Saturday, February 11, 2017

How to activate two-step verification WhatsApp – The Universal

WhatsApp announced that the two-step verification, whose testing began in November, is now available for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone. This feature reinforces the encrypted end-to-end the instant messaging service added in the past year.

The two-step verification adds a layer of security to the user against the possibility that someone will want to read your messages.

As a measure regular for the activation of the app, WhatsApp sends a message text to phone number registered, which you must enter when you start a session.

The new verification of two steps required to create a second, only know the user and that WhatsApp does not save. This code must be entered each time you login after you receive it as a text message.

To activate it you must enter the menu "Settings", select "Account" and then the option "Check in two steps", where you should click on "Activate".

then, the system will ask you to add an email address to remember the password.

it is Worth to detail that WhatsApp will ask enter the code repeatedly to avoid that the six digits of the initial code may be forgotten or fall into the wrong hands. This application periodically may not be disabled.

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Are 400 whales in the coast of New Zealand – The Universal

Cheree Morrison was near a remote beach of New Zealand when he heard gasps and soft squeaks in the darkness. At dawn of Friday, he realized the magnitude of the carnage: more than 400 whales had run aground.

Some 275 of the pilot whales were already dead when Morrison and two colleagues found themselves at Farewell Spit, at the tip of the South Island.

In a matter of hours, hundreds of farmers, tourists and teenagers hurried to keep alive some 140 whales, something which the authorities described as the worst grounding of these mammals that have been seen.

Morrison, a writer and editor of magazine, stumbled upon the whales after making a trip before dawn, accompanied by a photographer and a guide to capture the red glow of the sun.

“you Could hear the noise of splashing, trying to clear his vents, his sighs,” he said. “With the young people was the worst. Crying is the only way to describe it.”

The volunteers formed a human chain on the beach in a desperate attempt to save dozens of whales.

The corpses of whales, adult and young were scattered over hundreds of metres, in some parts three or four of them piled into the interior of the sea. Volunteers with wetsuits and buckets in hand they worked to keep alive the survivors, stranded in an area that when you die confuses the whales and has been the scene of several grounding mass.

Kath Inwood, community agent of the Conservation Department, said about 300 volunteers had arrived at the beach to support the workers of the agency.

They have reflotado to some of the whales at high tide, said Inwood and formed a chain to try to prevent nadaran to the shore again. Others stayed alive, but stuck.

“you Can be really quite distressing to see so many whales killed,” said the agent. “People have to be strong and handle that and then continue with what needs to be done”.

he Added that the volunteers were keeping the whales surviving wet and cold putting blankets on top and mojándolas with buckets full of water.

The high tide allowed the volunteers their only opportunity of the day to help some whales. If the animals encallaran again, the volunteers would have to wait until the next high tide on Saturday.

Inwood said that most of the years occur grounding of whales on Farewell Spit, but the magnitude of this time has been shocking. He said that farmers and other local residents were helping and that also was the coming of people from other parts of the country.

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The ten app that consume the most resources – The Universe

Many people leave their phones charging all morning, with the hope that you have loads throughout the day. Others use the wifi networks available in order not to spend their mobile data, while some use the cloud to save files and save space on the memory. But all these measures are not sufficient in the presence of some apps -such as Snapchat, Spotify or Wattpad – consuming resources, despite the measures of the users.

The three applications above the ranking of the most resources consume every time they are used. But some app don’t even have to be started to eat battery, memory and data rate mobile. It is only sufficient that these are installed to run automatically each time the device is turned on and continue to act in the background to check for updates and provide notifications or updates, detailing The Country.

Avast Software announced the rating of the app mobile more resource consuming in the background, after analyzing the data of more than three million of Android devices between July and September of 2016. (I)

The app ‘queen’ automatically performs checks in the background in search of novelties that after you sent in the form of notifications. This situation consumes battery and data.

This app allows you to record videos with backing tracks of 15 seconds. Their consumption background located in the second place, especially for the data that occupies in the cache. When it is active it is able to exhaust the battery of a Samsung Galaxy S6 in just two hours.

But don’t use this app, you need to feed from time to time in the background to get status updates traffic, alerts and to update the maps.

Allows you to make free calls to landlines and mobile phones. The user ‘pays’ with battery, memory, and data of your device even when you are not using it.

Consume the resources of mobile phones and tablets for the memory consumed to carry out maintenance functions in the background.

The photography social network by default is one of the most battery consuming in the background.

This app never stops sending notifications. This makes the cell does not rest and always stay running in the background.

The problem of the app of instant messaging of the Blackberry is its high consumption of battery.

  • 9. Facebook Pages Manager

The administrator of pages on Facebook is quite useful if you manage several web sites at the same time. But this situation has a high battery consumption and storage.

The resources it consumes Messenger in the background have increased, since among its functions included the ability to interact with bots.

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Friday, February 10, 2017

HMD would bring back the phones Nokia N-Series – WebAdictos

The “new Nokia” bring back one of their series of most popular phones.

 HMD would bring back the phones Nokia N Series

Nokia N97, smartphone belonging to the N-Series

If memories to the N-Series of Nokia, you’ll know that these devices were phones top the Finnish company before the launch of the iPhone, which had features that the other teams lower ranges not conteban. Well, the brand’s NSERIES has been registered in the Patent Office of China, opening the possibility to see new devices with this designation, manufactured by HMD, who has the rights to the iconic brand of cell phones.

And not only there: in the chinese social networking Baidú has appeared a photo of what appears to be the new phone of Nokia, which can be seen in the bottom right of the image:

 HMD would bring back the phones Nokia N Series

Information cries out that the equipment has passed the stage of evaluation and will be presented later this month at the Mobile World Congres 2017 to be held in Barcelona. In the leaks it has been stated that the phone will be powered by a processor Qualcomm snapdragon series 6XX, but not have released more details of its specifications; what is known is that they have already prepared 500 thousand units for the launch of the market.

But the new smartphone N-Series of Nokia would not come alone: it also has come to be known informally that HMD would also be at the Mobile World Congress a new version of the popular Nokia 3310 — the one cell known to be "indestructible" —

Source: NokiaMob.net

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What is the “two-step verification” which was implemented by WhatsApp – The Voice of Interior

WhatsApp incorporated, starting this Friday, and at the global level an optional feature called “two-step verification”, through which the user to activate an account is not only you should place your phone number but also to create a unique six-digit code, with the goal of increasing security.

The function, which since November was in test mode (beta), will begin to be available starting today, both Android, iOS and Windows Phone. To enable it, the user should open WhatsApp, go to “Settings” then to “Account”, getting to “two-step Verification” and finally “Activate”.

Six numbers

In this way, when you want to activate an account on the service, you must not only enter your phone number -as requested originally-, but you can also choose to create a key of six digits unique to increase security.

“When you enable this function, optionally you can enter your e-mail address. Which will allow us to send you a link with which you can turn off the verification in two steps, in case you forget your six-digit code, and thus protect your account,” reported WhatsApp -bought by Facebook in 2014 – in his official blog.

however, the company clarified that it does not check this e-mail address to confirm its validity. That’s why, we recommended that its users who have a valid e-mail address so that you are not denied access to your account if you ever forget the code.

An important point -warned WhatsApp – is that if the user were to receive an e-mail to turn off the function “two-step verification” that you have not requested, you should not click on that link because you can be someone who is trying to verify your phone number.

A week

on the other hand, WhatsApp explained that if the user has enabled two-step verification, they will have to spend seven days without having used that service for your number to be able to verify it again.

this way, if the user forgets his code, and you do not receive an e-mail to turn off two-step verification, you will have to wait seven days to re-verify your number. Once you pass those seven days, you will be able to verify your number without the need to enter the code, but all messages that you have received during this period will be erased and cannot be recovered.

Now, if it’s been 30 days since you used WhatsApp for the last time, without the code, and the user checks her number again, the account will be deleted but you can create a new one, verify your number and create a new code.

More security

This new security tool is added to the protocol encryption end-to-end, WhatsApp introduced last year to encrypt the messages of its users, and avoid being intercepted by third party.

In this sense, the past month came to light in an investigation carried out by the cryptographer Tobias Boelter, who had detected a vulnerability in WhatsApp through which you could intercept and read the messages of its users, despite the encryption.

This vulnerability has generated a lot of controversy in that some experts it was a “back door” (backdoor), a technique placed intentionally, although others felt that it was an “advantage of usability”.

Until that moment, that controversy was not resolved in both that WhatsApp handles a source code closed (unlike the Signal that it is open), and therefore not what you can review, agreed specialists in computer security.

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WhatsApp increases account security with two-step verification – The Andes (Argentina)

WhatsApp joined as of today and at the global level an optional feature called “two-step verification”, through which the user to activate an account is not only you should place your phone number but also to create a unique six-digit code, with the goal of increasing security.

The function, which since November was in test mode (beta), will begin to be available starting today, both Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

To enable it, the user should open WhatsApp, go to “Settings” then to “Account”, getting to “two-step Verification” and finally to “Enable”.

In this way, when you want to activate an account on the service, you must not only enter your phone number -as requested originally-, but you can also choose to create a key of six digits unique to increase security.

“When you enable this function, optionally you can enter your address e-mail. Which will allow us to send you a link with which you can turn off the verification in two steps, in case you forget your six-digit code, and thus protect your account,” reported WhatsApp -bought by Facebook in 2014 – in his official blog.

however, the company clarified that it does not check this e-mail address to confirm its validity.

therefore, recommends to its users that have a valid e-mail address so that you are not denied access to your account if you ever forget the code.

An important point -warned WhatsApp – is that if the user were to receive an e-mail to turn off the function “two-step verification” that you have not requested, you should not click on that link because you can be someone who is trying to verify your phone number.

on the other hand, WhatsApp explained that if the user has enabled two-step verification, will be seven days without having used that service for your number to be able to verify it again.

this way, if the user forgets his code, and you do not receive an e-mail to turn off two-step verification, you will have to wait seven days to re-verify your number.

once you spend those seven days, you will be able to verify your number without the need to enter the code, but all messages that you have received during this period will be erased and cannot be recovered.

Now, if you have passed 30 days since you used WhatsApp for the last time, without the code, and the user checks her number again, the account will be deleted but you can create a new one, verify your number and create a new code.

This new security tool is added to the protocol encryption end-to-end, WhatsApp introduced last year to encrypt the messages of its users, and avoid being intercepted by third party.

In this sense, the past month came to light in an investigation conducted by the cryptographer Tobias Boelter, who had detected a vulnerability in WhatsApp through which you could intercept and read the messages of its users, despite the encryption.

This vulnerability has generated a lot of controversy in that some experts it was a “back door” (backdoor), a technique placed intentionally, although others felt that it was an “advantage of usability”.

Until that moment, that controversy was not resolved in both that WhatsApp handles a source code closed (unlike the Signal that it is open), and therefore not what you can review, agreed specialists in computer security.

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How to activate two-step verification for WhatsApp (and why you should do it) – Gizmodo in Spanish

The verification in two steps, came to the beta version of WhatsApp in November of last year, but it is today when it has finally come to all users. Enable it is very easy, and it gives us an extra layer of security against the possibility that someone wants to read our messages.

What does the double check is to add a second key input. Until now, WhatsApp is associated with a phone number asking us a code that they, themselves, send to us by SMS or through a call. If someone duplicates the SIM or with our mobile is unlocked you can install the application in another mobile and activate it by receiving a new SMS. Double check adds a six-digit code that you have to choose each user.

Each time that we install WhatsApp again it will ask us that code. Also ask from time to time for greater security. It is a little hassle to have to put it every time, but it is also much more secure as well.

To activate the double check, just follow the following steps:

  • Open WhatsApp and enter in Configuration
  • Enter in the menu Account and select two-step Verification
  • Selecccionar Activate

The menu we will guide. We have to choose a number of six figures and also provide an email address to retrieve it in case we forget. This last is not mandatory, but highly recommended because you can leave lying around if it is a new activation, and we have not received the code by SMS.

The function will arrive today (10 February) gradually to all users. If you still don’t see it on your phone and wait a while and upgrade the application when you see that it is available the new version in the store for your operating system. Obviously it’s free. If you have not activated anything and you get an email on the subject, do not trust it. [via WhatsApp]

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Facebook: So does the new tool to help when an emergency occurs – HSB News

The social network Facebook added a new tool to your platform and crisis response Safety Check from today will also enable people to request and offer help (such as food, shelter, and transportation), in situations of crisis or natural disasters.

Safety Check is a simple way to communicate with friends and family after unexpected situations, which allows people to notify that they are safe.

The new tool, called Community Help, broadens the scope of Safety Check, empowering people to help each other and in a direct way.

How does it work?

  • when Safety Check is activated after a crisis or natural disaster, the people will begin to see the tool of Community Help.
  • Community Help will allow people to offer or provide help, in addition to communicate with others by using Safety Check.
  • The publications may be viewed by category or place, making it easier to search the help.

Community Help will be available after incidents such as earthquakes or fires. Facebook will begin testing the tool in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the united States, to understand how people use the Community Help, and as well to extend it later to other countries and other types of incidents.

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Why the next iPhone will likely cost more than$ 1000 – LA NACION (Argentina)

Apple seeks to fill your phone more high-end with new resources and wrap it with elements of design

Photo: AP

it Is expected that the edition of the tenth anniversary of the iPhone will bring significant developments. And will have a corresponding price, very likely in excess of US$ 1000, says a source with knowledge of the plans of Apple.

The price is not very surprising considering that the version of 256 GB of the iPhone 7 Plus is sold at US$ 969, and it is expected that the new iPhone 8 has many more resources, including a new OLED display that covers the entire front of the phone, according to the sources consulted, but it will probably cost Apple roughly double that of the LCD screen used in current iPhones.

it is Also likely that the new phone from 5.8 inches to have a greater memory than the current line of the iPhone 7 and be baptized as iPhone 8, though some believe that it will be called “iPhone X” (which sounds a lot more cool).

The new phone will look like a black block of a single piece with few interruptions visuals of its stylish design.

Photo: AP

Along with the iPhone 8, 5.8 inches, it is expected that Apple will launch a model of 4.7-inch (likely called the iPhone 7s) and a model of 5.5 inches (probably called IPhone 7s Plus). It is likely that only the iPhone 8 has a OLED screen and other LCD screens, as he wrote in November, the analyst of KGI Securities, Ming-Chi Quo.

Multiple sources tell Fast Company that Apple has been committing a large part of the manufacturing capabilities of OLED displays available in the market at the expense of manufacturers in small cell. The market is very small. Only Samsung and a couple of new firms, asian make OLED displays, says our source, and only the screens of Samsung comply with the requirements of quality of Apple.

it Is expected that the iPhone 5.5 inches and the iPhone of 5.8 inches will have dual cameras lens, as the iPhone 7 Plus before them.

according to the rumors, the sides of the iPhone 8 will likely be made of forged stainless steel, a material less expensive than the aluminum used on the current iPhones. The back of the iPhone 8 would be glass instead of metal, according to our source, which confirms previous reports.

Photo: AFP

Apple has been working to eliminate the physical button “home” of the iPhone, says our source, reubicándolo below the surface of the screen. It would become a button to touch, not to press. Our source says that the technology is still in “evolution” but that it is likely that Apple is pushing hard to incorporate the new button on the iPhone 8, which is expected to be the iPhone’s most resource-rich of the entire line.

there is Even the possibility to let go of the buttons to the sides of the iPhone, says our source, replaced by inlays are sensitive to touch in the metal.

Our source says that Apple has been working with Lumentum (formed when it split, JDS Uniphase in 2014) in sensor technology 3D for the new phone of high range. It is not clear how to apply the technology, however. Could be used to recognize the face of the user for authentication. It could also be used in the camera to provide better image resolution. It could even be used in some form of augmented reality application, according to our source.

it Is expected that the iPhone 8 will have a much bigger battery than the current line of the iPhone 7 but it is not clear what would be its size.

Intel had a great victory to ensure incorporation of their chip modern to some of the iPhone 7 and the new modem 7480 LTE the company will probably go into some of the new phones also. In addition it is expected that Qualcomm will provide the modem for some of the phones. Our source says that Apple selected the vendors of RF technology in January.

But don’t believe the recent rumors that Apple is accelerating its schedule of production for the phones of this year, according to our source, who has not seen evidence of this among the suppliers. At the beginning of the year Apple makes manufacturing tests with up to 100,000 iPhones. This can be a burden for providers, says our source, because Apple often requires parts free for the devices the tests. The full production of the iPhone most recent most commonly begins in may and reaches its full pace in August.

it Is expected that Apple will announce their new phones in the fall and will begin to sell them shortly after, as usual.

And, as is usual, it is worth noting that Apple may change the resources and specifications of a phone in the making at any time, even late in the production cycle. So while the advances contained in this article describes the iPhone 8 as it exists today, some resources and specifications could change before launch day.

Translation by: Gabriel Zadunaisky

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LG launches its watches smart Watch Sport and Style with Android Wear 2.0 – LA NACION (Argentina)

The south Korean company presented the new models of watches intelligent, 349 and 249 dollars, using the latest update of the software platform of Google for devices wearable

A view of the smart watch Watch Style of LG, available at 249 dollars.

The new generation of watches smarter with Android Wear 2.0 are already available in the market with the versions presented by LG with the models, Watch Sport and Watch Style.

The update of Android Wear 2.0, which was announced at the developer conference I/O Google, aims to take better advantage of the touch screen of the watch the moment you enter the text. We could already draw emojis, and now also allow you to identify manuscript letters. It also incorporates improvements on the predefined answers and the automatic tracking of the physical activities, in addition to offering the possibility of having apps installed on your smartwatch with the aim of working independently, with connection to the Internet and without to be linked with a smartphone, as is the case with the current models.

The LG Watch Sport has a screen of 1.38 inches and a resolution of 480 by 480 pixels, has a stainless steel case and light sensor. The glass is Gorilla Glass, and its interior has a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 to 1.1 GHz, and a battery 430 mAh. It has 768 MB of RAM and 4 GB Of storage. It has LTE connectivity, Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and is resistant to dust and liquids under standard IP68. Has a price of $ 349.

The line of watches Watch Sport and Watch Style of LG.

For its part, the LG Watch Style is smaller, with a screen of 1.2 inches and a resolution of 360 by 360 pixels. Also with a stainless steel case, glass Gorilla Glass, sensor of ambient light and the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 of 1.1 GHz. It has less RAM, a 512 MB and a storage capacity of 4 GB, accompanied by a battery of 240 mAh. It has Wifi connectivity and Bluetooth, but no NFC, LTE, GPS, meter or rhythm of the heart, present in the LG model Watch Sport. Resistant to dust and liquids under standard IP67, the LG Watch Style has a price of 249 dollars.

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Facebook launches Community Help: a tool to help out during emergencies – HoyEnTEC

Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, added a new tool to its platform, crisis response and emergency Safety Check. The new feature will be enabled from today and will allow people to people able to ask for and offer food, shelter, and transportation during any disaster. the Safety Check, as you already know, is a simple way to communicate with friends and family after a crisis or a natural disaster. Many people have made use of it, since that allows you to easily notify your friends and family that you’re safe and that you’ll get with them soon.

For his part, the new tool Community Help, expands the scope and functionality of Safety Check, which will allow people to help each other and in a direct way.

How does it work?
when Safety Check is activated after a crisis or natural disaster, the people in the affected area will begin to see the tool of Community Help on their menus. Community Help will allow you two things: If you’re good, you’ll be able to offer or provide help, in addition to communicate with others by using Safety Check. If the disaster has affected, you’ll be able to ask for help, refuge and/or food with someone who has had better luck than you. Facebook announced that the publications may be viewed by category or place, making it easier to search the help.

In his blog, the social network said: "Community Help will be available after incidents such as earthquakes or fires. We will begin to test the tool in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the united States, to understand how people use the Community Help, and as well to extend it later to other countries and other types of incidents."

do you Know how to turn the Safety Check from Facebook? The Safety Check needs to meet two requirements to be activated. the first, the global agencies of reports of crises, such as iJET International and NC4 reported to Facebook that an incident has occurred and assigned to a category. Later, Facebook begins to monitor the messages on the incident in the area. The activation of the function occurs at this point. In the second place, if many people are talking about the incident, they themselves can be marked safe, and inviting other users to do the same.

Luis Mario is a writer, freelancer, and a teacher of foreign languages at the university level. Likes books, tennis, and poker. Writing about technology is one of his favorite pastimes.

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There will be No version of Final Fantasy XV in order to Switch, for now – TekCrispy

Hajime Tabata, director of FFXV showed interest in bringing the game to the PC, however, in an interview with DualShockers, Tabata said that Square Enix does not have any plan of bringing the game to the Nintendo Switch. She also confessed that the game might work in the console, but the developer has not tested.

Tabata stated that "there are No plans to Switch at this point, but in general, there is interest in the platform part of the development team. By the way, I think that the Switch would be really great if I could run Android applications on your laptop screen".

Nintendo Switch has the support of Square Enix, since that is one of the dozens of development partners. Other titles from the developer that arrive at the Switch are also I Am Setsuna and Dragon Quest XI.

Square Enix make a mistake and delayed the launch of the Magitek Exosuits for FFXV

Tabata was also asked by Project Scorpio, and replied that Square Enix is seriously thinking about the type of deployments that will be carried out on FFXV for a version in Project Scorpio and see what improvements or changes would present in comparison with the PS4 Pro.

We remind that the Project Scorpio is scheduled to be released at the end of this year, the console will be a high-end model that will support the game 4K, as well as virtual reality. The accessories and games of Xbox One will be compatible with Scorpio. In regards to virtual reality, Microsoft has not talked about hardware support or specific associations, but it has been argued that it may reflect in the price point of Scorpio, which is not provided yet.

Final Fantasy XV is available since November of last year and we found such innovations as the two disciplines of magic: the elemental and the ring.

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The Nintendo Switch will not have Internet browser, but, does that matter? – CNET in Spanish

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The console of video games Nintendo Switch will not have Web browser, at least not by the time it reaches the market in march.

Tatsumi Kimishima, president of Nintendo, said this week in an interview with the magazine Time, which was so much the focus of Nintendo to make a console game in every sense of the word, that by now the console will not have backward compatibility with browsers to access the Internet.

it is Not a surprise that the console does not have a browser, because it is an electronic device for playing video games — not to surf the Web.

Other consoles current do have a browser; for example, the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PS4 from Sony. However, its use could be limited by the lack of execution of plug-ins and software that need requirements such as Flash (Java).

however, it has not much sense that Nintendo has decided to dispense with the browser in the Switch, taking into account that the Wii U and the 3DS have a built-in browser.

the only problem with the Switch is that it will not be applications for platforms such as Netflix or Twitch, at least not in the launch and near dates. The browser could be of help to users who want to use the Switch to watching series, movies or to follow a session of the game live.

The Nintendo Switch will hit the stores march 3, and with or without browser, the pre-sales in some channels of distribution, and in some countries, is already sold out. Our Caesar Salza had access to the console and here you can see their first impressions on video:

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Android comes to smart watches from the hand of LG – The Financial

The doors to the first watches smart pre-loaded with the operating system Android are opened: the LG Watch Sport and the LG Watch style will be the first gadgets that are preloaded with the operating system Android Wear 2.0.

The devices are driven by the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 and incorporate the Wizard of Google as well as Android Pay with NFC technology.

The wizard works by simply holding the power button and say OK Google, this way, with voice commands, you can respond to a message, set a reminder and ask for directions to get somewhere.

Also includes a Google Fit tool, using which you can set fitness goals, get strength training and get counseling.

The LG Watch Sport integrates a screen P-OLED 1.38 inches, is 45.4×51.21×14.2 mm, has a memory of 4 GB, a battery of 430 milliamperes, sensors ambient light, barometer, GPS, speaker and microphone.

This model has a sensor fotoplethmogram that allows to know the heart rate of the user during rest and exercise.

The LG Watch Style has a screen P-OLED, 1.2 inches, measured 24.3×45.7×10.79 mm, has a memory of 4GB, a battery of 240 milliamperes, ambient light sensor and microphone.

Both watches are loaded wirelessly and have a side button and swivel, with this you can navigate in an easier way and when you move them you can read messages or navigate the menu of applications and notifications.

All the apps to the gadgets will be available in the Google Play Store.

launch the February 10 in the market united States and later in the major markets of Europe and Asia by the middle of the store of Google and some physical stores are selected.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Facebook launches Community Help – Informer.com.mx

Community Help will be available for incidents, natural or any as an earthquake or a fire in a building. TWITTER / Facebook

  • Facebook announces increased profits and users
  • Recommendations to keep protected the account of Facebook
    • Users of countries such as EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Saudi Arabia will be able to use the new tool

    The tool will allow people to ask for and offer food, shelter and transportation after a disaster

    MEXICO CITY (08/FEB/2017).- The social network Facebook added a new tool to its platform, crisis response Safety Check, which from now on will also enable people to ask for and offer food, shelter and transport.

    Safety Check is a simple way to communicate with friends and family after a crisis or a natural disaster, which allows people to notify that they are safe.

    The new tool called Community Help, broadens the scope of Safety Check, which allows people to help each other and in a direct way.

    How does it work?
    once Safety Check is activated after a crisis or natural disaster, the people will begin to see the tool of Community Help.

    Community Help will allow people to offer or provide help, in addition to communicate with others by using Safety Check.

    The publications may be viewed by category or place, making it easier to search the help.

    Community Help will be available after incidents such as earthquakes or fires. We will begin to test the tool in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the united States, to understand how people use the Community Help, and as well to extend it later to other countries and other types of incidents.

    To get started, Community Help will be available for incidents, natural or any as an earthquake or a fire in a building.

    During the first week, users in countries such as the united States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Saudi Arabia will be able to use the new tool. However, as we learn more about how people use the product, we will seek to improve it and make it available for all countries, including the different types of accidents that may occur.

    on the other hand, for users to use Community Help after an incident, they must first activate the tool, Safety Check that you already know. However, for this to be enabled it is necessary for two things to happen:

    first, the global agencies of reports of crises, such as iJET International and NC4 alert Facebook of an incident has occurred and give it a title. After that, we began to monitor the messages on the incident in the area.

    In the second place, if many people are talking about the incident, they themselves can be marked safe, and inviting other users to do the same.

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    Factory battery for the Galaxy Note 7 is on fire in China – The New Dia.com

    The Galaxy Note 7 had to be removed in all the world for the signature south Korean due to several cases of fires and explosions.

    Beijing- Fire of the chinese city of Tianjin (north) had to quell today a fire in a factory for local manufacturing of batteries for Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the mobile that was made infamous last year by number of cases of explosions and fire.

    The fire was declared at the factory of Samsung SDI, a supplier of Samsung, in the district tianjinés Wuqing, and affected lithium-ion battery and other unfinished products, noted the daily South China Morning Post, which clarified that the fire was put down quickly and caused no injuries.

    Images of witnesses posted on social media showed plumes of smoke emerging from the factory, while charge of Samsung told the press that the fire had affected a deposit of waste materials, not to the production lines.

    Samsung SDI is one of the two firms, which supply Samsung battery for Galaxy Note 7, a product that had to be removed in all the world for the signature south Korean due to several cases of fires and explosions.

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    Pokémon Go launches new event for Valentine’s day – Trade

    The video game augmented reality Pokémon Go presents a new event this 2017. Valentine’s day is the theme that has been taken by the application to perform this new celebration, in which a group of researchers from Silph Road was speculated a few days ago.

    The coaches that go on to capture pokémones on Valentine’s day will get the double of candy for each pokemon that is caught, or transferred to hatch eggs. In addition, the companion pokemon will have the possibility of collecting more candy in less time.

    in The same way, the pokémones pink, such as Clefable and Chansey, appear with greater frequency. "Also, it is more likely that Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Smoochum get out of hatched Eggs. To help you paint your town pink on Valentine’s day, the Modules Bait will last six hours on these days", is specified on the details that will have this event in the video game.

    This new celebration of Pokémon Go you will have limited time. Will be available from 11:00 to. m. February 8, 2017 until 11:00. m. February 15, 2017.

    The events of Pokémon Go have had great success, because according to the latest report from the consulting firm Sensor Tower, the application raised its profitability during the last months of 2016, when the game introduced these novelties.

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    You will be able to ask for food and shelter on Facebook in the event of a disaster – unocero

    As many of you know, Facebook has a function implemented called Safety Check, in which users can alert their contacts that they are alright after a disaster or a natural phenomenon. Now, the social network will add a new mode of crisis response through which the users will be able to order all sorts of help, from food and shelter, to transportation.

    Community Help, the new function that will expand the scope of Safety Check, will allow users to exploit their altruistic spirit helping communities that have suffered any kind of tragedy.

    will work Only when Safety Check is activated after any crisis or natural disaster. Users who seek help will be able to make use of Community Help. In the same way, you will see the mode for those who want to help.

    Facebook will begin to test such a tool in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the united States in order to analyze and evaluate how users would be able to use Community Help. If the operation is optimal, it will expand to other countries. At the moment it is submitted after incidents such as earthquakes or fires.

    in Addition, with the new feature, people can send messages to other directly after a tragic event. These can be viewed by category and location to provide persons to perform the search help that you require.

    The community on Facebook has usually been devoted to the establishment of groups in order to help affected people, as happened after the flood in Chennei, India, during the year 2015. For this reason, the platform will aim to facilitate this type of dynamic support in critical situations.

    So that users can use Community Help after an incident, you will have to activate Safety Check, which will only be in operation if the global agencies of reports of crises, such as iJET International and NC4 alert Facebook about some unfortunate event. The social network will make monitoring messages and, if many people are talking about the crisis, users will be able to tell them that they are alright.

    starting today, users will have the possibility of using such a tool in case of a natural disaster or an unforeseen accident. Facebook will evaluate how to improve Community Help according to the use that give people.

    Reference: News Facebook

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    Tesla Model S is officially faster than Ferrari and Lamborghini – Merca2.0

    The constant announcements made by Tesla Inc. Only confirm that the company wants to cease to be a simple ship-owner of electric cars to become a firm of sustainable energy, and shows that it was your floor installed in California, from batteries to light up a community.

    Now, the publication Motor Trend revealed that the vehicle Tesla Model S can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour faster than any other convertible car, because that evidence pointed to that reaches that distance in 2.28 seconds, while the Ferrari and Lamborghini traverse the same distance in 3.7 seconds.

    according To the publication, the Tesla Model S is "much faster than any other sports car exotic." This is the model S P100D Tesla, which has 760 horsepower and traction on four wheels.

    Testing of the magazine with the sports cars that consume gasoline revealed that I could never get to 60 miles in not less time than 2.3 seconds. And is that models conventional sports are more expensive, as the Ferrari of 1.5 million dollars, the McLaren P1 $ 1.1 million, or the Porsche 918 out of 845 thousand dollars.

    however, the Tesla Model SP100-D, the price of which is 135 thousand dollars surpassed, added to which is a car for 4 people, while the previous models are vehicles for two people. The vehicle Tesla has two trunks spacious and can enter up to 7 people, including two children.

    With its nearly 5 thousand pounds of weight, the Tesla has other qualities, such as helping your tires to have grip on the road, which are driven by electric motors .

    Likewise, in the tests it was noticed that the batteries are heated slightly and the air-conditioning is spent to cool engines. However, the other vehicles of combustion engine increase with more ease after the 60 miles, while Tesla does not.

    however, the experts believe that these disadvantages are natural, by the condition of electric car, as the Tesla can run a quarter mile in 10.5 seconds, reaching 125 miles per hour at the end, while Ferrari is still the car of the fourth mile the fastest in the world, reaching at 9.7 seconds 148.5 miles per hour.

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    Google incorporates to Peru on a program of privacy and security – Trade

    In the coming months, parents and teachers peruvians will include material from Google to educate children and youth about Internet privacy and security to combat, among others, cases of 'cyberbullying'. As announced in conversation with The Trade the expert in Security of Google for Latin america, Gabriela Hadid.

    As part of the celebrations for the International Day of Safe Internet, Google designed a study to “understand what are the attitudes of parents in relation to the online safety of their children,” explained Hadid. This is to “strengthen digital education amongst the young”.

    During the last months of 2016, Google spoke with 6,000 parents of children between the ages of 3 and 16 years old from 16 different countries (including Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil) to understand the “current state of the counseling that they provide to their children, what are the habits of children on the Internet and what are the concerns of the parents.”

    the study of Google “How can parents keep their children safe on the Internet” that the average age of children in receiving their first device to access the web is at the age of nine, while 22% of those under sail using at least two devices.

    The vast majority of the parents of the world have spoken at some point with your children about the contents that can be shared online, but only 52% imposes some restrictions on the time of chat or play with strangers,” explained Hadid. The case in the region is similar. 67% of parents allow their children to use their own cell phones and tablets to access the Internet.

    The big problem for the parents of Latin America is that their children to talk and exchange personal information with strangers. 68% of the 2.430 people surveyed in the region discussed with their children about this topic; while the mere contact with strangers is concerned about the 38%. In a curious way, more than half believe that the most common problem that affects children is the download of malicious software and applications.

    Peru is an important market

    Although not considered to be samples of the Peru for the study, the specialist Google have the belief that since the “data by country show us a reality very similar, and that the metrics of the Internet in Peru are in line with that of other Latin american countries, we consider that the data may also be valid for this Peru”.

    The safety expert pointed out that “we cannot confirm precisely [the data of other countries, in Peru], but that is an extrapolation of the results and take it as such, but anyway we believe that it is a trend fairly representative of the region”.

    Having knowledge of this is that Google presents a series of tools and programmes for the digital education of children and young people in Latin America. Peru, to be an important market for Google, according to Hadid, will be included in initiatives such as the Digital Generation.

    “Digital Generation is one of the initiatives that we started out with Google just last year, in that sense it is quite new,” said Gabriela Hadid. “It is a program of digital citizenship in which we seek to bring concepts and tools to teachers working on the issues [of security and privacy on the Internet as 'cyberbullying' and chat with strangers] with the students”, he added.

    The program began in Argentina. Then, it spread in markets such as Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. The expert in security of Google told this Newspaper that “the plans [the Internet browser] are expanded also to other markets such as Chile and Peru in this year and for that we are working on a new format that will allow us to make it more scalable”.

    The project will be adapted to the need and currency of each country. “We have to think of the boys, but also in the teachers and in the families that form this triangle of how we wish to focus on privacy and security online,” explained Hadid.

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    Although there is not yet an exact date for the launch of this initiative in Peru, it has been known that will be in “the next two or three months” and “all the countries of Latin America can access the material to be able to bring this program to the different schools of the region.”

    By now, Peru is part of the campaign “Safe Internet” Google launched after the results of the study “How parents keep their children safe on the Internet”. So we draw two ‘populations’ to the Google will attempt to reach.

    on the one hand, the parents-who are the end users – will be concientizados about the problems in the Internet and in parallel will develop a guide to family safety.

    The other population are the boys. For them, Google developed a series of videos with 'youtubers' of Latin america, as the peruvian Valeria Basurco, that they have had experiences and situations on security and privacy in the network. “We know that young people listen to other young people, that is why we call on the creators” of YouTube, said the specialist Google.

    DATA:

    the International Day of Safe Internet was born in 2004. Today is celebrated in more than 100 countries. “Has as main objective to promote the responsible use and positive of the digital tools among users, especially among children and young people,” explained Hadid.

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    Tuesday, February 7, 2017

    Galaxy S8: filtered images that confirm button again and the screen without bezels – CNET in Spanish

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    New images of the Galaxy S8 leaked Tuesday morning to reaffirm all of the features speculated for the new phone of Samsung.

    The blogger @OnLeaks published a series of images made on computer of the hand of a video of the same images but in motion. The images are very faithful to the rumors of the phone, so that we see a screen with almost no bezels, with sides curved and a button (which seems to be the fingerprint reader) to a side of the rear camera.

    The photos are not official and do not seem to belong to the press kit, but @OnLeaks is a very reliable source with a record of respectable reporting successful.

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    The design in general follows the DNA of other Galaxy phones of high range of Samsung.

    The rear camera is square, with the sides of the phone in metal and curved to facilitate its grip and not be uncomfortable in the hand, in addition note the presence of antennas in some parts of the contour, mainly up and down.

    At the bottom, the S8 seems to have a headphone port, USB port Type C of charge and a horn with its respective microphone. On the sides, the S8 has four buttons in total — one more than the Galaxy S7. This would be due to which Samsung will place an extra button to summon Bixby, the intelligent assistant that will debut along with the new phone.

    OnLeaks mentioned other interesting data of the S8. For example, its measures: the model of 5.7 or 5.8 inches will take measures 148.90x68x8mm; the S8 Plus between 6.1 and 6.2 inch screen, measured 159x74x8mm. None of the two models have dual camera — such as the iPhone 7 Plus — says OnLeaks.

    Samsung has confirmed a few things regarding the Galaxy S8. The manufacturer south Korean has said that it will announce the phone in MWC to be held in less than a month; the event would be later, like march 29 as a tentative date.

    don’t take off of CNET in Spanish that we will continue to cover all the particulars of this highly anticipated phone.

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    iPhone is the smartphone more sold by the close of 2016 how are the other brands? – Merca2.0

    The smartphone has become an indispensable device for millions of people around the world, so much so that it is estimated that by the end of 2017, more than a third of the population will have a device of these, which means that there will be about 2 thousand 600 million users, according to projected data in Statista.

    This market is so profitable that they are a large number of brands which are presented from year to year with new models with the firm intention to conquer the consumer, however, from a long time ago there are two that are vying to be the biggest in sales: Apple and Samsung.

    well, the 2016 ended up with interesting data that is good to have present, as the company from Cupertino recovered during the last quarter of the first place in worldwide sales, surpassing for the first time in six years to its main competitor, Samsung.

    And, is that according to a report by IDC, between October and December last year, Apple sold 78,3 million iPhones, while the south Korean placed in the market 77.5 million of smart phones.

    Although the iPhone 6 met the expectations in sales, something that was reflected in their income, however, the arrival of the iPhone 7 it seems that it brings with it a spike, something that will be noted in their reports in 2017.

    in Addition, according to Strategy Analytics, a lot of it had to do with sales of Samsung in the fourth quarter fell by 3.8 million units compared to the sold in the same period of 2015, largely affected by the crisis caused by the problems with the battery of the Galaxy Note 7.

    however, not everything is good for Apple, as the data from IDC also show that both the iPhone and Samsung devices lose ground in China, one of the most important markets globally, as Oppo, Huawei, and Live dominated the market of smart phones in China during 2016, relegating them to Cupertino at the fourth site, while Xiaomi took Samsung out of the top 5.

    This is something that is reflected in the global market, for Huawei managed to sell during the last quarter of 2016, approximately 45.4 million smartphone, while Oppo sold 29.5 million devices and Live 25.6 million smartphones.

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    Documentaries to see on the International Day of Safe Internet – Hypertext

    it is Never a bad day to enjoy a documentary, and given that today it is precisely the International Day of the Internet Safe, we bring to you a collection of documentaries to broaden your knowledge of the past, present and future, in addition to important events that occurred, of this tool which seems to have come into our lives to stay.

    The International Day of Safe Internet is celebrated each February since 2003, and has the support of more than 70 countries around the world. The aim of the day is primarily to raise awareness about the use of the network, especially among the younger audience. Of course, there is no better way of knowing something to investigate in the place that you came from. We’re going to do this:

    Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies and Cyber Attacks

    A documentary from Channel4 but that is available on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes. In principle, investigates the history of Ashley Madison, the dating site for married people, very controversial for inciting the infidelity. The site was hacked by the collective hacktivist collective Impact Team, who threatened to bring to light all the user data —names, emails and even bank accounts— if the site was not closed immediately. Not closed and is released the data of more than 30 million users.

    What makes this a hack different from the others was his proportion and damage: entire families were destroyed, and some people even committed suicide. But it also uncovered another important thing: the foundation of the relationship, sometimes, they are fragile and fraudulent. As a minimum, a good lesson.

    Deep Web

    This BBC documentary 2015, directed by Alex Winter, covers the events that happened from the birth until the cessation —at least for the first version of the website Silk Road. Silk Road was a website dedicated to the sale of drugs, which used Bitcoin as a mode of payment so that the purchases of hard drugs, were carried out anonymously through the platform. The supporters of the existence of this portal, they appeal to the violence that has extended the "fight against drugs" and argued that the portal was a safer alternative to the current drug market. And what is true is that, the inclination is libertarian of the interviewees that appear, suggests that the Silk Road was a matter that was much more about getting people to have access to the freedom of being able to sell and buy what they want –do not do this harm to others–, they had ideals.

    The documentary covers the trial of Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road, or at least one of their administrators during the life of the site. He ironically does not appear because it is a prisoner and do not allow it. However, under your history note the criticism towards the rights of citizens in the digital age on the part of Governments and the way of acting of the police is seen being questioned continuously, launching an important question: how Much freedom you really have?

    The work is available on Netflix, under the name "Inside the dark web" but also what I found on Youtube.

    We Are Legion: The Story of The Hacktivist

    This documentary of the 2012 speaks about the workings and beliefs of the collective "hacktivist" Anonimus. The movie speaks of how he was born Anónimus in the bowels of 4chan. And how what at first began as a lot of trolls together, making jokes, became a political tool. With no intention of becoming heroes, many of the former members, appear telling what motivated them to enter in some of the "operations” of its history. And the price they are paying for it. the Also tells the relationship that the group has with Wikileaks.

    In short, teaches a new way of looking at the hackers, not the criminals locked up in cellars that initially appear to be, but as activists and protectors of the freedom of expression, which simply attack with computer tools because they are the ones that have, when they perceive a threat to Internet freedom or personal privacy.

    This is the official website of the film. You can buy the DRM, but it is also available in Vimeo, Netflix, or even Youtube.

    Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

    it Is the most recent film on this list, 2016; it was directed and produced by Werner Herzog and is about the impact of the Internet, robotics, artificial intelligence and other modern technologies, in the human life. Of passage, it narrates the history of the Internet: the first computer, the first message, the first "phone book of the Internet"… moving towards technologies that we use today and our dependence on them, how relegarán each time more to human strength, or how, although are still far away, they will be more intelligent robots, which their creators. Does not forget to deal where we are going, in fact, appears Elon Musk explaining why he wants to lead us to Mars even if perhaps you may not offer return tickets.

    In short, if you can only see a documentary of the entire list, this is the most comprehensive, at least the one that attacks all fronts, or almost all. To understand the impact of Internet in our lives.

    it Is on Netflix but can also be found on iTunes, Amazon video and another half dozen Streaming servers. The full list is on the website of the film.

    All work, All play

    I Felt that the documentary exposed were forgetting an important part of the Internet: games. While it is true that it is just one of the many activities that you can do on the network, the other work is ignored, or almost not named. Therefore, I wanted to share this documentary film about e-sports and the revolution which have course in the world of show business and in sports.

    The documentary focuses on the that occurs behind-the-scenes of eSports, the pros and cons of this profession and the negotiations that take place. It also has the origins: how they have gone from a few guys huddled in a garage or in internet cafes to a multi-billion dollar industry, in which you see other people playing video games has become an entertainment just as valid as a game of football. In him, moreover, appear important players of the sector, as well as other professionals of this kind of tournaments.

    it Is available on Netflix, Amazon video and iTunes.

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    7 tips to make the internet more secure – Free Press

    The dangers that lurk in the network make children and young people are constantly falling victim to scams, theft, kidnapping and harassment, among so many other threats that several countries and organizations seek to eradicate.

    Make the navigation of internet and social networking sites more secure has to do with technical aspects and education. (Photo: Newspaper PL).Make surfing the internet and social networks to be more secure has to do with technical aspects and education. (Photo: Newspaper PL).

    in order to put a stop to these dangers arose the Safer Internet Day of the Safer Internet— some years ago, which is being held this Tuesday in all the world.

    In this year the motto is: "be the change, join for a better internet". With this message it is intended to raise awareness among the youth about the positive aspects of the technology to avoid spreading your side harmful.

    in order To make it more secure for internet browsing, social networks and smartphones, the golden rules cover such topics as the proper use of passwords and implementation of anti-virus. However, with the minors come into play other factors, such as the supervision of the parents and, above all, the constant communication between parents and children.

    Here we share seven practical tips for parents and youth to collaborate and contribute to make the internet a virtual world more secure for all.

    There are technical aspects, but a lot of it has to do with the relations and changes of attitude.

    1. Set rules

    The main thing is for parents to establish rules for the children and they understand and put into practice.

    A rule is to designate a certain time of daily use of the internet and cell phone. Another, to first comply with the tasks, and if it is a boy, give your dad your passwords.

    2. Use parental control

    There are excellent tools to set restrictions in the navigation —try to limit what content you can see the under—. In addition, Windows and Google include parental control settings. In Android and in iPhone there are options to restrict certain apps.

    3. Only known

    Not ok on the networks to those that do not know in real life.

    there needs to Be trust for the minor to indicate if you are receiving messages from unknown persons. The ideal is that the parents are aware of the accounts that use their children in social networks and are also friends of them on these platforms.

    it Is important to teach children to use the internet correctly and that you know that there are rules of time and navigation. (Photo: Newspaper PL).it Is important to teach children to use the internet correctly and that you know that there are rules of time and navigation. (Photo: Newspaper PL).

    4. Protection

    passwords must be alphanumeric and it is recommended to use a different one for every service and social network.

    If the user is a child, the parent should be aware of and manage their passwords. It is recommended to apps and services of key management 1Password and Last Pass, which facilitate the task.

    5. Private

    On social networks, set up your profiles and photographs to ensure that only the person known to see.

    On Facebook, this can be done from the quick Check of privacy. It is also not recommended to include in phone number in the profile of the social networks.

    6. Start by a

    This year, on the Day of the Internet more Secure emphasis on spreading positive messages.

    The child, especially the adolescent, you must be part of the change and does not lend itself to ‘cyber-bullying’. Not to disseminate images or jokes people whom they can hurt. Also, threaten others.

    7. Report

    Before any threat or message that bothered about the child, first you should communicate to their parents and/or educators.

    The threats should be reported. In Guatemala, the cases of cyber-bullying is investigated, and should be reported to the Public Ministry.

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