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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Facebook Home negotiates his arrival in iOS and Windows Phone


"Home was our ability to show what you can do when you own the whole experience," said Facebook's chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer , during a chat in the conference All Things D, devoted to mobile technology. "We are working closely with Apple, with Microsoft, with all, so that people have the best Facebook experience possible across all devices, "he added. The update of Messenger for  iPhone, and launched for all Android users, is when the site wants to reach more mobile users more ads to offer in this market segment, which is growing rapidly. Among the new features of the update for iOS includes the  ChatHeads ,  bubbles that allow  a conversation while doing other activities.  The application is  available free on the App Store

NBA l Clippers Victoria before Blazers Claver


While in the Eastern Conference after the match to be canceled the Celtics play against the Indiana Pacers in honor and respect for the victims of the brutal tragedy that occurred Monday during the Boston Marathon, the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Raptors Toronto and fifth. The forward Caron Butler again showed signs of life with his best flick of the wrist and scored 22 points, including 18 in the third quarter, and the Clippers beat the Trail Blazers 93-77. The victory was the sixth consecutive achieved the Clippers and held them with the fourth best record in the Western Conference forward to what you do tomorrow in the final game of the regular season against the Sacramento Kings. A victory for the Clippers (55-26) keeps them in fourth place and home field advantage, whereas if you lose the Denver Nuggets (56-25) at Phoenix Suns also would rise to third place. A defeat of the Clippers and a triumph of the Memphis Grizzlies (55-26), ranked fifth, with the Utah Jazz, the Lakers remain in fourth place for being champions of the Pacific Division, but lost the advantage of field in favor of the franchise which plays Spanish center Marc Gasol. Nor are defined positions sixth, seventh and eighth, which now occupy the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers. A victory for the Warriors (46-35) against the Trail Blazers in Portland, or defeat of the Rockets against the Lakers, sixth assured and their rivals in the first round of the final stage would be the Nuggets, if they maintain the third, or the Clippers, if you recover. But if the Warriors lose and gain the Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers, then will be the Texas team that occupies the sixth place, and left the Lakers eliminated, if also the Jazz beat the Grizzlies. Along with Butler, the Clippers also had the support of power forward Blake Griffin who had 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and two rebounds. While guard Chris Paul had 11 assists and again the game director of the Clippers, who also had the support of center DeAndre Jordan, who had 10 points and nine rebounds. The Trail Blazers (33-48) had the rookies, guard Will Barton and power forward Joel Freeland English as their top scorers to get 17 points, starter, and 13, reserve, respectively, but did not prevent the twelfth consecutive defeat Portland team. Two other rookie point guard Damian Lillard reached 12 points and eight assists, while forward Spanish, Valencian Victor Claver, followed holder and scored 11 points (4-12, 3-7, 0-0) and captured five rebounds in 35 minutes played. The Trail Blazers started the game with four starters for the second time in franchise history. While the combination of guard DeMar Rozan and forward Rudy Gay remained the attack key Toronto Raptors arrived at Philips Arena, Atlanta and 96-113 won by the home team the Hawks. DeRozan scored 30 points, including three triples, and Gay reached the 22 points, five assists and grabbed four rebounds, which decided the victory for the Raptors, who made two-thirds of field goals in the first part (51 - 68). The Raptors' starting shooting guard scored 19 points and Gay reached the 17 before the reserves of the Hawks (44-37) that had no interest in fighting for fifth place in the Eastern Conference they had in game and allowed now occupy the Chicago Bulls, who had a day of rest. The Hawks and the Bulls conclude tomorrow, Wednesday, regular competition and the first to travel to New York, where the home team will face the Knicks and the latter are in their field of United Center, Chicago, to the Washington Wizards. The classification could only change if the Hawks win in New York and the Bulls lose to the Wizards, because the Chicago team has the edge in the tiebreaker. 

More than 70 killed in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Iran and Pakistan


An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale has shaken Iran.Exactly the southeast, along the border with Pakistan. The death toll is provisional is even now there have been some conflicting reports. According to state television and Red Crescent, the dead rise to 40 in Iran, while in Pakistan the fatalities were 34, including three women and two children buried by his mud house. The earthquake (at 12.44 Spanish time) was felt throughout the Gulf region and in the Indian capital, New Delhi. The epicenter was 86 kilometers from the city of Jash , while the hypocenter was located 15.2 kilometers deep. Iranian Officials fear that has hundreds dead in the affected area. "It was the worst earthquake Iran has been in 40 years. Expect hundreds killed," the source said on condition of anonymity. However, a region Iranian lawmaker quoted by Reuters reported that the death toll was "not high". For its part, the emergency section of the Red Crescent in Tehran has confirmed that the earthquake killed 40 people and caused extensive damage. Mir Morad Zehi, deputy city of Saravan, near where there has been the epicenter of the quake, said the death toll "will be very high", because in that area there are 1,700 villages , whose houses are built mud and brick.

Other cases

The terrible 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which reached 300,000 people, was of a lower intensity: 7.2. On April 10, another earthquake struck the Persian territory .Specifically, southern Iran, about 90 kilometers from the city of Bushehr. At first it was feared that would have caused damage to the unique and controversial nuclear plant in the country, but was not damaged. The quake, measuring 6.3, yes however ended the lives of 37 people and injured 850. Iran is in an area of frequent earthquakes and one of the past with serious effects occurred in August last year, in the East Azerbaijan province, where 306 people died and 4,500 were injured when registering two consecutive movements of 6.2 and 6 degrees Richter.

5 megapixel camera and up to 16 GB of internal memory l Google Glass will have WiFi, Bluetooth and a day theoretical autonomy


Google has officially been released detailed specifications of its new Google Glass. The augmented reality glasses from Google stand bybattery life a day (in theory, although some features could shorten this duration), 5 megapixel camera and up to 16 GB of internal memoryAmong the disclosed specifications are not big surprises. The mini display where the user will see the images will be high resolution,"the equivalent of watching a HDTV 25 inch to eight feet away" .The built-in camera is 5 megapixel photos and 720p resolution for videos. Physically purchase a Google Glass include two frames of different sizes that allow a wide adjustment to each user's nasal bridge that can be easily carried by anyone. The glasses will also be reproducing audio through a direct drive system to the bone near the ear to deliver sound as crisp and clear as possible. The glasses do not have the time advertising, as evidenced by the regulations adopted by the firm to external application developers (Google will not allow external developers to Google Glass applications include advertising in them and not charge for download.

Connectivity and battery

In terms of connectivity, the Google Glass technology will have Bluetooth to connect to any type of terminal that include MyGlass-only application compatible with Android 4.0.3, and WiFi 802.11b / gto maintain continuous Internet connection. 
However, the glasses can use your GPS and send SMS technology without a terminal, must also have MyGlass application, allowing them to use all kinds of specifications. 
The device storage will become of 16 GB total usable memory though is limited to 12 GB shared in the cloud to allow synchronization of information on all kinds of devices, according to the assumptions, through MyGlass application. As for the battery, according to Google the glasses have a battery life of 24 hours, indicating that despite the implementation of Google Hangouts and videos could reduce the high consumption battery involved, to an average of 12 hours a day if used regularly. The charger may be compatible with the standard used for smartphones as mini USB output consists. Despite the large number of applications that are being developed to launch the ecosystem to be created around these new devices, Google has banned advertising add them and developers get paid for their work. This allows the company to keep the device at the same price, $ 1500, which had already been made public

The FBI confirms that only two bombs exploded in the bombing of Boston


FBI agents recorded on Tuesday at dawn a flat in Revere, a suburb eight miles from downtown Boston, in search of clues of the terrorist who placed the bomb in the marathon, as confirmed by the Massachusetts State Police. At a press conference, Richard DesLauriers, FBI chief in Boston, said that "the investigation is very active" , but there is currently no "threat" new. The most reliable track authorities have followed so far leads them to the outskirts of the city, home of a Saudi student. The officers entered the luxury apartment complex in the number 364 Ocean Avenue, which is located on the seashore. As he told the suspect's flat mate to 'Boston Globe', the Saudi is 20, was born in Medina, studying English in Boston , is a devout Muslim and football fan. The roommate says he does not believe that the young "can do something." The agents have interrogated from Monday to several people but have not stopped and have not given any details on possible terrorists. Boston police insisted Tuesday that marathoners and need help from witnesses who have photos and video of the race. "It's the most complicated crime scene in the history of our department," said Davis in a press conference with politicians and security agents. DesLauriers, FBI, promised that his agency "will go to the end of the world" to find the culprits. For this reason, today announced it will investigate "global" attacks. The city has awakened Tuesday between uncertainty and horror of the details of the slaughter in the race. Colleges and universities have opened their doors. But it has suspended the Celtics game, the local basketball team, and the police have closed 12 blocks around the place where the explosion occurred. The city is taken by the security forces and police dogs sniff the bags of travelers at train and subway stations. The Bostonians still trying to get used to the idea that their city has been attacked. Boston remained on alert. A U.S. Airways plane that landed at the airport in Boston about ten o'clock (four p.m. in the Peninsula) was surrounded and evacuated by police. It came from Philadelphia and there are no explanation of the possible threat. Half an hour later, La Guardia Airport in New York, was evacuated. Antiterrorist units inspected the area.Since Monday, there have been dozens of false alarms across the city. The bombs that were hidden in pressure cookers, as reported Tuesday the U.S. television network CNN citing investigative sources. pressure cookers turn once were hidden in black backpacksThe two bombs exploded ten minutes before three in the afternoon with 12 seconds of each other a few meters of the target and killed three people, including a child of eight years and Irish working class neighborhood of Dorchester. The child was identified as Martin Richard.The small was to embrace his father , who ran in the race and reached the finish line, when the bomb exploded. His mother and sister were seriously injured and are hospitalized in critical condition. 

A quiet holiday

Another dead is Krystle M. Campbell, 29 years old. It remains to know the identity of one of the victims, but stories have already emerged as Liz Norden, a mother of Wakefield neighborhood whose two children suffered amputation of a leg below the knee. "I never thought something like this in the Boston Marathon. Maybe, in a game of football or basketball. Marathon But not because it's a quiet holiday. 's an event so peaceful and so pure ... " ELMUNDO.es said Tuesday at Brian, a neighbor who suffered no explosions but was shocked by the impact of the attack on their city. Up to 176 people were admitted to hospitals in Boston and 17 suffered serious injuries , according to the latest police figures. The FBI is now investigating the origin of the bombs, which were only two. The officers confirmed Tuesday that the multitude of suspicious packages found were false alarms . Sources consulted by CNN say that caused the explosions of homemade bombs placed in garbage cans and seasoned with shrapnel to increase their lethality. But at a press conference, officials declined to comment on these details. "Just a kilo of explosive craft could have a similar effect," said the Daily News' expert Jimmie Oxley, who collaborated with the police during the first attack on the Twin Towers in 1993. Oxley reminded that it is possible to achieve a similar effect by just $ 100 instructions available on YouTube. The attack on the Boston Marathon is the first attack on a U.S. city from the 11-S. In these 11 years and seven months, there have been several aborted attempts by the security forces. The closest thing to an attack was the shooting at a barracks in November 2009, when Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army commander and psychiatrist of Palestinian descent and ideas extremist, shot and killed 13 colleagues at the military base of Fort Hood (Texas ). The Congress is trying to classify the attack as an "attack", but the administration says would hurt the case against Hasan. The explosion occurred Monday when it just turned four hour race and thousands of athletes walked the last few meters before the finish. The first blast occurred in front of a lens in the corner of Boylston and Exeter streets. Twelve seconds later, another bomb exploded at the corner of Fairfield Street, in front of a Statbucks and a few meters away from the finish line. The double explosion surprised many runners about to cross the finish line and celebrating who had successfully completed their first marathon.

Half a million people

The Boston Marathon is the oldest in the United States and this year celebrated its 117th edition. Enrolled in the trial were 91 Spanish, including Alfonso de Borbón, pretender to the French throne and son of Carmen Martinez Bordiu. Among the Spanish also was Santiago Sanz, who won among those who ran in a wheelchair and that during the attack was "in the hotel where he was to hold the awards ceremony," explained after few minutes after the double explosion. Hundreds of police stopped the race and runners evacuated and those who witnessed the last mile of the marathon . A mile organizers had dedicated to the victims of the slaughter of Newtown. Relatives of the murdered children were sitting in the stands next to the finish line and were again witness the horror. Those who know the capital of Massachusetts remind the marathon usually gather in the streets to half a million people. Among other things itis celebrated called Patriot Day , which commemorates the first battles of the Revolutionary War. Amid the confusion and fear of chain attacks, the airport and the city's airspace remained closed for most of the afternoon. The police recommended to avoid the crowds until the situation was "controlled"The authorities released on Monday two phone numbers . The first (+16176354500) is available to those who have not yet managed to find their relatives. The second (+18002255324) should call who can provide any clues to the author of the slaughter.

Pakistan l Attack in procession political

At least 16 people were killed and 50 were injured tonight in an attack in Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan. The explosion, caused by a suicide bomber struck a procession politician who was on his way to a secular Pashtun party rally the Awami National Party (ANP). Among the dead were four police officers. At the rally attended by about 300 activists arrived at Pashawar to open a new office. Meanwhile, outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility of the blast. Speaking to Dawn.Com over telephone from an undisclosed location, TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said the target was Bashir Bilour’s son Haroon Bilour.

Devastating earthquake in Iran


7.8 magnitude earthquake in Iran The earthquake 'was also felt in Qatar, India and Pakistan. The quake was recorded near the city Khash, with more than 50,000 inhabitants, on the border between Iran and Pakistan. "It 'was the most powerful earthquake to hit Iran for 40 years now and we expect hundreds of victims, " said an Iranian government official who wished to remain anonymous. In 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 caused 31 thousand deaths in Iran.
The provisional toll of victims is at least 81 deaths and thousands of collapsed buildings. 'm 34 victims of the strong earthquake in Pakistan, as the authorities announced in Islamabad.
The USGS has set a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Iran on the border with Pakistan. The epicenter was located about 86 km from the city of Khash and 81 km from Saravan, both with more than 50,000 inhabitants, and 167 km from Iranshahr, which instead has a population of nearly 100,000. The affected area "is a rural area, with most of the houses built with mud bricks .
The city of Hiduch in southeastern Iran, inhabited by thousands of people, "has been completely destroyed" by the earthquake that hit the area. The Guardian writes, citing Iranian sources.
The area on the border between Iran and Pakistan is known to be highly seismic because it is the crossroads of four major tectonic plates (the Arabian, the Eurasian, Indiana and African), plus the small plate of Anatolia. The entity to monitor the U.S. Geological Survey, the USGS, notes that the tangible sign of the intense activity of plaques in this area is the shape of mountains, which results from the compression movements. The thrust exerted by the earthquake in the affected area today is mainly due to 'encounter between the Eurasian plate, the African and the Iranian.
The Russian company manufacturer of the Bushehr nuclear power plant says that the plant did not suffer any damage from the devastating earthquake that shook the south-eastern Iran. The office is located on the opposite side, overlooking the Gulf, where the earthquake was also felt heavily.
The strong earthquake was also felt directly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Unlike tremors received during the earthquake of April 9, this time the telluric waves have also visibly shook the lower floors of the buildings. Residents and students skyscrapers and hundreds of schools have poured into the streets and courtyards. "I saw the walls shaking and I rushed to the street. First, however, I spotted several neighbors as possible to follow," he told ANSA his voice trembling Rosa D'amico, for thirty years a resident of Abu Dhabi. At the moment there is no victim or damage to the UAE. The epicenter of the quake, with a magnitude of 7.8 has been located at a depth of 100km over the border between Iran and Pakistan.
The quake was also felt in New Delhi and in the satellite city of Gurgaon. tremors have triggered panic among residents of the upper floors of the buildings that have escaped into the street.But for now, there were no casualties or damage to homes, according to Ibn-CNN television reported that interrupted programming to follow the event live. The earthquake shook the ground in Gujarat, Punjab and the Himalayan valley of Kashmir, which was hit by a strong earthquake in 2005. The quake, having a magnitude of 7.8 degrees, was also felt in the cities of Pakistan. The televisions show the people in the street, but according to local media there were no reports of any crashes
Just a week ago, an earthquake measuring 6.1 Richter struck the province of Bushehr killing at least 39 people were killed and about 850 injured according to the budget of Fars. Also according to the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the quake but had not caused any damage to the only nuclear power plant in Iran, the one that stands in the area. Iran is a country highly seismic: as early as August last year there had been an earthquake with 306 dead and about 4,500 injured in Tabriz, in the northwest. The earthquake that struck in December 2003, the ancient city of Bam, with its mud houses, caused 31,000 deaths and even more tragic was the earthquake of June 1990, once again in the north-west, which made ​​about 37 thousand victims and more than 100,000 injured in the provinces of Gilan and Zanjan.

By judicial decision l Former President Musharraf is out of the race in Pakistan


The former president of Pakistan for almost a decade (1999-2008), Pervez Musharraf, has been left out by court of the race for elections next May 11 in China, as reported by his lawyer. The only candidate of the four presented by former President coup and retired general, who had passed the first screening of the Electoral Commission , corresponding to the remote northern region of Chitral, has been rejected by a court of law. Musharraf does not meet the eyes of the electoral and judicial authorities of the country, the criteria required by the state Constitution to candidates for public office, among which is "being shrewd, straight, not wasteful and honest"The courts have considered in particular its role in the decree a state of emergency and the suspension of constitutional order in 2007, a decision that General coup is also being tried in the Supreme Court of the country. According to local daily 'Dawn', the judges have accepted that this decision was the Cabinet at the time, but have considered that Musharraf was the leading architect of the institutional shift as it was Prime Minister. Musharraf, became ruler of the country after a coup that brought him to power in the fall of 1999 and resigned in the summer of 2008. The former president returned to Pakistan three weeks ago to participate in the upcoming elections to be held nationwide on May 11, after an exile of four years that he won. He ran into four districts: the capital, the eastern city of Kasur (bordering India), Karachi and the southern Chitral. The first screening of the Electoral Commission lay the first three options and the courts have upheld that decision despite the appeals filed by Musharraf, who also saw his only bid alive, Chitral, fell today at the hands of the judges. The return of former Pakistan president unleashed a cascade of theories about the hidden reasons for the return of a character that did not give local analysts, even before his disqualification, no option to have a role in the May elections. Some experts linked to the next relay in the dome of the Army , to be held this year, in which the former head of the Armed Forces may favor one of the sectors that are struggling to control the country's most powerful institution Asia.

North Korea in Seoul l 'We will attack without warning'


North Korea threatened on Tuesday to attack South Korea without notice if this country does not apologize for where s recent demonstrations and burnt effigies of the leaders of the three generations of communist dynasty that ruled the Asian country for over half a century. statement from the army's supreme command released by the North Korean state news agency warned that retaliation "start without warning from this time while they continue in Seoul the criminal acts against the dignity of the supreme leaders ". The threat refers to a demonstration in Seoul on Monday in which attendees burned portraits of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung, his son, Kim Jong-Il, and grandson and current leader, Kim Jong-Un, some acts "monstrous" and "thrice cursed" by the North Koreans. The demonstration coincided with the conclusion at North Korea's 101 anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-Sung. The international community feared for weeks that Pyongyang l Anzara a missile on Monday to celebrate the birth anniversary of its founder, something that did not occur. The spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, Kim Min-Seok, branded as "regrettable" the ultimatum. South Korea plans Tuesday to increase by 217,400 million won (about 150 million) budget for defense, mainly to create new military facilities on the islands near the maritime border with the North. On Tuesday, a military helicopter of the United States crashed near the North Korean border without causing casualties, said a South Korean defense official. The incident, which causes still unknown, occurred during the joint military exercise of the U.S. and South Korea.