Test Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus

In many ways, the Galaxy Nexus is the iPhone 4S Android. It is manufactured by Samsung, became the first manufacturer Androphones through the Nexus S, the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II. And it is equipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of the mobile system of Google, and the first to offer a consistent graphics interface. Real rethinking of Android, the Galaxy Nexus is a device ambitious. But is that enough to convince a user to iPhone 4S? The response in our test!

Mac sales

Apple sold 5,198,000 Mac over the holidays, just beating analysts' estimates (5.14 million). 

The MacBook confirm their good form despite the absence of news: it took 3.719 million laptops (+ 2.85% compared to Q4 2011 / + 27.93% vs. Q1 2011) against 1.479 million Mac office (+ 15.73% compared to Q4 2011 / + 20.54% vs. Q1 2011). 

There is renewed talk of numbers record. The figures are timely to celebrate the anniversary of the Macintosh, introduced January 24, 1984.

Apple T1 2012 results: everything you need to know

Apple presented its financial results for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2012. This quarter, which ended December 24, 2011, is the first since the death of the co-founder Steve Jobs. 

Quarter holiday season, the T1 is traditionally a "big" quarter, and it is further reinforced this year by marketing the iPhone 4S, which should have a positive impact on the turnover, the profit and gross margin. 

Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, and had set a very ambitious target to $ 37 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $ 9.30 per share.

Free Mobile: bad for jobs?

MEPs also heavily emphasized the issue of employment. The arrival of Free Mobile is it a good thing? Xavier Niel replied that the number of people working in telecoms decreased until 2009, when Free was awarded a license to become the fourth operator. The group has hired over 1000 people to take care of Free Mobile and continues to recruit. It also creates several thousand indirect jobs, particularly in construction with the installation of antennas.

Difficult to manage a successful

Free faces unprecedented demand. And it clearly exceeds the internal objectives of the new entrant who was forced to review its system information A to Z to take into account such an influx of users. Xavier Niel suggested the figure of 3 to 4 million requests for information received from the first day of launch. He promised the arrival of a customer area worthy of the name within a few days for the owners of the package € 2 can block certain options.