime of the app" it says on the company's official statement. Also shows the speed cameras and speed limits on any road or highway that runs. The software keeps running even if you start other software or receive a call.



The version with Italian maps occupies 482 MB of space on the memory of their smartphones, Android 2.2 and requires at least currently works only with 800 x 480 pixels and 854x480 pixels-different terminals are therefore currently excluded from the games. The company told us they will be integrated to support higher resolutions in the next updates.

TomTom for Android also supports the hands-free car kit. Interested parties can purchase the app directly on Google Play in a temporary price 34.99 euros, while in future should be priced around 50 euros.


In August we asked a spokesman that opinions had the company about the topic, widespread piracy on Android. We were told would be taken some steps to try to limit the phenomenon but we don't know what.

Two new terminals will arrive soon to the market, on the one hand the big bet of Google Android Nexus 4 of LG and secondly the Lumia 920 Nokia, the mobile phone that will bring Windows 8. Together with our colleagues from movilzona we have analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of these models.


Normally begin the comparative talking screens each terminal, which is key to the election. Nokia bets on a 4.5 inch screen with its technology called PureMotion HD + which has a resolution of 1,280 x 768 pixels with a density of 332 ppi. Meanwhile LG has provided the Nexus 4 a 4.7 inch IPS display, with the same resolution than his rival and 320 ppi density. Both screens are Corning Gorilla Glass.


The outward appearance is the first thing we see in any terminal. Nexus 4 is going to be more stylized than its competitor, with dimensions of 133,9 mm x 68.7 mm x 9.1 mm and weighs 130 grams. Lumia 920 weighs more, up the scale to 185 grams. The dimensions of the terminal of the Finnish company are 130,3 mm x 70.8 mm x 10.7 mm, somewhat thicker than the Nexus 4.


It is possibly the aspect which stands out most Nexus 4 over Lumia 920. The phone made by LG is equipped with the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon Pro S4 of four with 2 gigs of RAM. Nokia also committed to Qualcomm, although its terminal take the Plus S4 SnapDragon dual-core and 1 gig of RAM. The GPU is also therefore top the Nexus 4, which features Adreno 320, while we find Adreno 305 at Lumia.




A priori PureView technology which incorporates Nokia Lumia 920 seems better than sensor 8 Mpx of the Nexus 4. Nokia has also included the new image stabilization system, also the Nokia SmartShoot to make multiple pictures on the same trip, and Nokia City Lens, functionality that brings augmented reality to another level. The most striking characteristic of the Nexus 4 is Photo Sphere, allowing us to make panoramic 3D. As we have seen, on the role the camera of the Nokia Lumia 920 barre almost all the competitors.


The main difference between both terminals lies in the inclusion of LTE technology. Although not a crucial aspect in our country, unfortunately not so we can enjoy, bet Nokia to include it on your phone thing that Google has abandoned. In what both agree is to provide NFC to its terminals, which will allow us to make payments or file sharing.

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In our opinion this is one of the most neglected in the terminals, there are always great advances in the subject of displays, processors, memories, etc., but we never see a large bet on innovation in the field of batteries. Both models have batteries of more than 2,000 mAh, with possibility of wireless charging.





Google has upended the market with the announcement of the price of your new Nexus 4. Will it be available for 299 in its 8-gigabyte version and 349 euros for the 16 gigabytes of capacity. As for the Nokia Lumia 920, we have not official output price, although it is rumored to be available at a very attractive price. The latest rumors placed the figure at 599 dollars.

There is no doubt that we are at two terminals with outstanding performance. Each with its peculiar style tries to give a blow to the market. The bet of Google for a low price is one of the main incentives to convert to the Nexus 4 a super sales. Time will issue a ruling.

The 'smartphone' is also a thermometer

Measure the fever to a baby, an elderly man or a dependent person can be a simple task with Oblumi tapp, an infrared thermometer that works together with a mobile application to provide more benefits to a normal temperature gauge.

This small device is connected to the input of the smartphone headset and allows to take the temperature accurately by placing it in the front or in the hearing for about three seconds. Data is synchronized in the cloud and you can access them from within the application, which can be managed multitude of profiles of patients at the same time. Not only that, because Oblumi tapp also calculates the correct dosage of antipyretic which must be supplied depending on age and weight of the child or the adult. In this way there is no margin of error.

In the app, available for iPhone and Android for free, you can see also the evolution of the feverish State of the patient, as well as share information with contacts you want to send notifications through and configure alarms so you don't forget a socket or a measurement. Function is very useful for parents, in the case of sick babies, are permanently informed. The creators of Oblumi tapp have gone one step further in terms of the functions of this lightweight device, and it can also check the temperature of the liquid: water bath, bottle, etc.

The 'smartphone' is also a thermometer
This thermometer is a product that went on sale in December of 2015 and has been developed by the Seville-based startup Oblumi. The team, composed of eight people, has been working for several years in the testing of the product, looking for funding and, more recently, preparing its launch. The wearable won first prize StartUp Weekend in Seville in 2013 and the biotechnology and health of the Everis Foundation from 2014. He was also finalist in the South Summit Spain Startup of that same year, among other awards.

Ana Molina, co-founder and CEO of the company, says that Oblumi tapp "conforms to the families of today, who have adopted the wearables and other connected devices, and is primarily a technology that helps to give peace of mind to parents". As well, parents, caregivers, daycare staff and physicians will find useful this new thermometer.

The device is powered by a battery with a duration of about 6,000 measurements and for its maintenance it is only necessary to wipe the sensor. The sale of this infrared thermometer is made on the company's web site and through distributors for 39.95 euros. Soon you will reach nursery stores and pharmacies and is also on sale in France. In addition marketing in five other countries is negotiated.

Prepaid Vodafone

Prepaid Vodafone and mobile Tuenti users have today received two very similar promotions in which their gigas can be multiplied by two changes in the price of your fare. On the one hand, Vodafone offers twice the gigas in the rates of Vodafone yu, Vodafone international Smartphone and Vodafone in Spain, provided these clients renew their share between January 27 and 31 March this year. As he explains the company, if a user has the plan Megayuser, of 20 euros and 2 GB, you can enjoy 4 GB without having changes in the price of your fare and renew as many times as you want, for example. New customers can also enjoy this promotion. On the other hand, Tuenti promises its customers of prepaid that when passed to contract will double the gigas and the tariff of 7 minutes, though only for six months, for what would have 2 GB and 100 minutes in calls (from the application) for 7 euros. In addition, to encourage them to change, they ensure that customers who switch to contract will be remains.

Presented during the fair BETT 2016, with hey! tech anticipates all known thanks to this new model of communication through mobile devices. When using your phone, tablet or laptop and without realizing, creates an invisible barrier communicative with everything around. Sometimes, consumers can both focus on what goes on inside your device, it seems no matter what is happening around.
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This 'wall' between what is done and the people who are on the other side goes with hey! tech, to break these new barriers in interpersonal relationships, promoting interaction and communication in a completely innovative and visual manner. Hey technology! tech is a synonym for expression, innovation, interaction, entertainment, etc. In addition, your application is performed in different environments such as the professional, Social Media and in the education.

More interactive classes

With hey! tech and through different and fun games, teacher can launch comprehension questions to students, who will choose the answer you believe correct while hey! tech will show it in the back of the device. In this way and with just a glance, the master can obtain a real understanding of the class feedback and will know if they are in the app or correct web.

Hey! tech serves a more fluid interaction and so the teacher ensures that are assimilated to each and every one of the skills that are taught in the classroom. Thus, ensures the Foundation of knowledge for all and each one of the children, adapting the pace of the class if necessary.

Another of the more pragmatic features of hey! tech is the detect application or web page where the student, is what allows the teacher to make sure that it is in the place right. This avoids distractions with the use of devices in class and solves one of the biggest problems of the introduction of computers and tablets in the classrooms.

On the other hand, this new technology offers the possibility to integrate with other applications and platforms for education and content, so the possibilities are endless. It also has other tools so that all students can participate actively in classes, such as:

Understanding: through a set of traffic lights, school children can express the degree of understanding of the matter and the Professor will get an immediate general response.
Quick test: the Professor throws a question with answers and students interact with the answer you believe correct.
Raise your hand: students can use this option whenever you have a doubt, calling the attention of the teacher without having to raise his hand physically.
Hey! tech is a technology Made in Spain which is a big step in the field of education face to promote interaction with the clear objective of promoting learning, prevent school failure and break the barriers within the classroom.

Two speeds: which sectors most trust in the cloud?

Infrastructures and cloud services, key digital transformation strategies, progress adequately and 2016 will be a year in which progress its adoption in enterprises. A recent report of Pentheus, however, concluded that there are significant differences in the rhythm of each sector and the solutions that are committed.

Penteo annual report on services and infrastructure cloud, entitled "Highway to cloud" argues that there are differences in the type of solutions that are committed each of the sectors of the economy both pace of adoption.

According to this third edition of the report, telecoms and utilities (gas, light, power) is where is detected a greater penetration of cloud (27.4%) infrastructures and services, since the 99.6% of the analyzed companies deliver any part of the technology to the cloud. The most attractive solution for this sector is the private IaaS (39.2%) followed closely by the public/private hybrid model (35.1%). Also "calls attention the continuous search for processes that generate a qualitative leap in the companies in this sector", notes Pentheus. However, despite being the sector more trusting on cloud services, 39.7% of the companies analyzed acknowledge that they have the strategy in this field still "in definition".

On the opposite side is the industrial sector, in which 92.9% of the analyzed companies use such services but the penetration of cloud infrastructures is 26.7%.

However, the industry is leaving behind its reticence to such services. In fact, the Penteo 2015 report says this sector as one of the higher growth recorded in 2016, an increase of 20.8%. Like the telcos and the energy sector, the industry leans preferably by IaaS private proposals, or hybrid.

For its part, the public sector has also taken "with enthusiasm", says Penteo, such solutions to improve its procedures and be more agile in every day. Just two years ago, administration was leaving as the most reluctant sector the adoption of services and infrastructure in the cloud with a 22.1%, and the report forecasts to 2016 a utilization rate of 64.7 per cent at the end of the year.

In terms of banking and insurance, it is positioned as the second sector that increased confidence deposited in infrastructure in the cloud (41.9%), behind only 'Telecoms and utilities'. In addition, the sector continues to promote, according to the report, private IaaS-based solutions.

Finally, the service sector presents a sustained growth in the last three years in the adaptation of such services. Thus, 33.4% of the analyzed companies ensures to deliver part of your infrastructure to a cloud model, and 2016 it is expected a growth of 11.9%.