Arquivo para September, 2013
Young Pakistani inaugurates library
06
Sep
Malala Yousafzai , a Pakistani student who was attacked with gunfire in the head by the Taliban for defending the right to education of girls , after being treated for injuries in England , said on Tuesday ( 09/03 ) , that books can defeat terrorism .
The 16 year old made a speech in his adopted city , the English city of Birmingham , before unveiling the plaque at the inauguration of the largest public library in Europe.
She said : ” I made the challenge to read thousands of books and gain strength with knowledge. Pencils and books are the weapons to defeat terrorism , “said Malala operated in October last year after a criminal attack at the time was still a school in Pakistan .
She also argued : ” There is no weapon more powerful than knowledge or a greater source of knowledge that the written word ” , as published EuroNews .
She is now a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize this year , spoke without embarrassment , showed safety and it has just a bit of stiffness in the left side of the face
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Malala now attends school in Birmingham , which also has a large population of Pakistani origin , where his family now resides .
The Library of Birmingham was already one of the major projects to recover the city center
and has over a million books , including works of Paulo Coelho , Machado de Assis and the first editions of the works of English playwright William Shakespeare .
It was a great opportunity for the 16 year old back to say that books are the best weapon to defeat terrorism , and said during the inauguration : ” Always remember that even a book , a pen , a child and a teacher can change the world ” , said Malala during the inauguration .
A young Pakistani has now signed a contract of more than 2 million with a publisher to publish your story.
New Kindle is announced
05
Sep
Amazon, the giant global online sales, and that generates many conflicts in the publishing market, announced a new device with the highest quality from their devices: the paperwhite, sense of color and light in the printed electronic device.
The advertised price is also inviting, the price of the sixth generation of the Kindle e-reader Paper, the United States will arrive on September 30 to $ 119, according to the website The Verge.
Among the new features of the device include the antireflective of sunlight and the ability to take notes in marl leaves of digital books, the long-awaited features.
Two other big news is a vocabulary list, and being able to make footnotes that appear as a pop-up, it is possible to keep active new words while reading, and is connected to a dictionary with Wikipedia X-Ray built.
Amazon recently acquired Goodreads, which is a social network for shared reading lists 
and comments on them.
The new Kindle device Paperwhite, weighs 206 grams (less than the iPad mini 312 grams) with battery “lasts for weeks, not hours” as stated by the manufacturer and processor promises to be “25% faster”, we hope to give .
The American version 3G (cost U $ 189) will have a free data plan included, and the unit has 212 ppi resolution and measures 16.9 cm high and 11.7 cm in length, with 9.1 mm thick.
Microsoft buys Nokia
04
Sep
A very special smartphones company Nokia , sold his shares and
cellular operations as Microsoft’s own advertising company on 07/02/2013.
The Finnish Nokia will sell its operations with phones and smartphones to the U.S. group Microsoft for $ 7.183 billion dollars (5.440 billion euros, or more than U.S. $ 17 billion), the Finnish company announced.
Nokia was the beginning the most important factory phones and smartphones in the world, but was losing a lot of room for competitors like Apple and Samsung, which have modernized very quickly and fell to the taste of the users.
Recently made an attempt to use the Windows Phone system in an attempt to leverage and modernize equipment.
This was done with the Lumia line, which uses the Nokia and Microsoft, the Windows Phone, but did not reach the desired number of sales.
The sale will include all the patents in the sector, which will now focus on services and networks, “the best way to move forward, both for Nokia as its shareholders,” the group’s president, Risto Siilasmaa.
Ordinance encourages brazilian mobile apps
03
Sep
An ordinance of the Ordinance of the Ministry of Communications of Brazil has
determined the criteria for exemption from tax of smartphones manufactured here in Brazil.
According to this ordinance the Brazilian government, only those devices that come with a minimum of five national applications will be reduced to zero tax rates.
The paper considers application developed in Brazil that was developed by one person or entity resident in the national territory.
The package should include applications in different areas such as education, health, sports, tourism, gaming and productivity.
The electrical and electronics industry Brazilian companies ask for help with tax rates.
Use of computers in the classroom
02
Sep
The discussion about the good and bad use of
computers in the classroom is old but in brazilian city Maceio´s discussion took a new direction in terms of a kind of agreement between teachers and students, as write news portal G1.
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There a group of students from the 2nd year of high school in Maceió, started using mobile phones, tablets and social networks as allies seek to exchange content and information on the topics of the classroom.
According to testimony by Matheus Borges, 16, and Maria Julia, 16 explained their preferences: “When we go to write a text, prefers to use the computer. It is easier to type on the keyboard because it goes faster. Besides which, when we study or do some work, have the ability to use content more interactive, “said students reporting portal.
Already a librarian Jaqueline Silva Verçosa told that the technology part of everyday life of children and adolescents did not alter the motion of the library, which has a project for students to not untie the books and to encourage students to grade 5 read more.
In his statement he said: “The use of books is important for them to continue reading and improving writing. Proof that they like is that students always wanting to participate, but it takes discipline. “
