Apple hires former head of Adobe's management iAd

Once again, the world's high-tech corporations, there was a reshuffle. Apple has announced that Todd hires Teresa, former vice-president and head of the Adobe Media Solutions, to head the iAd.

Teresa's track record rather impressive. Prior to Adobe, he worked as CFO Quantcast, and before that - vice-president of Yahoo. Now he takes over as head of department iAd, which has been free since last August, when the post in the venture capital firm Highland Capital has left Andy Miller.

IAd platform since its inception, is still at the stage of the struggle for existence. Despite the fact that it was started as a high quality service, focused on large companies with big advertising budget, Apple was forced to significantly reduce their prices to attract more customers. Reluctance of developers to work with iAd due to the fact that the platform works with iOS, while AdMob from Google is a cross-platform. In this situation, the desire to Apple to keep everything under his control does not benefit iAd.

In London, make free wi fi throughout the city

The initiative is dictated by the city's 2012 Olympics

In London, organize a free wi fi throughout the city, according to foreign media. The initiative of the city authorities dictated by the requirements of the Government to the 2012 Olympics.
For the ambitious task of organizing a global coating company undertook to O2, which agrees within a few weeks to organize a high-speed wireless internet throughout the city, including a metro station.
"It will be wonderful. Hundreds of thousands of tourists will be able to immediately download your photos and express their experiences in social networks without any hindrance. The best advertisement for our city no one else will, "- said Chancellor Philip Roe, finance minister of Great Britain.

The worm Ramnit steals 45 000 passwords to Facebook

Facebook users living in the UK and France, it's time to change their passwords because hackers have stolen them through a worm Ramnit, said «TG Daily».

This worm runs from April 2010 and has been repeatedly modified, allowing him to infect many computers. In July 2011 report, Symantec said that over time it has infected 17.3% of all software users.

The new iteration of the worm hoax forced the user to follow links that were allegedly sent to friends of the victim. Of course, my friends never placed these links and did not even know they existed. When you click on the link the user helping to spread the virus. The virus, most likely, could also steal passwords from Gmail, corporate SSL VPM, Outlook Web Access and accounts on Twitter. We highly recommend right now to change your passwords to the above mentioned services.

If you clicked on any links on Facebook, then you would do well to also change the password on your account, it will not allow intruders to use your account in the future. And never click on suspicious links.

Facebook blamed a third of divorces in Britain

A third of Britons as one reason for divorce in 2011 indicated actions wife on Facebook. This is evidenced by results of a study site Divorce-Online.co.uk, specializing in help during a divorce.

In the course of the study were treated with five thousand applications for divorce. Divorce-Online has learned the basic reasons for which Facebook destroys British marriages. Most often, divorcing complained that their spouses were writing inappropriate messages to persons of the opposite sex (ie, flirted online). In addition, the British often had to learn about the misconduct of his half of online friends.

A similar study was carried out already two years ago, but then Facebook was mentioned only in every fifth petition for divorce.

Remarkably, another popular social networking site, Twitter, almost no fault divorce inhabitants of Great Britain. Because of it, in 2011, broke up only 0.4 percent of couples.

Facebook is the most popular social network in the world. The number of active users is about 800 million people.

Apple would sue the company that issued the Steve Jobs doll

Apple is ready to sue the Chinese company In Icons, which released a 30-centimeter doll Corporation co-founder Steve Jobs.

"The American company threatened to sue the Chinese insisting that the image of the deceased head of the corporation belongs to her," - writes The Telegraph.

The publication notes that the doll is dressed in blue jeans, black sweater and sneakers. Included is also black leather belt, a pair of black socks, sunglasses, two apples (one of which nadkusano), ring, bar stool, which Jobs would sit during the presentation of their new products. As well as three pairs of realistic, detailed hands, representing three gestures, the most frequently used by Jobs.

Home sales dolls planned for February 2012. Previously, the retail price will be about $ 100. Online sales have already begun on the site eBay, where a tiny Jobs can be purchased for $ 135. Separately, you can buy a toy iPhone and the very first model of Mac.

Apple Inc. In Icons sent a letter recalled that the use of symbols without permission of the company, as well as image and name of its founder, is illegal. The reaction of the Chinese manufacturer is unknown.

Steve Jobs, along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded Apple v1976 year. In 1985 due to disagreements with other leaders, he left the company, but in 1997 he returned and took over as CEO. Under the leadership of Steve Jobs had released the most successful products Apple, including player iPod, iPhone and cmartfon tablet iPad. Steve Jobs died on 5 October 2011.

iPhone 5 will be made ​​of metal and rubber

The high degree of probability that the presentation of the iPhone 5 will be held in the autumn of 2012, goes to a lot of rumors. Now, informed sources close to the company Apple, reported on some of the details of the modified design. According to the information they provided, the smartphone will get a fifth-generation aluminum back cover, and edging will be made ​​of plastic or rubberized metal.
Front panel with touch screen will be covered with glass and beveled sidewall will be so that the smartphone will be something to remind iPad 2. According to a source, the lateral rim connects the front and back of the iPhone 5 in a single unit. We also learned that the rubber edging will serve as an insulator and an antenna design which was changed in comparison with previous models.

Message that the iPhone casing 5 is made ​​of metal had already appeared in foreign media. Among other information, the web and there are rumors that the iPhone will be used five powerful processor and 4-inch screen.

iPad first served as a legal document for crossing the border

A resident of Montreal's Martin Raysh able to cross the border into the United States, showing a copy of the passport, in advance, copied to the iPad . Finding that he had forgotten passport at home, the Canadian kept his head and offered the American border guards found a copy of the document on your iPad. According Raysha, he is well aware that the border guards made an exception for him, especially when he explained that he sent to Vermont with Christmas gifts. "I thought, why not at least try their luck - says Raysh. - The border guard took iPad in his hut, he was not there five or six minutes, but I have these moments seemed like an eternity. When he came out, he paused significantly, and then wished me a Merry Christmas. " Canadian believes that successfully cross the border helped him honesty and driver's license. On the same day Raysh able to return home to Canada with the same "document", but vowed that henceforth will never forget your passport. Nevertheless, he hopes that someday scanned copies of documents may be able to replace the originals in many cases. "I am confident that in the future, identity documents, will be in the order of things stored on electronic devices, it's just a matter of time" - believes Canadian. However, while the rules of border controls in the U.S. only tougher. Since 2009, Canadian citizens crossing the border is no longer enough to show a driver's license. Now they need to have a passport or a special permit Nexus.