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News from the world of IT (8. 5. – 15. 5. 2015)

News from the world of IT (8. 5. - 15. 5. 2015)

Elon Musk introduced an unique battery. Facebook wants to conquer Skype and FaceTime. Apple fights against Spotify and YouTube hardly. These information are the main news of the last week.

Facebook Messenger brings video calling

Facebook decided to start competing to the most widespread service for video calling and VoIP – Skype. Therefore Facebook integrated to its Messenger service of video calling. Their level and stability is comparable with Skype. This function is free and it´s available thanks wifi and LTE. If Facebook will beat Skype or FaceTime, the time will show it. More information

Apple wants to abolish free streaming on Spotify and YouTube

Apple executives decided to suppress with the forthcoming advent of new music streaming service from Apple a competing systems on the same basis, which offering streaming of music for free under certain conditions. In particular, it´s about Spotify and YouTube. Apple wants to offer a financial compensation to Universal Music that it won´t provide these services a music for streaming free. We will see if this step will be good for Apple. More information

Tesla Powerball comes

Elon Musk, chairman of Tesla company, which we know like a manufacturer of modern luxury electromobiles, introduced an interesting new. This new is a battery Tesla Powerball for domestic use. The battery can store energy in capacity 7 or 10 kWh, the most from alternative sources or cheap rate from the network at a low price against competitive solution. According to Muska it´s a revolutionary solution which can change the world. Let us surprise. More information

Windows 10 will come in batches

The new version of Windows, Windows 10, would be available for variety of platforms and devices. Microsoft expects that it will comeback on the top and acquirement of significant share in mobile devices. We know now that the system will come in this summer. It won´t be “complete” and some important functions will be delivered in the other updates. It even seems that the system won´t be available for all promised platforms but only for some basic platforms and after time will expand. More information

Author: Jirka Dvořák

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