Microsoft updates the implementation of Yammer for Android

Yammer platform private social networks for professional environments which was purchased by Microsoft in 2012, just updated its mobile application for the Android platform, pointing through its list of features incorporating eleven new languages ​​in addition to languages ​​currently supported, including Spanish, in addition to settlement of the problems encountered.

According to Android Police , the new version of Yammer for Android also improves integration with devices under Android Wear, noting that although from these devices and could display notifications issued from Yammer now also be possible to dial via voice messages and reply . In addition, it also points to improvements in the experience of notifications in the application, which is now also offered for wireless conversations, being accompanied by warnings by the LED blinks the devices themselves.

Yammer for Android devices is available for installation or free upgrade via Google Play Store , available for both smartphones and tablets to the designated mobile OS, existing versions for different devices, as follows from the own profile application.

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Mixtape and Deezer allow us to create and share lists of music

One of the apps that integrate with Deezer is specially designed for those who want to relive one of the most iconic moments of the twentieth century cassettes share with friends.

The idea Mixtapes is possible to create music charts Deezer and leave as a cassette tape, ready to be released, as you see in the image below:

To create a just have to indicate a previously created list, automatically generating the tape, it will not respect the duration of the classic format and yes may be as long as the list in question.

Once created, it will be possible to send to anyone by email, but will require that such person Deezer account, otherwise you can not enjoy the content.

Although it has no function that deezer itself does not include the format that is generated for listening to music is what makes the difference, with an attractive background is striking in the case of large screen display.

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Eero has a better solution for the quality of the WiFi signals in homes

Perhaps the WiFi connections we have in our homes are not sufficiently effective in giving coverage to more devices, and above all, get in top condition to any corner of our homes without using WiFi extenders. In this sense, the emerging company based in San Francisco Eero about offering a different system of WiFi coverage to ensure that there are no areas without coverage, which is stable and that is also fast.

To do this, instead of using a single router with WiFi connectivity powerful, the system proposed from Eero is a distributed system in which a number of smaller devices are interconnected generating a mesh network. The pack of three devices WiFi connectivity come at the price of $ 300, each additional WiFi connectivity device costs $ 125. Each of these devices has in its interior with two WiFi signals for connection to 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz, Bluetooth 4.0, 1 GHz processor, 512 GB of RAM and 1 GB of internal storage. The idea of ​​having connectivity via Bluetooth is due to the growing need for connected devices using this technology, basically pointing to the Internet of Things.

In addition to the devices, a mobile application available for Android and iOS to set up and manage the status of the network devices that are connected to it can be observed. Since the designated application you can also give access to the devices of the visiting people. There is also an application in the cloud with these tasks.

When asked why they choose to disperse WiFi hotspots in homes, founder and CEO, Nick Weaver, simply states that never tries to cover the whole house with a light bulb so that the same occurs with a WiFi product. With regard to traditional WiFi extenders, Weaver said that the big problem is that they are really cheap and only have a signal, meaning that are constantly switching between them, weakening the bandwidth and performance, and create multiple networks.

Weaver, co-founders and a team of 15 people have been developing their solution silent for the last two years.

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Kindle Convert , Amazon's new tool to convert physical books into digital format

If you are planning to spend those physical books that you own a digital format for reading through e-book readers from Amazon has a new tool, Kindle Convert , which is a desktop application for Windows 7 or 8 systems with the that, through a scanner can scan pages of your books for conversion to digital format, creating digital versions of themselves fully compatible with Amazon Kindle app and the Kindle devices.

Yes, the application is not available globally nor is it free as it is available only for users in the United States and has a final price of $ 19.

In addition to scanning books to create digital versions, with Kindle Convert you can preserve those unique elements such as handwritten notes, autographs and pictures, and also number them with free copies on Amazon Cloud Drive, among others.

Among the requirements Kindle Convert is the need for a scanner that can generate .jpeg, .tiff or .pdf files of 300-600 DPI resolution, that has a color depth of 24 bits or 8 bits for grayscale or black and white. In addition, states as needed internet connection and user account on Amazon.

Chances are that people do not invest the time needed to bring his personal library to digital format, and less if the number of books available is high, but if you have sporadic books or wish to have digital versions of some or all his books, this app offers Amazon them is an option that may be considered.

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Amazon opened its first physical store in Purdue University

Amazon just announced the opening of its first physical location, taking by employees of the company, being located on the campus of Purdue.

The idea is that the staff belonging to this university, whether students, alumni, teachers and other workers eligible for the benefits offered by this place, and in the case of students, can also purchase educational materials for their classes simply because the material is identified with the logo of the University and qualified for the class to which it belongs. In addition, students can also buy other items from Amazon and also those items Free One-Day Pickup that are marked with the logo Prime Campus .

To do this, the staff of the university will have to visit the page or join purdue.amazon.com Amazon Student to personalize your shopping experience associated with the university. When paying for the items selected, shall indicate to Amazon @ Purdue as shipping address, allowing them to collect orders in the same place. When orders reach the local people who have done the same, will receive a notification via email or text. When you go to pick up their orders, they must click on the link that has come to them via email or text to generate a barcode, which will be the one used in the home for scanning and collection in a space of self, or go to reception collection to be helped by the staff there available.

The first location will be the beginning and the company plans a second physical Local elsewhere on campus this spring, and besides, is also planning free overnight shipping for textbooks specifically for all students in Purdue once that the expansion is carried out.

Apart from Purdue University, Amazon also has similar agreements with the University of California, Davis and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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24 free books for learning programming

From linuxlinks comes a list of free books in digital format ideal for those who want to learn to program, expanding the list of 1000 books on programming that we indicate a few months ago.

Updated just two days ago, we can find books C, C ++, C #, PHP, Perl, Python, HTML5, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Pascal, Ruby, CoffeeScript, Scala, Haskell, Fortran, Forth, Erlang, R, Lisp, Ada, Assembly, Prolog and Scheme, always thinking of learners, although all of them are in English.

The links lead to their respective sources, as this book PHP , which has its HTML version published free of charge and sells for $ 9 epub version.

If you wish to learn programming on android you can also consult the course that begins now in February, reported in our monthly list of free online courses in www.sinoloveo.com .

Link: linuxlinks.com | Via Lifehacker

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Picturesque Lock Screen, new lock screen application of Microsoft Garage

Microsoft Garage is an initiative of Microsoft by enabling your employees to develop those ideas to keep in mind to bring them to reality experimentally within the time that the company offers. We have already seen some of the applications that employees have developed within this initiative, among which is the lock screen app for Android Lock Screen Next, which was launched in the month of October.

Well, now just released another app lock screen for Android devices, called Picturesque Lock Screen, although it is not yet available internationally for installationthrough Google Play . Picturesque Lock Screen brings a lot of functions to lock screen in Android, offering elegant wallpapers daily, made ​​under the Bing engine that allows the reading of linked pages results without unlocking the device search, section latest that allows access to the entire contents of the articles, rapid notification of calls and messages, and more.

Although it is not yet available internationally, those that are within the scope of availability of this application must have Android devices from version 4.0.3 onwards.At present, average rating received by users are positive.

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