Planning de la semaine du 25 au 29 juin 2014

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 25 juin de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 26 juin de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 27 juin de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 28 juin de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 29 juin de 13h30 à 17h.<br /></li><br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> (sur rendez-vous)<br />- lundi 25 juin de 13h30 à 17h <br />- vendredi 29 juin de 09h à 12h30</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><br /><ul><li><b>CV</b> - mardi 26 juin de 9h à 12h30</li><br /><li><b>Lettre de Motivation</b> - mardi 26 juin de 13h30</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 29 juin de 10h à 11h30<br /></li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 29 juin de 14h à 16h</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Assemblée générale 2014</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b>Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans</b> - jeudi 28 juin à 14h30 à l’<b>espace Olympe de Gouges</b> - 3 rue Edouard Branly à Orléans Source</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 25 au 29 juin 2014

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 25 ju...

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Wozniak feels partially guilty about NSA surveillance program

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOa3ut9iR4GVx32Erb0LoXTynnRaF-x0A6xBQ2Csy9LhRUYmwIPXMebCnE632N7ydLzSqhB5qIcUdHUr7Y84FPblXHzZ50YZCrmOceLl_25l-0xnw8Hzge-HvtKUwbKfm3KBf22vKlMyo/s1600/2014-06-21-image-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOa3ut9iR4GVx32Erb0LoXTynnRaF-x0A6xBQ2Csy9LhRUYmwIPXMebCnE632N7ydLzSqhB5qIcUdHUr7Y84FPblXHzZ50YZCrmOceLl_25l-0xnw8Hzge-HvtKUwbKfm3KBf22vKlMyo/s1600/2014-06-21-image-15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Live, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak admitted that he felt a little guilty – but not totally – about the fact that computers and technology created by people like him were being used to snoop into the affairs of Americans. As he goes on to say, computers were intended to overcome a lot of government restrictions.<br /><br />Wozniak said inventors created computers to free people up and give them instant communication anywhere in the world. With them, people could share any thought they had freely. Inventors didn’t realize that in the digital world, there were a lot of ways to use technology to control people, snoop on them and make things possible that weren’t, Woz noted.<br /><br />Things used to be different though. As an example, the Apple co-founder recalled the old days of mailing letters. You simply licked the envelope, sealed it and when you received an envelope that was still sealed, it meant nobody had seen it – you could have a private communication. Now because that same message is being sent via e-mail, it’s no longer private and anyone can listen.<br /><br />Along the same lines, Woz said he was a fan of someone like NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. He said he felt the same way about Snowden that he felt about Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg is a man that Woz said changed his life and taught him a lot.<br /><br />

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Afghanistan presses Pakistan to free Taliban prisoners

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxV3G6GLSuTF05vM4dI8yIsf16wz6ikBfCdUeUM2JOkUj1cX-j2ZuDcneSpsnwPPXEmeLkhq5-_jG7MgPNtSQ_evCYjP-Ae8xoxyTB8m7mAqCulaeFisRQJmo1qAY-AtuIclgEtgSF30/s1600/51c66b95b26da.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxV3G6GLSuTF05vM4dI8yIsf16wz6ikBfCdUeUM2JOkUj1cX-j2ZuDcneSpsnwPPXEmeLkhq5-_jG7MgPNtSQ_evCYjP-Ae8xoxyTB8m7mAqCulaeFisRQJmo1qAY-AtuIclgEtgSF30/s1600/51c66b95b26da.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>KABUL: Pakistan could secure peace in Afghanistan by releasing dozens of senior Taliban prisoners to help kick-start the process, the Afghan foreign ministry said on Saturday, in remarks that underscore the issues vexing peace talks in Qatar.</b><br /><br />The ministry’s statement was a response to comments by the Pakistani foreign ministry on Tuesday, which welcomed the opening of a Taliban office in the Qatari capital of Doha, saying the country stood “ready to continue to facilitate the process to achieve lasting peace”.<br /><br />“The release of these prominent Taliban leaders would provide the High Peace Council of Afghanistan with the opportunity to start peace talks with them,” it added, referring to a body set up by President Hamid Karzai in 2010 to seek a negotiated end to the 12-year war with a Taliban-led insurgency.<br /><br />The Taliban opened their Doha office this week amid hopeful signs of movement in a long-stalled peace process.<br /><br />But the opening ceremony caused a stir, with the Taliban envoys raising the Taliban flag and signs proclaiming the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”, the name used during their brief rule from 1996 to 2001.<br /><br />This prompted Mr Karzai to cancel plans for an Afghan peace delegation to travel to Qatar and suspend talks with the United States over a vital security pact in the belief it had failed to ensure the Taliban did not misuse the office.<br /><br />Pakistan is seen as crucial to stability in Afghanistan as most foreign combat troops look to leave the country in 2014, given close political and economic ties.<br /><br />Afghanistan has long sought the release of, or at least access to, dozens of senior Taliban officials captured in Pakistan.<br /><br />Mr Karzai is known to particularly desire the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s former second in command and a hugely influential figure in the insurgency.<br /><br />Baradar was the day-to-day commander responsible for leading the Taliban campaign against US and Nato troops, until his capture in 2010 in Karachi.<br /><br />Afghan officials believe Baradar could play a key role in talks with the insurgents, acting as a go-between with Taliban leaders, including Mullah Omar.

Afghanistan presses Pakistan to free Taliban prisoners

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Snowden left Hong Kong 'legally', HK govt confirms

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhulbyxznv0OUZRsunP6EI1Cb28rs8FuVGEIAC7G6O_UY0CPGmchHkQnUIB3ljVzI4ivRKqyzSfZrlzHXe3HT8J89DhjPdzLNcZ0skn-Qjlw40ydCfhq34CLSPI_QaHammIJCz11ResQ/s1600/51c6b2e88cbf5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhulbyxznv0OUZRsunP6EI1Cb28rs8FuVGEIAC7G6O_UY0CPGmchHkQnUIB3ljVzI4ivRKqyzSfZrlzHXe3HT8J89DhjPdzLNcZ0skn-Qjlw40ydCfhq34CLSPI_QaHammIJCz11ResQ/s1600/51c6b2e88cbf5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>HONG KONG:Former US intelligence technician Edward Snowden departed Hong Kong on Sunday through “legal” means, the local government confirmed.</b><br />“Snowden today voluntarily left Hong Kong for a third country through legal and normal means,” a Hong Kong government spokesman said in a press statement.<br /><br />The statement added that Hong Kong had “not obtained adequate information”to handle a provisional arrest warrant for Snowden issued by the United States.<br /><br />Moreover Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Sunday that he was unaware of the location or plans of former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.<br /><br />The South China Morning Post reported that Snowden had left Hong Kong on a flight for Moscow and that his final destination may be Ecuador or Iceland.<br /><br />Asked whether Snowden was en route to Moscow and whether he had ask for asylum, Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said he did not know. A Russian Foreign Ministry official declined immediate comment.<br /><br />US authorities have charged Snowden with theft of US government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence to an unauthorised person, with the latter two charges falling under the US Espionage Act.<br /><br />The United States had asked Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, to send him home.

Snowden left Hong Kong 'legally', HK govt confirms

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Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6isd4zMatoyLdOvvHEwqzbMptIqEt4RQ5kymd6LiulyNs2XrCWxb0DTr_4RqapdvX-D6b0DPW48yBSty74-jLrj5g2tjD6udhpzocs129eKDFh8qvTLVabVLIq0aNdvbxBt3gU4byn0/s1600/51c68de7462a0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6isd4zMatoyLdOvvHEwqzbMptIqEt4RQ5kymd6LiulyNs2XrCWxb0DTr_4RqapdvX-D6b0DPW48yBSty74-jLrj5g2tjD6udhpzocs129eKDFh8qvTLVabVLIq0aNdvbxBt3gU4byn0/s1600/51c68de7462a0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>SYDNEY: A decorated Australian special forces commando has been killed in action in southern Afghanistan, becoming the nation's 40th casualty in the protracted conflict.</b><br /><br />Chief of Defence David Hurley said Sunday the soldier died from small arms fire during an operation to disrupt an insurgent network.<br /><br />Another special forces soldier was shot and seriously wounded and an airman injured in Saturday's incident.<br /><br />“Members of the patrol provided immediate first aid to the casualties,”General Hurley told reporters in Canberra.<br /><br />“Sadly, despite their efforts, they could not save one of their mates.”The special forces soldier who died, who has not been named, was on his fifth tour of Afghanistan and had previously served in Iraq and East Timor.<br /><br />The two others wounded in the attack are recovering in Afghanistan, with the soldier who was shot able to contact his family.<br /><br />“As with each of these incidents, I will also appoint an inquiry officer to fully examine the circumstances surrounding this event,” Hurley said.<br /><br />The death comes as Australia is preparing to wind down operations in Afghanistan where its main base in Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, is expected to close by the end of the year.<br /><br />Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who on Saturday had attended the opening of a memorial for those lost in Afghanistan in Queensland, said every death “hits the nation hard”.<br /><br />“Our last loss was in October last year and I think many have probably lulled themselves into a false sense of security that we would see no more losses in Afghanistan,” she told reporters in Canberra. “...for many, this will be a very painful reminder that the risk is not over, the danger isn't gone.”Australia still has some 1,550 troops in Afghanistan but plans to pull about 1,000 out at the end of this year.<br /><br />Gillard said despite this drawdown, there would still be “more work to do in Afghanistan, and so we will see that mission through”.<br /><br />The prime minister said Australia would continue to provide assistance and training to Afghan local forces beyond 2013 and she has left open the possibility of a continuing role for Special Forces beyond the end of their current mission in 2014.

Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan

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Hometown of Taliban captive US soldier rallies in his support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoYtTvyQnF3doz6iVre9sgBpXiDhUg_rX9ovBIg7uJkjekznO3OrdKxhktzoGkyY01l-KThx9xvSM_BPt9Rmci2ctP-3K0-kxbXV60uYB6DewlEvPdQSjESjesqh1iMJHEhziTihVhz4/s1600/51c60386f1404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoYtTvyQnF3doz6iVre9sgBpXiDhUg_rX9ovBIg7uJkjekznO3OrdKxhktzoGkyY01l-KThx9xvSM_BPt9Rmci2ctP-3K0-kxbXV60uYB6DewlEvPdQSjESjesqh1iMJHEhziTihVhz4/s1600/51c60386f1404.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>HAILEY: Hundreds of supporters rallied on Saturday in the central Idaho, hometown of prisoner-of-war Bowe Bergdahl, to call for the safe return of the US Army sergeant believed to be held captive by Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan</b>.<br /><br />The rally, expected to be the largest yet for the only known American prisoner of war tied to the Afghanistan conflict, marks the latest effort by residents of Hailey, a close-knit town of 7,000, to draw attention to Bergdahl's plight and push for his release.<br /><br />Bergdahl, now 27, was serving with an Alaska-based infantry unit when he disappeared from his base in southern Afghanistan in June 2009 and was taken captive by the Taliban.<br /><br />Saturday's gathering in Hailey caps a week of renewed hope for Bergdahl's release amid reports of a potential prisoner exchange as part of planned peace talks between the United States and the Taliban.<br /><br />But the latest bid to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war appeared to lose momentum late this week after news that the Taliban would open an office in Qatar - a step seen as paving the way for peace talks - drew the fury of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.<br /><br />As many as 1,000 motorcyclists from US clubs tied to helping the causes of veterans and prisoners-of-war were expected on Saturday afternoon to escort Bergdahl's father, Bob, to a local park, where he and his wife would speak in a rare public appearance.<br /><br />Through a family spokesman, Bob Bergdahl declined an interview with Reuters ahead of the rally.<br /><br />In a statement earlier this month, Bergdahl said he and his wife had received a letter from their son that gave them hope he is well despite his circumstances.<br /><br />The trees on Hailey's main street have been decorated with yellow ribbons for four years to show that the town - sandwiched between a world-class trout stream and the towering Sawtooth Mountains - has not forgotten its native son.

Hometown of Taliban captive US soldier rallies in his support

HAILEY: Hundreds of supporters rallied on Saturday in the central Idaho, hometown of prisoner-of-war Bowe Bergdahl, to call for the safe ret...

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Hands On With Samsung's Waterproof Galaxy S4 Active

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyE4c4LYz9J-LvJEdgWr-HsmRq2iY9ozEs7VW00sDT8PuQtPX2Usjh1-RITf9ZPRMXBJ1wuADC618qcpXGBQ4XFKW6DsrSlUx6O8Y4VAHG4jXPG4wiA405joLYxNGPXi0ENPz7yBuW0o/s1600/galaxy-s4-active-1-of-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyE4c4LYz9J-LvJEdgWr-HsmRq2iY9ozEs7VW00sDT8PuQtPX2Usjh1-RITf9ZPRMXBJ1wuADC618qcpXGBQ4XFKW6DsrSlUx6O8Y4VAHG4jXPG4wiA405joLYxNGPXi0ENPz7yBuW0o/s1600/galaxy-s4-active-1-of-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Earlier this month Samsung and AT&T officially announced a new, ruggedized version of the Galaxy S4, dubbed the Galaxy S4 Active.<br /><br />The phone is now available for $199 exclusively on AT&T and we had some time to spend with the unit, comparing it directly to the standard model Galaxy S4.<br /><br />The biggest difference between the regular Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy S4 Active is that the Active is water and dust resistant and can be submerged in up to three feet of water for up to 30 minutes. You can even listen to music with it while swimming.<br /><br />Similar Guts, Better Exterior<br /><br />The spec differences between the Galaxy S4 Active and the standard Galaxy S4 (which I dubbed the best Android phone ever) are minute. Rather than the S4's Super AMOLED screen, the Galaxy S4 Active uses a regular LCD screen. The resolution is still the same at 1920 x 1080, however.<br /><br />The other internal change is that the camera is 8-megapixel rather than 13. The 8-megapixel camera does have a special aqua mode, however, for underwater photography.<br /><br />The battery, processor and RAM are all the same in the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy S4 Active.<br /><br />A bigger difference, however, is in the phone's exterior. The Galaxy S4 Active is slightly thicker (it's very hard to tell the difference) and as a result feels more substantial in the hand. The polycarbonate shell around the phone and its back also feels more substantial, eschewing the feather-light and plasticky feel of the S3 and S4.<br /><br />The two phones are so similar, its enough to make us wonder why Samsung didn't just consider making at least some of these features standard on the regular Galaxy S4. Maybe it wouldn't be necessary to make the phone submergible in a meter of water, but having it work in the rain would be great.<br /><br />The Galaxy S4 Active is an AT&T exclusive in the United States and will be coming to other parts of the world later this summer.

Hands On With Samsung's Waterproof Galaxy S4 Active

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University of Michigan Redesigns Solar Car for Australian Race

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8sih7JcEEqPMwRgE3IbHXkk_CkPtjyejEKRBAzYVeq5PlMxmj0CTDvsFgVnNbgsRM8XcCRmd1Xh6XHkHkDLz9Ktz8g1s3q1mT4K1twiFR0brgxc5T0siKq7Lr1FyZ0comUNLEJBfPHg/s1600/SolarCar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8sih7JcEEqPMwRgE3IbHXkk_CkPtjyejEKRBAzYVeq5PlMxmj0CTDvsFgVnNbgsRM8XcCRmd1Xh6XHkHkDLz9Ktz8g1s3q1mT4K1twiFR0brgxc5T0siKq7Lr1FyZ0comUNLEJBfPHg/s1600/SolarCar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />A new solar car from the University of Michigan may be the strangest-looking vehicle you've seen in a while, but its funky asymmetrical design aims to bring the school to victory at the World Solar Challenge in Australia later this year.<br /><br />The University of Michigan is no stranger to the World Solar Challenge, a 1,800-mile, weeklong endurance race held each October across Australia since 2005. The team has placed in third five times over the years (among 28 worldwide participants), but with a recent change to the challenge's rules — vehicles now require four requires instead of three — the University of Michigan is hoping its new creation, the Generation, will finally make it to the top.<br /><br />The car, which measures at about 177 inches long and 43 inches tall, weighs in at about 500 pounds when the driver is in place. It can generate about 1,500 watts of electricity and can fly up to 100 mph.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7n6dItDQjTW7h7aXx5DeksDeJ_kOPw_gIWqgRvGvSswtPFpgjqjKXW788ZXetdoo0ElNDhsoKCJAZ34GTXNBWPwfbVkQjQ1pbPZXtRCJ5rihwkNLaseD0i_tuQ1ERMdTMqtJB-CgkA0/s1600/SolarCar2-640x360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7n6dItDQjTW7h7aXx5DeksDeJ_kOPw_gIWqgRvGvSswtPFpgjqjKXW788ZXetdoo0ElNDhsoKCJAZ34GTXNBWPwfbVkQjQ1pbPZXtRCJ5rihwkNLaseD0i_tuQ1ERMdTMqtJB-CgkA0/s1600/SolarCar2-640x360.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Although solar cars are not likely to be available for consumer use in the future, the regulation changes this year will bring the technology closer to cars on the road right now.<br /><br />"We probably won't see a solar car on the market anytime soon, but a lot of the technologies that we use are being incorporated into vehicles right now such as composites and lithium-ion batteries," Hausman said.<br /><br />"This design is different because it is our first asymmetrical car," Hausman said. "The driver is now positioned on the left side of the vehicle instead of in the center. Due to the addition of the forth wheel, it may not be faster, but our goal was to reduce the impact of the additional wheel as much as possible."<br /><br />The lopsided design of the newly-redesigned Generation aims to boost efficiency on the road. The new rules mandate that the wheels can't be next to each other, as they are on traditional cars. Otherwise, the driver's seat would hang lower than the surface and mess up the car's speed.

University of Michigan Redesigns Solar Car for Australian Race

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active hands-on review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyje6RUv5zjDs0A_9zvhEaWYkKU-l2av_dg5zGKmi9voQLaKNu-dBdPzkaOIW5XmvDqPzOhEt_gEW1ejgT9A6buK8VcKADDWyQMmhs0mxbLpqJC0uQEVFjy7wst38vrSXzi5kd-gxfMTQ/s1600/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_Active.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyje6RUv5zjDs0A_9zvhEaWYkKU-l2av_dg5zGKmi9voQLaKNu-dBdPzkaOIW5XmvDqPzOhEt_gEW1ejgT9A6buK8VcKADDWyQMmhs0mxbLpqJC0uQEVFjy7wst38vrSXzi5kd-gxfMTQ/s1600/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_Active.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />As you may have noticed, Samsung has introduced various new versions of the Galaxy S4 smartphone. One apparently isn't enough so on top of the Galaxy S4 Mini and the Galaxy S4 Zoom is the Galaxy S4 Active. Read our hands-on review to find out what it's all about.<br /><br />There's a lot about the Galaxy S4 Active which is identical to the flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone. It's got the same 5in Full HD screen but with a less impressive TFT panel rather than SuperAMOLED, 1.9GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Software is also the same with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with features like Air View and Smart Pause.<br /><br />Specially designed ports and flaps keep the dust and water out, and although we haven't dunked the Active in water ourselves we can confirm via a demonstration on stage at Samsung's launch event that the phone didn't break. There are less fiddly flaps than the Xperia which is nice, only one for the microUSB port.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdi8XPw5ZR5RFD6AGHlspY8aES9E1Oh4aSbPB3C45yQyZXJVfdjQfO54_s1-Gzn9CjrMgpuQIU5mdSGhzFeSZ8KYN0cuJHfCKkVMz9oLsdYKglbA6ovzULr0ZQ6GEbX90ktsjRGjJ22o/s1600/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_Active_camera.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdi8XPw5ZR5RFD6AGHlspY8aES9E1Oh4aSbPB3C45yQyZXJVfdjQfO54_s1-Gzn9CjrMgpuQIU5mdSGhzFeSZ8KYN0cuJHfCKkVMz9oLsdYKglbA6ovzULr0ZQ6GEbX90ktsjRGjJ22o/s1600/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_Active_camera.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />To gain the IP67 rating, the GS4 Active is a little bit bulkier than the original. It is 9.1mm and 153g which isn't bad though.<br /><br />We like the rugged look of the Galaxy S4 Active and despite the large stylish visible screws on the back, the rear cover can still be removed to access the SIM card, microSD card and battery.<br /><br />As you can see, there are three physical buttons below the screen instead of the usual one. We're all for it and found it easier to use than the regular Galaxy S4 in this sense.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFlQUqFEjmpf1BMMupmdtbnVc48NIIbpUO3Ok9XPynsKMm2CXz9Hym4Y0XLwx_YaIFwCwzj1si5OVxTSGKgY2ZygIcbF8IG7Uj8ON-xkdbnQ1SGiNK37J0BlmFJUliT5YENG8opmBA48I/s1600/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_Active_buttons.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFlQUqFEjmpf1BMMupmdtbnVc48NIIbpUO3Ok9XPynsKMm2CXz9Hym4Y0XLwx_YaIFwCwzj1si5OVxTSGKgY2ZygIcbF8IG7Uj8ON-xkdbnQ1SGiNK37J0BlmFJUliT5YENG8opmBA48I/s1600/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_Active_buttons.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />The screen can't be used underwater but can be used with gloves much like some of Nokia's Lumia smartphones. When submerged in the wet stuff, the Galaxy S4 Active's screen can't be used. However, an Aqua Mode means you can use the volume buttons to take snaps and photos are optimised for underwater conditions. We'd rather have a dedicated camera button, but it's not the end of the world.

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US envoy for Taliban talks lands in Qatar

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAKB00Pqq8PnkkQTyv_c7NADPc-1CVI47qUtXwS5sv0s3Qe1M4MAyuQO6Oa7d42jqLd-9NjKG4_7adhSIJNDlHb3VwkFWRtkHMVChW6P5Vp_oz7n5ctPMXShmGDAUy0bqvvliDgMfSgw/s1600/51c55e6b5bb5e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAKB00Pqq8PnkkQTyv_c7NADPc-1CVI47qUtXwS5sv0s3Qe1M4MAyuQO6Oa7d42jqLd-9NjKG4_7adhSIJNDlHb3VwkFWRtkHMVChW6P5Vp_oz7n5ctPMXShmGDAUy0bqvvliDgMfSgw/s1600/51c55e6b5bb5e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>DOHA: The US envoy in charge of nascent dialogue with the Taliban has arrived in Qatar days after the Afghan insurgents opened a controversial mission in the Gulf Arab monarchy, a US official said on Saturday.</b><br /><br />James Dobbins, the US special representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan, was to take part in meetings later on Saturday between Secretary of State John Kerry and Qatari leaders, the official told AFP.<br /><br />But State Department officials said that they did not have a timeline for when Dobbins will start potential talks with the Taliban and have insisted that Kerry himself will not engage in discussions with the rebel group.<br /><br />President Barack Obama's administration has supported dialogue with the Taliban as the United States prepares to pull out its 68,000 combat troops from Afghanistan next year, ending the longest-ever US war, which has become increasingly unpopular at home.<br /><br />But the US roll-out of the peace talks hit a roadblock when the rebels opened the mission in Doha on Tuesday under the name the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” and flew the white Taliban flag.<br /><br />Afghan President Hamid Karzai angrily opposed the office, seeing the symbolism as representing a government-in-exile for the Taliban, which imposed an austere brand of Islam on Afghanistan when it held sway in Kabul from 1996 until its ouster after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.<br /><br />Washington has shared Karzai's concerns but has voiced hope for an eventual peace agreement that could potentially bring stability to the war-torn country after the departure of the bulk of foreign forces.

US envoy for Taliban talks lands in Qatar

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1,000 feared dead in Indian monsoon as army mobilises

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOQggO30LFVRY64h8UFqSvs1Hg3vPY5rDvxm268ZeapdHDAF69xJtOktKkZZpPaTxJ2JsKw_e8fsL31QnOkTnFHmL93EEaxRgL_8NWttbcSiQvi3-Tz1p-lMFf21gbRprx1g-10M-zoc/s1600/51c3123e122ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOQggO30LFVRY64h8UFqSvs1Hg3vPY5rDvxm268ZeapdHDAF69xJtOktKkZZpPaTxJ2JsKw_e8fsL31QnOkTnFHmL93EEaxRgL_8NWttbcSiQvi3-Tz1p-lMFf21gbRprx1g-10M-zoc/s1600/51c3123e122ed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>DEHRADUN: India's military battled on Thursday to reach villages and towns cut off by flash floods and landslides in the country's north as officials warned at least 1,000 people may have been killed.</b><br /><br />Helicopters and close to 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to rescue tourists and pilgrims stranded after floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand at the weekend.<br /><br />More than 22,400 people have so far been rescued, as the military takes advantage of clearer weather, but another 62,000 are still stranded, the Home Ministry said in a statement.<br /><br />Houses, buildings and vehicles have collapsed or been swept away by overflowing rivers and landslides, while bridges and narrow roads leading to pilgrimage towns have also been destroyed, officials said.<br /><br />Torrential rains four and a half times as heavy as usual have hit Uttarakhand, known as the “Land of the Gods”, where Hindu shrines and temples built high in the mountains attract many pilgrims.<br /><br />At least 138 people have been killed across Uttarakhand and two neighbouring states also hit by floods and landslides, officials said, but shrine authorities warned the toll was more than 1,000.<br /><br />“We estimate more than 1,000 people have died as unattended bodies are scattered all around,” said Ganesh Godiyal, chairman of a trust in charge of several shrines in the pilgrimage towns of Kedarnath and Badrinath.<br /><br />Over the border in Nepal, floods and landslides also triggered by the monsoon have left at least 39 people dead mostly in remote parts of the country, officials said.<br /><br />The military operation was concentrating on reaching the worst-hit Kedarnath temple area, as families of the missing faced an anxious wait in Uttarakhand capital's Dehradun.<br /><br />One of those stranded was Indian cricket star Harbhajan Singh, who was attempting to reach a Sikh pilgrimage site but had to take refuge in a police station.<br /><br />“Some people are saying that we're stuck but I wouldn't say that we're stuck, I'd say we've been saved by God,” said the spin bowler, who was later flown out of the flood-hit area by military chopper.<br /><br />Indian paramilitary officers have been building rope and log bridges across raging rivers to try to reach those stranded.<br /><br />Relief camps have been set up to house evacuated residents and tourists.<br /><br />Some 22 helicopters are ferrying many of those rescued to the camps, while 14 tonnes of food and relief aid has been dropped in remote areas, the air force and the government said.<br /><br />The monsoon, which covers the subcontinent from June to September, usually brings some flooding.

1,000 feared dead in Indian monsoon as army mobilises

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Obama nominates Comey to head FBI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukUVGBO8CJF2gXNI1QAL6XGDzNlmQFM_UrvKQGc9P8d7XNrM1lD1SUOLco5YxAGt2yeRIRxIipMtoFsYCDWUSyZ7St1xoX_eHZ5CxhTlnf3B0lw4DE3o_kxA_GP901Mx_ARsUvOgv7-0/s1600/51c4aa5530650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukUVGBO8CJF2gXNI1QAL6XGDzNlmQFM_UrvKQGc9P8d7XNrM1lD1SUOLco5YxAGt2yeRIRxIipMtoFsYCDWUSyZ7St1xoX_eHZ5CxhTlnf3B0lw4DE3o_kxA_GP901Mx_ARsUvOgv7-0/s1600/51c4aa5530650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama nominated James Comey to be the new FBI director Friday, tapping a Bush-era Justice Department official to lead the agency as it grapples with privacy debates over a host of recently exposed investigative tactics.</b><br /><br />Obama praised Comey for demonstrating unyielding integrity in the face of uncertainty. Flanked by Comey and his outgoing FBI director, Robert Mueller, in a sunny White House Rose Garden announcement, Obama said Comey recognises that in times of crisis, America is judged not only by how many plots are disrupted, but also by its commitment to civil liberties and the ideals espoused in the Constitution. ''Jim understands, deeply in his core, the anguish of victims of crime _ what they go through,'' Obama said. ''He's made it his life's work to spare others that pain.'' <br /><br />Comey is perhaps best-known for a remarkable 2004 standoff at the hospital bedside of Attorney General John Ashcroft over a no-warrant wiretapping program. Comey rushed to the room of his bedridden boss to physically stop White House officials from trying to get an ailing Ashcroft to reauthorise the program. <br /><br />Comey was a federal prosecutor who served for several years as the US attorney for the Southern District of New York before coming to Washington after the Sept. 11 attacks as deputy attorney general. In recent years, he's been an executive at defence company Lockheed Martin, general counsel to a hedge fund, board member at HSBC Holdings and lecturer on national security law at Columbia Law School.<br /><br />The White House may hope that Comey's Republican background and strong credentials will help him through Senate confirmation at a time when some of Obama's nominees have been facing tough battles. Republicans have said they see no major obstacles to his confirmation, although he is certain to face tough questions about his hedge fund work and his ties to Wall Street as well as how he would handle current, high-profile FBI investigations. <br /><br />The leaker of those National Security Agency programs, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, also is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. And just this week, Mueller revealed the FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects and said the privacy implications of such operations are worthy of debate.

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Planning de la semaine du 24 au 28 juin 2014

<br /><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong><br /></h2><ul><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 24 juin de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 25 juin de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 26 juin de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 27 juin de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 28 juin de 13h30 à 17h.</li><br /><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></b> (sur rendez-vous) <br>- lundi 24 juin de 13h30 à 17h <br>- vendredi 28 juin de 9h à 12h30</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2008/12/atelier-parcours-emploi.html">Parcours Emploi</a></b> - lundi 24 juin à 14h</li><br /><li><b>CV</b> - mardi 25 juin de 09h à 12h30</li><br /><li><b>Lettre de Motivation</b> - mardi 25 juin de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 28 juin de 10h à 11h30</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 28 juin de 14h à 16h</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Visite d'entreprise</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2014/06/souvrir-les-portes-des-metiers-de-le.html">Norbert Dentressangle</a></b> - mardi 25 juin à 9h</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 24 au 28 juin 2014

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Microsoft was recently working on an Amazon, eBay competitor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCYVkVN9LSacVqDF-bJmFBXXV0GX3wIp43XkqaQw4BP6iohcpz9eZlnLXJ3NFFLTagCiTedCyW3gvw7MZr-pGSpadooZs7f1bSvI7kVdfrcy__CG25rUb8QgEm7B1Qoje-zilo8_L2mw/s1600/2014-06-20-image-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCYVkVN9LSacVqDF-bJmFBXXV0GX3wIp43XkqaQw4BP6iohcpz9eZlnLXJ3NFFLTagCiTedCyW3gvw7MZr-pGSpadooZs7f1bSvI7kVdfrcy__CG25rUb8QgEm7B1Qoje-zilo8_L2mw/s1600/2014-06-20-image-16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> Microsoft recently toyed with the idea of building an e-commerce marketplace that would have competed with the likes of Amazon and eBay. People with knowledge of the plans said Redmond held talks with retailers as well as other tech companies about all sorts of ideas like a unified shopping cart and broad shipping options but ultimately, the plans fizzled.<br /><br />The incubation, as a Microsoft spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal, was called Project Brazil – no doubt a reference to Amazon. Microsoft was even planning to subsidize the cost of goods using advertising dollars from Bing. We are told the service would have been integrated into future versions of Windows as well as on tablets and eventually, other devices like the Xbox One.<br /><br />It’s unclear exactly when or why Microsoft pulled the plug on Project Brazil. While it might have been a good idea for customers looking to save a few bucks, it probably wasn’t in Microsoft’s best interest to move forward with the project. Considering that Microsoft accounted for less than four percent of all search ad revenue in 2012, subsidizing the price of goods might not have worked out so well.

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Help Microsoft find bugs in Windows 8.1 Preview and earn up to $100,000

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDw3yzvoZSZFvpjPSwMjWbLhOXzO8Ow6psF7mApQNoJZtvEB_8kJEzCIdVQt23bv-wZhiEpHEbZm2qB8-1Bix4oIhmo0vKxB6aHoFt-OeJQgVlv8iBuD0ZXLfsVOq1KoLoTrpzMypaxM8/s1600/2014-06-19-image-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDw3yzvoZSZFvpjPSwMjWbLhOXzO8Ow6psF7mApQNoJZtvEB_8kJEzCIdVQt23bv-wZhiEpHEbZm2qB8-1Bix4oIhmo0vKxB6aHoFt-OeJQgVlv8iBuD0ZXLfsVOq1KoLoTrpzMypaxM8/s1600/2014-06-19-image-18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />A new bounty program from Microsoft designed to help the company become aware of security vulnerabilities earlier is backed by some pretty deep pockets. Redmond will pay up to $100,000 as part of what they are calling a Mitigation Bypass Bounty dealing with Windows 8.1 Preview.<br /><br />The bounty notes they are looking for truly novel exploitation techniques against protections built into the upcoming software update. Microsoft said learning about new exploitation techniques earlier helps them improve security by leaps instead of simply handling them one at a time as they crop up after the fact.<br /><br />A separate program called BlueHat Bonus for Defense will award up to $50,000 for defensive ideas that accompany a qualifying Mitigation Bypass submission. Naturally this program will work in conjunction with the above mentioned bounty and could be a way for individuals to earn even more money from their work.<br /><br />Finally, Microsoft is offering up to $11,000 for critical vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 11 Preview in Windows 8.1 Preview.<br /><br />All three bounties will launch on June 26, 2013, we’re told. The timeframe for the Mitigation Bypass Bounty and the BlueHat Bonus for Defense bounty is listed as ongoing while the Internet Explorer 11 bounty will only be active during the first 30 days of the beta period (from June 26 through July 26).

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Sony Rolls Out Illumination Bar API

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Mozilla: We Won’t Sell Own Branded Firefox OS Phones

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEbZIw0qPsGUWg4Jlyc3ffsaTeecK4DK81Ejp0xs5ZRvIxaen09YlYQjxbbiu_3mA8Jo-5_vkcekO4p2SD4ihjro6iyEZTi9-kA-bibUKGI-xQ3A8a2Yp1oBL8A_A9JQf2dnh1in8zzQ/s1600/mozilla-firefoxos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEbZIw0qPsGUWg4Jlyc3ffsaTeecK4DK81Ejp0xs5ZRvIxaen09YlYQjxbbiu_3mA8Jo-5_vkcekO4p2SD4ihjro6iyEZTi9-kA-bibUKGI-xQ3A8a2Yp1oBL8A_A9JQf2dnh1in8zzQ/s1600/mozilla-firefoxos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Mozilla has recently ventured into the world of mobile operating systems with their Firefox OS, but Mozilla did share that they will not take the Google route, which is, to sell their very own branded devices. Taken from an interview with Digitimes, Li Gong, Senior Vice President of Mobile Devices and President of Mozilla’s Asia Operations, mentioned that they will not have any plans of collaborating with ODMs for making and selling own-branded Firefox OS smartphones. I guess in the same vein, as a disclaimer of sorts, should there be any Mozilla-branded smartphones out there, these have been said that they “would be primarily used as reference models rather than for large-scale sale.” I guess this would mean customers who are on the lookout for Firefox OS smartphones will have to settle for something cheap and low-end at the beginning, where among them include the ZTE Open and Alcatel OneTouch Fire, where the former has recently arrived at the FCC. Huawei, Sony and LG too, have revealed that they have plans to come up with a Firefox OS phone of their own, too.

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Oppo Find 7 Hitting Markets This September

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvder9Uf6mzsSJXOXfP1bP3cLOqT-DVBZ2ZLN2Lr1QKyqjCzqjo7DhQfdDgnt96hAMogx8NazY-aFcEWsTEtNwtnRYti6AIxzy8qewJ3EOfXEJeQ9VMyD1brUxGW1JVAvwD9GuNRTtxiQ/s1600/oppo-find7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvder9Uf6mzsSJXOXfP1bP3cLOqT-DVBZ2ZLN2Lr1QKyqjCzqjo7DhQfdDgnt96hAMogx8NazY-aFcEWsTEtNwtnRYti6AIxzy8qewJ3EOfXEJeQ9VMyD1brUxGW1JVAvwD9GuNRTtxiQ/s1600/oppo-find7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Every company that indulges in the world of smartphones will obviously need a flagship device – mainly to push the envelope when it comes to technological innovations, but there is also the issue of pride that one would have to live up to. After all, companies all have a reputation to protect, don’t they? Samsung has their Galaxy S4, HTC has their HTC One, but what about the likes of Chinese manufacturer Oppo? Oppo’s apparent flagship Android-powered smartphone is known as the Oppo Find 7, where it will continue from where the Oppo 5 left off. No prizes for guessing what the logical name for the Find 7’s successor would be when the time comes, I suppose, as Find 9 would be deemed to be the next best thing. Still, the rumored hardware specifications of the Oppo Find 7 have surfaced, where talk of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset have hit the Internet, where it will be accompanied by a 5” 1080p Full HD touchscreen display, an 8-megapixel shooter in front with a 13-megapixel camera at the back, 2GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory, NFC support, and a massive 4,000mAh battery which would surely raise eyebrows – not to mention increase the thickness of its chassis. The Oppo Find 7 is said to hit the markets sometime in the middle of September onwards, so stay tuned.

Oppo Find 7 Hitting Markets This September

Every company that indulges in the world of smartphones will obviously need a flagship device – mainly to push the envelope when it comes to...

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LG Holding Press Event On August 7; Next-Gen Optimus G Incoming?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CJg3GNdA71XUzaXOX5N7sUmvO8qVYzwUC7ed53Mb8axaLUSQ4isSNF8dQc6yORIz3ilNo68NbyYwa2BJrYfQtCgq9vigyjBmotK-5pIprZ0RkdoxdmdrEgQcvBVbBSnKVZWGe1S58Ig/s1600/lg-august-7-press-event.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CJg3GNdA71XUzaXOX5N7sUmvO8qVYzwUC7ed53Mb8axaLUSQ4isSNF8dQc6yORIz3ilNo68NbyYwa2BJrYfQtCgq9vigyjBmotK-5pIprZ0RkdoxdmdrEgQcvBVbBSnKVZWGe1S58Ig/s1600/lg-august-7-press-event.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />LG recently announced its G-Series smartphones will be getting Snapdragon 800, which will make its already powerful phones even more powerful. A day after their announcement, we received an invitation to a press event taking place on August 7. Coincidence? We think not. The invitation sent to us says LG will host an international media event on August 7 in New York City, but as you’d expect, doesn’t disclose what exactly the company will be unveiling at the show. Considering LG’s recent announcement of using Snapdragon 800 chips, we think it’s safe to say the company has a new, more powerful Optimus G in the works. We’ve already marked our calendars for August 7, which may seem like a long time from now. Seeing as summer has officially kicked off today, we’re sure after attending a number of barbecues and trips to your local amusement park, the date will be upon us and we’ll finally learn what LG has up its sleeve. Until then, get out there and enjoy some of that fresh air we’re always hearing about.

LG Holding Press Event On August 7; Next-Gen Optimus G Incoming?

LG recently announced its G-Series smartphones will be getting Snapdragon 800, which will make its already powerful phones even more powerfu...

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Foxconn Reportedly Hires 3,000 Software Engineers In Support Of Firefox OS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFdsoG-elNtncrrFMeEKly9-16cPX0hTke9mEYQAVldg04iQZvp7jm5iEc2KApUb30OFDx3oDU17PnvK2wm-EimoMgtufBNzJV1WzgrqqkyuvzUXdov4RbKQZz7_3hfese6vt9WgnLvE/s1600/firefox-os-phones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFdsoG-elNtncrrFMeEKly9-16cPX0hTke9mEYQAVldg04iQZvp7jm5iEc2KApUb30OFDx3oDU17PnvK2wm-EimoMgtufBNzJV1WzgrqqkyuvzUXdov4RbKQZz7_3hfese6vt9WgnLvE/s1600/firefox-os-phones.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />While the Firefox OS for smartphones might be relatively new, several manufacturers such as Alcatel and ZTE have shown their support for the operating system, possibly to help them stand out amongst the sea of devices that already run on Android. Now it looks like manufacturer Foxconn wants a piece of that action too and has reportedly hired 3,000 software engineers where they are expected to be experts in HTML5 and cloud computing. While Foxconn has been primarily known in the past to be the manufacturer for Apple’s iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad, it seems that recently the company has been looking for alternative ways to making money, ultimately reducing their reliance on Apple and we guess the Firefox OS could be one way to do that. We’re not sure what Foxconn has planned with their software engineers – either design software for Foxconn’s own branded phone, or maybe create software in which they can then sell to other brands instead! Either way we’ll have to wait and see, but what do you guys think? Is the Firefox OS going to be the next big thing, or is iOS and Android too dominant at the moment?

Foxconn Reportedly Hires 3,000 Software Engineers In Support Of Firefox OS

While the Firefox OS for smartphones might be relatively new, several manufacturers such as Alcatel and ZTE have shown their support for the...

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