Apple has been confirmed using OpenStreetMap

For some time, takes the hardware and software company Apple back from the latest official version of the iPhoto app on data from OpenStreetMap. Meanwhile, the Group has also officially confirmed use.

Jonathan Bennett of the OpenStreetMap Foundation was found in March this year the one hand, pleased that Apple’s iPhoto at this map material falls back. A reference to it, from whom come the new content, Apple showed in this regard, however, does not. Actually, this is according to the license agreements required.

With the latest update from Apple’s iPhoto has complied with this request and the comments on this app from OpenStreetMap is the question. In this way, the U.S. company confirmed the use of official maps, writes the online portal ‘ PCMag ‘.

In the past, Apple began with its proprietary applications on the content of Google to just to be Google Maps. As announced in this year, Google requires a certain amount of license fee , if more than 25,000 clicks are generated per day.

Apple itself has not yet ruled on the exact reasons for this shift. Aside from the royalties should the fact that Google generates revenue with the location-based services, have played a certain role. Apple is also rumored for quite some time even working on a mapping service .

Nokia: With tablets and hybrid devices to the top

The Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will be the introduction of new devices that blur the benefits of smart phones and tablets to draw back a more important role in the market and overcome the current difficulties of its mobile phone division.

As the former chairman Jorma Ollila companies over the ‘ Financial Times ‘said that Nokia is planning not only tablets, but also a series of “hybrid instruments” that the manager called “Smart Mobile Devices”. It wants to put on interesting form factors and exclusive services, the report said.

Ollila believes that it can succeed through the innovative Nokia devices and their services to differentiate themselves from competitors. Tablets are very important, as “a variety of hybrid products.” Their development is proceeding according to plan now so that you can bring it to the desired time to market. When it should be if he was easy prey.

At least in the case of tablets for some time, there is speculation about Nokia’s plans. Such was heard from Taiwan already, well that Nokia is planning a 10.1-inch tablet with Windows 8 on the basis of a new ARM processor of the U.S. manufacturer Qualcomm. This device will reportedly come later this year on the market.

The Nokia Board admitted that it has long been problems keeping up with the competition in the smartphone market. In the period between mid 2008 and now have not achieved what was originally intended. Nokia has recognized the problems for a long time, but in software it is still lagging behind, especially in terms of platforms. The competition has caught on more quickly and managed to bring their solutions to market faster.

He was satisfied with the current development, Olilla. We have strong competitors, so it needed more time. Altogether, however, things going well, he concluded. The manager also defended the decision to join forces with Microsoft and Windows Mobile operating system as a set for the house phones.

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Apple’s quarterly results again exceeded all expectations

In the evening after the market close, Apple has also figures for the second fiscal quarter of 2012, which at the Apple 1 Quarter expires published. It is again beyond all expectations and achieved a turnover of 39.186 billion U.S. dollars a profit of as much as 11.622 billion U.S. dollars.

The growth at Apple is always particularly clear when the focus goes back to the same quarter last year. At that time, revenues totaled 24.667 billion U.S. dollars, the income was already impressive 5.987 billion U.S. dollars. Bottom line, Apple has doubled to nearly 60 percent more sales profits almost.

Have helped in recent quarters in the first place, the iPhone and iPad deliveries. With 35.1 million smartphones last year’s value was increased by 88 percent, the tablet with 11.8 million copies, it was even 151 percent more units sold. When one enters the Macs with a growth rate of seven per cent of something on the spot, the iPods in the quarter, losing in importance (minus 15 percent to 7.7 million copies).

After Apple’s file was lost in the last days of a few percent, they could pick up post-trade with a jump of more than 7 percent, ranking it back completely back beyond the 600-dollar mark. For the current quarter, Apple expects a turnover of 34 billion U.S. dollars, which should apply to the knowledge of past forecasts and the development in recent years, but probably as much again stacked too deep – now for the third quarter we had to 32.5 billion predicted . Even with analysts were already significantly above 36-37 billion U.S. dollars or removed to Some of the real income of more than 39 billion U.S. dollars.

Pixel Qi challenges the new iPad in its field

In the world of tablets and in a way in the “Computers readers,” the resolution of the new iPhone is the line to be reached. At least indoors with all the appearance and interactive media working at full capacity.

Pixel Qi, which has long sought to convince the market that its hybrid technology between classical and electronic ink screen is the best choice, has announced they are working on a further screen that matches the resolution of the new iPad.

The personal touch of Pixel Qi come with consumption, announces that it is ridiculous compared to the large consumption of the new Apple tablet, which, as we told you in our analysis of the new iPad , forced the company to increase the block battery capacity.

This future display about ten inches, and warn that it is at an early stage, would have a new mode as superahorro, with only 0.08 w consumption in a room with ambient light. The problem is that perhaps the time is a reality and then be implemented in a final product, these screens classic to stand up and aimed not have the problems that now the company wants to take advantage.

EU Commission approves takeover by EMI, Sony

The European Commission has allowed the takeover of the music publishing arm of the British EMI Konzernes by Sony under certain conditions. If these are met, the acquisition of this part of the fourth largest global music publishing company by the Japanese company is nothing in the way.

The purchase price amounts to 1.7 billion euros or 2.2 billion U.S. dollars, which Sony has to apply along with other partners. The aforementioned requirements are that are sold by the bundle of rights acquired the rights to twelve authors and have four catalogs. Among them will fall as works by Ozzy Osbourne and Robbie Williams.

So far, EMI was one of the major U.S. bank Citigroup, which took over the publishing house as a result of the insolvency of a borrower. This came into this precarious situation, at the same time as the migration of stars like the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney also the music industry shifted increasingly to the Internet. The latter has already bought it recently from Universal Music.