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[Appli mobile] Comment Le Monde applique les règles du webmarketing
Le quotidien du Soir lance “La Matinale du Monde”, une édition du matin pour téléphones mobiles. Mobile, vidéo, contenu trié, personnalisé et disponible hors-connexion, ergonomie soignée, formats publicitaires spécifiques : l’application s’inscrit dans les nouveaux usages.
Apple could make Beats Music free — for a little while, anyway
Apple might have tried to convince the record labels to kill their free-tier streaming deals with Spotify, but its revamped Beats Music could let listeners sign up without having to pay a dime. Industry sources told Re/Code that Apple is currently negotiating with … Continue reading
Sony pulls some of its music from SoundCloud as licensing row intensifies
SoundCloud may not be your typical music-streaming site, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to disgruntled rights-holders withdrawing their music from the platform. The rights-holder in this case is Sony Music Entertainment and the disgruntlement reportedly stems from what SoundCloud … Continue reading
The five coolest projects at AT&T Labs
These days, researchers at AT&T Labs are focusing on cars, smart homes, wearables and health apps, judging by projects showcased at the company’s Research Day. This year’s exhibit, held Friday in New York, was more practical than previous ones, with … Continue reading
‘Blue Velvet’ tops our list of the 9 best movies now streaming
Many of this week’s movies deal with movement, starting with the difficult journey eastward by horse and wagon in Tommy Lee Jones’s The Homesman, while other films include swashbuckling, flying, and dancing. Some filmmakers tackle inner struggles, ranging from an … Continue reading
Samsung now rolling out fix for Galaxy S6 memory issues
Samsung has released a new firmware update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 that reportedly addresses memory leak and high memory consumption issues.
Nvidia kills Icera soft modem, refocuses Tegra on automotive design
Nvidia’s Icera modems, which debuted alongside its Tegra 4 / 4i solution in 2013, are being phased out, and the company will refocus Tegra on graphics processing.
Nintendo to release five ‘hit’ smartphone games by 2017
We already knew that Nintendo is working with DeNA to release smartphone games, but it’s actually going a step further, and giving us a rough timeline for the releases.
Carl Sagan’s solar sail spacecraft is finally getting a real-world test
The Planetary Society is planning a test flight for its fascinating solar sail spacecraft design.
Proof-of-concept GPU rootkit hides in VRAM, snoops system activities
A new proof-of-concept rootkit has demonstrated just how dangerous GPU exploitation can be. Our threat-detection tools are woefully inadequate.