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Google Duo lands in Spain The search giant is trying to gain a foothold in the video-calling market hoarded by Facebook, Apple and Microsoft    Three months after your announcement, Google Duo is here and you only need a phone number. This is the card of presentation of the last bet of the giant of the searchers to recover ground in the market of the instantaneous mail. Last May at the annual I / O conference, Google surprised with the announcement of the creation of Duo, an exclusive video call app independent of Hangouts, the everlasting communication tool of Google. Since this week, Android and iOS users can now download and make calls to their contacts after receiving a verification code by registering their number in the app, following the wake of the registry of other messaging applications such as Whatsapp or Telegram.    Beyond the race to lead the development of artificial intelligence, the great technology have saved part of their efforts to video call serv...

Project Alloy, Intel's bet on virtual reality The prototype, only for developers at the moment, works without a computer or mobile    The commitment of Facebook and Google among others for the virtual reality has caused that the technological sector have devoted a great part of their efforts to present new proposals to lead this new 'virtual' career, The last one to join the battle has been Intel with the presentation of a new concept of virtual reality that does not need a computer or mobile phone to function and that aims to create a "mixed reality".    The multinational has presented at IDF, the annual appointment of developers in San Francisco, Project Alloy. It is a helmet that is based on immersion without any other additional device, except with the hands, which serve to move within the created reality. The helmet includes a great power and everything necessary to carry out the experience: chips, batteries or sensors, among others. It is still only a protot...

Twitter has closed 360,000 accounts since 2015 for promoting terrorism The company admits that there is no "magic algorithm" to identify the contents, but says it has managed to reduce the time that these types of accounts remain active.   Twitter social network has announced the suspension of 235,000 accounts during the last six months to promote terrorism. In addition, last year already closed 125,000 profiles for the same reason. "This makes our total number of suspensions to 360,000 since mid-2015," the US company said in a statement. "The world has witnessed a new wave of deadly repugnant terrorist attacks around the world, we strongly condemn these acts and are committed to eliminating the promotion of violence or terrorism on our platform," the popular social network explained. of messages of 140 characters. The company admits that there is no "magic algorithm" to identify the content that promotes and promotes terrorism in the network, bu...

How to move all contacts, photos and conversations between mobile phones without cables The Huawei Phone Clone app allows you to change devices quickly and reliably only using the Wi-Fi network    After purchasing a new smartphone, you start from scratch: the installation of applications, the transfer of photos and messages, etc. Something quite cumbersome and time consuming. With the aim that the change of mobile device is "easier than ever" the Phone Clone app is born. The Chinese company Huawei has been responsible for developing this application that transfers all data to the new phone without the need for cables, backup copies or internet connection. "All that is needed are two devices with WiFi and the application installed in both," they say from the company.    Huawei Phone Clone is available for free for Android and Apple devices. Depending on the device, it allows to choose the transfer of different data, such as contacts, messages, photos and videos, musi...