BenQ A3, A New Smartphone

A new Smartphone from the most popular brand BenQ has been formalized. It is a mid-range model by the name A3.

The dimensions is 13.4 x 6.6 x 1 cm and a weight of 135 grams, the BenQ A3 Smartphone features a quadruple heart ARM Cortex- A5 processor 1.2 GHz - provided by Qualcomm - associated with a 1 GB Of RAM.

Comes with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean environment, it offers a 4.5-inch IPS screen resolution qHD (960 x 540 pixels), compatibility with 3G + (up to 5.76 Mbit / s upload; up to 7.2 Mbit / s download) links 802.11n Wi-Fi / GPS / FM / Bluetooth ports mini- jack / micro -USB 2.0, an 8 megapixel digital camera with LED flash and a webcam 2 megapixels .

 It has a 4 GB flash memory expandable to 32GB with MicroSD and a Lithium- Ion 2000 mAh capacity. The availability of the Smartphone BenQ A3 is expected this month and the price is not yet finalized. This model is available in two colors namely black and white.

Adobe Muse receives new components

Muse has gained new features in an update published this week. This tool facilitates the development of websites. Muse, however, reserved for the Creative Cloud customers. This version of November gives access to trading portal components (demo video) that you can use for its own sites (widgets, icons, layouts).

They come from other users and share their accomplishments. The recovered items will fall into a new palette in the software for a more immediate and permanent access. Additional components - a dozen - are also provided for inclusion in its web pages buttons connect to social networks and web services known as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, YouTube, Google Maps, Vimeo, Paypal, YouTube, etc. 

Several scrolling effects are added to those already existing in the dedicated pallet. They work on animations created in other Adobe application, Edge and Muse in slideshows. Slideshows that can be now fill the entire screen. This update is not reported by the general utility of Creative Cloud, you must start to see Muse and install it.

VLC update available with H.265 decoding and VP9

VLC media player is available now with the update version 2.1.1. After the major publication in late September, VideoLAN now has a minor update of VLC for Windows, OS X and Linux.

It is stamped 2.1.1 and still announced with hundreds of corrections including regressions introduced with VLC 2.1.0 (a bug fixed) . The main corrections are detailed in the release notes itself elaborately. VideoLAN highlights significant changes to decode Speex, WMV3, Alac and AVI, the end of worries for OS X crashes and hardware decoding (via GPU) on Windows.

Besides improvements to the Windows installer, enter into experimental support are also reported. This is of HEVC or H.265 codec and free VP9 to play videos in WebM format.

New Android Handheld Mobile Game Console From Archos

Archos new version of its Android mobile game console is now available in Europe for only 190 Euros and the buyer gets this latest handheld gamepad 2, which eliminates major criticisms of its predecessor. The Archos gamepad 2 is the second gaming device that comes with an Android operating system and physical controls. So that users can play games from the Play Store as with a console controller.


With the preinstalled mapping tool which physical control buttons can be linked using drag -and-drop with the virtual control elements on the display. Archos tries the new gamepad 2, rectified some weaknesses of the previous model. Thus, the screen viewing angle is not stable, relatively dark and low contrast in the first version. The Archos gamepad 2 is now building up a 7 -inch IPS display, the viewing angle is stable.

The resolution has been increased from 1,024 to 1,280 x 600 pixels x 800 pixels. This gives a pixel density of 215 ppi, the previous one had only 170 ppi. The processor also been improved: Inside the gamepad 2 now works with an unspecified quad-core processor with Cortex-A9 cores and a clock speed of 1.6 GHz.

In the first game pad is a dual-core processor with the same clock speed. The memory size has increased from 1 to 2 GB. Of this gamepad 2, battery with a rated load of 5,000 mAh will last longer than the predecessor. The gamepad 2 comes with Android in version 4.2. The user has full access to Google's Play Store and other Google apps.

A separate Archos AppStore in the game zone filters out compatible games from the entire range directly with the control elements of the tablet. The purchase itself is still done with Google Play. With the mapping tool, the user can theoretically link each game using the control buttons. This has worked well in the first gamepad; according to Archos function has been improved.

Official Facebook app for Windows 8 and Windows Phone now available

Microsoft has announced it will now be possible for Windows application developers to integrate a Facebook authentication module with a positive sign given to the developers, It does not look like much, yet the news is a huge opening on the part of Microsoft, which has announced that in the future sign, developers can make the choice to integrate a module to Facebook iD in their applications to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 .

A partnership has been reached with the social network to enable users of Microsoft solutions more easily identify with various applications in order to better share their actions on the network, but also to avoid multiple registration process . A facility that can attract users, but also allows developers to avoid having to manage accounts and personal data with the utmost care and security that entails.

On the other hand, Microsoft could lose as it has been several years that the company seeks to bring its users under the control of a “Microsoft " has become possible for all of its services, but also to access software and brand partners sites. Implemented from today, the module will fit in the days that come in a variety of applications including Foursquare, Photoshop Express, iHeartRadio and many others.

 Requested for several years by developers, Microsoft would have eventually folded. The side of the publishers, the benefits should be felt quickly, users are more clapboard to use their applications if they are able to interact with their Facebook account.

Eventually, Microsoft could also win out because the door open could allow it to retrieve new publishers and new applications so far refused to settle on its various platforms.