الملخص التقني 26-نوفمبر-2012: فيسبوك يحبون الأندرويد

Samsung’s Galaxy Note II hits 5 million channel sales, adding 2 million over the last 24 days Samsung has announced [translation] that the Galaxy Note II, its flagship phone-meets-tablet (‘phablet’), has passed 5 million in channel sales, chalking up a further 2 million shipments since November 2. Galaxy Note II had raced to 3 million channel sales just 24 days ago, having hit that mark just 37 days after launch. The 5.5-inch device is expected to bring in 20 million sales, Samsung predicts, which would double that of its predecessor, The Galaxy Note, which passed the 10 million milestone within 9 months. While that may not be as fast as the Galaxy S III — which rocketed up 30 million channel sales just 150 days after the launch — the fact that the original Note was very much the first in its class, makes the feat impressive. http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/11/26/absolutely-phabulous-samsungs-galaxy-note-ii-passes-5m-channel-sales-adding-3m-in-24-days/ ------------------------------ Rumour: Nintendo to launch Wii Mini console Nintendo may be considering another redesigned Wii console, according to speculation this weekend. Nintendo World Report has received information from "an internal release schedule at a major retailer" claiming a Wii Mini will be launched on December 7. The leak suggests a new, "compact" version of the original Wii console, bundled with a Nunchuk, Wii Remote Plus and jacket. Such a release would be a surprise, given how Nintendo is focusing much of its attention on pushing its brand new Wii U console, out now in the US and out next weekend in Europe and Australia. Imminent announcement? However, it's plausible that the company could be seeking to squeeze a little more life out of its best-selling console, before consigning it to history. Nintendo has already redesigned the console once, with a thinner console a year ago. If a launch is forthcoming in early December, an announcement would need to be imminent. We'll keep you informed. As of right now, we'd be slightly sceptical on this one. http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/rumour-nintendo-to-launch-wii-mini-console-1115126 ---------------------------------- Facebook Has Posters In Its Hallways Begging Employees To Ditch iPhones For Androids In August we reported Facebook was pushing its employees to use Android phones because its Android app was really bad. The idea is that if the employees are actually using the app, then they'll see all its flaws and report them to the team that makes the app. Josh Constine has a follow up report at TechCrunch, and he has two fantastic images of how much Facebook is pushing Android on its staff. In the first on the left, Facebook asks "Do you 'droidfood?" That's a combination of dogfooding and Android. Dogfooding is a phrase for companies forcing employees to use the product so they know how to improve it. The other one shows IDC projections of Android exploding in usage. Constine says the iPhone is still more popular at Facebook, because that's what Facebook initially gave employees, and it's better, but that's starting to change. More employees are getting on Android. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-android-posters-2012-11#ixzz2DL3YlXsO ---------------------------- Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: Users Can Download Their Entire Archive By Year-End; Now Sees 1B Tweets Every 2.5 Days Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has once again promised that Twitter users will, indeed, be able to download a full archive of their tweets in just a matter of weeks. This latest announcement was delivered in response to an audience question during a talk at Costolo’s alma mater, University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy, where the CEO discussed Twitter’s role in the future of global communication and democratized access to information. This isn’t the first time Costolo has made this promise, mind you – he said the same thing