Microsoft to buy Nokia's handset business

 

Microsoft is buying Nokia's devices and services business, and getting access to the company's patents, for a total of 5.44 billion euros (NZ$9.18 billion) in an effort to expand its share of the smartphone market, the companies have announced.

Microsoft will pay 3.79 billion euros (NZ$6.4b) for the Nokia unit that makes mobile phones, including its line of Lumia smartphones that run Windows Phone software.

Microsoft is also paying 1.65 billion euros (NZ$2.78b) for a 10-year license to use Nokia's patents, with the option to extend it indefinitely.

"We are very excited about the proposal to bring the best mobile device efforts of Microsoft and Nokia together," Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said in a memo to employees. "We are receiving incredible talent, technology and IP (intellectual property)."

Google+ Good Reading

Very good article

The One Reason Every Blogger Should Use Google+

 

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/2013/08/31/the-one-reason-every-blogger-should-use-google/

Far out your never too old

It doesn't matter what age you are. My 80 year old mother purchased her first new laptop 3 years ago she had been given old computers before that were too slow to really keep her interest. We as siblings have taught the best we could considering her age as anybody connected to the elderly would appreciate. We all as siblings have received emils from her to instantly reply. Which would take another week when she would put her newspapers crossword down (her mind is still sharp )and have a game of patience as she would call it to discover we replied to which would reply and not heard of online until another week passed. I've had exposure or more so had ISP work experience for let's say along time for me the term online was techicaly a method to which you constantly connected via access of a computer it was a new technology born in 1981 I started in 1995 working for Telecom Xtra when it had just begun rolling out 9.5kb dial up connections complete with an email account. Now regarding my mother who we told she could chat anytime all the time she wanted online she however was use to snail mail post when you sent a letter it took a week to gain reply. So this went on once a week except when shes been in hospital was the standard until tonight I say so because tonight I had left her place  earlier today and she said as i left phone me to say how my dentists visit I was on my way to. Anyway I say so because I have a new Samsung phone which is another  future post I will post anyway it chirpped its email delivery sound (it's still a Telecom Xtra account) and I've responded and received reply a dozen or so times with her tonight in one sitting I got a feeling theres a reply waiting for me when I finish this post. She getting more savy with the internet all the time it's a matter of time now before she will be using www.dictionary.com instead of those hard back copies she's been using for years to do her crosswords. It just shows your never too old to take technology on we as the younger generation just need to be patient or as she called it patience which is actually the standard win OS game software called solitaire. I'm going to check for a reply now my mum is awesome she turns 81 in November.

I.A. or Internet Addiction do you suffer!

Here's a good article about Internet addiction the mental health authority recently rejected a proposal to get a variant of I.A. added to the list of known resources acknowledgement which was denied but further investigation is being looked at by the authority.
Do you suffer any form of Internet addiction?

Article from stuff below
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/9075725/Internet-age-sparks-digital-disorders

Google Android Security flaw dominant in malware stats

Google's Android, the dominant mobile operating system, is by far the primary target for malware attacks, mostly because many users are still using older versions of the software, according to a study by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Android was a target for 79 percent of all malware threats to mobile operating systems in 2012 with text messages representing about half of the malicious applications, according to the study from the government agencies, which was published by Public Intelligence website.

Google did not respond to a request for comment. DHS declined to comment.

What is mostly omitted from this article is the simple fact android is the most popular mobile OS across many device manufacturers, we don't see apple software across anything outside an apple made device so this is not entirely a surprising statistic. I know in previous posts i've declared my loyalty to Android this article does nothing to change that.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/9101379/Android-still-dominant-in-malware

The rise of Twitch.tv Live streaming of video games

http://twitch.tv

The interest of watching other people play video games is increasing more and more,the above site is fast becoming the Netflix of the gaming world. Games always had an audience ever since the bith of coin operated spaceinvader machines. Great to see the demand strong.

The popular video game footage streaming service will be available on Sony's next-generation PlayStation 4 when it's released November 15 in the US and Canada.

By tapping the new "share" button on the PS4 controller, users will be able to broadcast gameplay directly to Twitch. Microsoft announced similar Twitch integration earlier this year for its upcoming Xbox One.

Amazon to release gaming console

Article from NZHerald detailing the plans of amazon.com to release later this year Amazons first gaming console. Complete with it's own dedicated controller utilizing Goggles Android operating system. With the gaming industry overtaking the movie industry in revenue sales this highlights the interactive age is taking over. People are now choosing gaming over the traditional movie watching for their entertainment and the market is growing..
http://nzh.tw/10911267