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In China, Xiaomi s sales are falling, while Vivo and Huawei are growing

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According to the Strategy Analytics report, 2018.5 million smartphones in China were sold in 2018 and this is a result of 50 million less compared to 2017. If we look at the results, only two have improved their sales despite "market saturation" and unfortunately, among these two no Xiaomi is located. In China, Xiaomi's sales are falling, while Vivo and Huawei are growing According to data, Huawei sold the most in 2011 - 105.8 million units. Compared to 2017, sales grew by 15 million copies. Considering the drop in the entire Chinese market, this is a sensational result. The second company that recorded the increase is Vivo, the sale has been improved by 6.2 million units. If the pace is maintained, in the coming quarters, Vivo should chase away Oppo which is in second place, but with a drop of 3.8 million. If you do not know Vivo and Oppo, both brands belong to the BBK Electronics group. In 2018, Xiaomi sold 2x less smartphones in China than Huawei, only 50 million

New Xiaomi products in Poland: segway, smartwatche, camera and set-top box

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Xiaomi is pushing the Polish market. On the day of the official debut of the Oppo brand, its Chinese competitor is introducing new devices for sale in our country. Chinese brands have grown up on the mobile market. It is true that Samsung is still the leader of Korea (in terms of quantity in the first place) and American Apple (especially when it comes to earned money), but in both respects leaders are chasing three producers straight from China: Huawei , Oppo and Xiaomi . However, Huawei has a lot of image problems around the world, including the United States and Poland . The company is accused of spying for the Chinese government. This is a chance for its competitors. One of them is Oppo, which is a brand so far absent in Poland, which is officially entering our market . This debut apparently decided to weaken Xiaomi, which has been present in our country for a long time. New Xiaomi products in Poland - segway, smartwatche, IP camera and set-top box 4K. Xi

The sale of iPhones in China drops by as much as 22%

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In the last quarter of 2018, the sale of smartphones with a bitten apple dropped by 22% in China. Both India and China are huge markets and Apple can not afford such big drops. According to the Analytics report, Apple is the fourth manufacturer of smartphones in China with a 10% market share, but in the last quarter the company scored a 22% decline. The sale of iPhones in China drops by as much as 22% Why Apple has lost so much? One of the reasons may be a dispute with Qualcomm and an unfavorable court ruling that has sold some of the iPhones in China. Another important factor is the "fight" of Donald Trump with China and blocking the sale of Huawei in the US. Of course, the saturation of the market also has a significant impact on the decline in sales. Many people, including myself, have abandoned the annual exchange of the phone for a new one. The lifespan of smartphones has lengthened because manufacturers are not able to offer anything revolutionary, which would be a

"Roman already knows what will soon be in his mouth" - Devil s advertisement with a small boy in the lead role fights for the title of the year s embarrassment

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It is not yet February, and the Devil energy drink producer has the chance to win the competition for the year's embarrassment. He advertises himself with a poster with a naked boy and the slogan "Roman already knows what he will have in his mouth soon ...". The internet marketing masters had to giggle over the tables like ferrets, inventing this ad. I do not doubt that they are delighted with themselves. Their brilliant idea was to have a claw, be rebellious and playful like Patryk Vega's. And although such a bar hangs low enough that even Familiada jokes fly over it like pigs in the sky, they did not manage. The wit, controversy and humor served by Devil are like the jokes of the worst of the wedding uncles just before he gracefully puts his head in the leftovers of a vegetable salad. How Devil was supposed to be funny, but it did not work out. A poster with a naked boy with an open mouth and an incredibly brilliant signature appeared on the

"Roman already knows what will soon be in his mouth" - Devil s commercial with a small boy in the lead role fights for the title of the year s guilt

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It is not yet February, and the Devil energy drink producer has the chance to win the competition for the year's embarrassment. He advertises himself with a poster with a naked boy and the slogan "Roman already knows what he will have in his mouth soon ...". The internet marketing masters had to giggle over the tables like ferrets, inventing this ad. I do not doubt that they are delighted with themselves. Their brilliant idea was to have a claw, be rebellious and playful like Patryk Vega's. And although such a bar hangs low enough that even Familiada jokes fly over it like pigs in the sky, they did not manage. The wit, controversy and humor served by Devil are like the jokes of the worst of the wedding uncles just before he gracefully puts his head in the leftovers of a vegetable salad. How Devil was supposed to be funny, but it did not work out. A poster with a naked boy with an open mouth and an incredibly brilliant signature appeared on the

Each new Redmi Note 7 will have a silicone case in the box

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Redmi Note 7 is the first smartphone presented by the "new" Redmi brand and the first call from Xiaomi Group this year. It is a phone with average performance and a very attractive look, and all for a price below $ 150 in China. Each new Redmi Note 7 will have a silicone case in the box Until now, the cheapest Redmi Note 7 model with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of mass storage did not have a transparent silicone case in the box. It was only available in the more expensive variants: 4 / 64GB and 6 / 64GB. Redmi representatives have announced that from now on all Note 7 models sold in China will have a protective case included. The new smartphone is the first call from the Xiaomi Group which has a 18 month warranty, Xiaomi claims that it is the most durable construction they have created so far. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. Its incredible durability is shown in the film. If someone has a silicone case that will not fit in official Xiaomi stores in China, there

This robot will beat you in Jenga faster than you can say "automation of industry"

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Researchers from MIT have managed a very difficult task. They managed to construct and program a robot that would probably be the undisputed master of the game at Jenga. Jenga is such an arcade-mind game that involves moving the elements of a wooden tower to its higher and higher levels, thereby weakening its structure. The one who will lead to the collapse of the tower loses. You probably know what's going on. And if you do not know, it's easiest to watch this movie, which demonstrates the skills of a robot from MIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=o1j_amoldMs The robot has mastered the game at Jenga - why is it so important? This game requires a specific combination of both skill and mental skills. Such a connection comes naturally to people, which means that Jenga is at most treated as a common entertainment with friends than the skill necessary for life. In the case of robots, this issue looks a bit different. "Jenga requi

Nazwa.pl starts a great Affiliate Program. Each recommended service is as much as 50 percent. commission for the client

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Nazwa.pl boasts that it is launching the largest domain-hosting affiliate program in Poland. The company gives customers up to 50 percent. commission for each service included in the recommendation system. The number of commissions is unlimited, in turn funds are sent in 24 hours from booking the payment. We're looking for the hooks of this program. The rules are simple. New and existing customers of nazwa.pl will receive up to 50 percent. commission for each service purchased from their instructions. The person / company ordering the service enters the login of the referring user on the form, and this one receives a transfer with funds within 24 hours of posting the transaction. For this, nazwa.pl only pays 100 PLN for the recommendation of each new company. Let's describe it with an example. A friend who has a small service company wants to use our recommendation. The owner of a hairdressing salon decides on a company's Mail Cloud Pro for PLN 600 a

Nintendo is chasing Microsoft

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Exactly 32.27 million boxes with Nintendo Switchem - that's how many consoles sold since the device's premiere in 2017. With this sales dynamism, the Switch will go over the Xbox One one this year. All this despite the fact that the Japanese platform exists on the market twice as fast as the Microsoft device . It was the best quarter in the history of the Switch. Between October and December 2018 Nintendo sold as many as 9.41 million boxes with a portable console. It's 30 percent. more than in the same period last year. Two factors influenced such a good result. The premiere of the long-awaited Super Smash Bros. brawl should be considered the first one. Ultimate. The second was undoubtedly the shopping holiday period. Switch proved to be the most preferred console gift, which is confirmed by large western sales networks such as Walmart and Amazon. If the Switch overtakes the Xbox, it will be a huge defeat for Microsoft. Thanks to the good quarter,

Do you use Office 365 in your company?

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Your company already has many computers of various types, and all of them are connected to your Office 365 service? Be careful because Microsoft is changing the way the service is implemented on new devices. Over the coming weeks, Microsoft will introduce significant changes - in the IT administration in the company - in the ways in which it offers the Office 365 service. This 64-bit client applications will become the default ones. Support for 3DES encryption will be dropped. And company employees will be encouraged to try the Microsoft Teams service. Office transition 365 to 64 bits. Office applications for Windows have been offered in both 32- and 64-bit versions for years. While those using older architecture are proposed by Microsoft by default due to their wider compatibility with old processors and systems, and due to the much larger number of additions and extensions for the 32-bit version. Even the Microsoft Store - the best place to obtain Office app

New Xiaomi products in Poland: segwey, smartwatche, camera and set-top box

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Xiaomi is pushing the Polish market. On the day of the official debut of the Oppo brand, its Chinese competitor is introducing new devices for sale in our country. Chinese brands have grown up on the mobile market. It is true that Samsung is still the leader of Korea (in terms of quantity in the first place) and American Apple (especially when it comes to earned money), but in both respects leaders are chasing three producers straight from China: Huawei , Oppo and Xiaomi . However, Huawei has a lot of image problems around the world, including the United States and Poland . The company is accused of spying for the Chinese government. This is a chance for its competitors. One of them is Oppo, which is a brand so far absent in Poland, which is officially entering our market . This debut apparently decided to weaken Xiaomi, which has been present in our country for a long time. New Xiaomi products in Poland - segway, smartwatche, IP camera and set-top box 4K. Xi

Google is dodging Apple. The company deletes its application that collected too much data

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Screenwise Meter from Google also broke Apple's rules. The company closes its iOS app voluntarily, hoping that it will escape thanks to Tim Cook's punishing hand. There is nothing like giving a good example - Tim Cook probably thinks. After he blocked Facebook employees from using company applications and testing beta versions of WhatsApp and other Instagrams, Google suddenly remembered that he also breaks the rules set by Apple. The company quickly withdrew the controversial iOS app, explaining that it just made a mistake. Screenwise Meter acted as a research Facebook application. Google's Screenwise Meter was similar to the Facebook application that fell out of iOS yesterday with a bang. The application monitored everything that was happening on the smartphone, analyzed traffic on it and how to use the application. In return, it rewarded users financially as part of the Google Opinion Reward program. As a chronicler's duty, it should be noted t

That s how the new Audi Q3 goes. She is bigger, more mature and ... she does not take her heart

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For eight years of the market career, the Audi Q3 has gained very strong competitors. That is why the new generation had to become more mature. I checked if it was not enough to be a threat to Q5. That's how the new Audi Q3 goes. She is bigger, more mature and ... she does not take her heart

They make calls for technological ignorance and it s good for them. Wiko announces a new hand

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From a small startup from Marseille to number 4 in Europe in just 7 years. Wiko has come a long way and announces a new hand at MWC 2019 in Barcelona. In Poland , the Wiko brand is still a relatively unknown creation, existing in the minds of customers somewhere far behind Xiaomi, Honor, Motorola and other manufacturers of phones from the lower and middle shelves. This does not mean, however, that it does not try to become a major player in our market, including through cooperation with Play and Orange operators, or a local smartphone service, which - like in the Apple Store - exchanges a damaged smartphone immediately to a new one, instead of forcing customer for long waiting for repair. Wiko wants to repeat his European success in Poland. The Wiko brand was created only 7 years ago, and last year in Europe it was number 4 in terms of the number of phones sold. This is a great achievement, given the multitude of known and unknown producers fighting for pieces

The camera in the new iPhone is three lenses and 3D photos

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This picture of new iPhones is made from analysts' reports. We have to see three lenses, and ... 3D pictures. Apple wants to develop a plot of augmented reality in this way. The iPhone XS and XS Max have great cameras, but the mobile market does not stand still. In the Android dawn, more and more often we see the layout of three cameras, which has a chance to become a standard among flagship devices. Any moment we see the Samsung Galaxy S10 with such a lens system, and this can trigger avalanche copying of this idea. Apple also wants to get on the train Fri "Three lenses", but it will do it in its own way. According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg , next year's successor of the iPhone, XS Max will be equipped with three lenses of the main camera. An additional third lens will offer an ultra-wide angle of view, similar to the current Huawei and LG smartphones. Unlike competitors, Apple has a remarkable idea of ​​using an ultra-wide angle lens.

Hall fire in Warsaw s Annopol. Part of T-Mobile services does not work

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Customers may have noticed that some T-Mobile services do not work. This is the aftermath of the hall's fire in Warsaw's Annopol. The fire of the industrial hall broke out in Annopol in Warsaw in the morning. As a result, buildings belonging to T-Mobile, including a network call center, were also affected. All employees were evacuated and, fortunately, nothing happened to anyone. However, the operator's clients will have to be patient and wait for the crisis to be brought under control. In social media, information about problems with almost every aspect of the operator's activity appears. T-Mobile is constantly working on restoring the operation of all services. Some T-Mobile services do not work. Customers can not send text messages, receive calls or contact the company's call center. T-Mobile customers may experience problems due to a fire. The company informed on Twitter that in connection with the event, customers will not be able to co

The GoPro Plus cloud has no limits on space for photos and videos

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GoPro goes to the whole. The GoPro Plus cloud has just lost its space limit, thanks to it for 5 dollars. You can store all photos and videos on a monthly basis. GoPro Plus is a service that debuted with the release of GoPro Hero 5 cameras and looks like it stays with us for longer. Regardless of whether you're using Hero 5, 6 or the latest version of Hero 7, you can have unlimited data space for GoPro Plus . This is a very big change in the rules. Previously, the service could store up to 35 hours of material, which translates to approximately 250 GB of data, and the materials could be slightly compressed during the upload. Unlimited space for $ 5, but only for GoPro users. The new rules remove the limits of space for photos and videos. Any compression also disappears, so we can store original files online directly from Gopro cameras. Exactly: only with GoPro cameras. The service allows you to store only materials created using these sports cameras (not o

Oppo officially in Poland. The Chinese measure high and bring expensive, top models

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We have already got used to the fact that when a new Chinese phone manufacturer enters our country, it usually begins with its affordable offer. However, Oppo intends to introduce with us - and perhaps above all - expensive, flagship models. The fifth largest producer of telephones in the world so far was a certain exotic in our country. Perhaps someone is using this manufacturer's product, maybe it's even a few people. The brand itself, however, is completely foreign to most consumers, and Oppo itself did not conduct any official activities in Poland. This is changing, as previously announced . What surprises Oppo's offer on our market is entering it with expensive, flagship models. It is a bold step, taking into account the fact that in the segment of luxury brands Apple, Samsung and Huawei dominate. The Chinese producer - although he is doing phenomenally in the world - in Poland he will have to try hard to get anyone to pay attention to him. Oppo

Prime Minister Kopacz talks about the hunt of people for dinosaurs. Spider s Web explains some inaccuracies

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Dear Prime Minister, currently deputy. With admiration, I listened to the full emotions of the Fakt Opinions program. Let me explain, however, why Agnieszka Burzyńska, who was hosting Mrs. Burzyńska so bravely, although not quite effectively fought with the explosion of uncontrolled laughter. Dear Prime Minister. First of all, I bow to you with a rich education. You graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical Academy in Lublin, where you obtained your second degree specialization in family medicine and first degree in pediatrics. These are very difficult studies, preparing for an uneasy and responsible profession. The political achievements are equally impressive. Few people can boast of holding such an important function as the prime minister of the government. In addition, you signed up on the pages of history as the first woman in the history of Poland to act as the Speaker of the Sejm. All the more, your lecture on the hunt of ancient people for di

Ask yourself a simple question - what is Honor?

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The Polish Language Dictionary states that honor is an honor, a sense of personal dignity or a good name. And it's hard to disagree, but as a technology fan I have to give a different answer. For me, Honor is also a brand of Huawei, addressed mainly to young people. At the same time, we are not talking only about age, but about the state of mind. If you are open to novelties, if you think that dry technical parameters are not enough, that technology is not only about content, but also about form - pay attention to Honor. This brand allows you to buy equipment not only innovative, but also very nice, and most importantly in our country, reasonably priced. This is a surprising turnaround. In 2014, when Honor debuted on the Vistula River, everyone thought that this is another brand that will not stand out from the competition and its only strategy is to fight with an attractive price. Five years later, we can see how wrong we were. At first it may seem that Hono

AirBuddy is a must-have application for owners of AirPods and Mac

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There is just an application that should be downloaded by all AirPods owners. It is a pity that AirBuddy is not part of macOS. AirPods are the first Apple wireless headphones that use Bluetooth and W1 chip. Thanks to this, after one pairing with the device of this brand, you can connect them also easily to other devices, on which the user logged in to the same Apple ID account. How do I connect AirPods to a Mac ? AirPods is a great companion for devices such as iPhones, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac. In the latter case, connecting headphones could be a bit more convenient. By default, to connect Apple's wireless headphones to your Mac when both devices have been paired with one another, first open the case. Then you have to click the volume icon in the menu bar and choose AirPods from the list. AirBuddy simplifies this process with just one click. A small program called AirBuddy works all the time in the background. As soon as it detects via the B

Some services in the T-Mobile network do not work. This is the aftermath of the hall s fire in Warsaw s Annopol

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Customers may have noticed that some T-Mobile services do not work. This is the aftermath of the hall's fire in Warsaw's Annopol. The fire of the industrial hall broke out in Annopol in Warsaw in the morning. As a result, buildings belonging to T-Mobile, including a network call center, were also affected. All employees were evacuated and, fortunately, nothing happened to anyone. However, the operator's clients will have to be patient and wait for the crisis to be brought under control. In social media, information about problems with almost every aspect of the operator's activity appears. T-Mobile is constantly working on restoring the operation of all services. Some T-Mobile services do not work. Customers can not send text messages, receive calls or contact the company's call center. T-Mobile customers may experience problems due to a fire. The company informed on Twitter that in connection with the event, customers will not be able to co