The new tablet is 12.2 inches.

Samsung is working on a new tablet in collaboration with Sharp LCD screen of 12.2 inches, according to confirmed sources of the medium ETNews Samsung. The production of this new tablet screens begin next July and the company has expectations of sale of 12 million units.

According to these sources, it will begin to produce between 2 and 2.5 million screens. The rush in their release would come given the possible competition as Apple may be thinking of taking a device also over 10 inches.

The screens are made by Samsung's own display and the Japanese manufacturer Sharp. On the panels are comments that will have a fairly good resolution for its size, 2560 × 1600 pixels. Also have the possibility of adding an S-Pen, a pointer to facilitate its use as an eBook.

Digital books are one of the strengths for which bet this tablet, bigger than normal, but cheaper than a conventional laptop. Therefore its application in the field of e-books is one facet of most interest.

It remains to be seen whether the supposed 12.2-inch tablet becomes reality and competes with the possible arrival of Maxi iPad Apple intended to draw. Since Samsung did not want to give information.

Sony launches PlayStation 4 to compete with Xbox.

Sony brought out their new weapons against Microsoft, to announce that its new PlayStation 4 console will cost $ 399, $ 100 less than its competitor Xbox One.

"The landscape of video games is changing with new business models and new ways to play," said Andrew House, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment.
The announcement of the price was not the only salvo fired against Microsoft at the launch of Sony in the annual industry trade show Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The biggest applause for the company came when Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, announced that the company would not try to restrict sales of used games. Tretton also said that the PS4 will not require a permanent internet connection.
"The games on disc for PlayStation 4 will not need to connect to the internet to play or any type of authentication," said Tretton. "If you enjoy playing individual games offline, the PS4 will not ask you to connect each individual and will not stop working if you have not logged in 24 hours."
Microsoft has been criticized for its vague comments on whether to allow users to use your Xbox One games for sale, and its requirement that the new console is connected to the Internet at least once every 24 hours.
Beyond these issues, Sony gave to prospective buyers expect PS4 lot of games this year. Santa Monica Studios Company, developers of the franchise "God of War", presented the story set in the Victorian era "The Order: 1866". Quantic Dream, the French study creator of "Heavy Rain" and the upcoming "Beyond: Two Souls", presented a comic look at fantasy "The Dark Sorcerer".
Shu Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, said studies of the company have over 30 games for PS4 in development, including 12 new franchises.
Sony also introduced to PS4 game images previously announced as "InFamous: Second Son", while several independent developers of new generation had titers in the event of Sony.
Bungie, creator of the hit series "Halo" Xbox, presented the first images of the highly anticipated game action title "Destiny". In total, Tretton said, more than 140 developing PS4 games.
Like Microsoft, Sony bet big on social networking functions. The new version of the DualShock controller includes a button to "share" that allows you to post pictures of what is being played.
Friends can watch while you play, and you can even let a friend take care from afar to spend an uphill battle. AP

Microsoft launched its own stores within Best Buy stores.

Microsoft announced today an agreement with Best Buy to launch 600 stores own establishments within the electronics chain, which the technology giant following in the footsteps of Samsung, which announced a similar agreement last April, EFE.
Microsoft will open this month from five hundred Windows Stores in as many local Best Buy in the United States and the fifty remaining in Canada, while debut a "virtual store" on bestbuy.com, as detailed in a press companies whole.
"Windows stores offer a large scale and experience first hand the consumer that will demonstrate how Microsoft Windows products can make things easier at work and entertainment," he said in announcing this alliance Microsoft marketing director, Tami Reller. 

The Windows Stores, which will have an area of ​​between 140 and 205 square meters, will have all kinds of devices and technology accessories, including tablets incorporating operating system, computers, smart phones and game consoles.

As part of the agreement, more than 1,200 Microsoft employees work in sales of new stores, with which the IT group seeks to promote the sales of products that integrate its latest operating system, Windows 8, which has caused some confusion among users .
This alliance comes just two months after South Korea's Samsung announced a deal very similar to Best Buy on the 1400 open its own shops within its stores, which seeks to prevent the chain called "showrooming".
This is how it has been called the habit of physically close to a store to try a product and then buy it online at a lower price, without having to load up home, which has become a liability to stores like Best Buy.
Therefore, the ad was getting to the shares of that company go up 2.01% Ecuador last session on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), while those of Microsoft retreated to 0.99% on the Nasdaq.