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If, in the years 1980 to 2000, Apple was the symbol of the hippie-techno-contestaires who opposed the dominance of Microsoft and its Windows, those days are over. A study by Forrester Research Agency has prepared the sketch of the workers who use Apple devices (Mac, iPhone or iPad) in a professional setting. The result obtained from 10 000 employees in 17 countries, is unambiguous: 43% of those whose incomes exceed $ 150 000 using a device designed in Cupertino.

Can we expect a cheaper iPad?

More study falls in income, the owners have many months. They are only 27% in the salaries of 100,000 and 149,000 dollars and 23% from 99 999 to 50 000 dollars. The positions held by customers of Apple confirm the analysis of Forrester. Senior executives are 41%, managers and employees represent respectively 27 and 14%. Is this good news for Apple? Certainly, since the position desired by Steve Jobs was the high end. It is also a paradox. With the strategy now seeks to become the tool for teachers and students, the company will take the risk of developing a range accessible without being low cost.

The rumor of an iPad “light” could raise even if, currently, a premium version with a HD display is expected. Unless a stock iPad 1 and 2 be “sold off” after the launch of the iPad 3 for students and teachers. Response in a few weeks …

Peter Birch, product manager of Google Earth, says this new version has an image database optimized. Google Earth is in the form of a 3D globe mosaic images of the planet taken by several satellites at different times and under different climatic and light conditions. ” Because of these variations, the views of the Earth (…) can sometimes seem incomplete . ” Version 6.2 of Google Earth then proposed to optimize the rendering to obtain better images and display the various reliefs under superficial. For comparison, here is a picture of the Grand Canyon, before and after the polishing:

Google Earth is no exception to the integration of the new Community Network + Google. It is indeed possible to connect to your user account and share an image being viewed with contacts. Note also a search engine optimization, which now offers an auto-complete feature similar to the embedded Google Maps.

Google has announced the opening of its social network Google + adolescents aged 13 and over, in most countries where the service is accessible. A change in the minimum age is accompanied by improvements in privacy settings.

It is the vice president of product management for Google, Bradley Horowitz , who announced the news on his page + Google: the network office is now open to teenagers aged 13 or over, with the exception of some countries – the minimum age is 14 in Spain and South Korea, and 16 years in the Netherlands.

Google probably hopes to further increase the audience of his social network and lowering the age limit, previously set at 18. However, the site still takes the lead in trying to avoid criticism of the potential danger of social networks for teens, by integrating alerts when publications are made out of circles of friends. An amendment was also made in the video chat hangout for the webcam and microphone are deactivated when a person who is not part of a circle of the user is invited into the conversation. Finally, the possibility of interaction of other network members on the wall of young users has been limited to best protect privacy. However, these features enabled by default, can be disabled in the settings.

The question is whether adolescents to storm + Google, which now has 90 million users according to the Mountain View company.