Google Chrome, the open source video

May 2010, Google made ​​its Global IP Solutions for 68 million dollars. June 2011, Google acquired the technology makes it open source and is preparing to make it usable through specific APIs. And this is a crucial step, because it is the turning point that opens to the birth of the true anti-Skype VoIP communication between Web applications arrives , forget the client software and Google is in the navel of their own development.

The stated goal is to bring capacity in Chrome Real-Time Communications (RTC) via simple API that any developer can go to use . JavaScript and HTML 5 to be a part of the other, the project will be supported by enough to Google that Mozilla and Opera to create a new service which is conveyed by the usher browser with an alternative network to Skype and can serve as a counterpoint to Microsoft projects in the field.

Two codecs used in open framework for audio transmission: ISAC for broadband connections, and iLBC for connections are under-performing; one hand, the codec used for video transmission: VP8 , a project made ​​in Google already widely discussed in the past months due to problems of quality and intellectual property .

Skype has also used the Global IP technologies to the fourth version of the client, but later chose his own way by leveraging the solution SILK (Super Wideband Audio Coded). After Google acquired the group and its codecs and began to develop WebRTC it now intends to bring to your browser. The consequences are primarily intended to reverberate in Gmail, whose skills could be spread quickly to video. Besides Gmail, however, there is more: the API will make the system available to developers, who can then use the code to create new ideas.

At the moment not yet been provided details of the implementation time of new technology but Google promises to lead to want of Chrome (WebKit using) in a short time . Forcing, however, even Skype to a similar move in response to the threat coming. It does not mean that Skype can not have to have proper weapons to protect their empire when WebRTC represent a serious threat to the network now owned by Microsoft.

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Nokia alliance with Microsoft and new smartphones

Nokia unveils new models and try to raise its head: now the stock market has risen by 3.85% although in absolute terms the action of the Finnish mobile phone maker halved again expresses prices year to date, and if we start from March 2010 is worth almost a third (just under 12 euros then, little more than four today).

The models presented in Singapore on a number of the group, Stephen Elop, ranging from the cheapest ones (aimed primarily at emerging markets) to your smartphone N9, which should arrive in distribution during 2011. "The reality - Elop said - is that 90% of the world's population does not have or can not afford a smartphone and this creates an opportunity gap. " He added: "For Nokia is starting a new era: the beginning of this year we outlined a comprehensive strategy based on innovation, today we have made ​​important strides in establishing a new path of innovation," he added.

The move to Windows, with first products expected to arrive later this year, will be gradual and the intention is to keep alive even Symbian and Meego (born agreement with Intel). Today Nokia launched three new models of mobile phones with Symbian Series 40 (Nokia C2-02, Nokia and Nokia C2-03 C2-06) and the Nokia N9, running Meego (born agreement with Intel). Less than a month ago, Nokia had suffered a deep slide, with losses exceeding 17% in one day, because of the company's decision

to cut the estimated results for the second quarter and did not deliver the target for the entire 2011. At that time Nokia had said it expected second-quarter sales for the division telephones substantially lower than the range previously set between 6.1 and 6.6 billion euros, mainly due to lower average prices and volumes to the previous estimates .

Nokia and globally in the smartphone segment in the first quarter of 2011 was exceeded by Apple in Italy in April was still in front with 32.8% (25.9% to Apple). "With Microsoft we have built an ecosystem to fight Apple and Android," said a spokeswoman for Nokia in Italy, adding that the group "still has room for growth."

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Google will strip, thought to be a virgin

Google has confirmed the investigation by the Federal Trade Commission early yesterday ( Google playing dirty, a survey to see clearly ). The house in Mountain View has received formal notification of the investigation was initiated and has expressed its readiness to cooperate with the authorities in the months to follow , in order to wipe out any doubts about its business model in the fields of advertising and research.

The company has published a posting on his blog, Google Fellow Amit Singhal drawn from, in order to clarify some points that are important, a sort of open letter to its users. "At Google, we always put you in the first place . Our goal is to provide relevant answers as quickly as possible. People seem to like the innovation of our products, in a world where competition is just a click away . However, we recognize that our success has brought increased attention on us . "

"It is still unclear what are the concerns of the FTC . From the beginning we have been guided by the idea that if we focus on you, everything would come as a result. No matter what you're looking for - buy a cinema ticket , find the best burger vendor nearby or watch the royal wedding - we want to give you the information you require in the shortest possible time. Sometimes the best result is a link to another site. Other times it is a news, sports scores , the share of stock, a video or a map . "

"Instant answers. New sources of knowledge. Powerful tools, all free. In just 13 years we have built a model that has changed the way people find answers, and helped large and small businesses to create jobs and interact with new customers ".

" Using Google is a choice and there are many other options available to obtain information : other general search engines, specialized, the ability to navigate directly to the websites, mobile applications, social networks and more. Because there are so many options available to you, we work constantly to make the best research. "

Google believes it has always worked according to some "guiding principles", which enabled it to become what it is today. "The first is to do what is best for you. We operate hundreds of changes to our algorithms every year to improve the search experience . Not all sites can appear at the top of the results page, or even in the first. "

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Samsung brings to Europe the first Chromebook

Debuts today in Europe the stylish Samsung's 5 Series, the first Chromebook the world created specifically for the principles of speed, simplicity and safety for those who live their lives online.

"The idea on which the Chromebook is revolutionary: to expand the common perception of computing. Many people today adopt a lifestyle focused totally on the web and connect from home, while traveling and at work. Instead of starting from an existing model of notebook, and then adapt it to the web, we have created from scratch a project that can meet the specific needs of these people, "said Dinesh Chand, Head of Mobile Computing, Samsung Europe.

The original text of this announcement in the language of origin, is the official version prevails. The translations are provided solely for the convenience of the reader and must return to the original text, which is the only legally valid.

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