Clap end for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – Europe1

Dead and buried. Nearly six months after their official presentation, Samsung has announced on Tuesday that it would permanently inactivate its Galaxy Note 7. The company wants to turn the page after numerous disappointments.

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“The safety of our customers is our priority. In this framework, we will use from the 31 January a new software update from the battery to all the Galaxy Note 7 still in circulation in Europe. This update will block the loading of the battery of these devices as well as their use as mobile,” writes the south-Korean company in the description of its update. In practice, once unloaded, the devices will be unusable.

The smartphone, released in mid-August 2016, has been the victim of multiple battery problems resulting in explosions. These cases had pushed Samsung to replace it for the first time the batteries of the affected models in September. But as a result of the explosions of the replacement models, the company has finally recalled all of its Galaxy Note 7 in mid-October. Since then, the company has increased its efforts to prevent further accidents.

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in The month of December, Samsung had, for example, limited the charging of its devices to 30% of the battery capacity to avoid overheating. In the United States, deployed updates in partnership with the operators, too, have made it possible to block smartphones. The objective of Samsung is to recover all of the Galaxy Note 7 in the movement and the case is on the right track, since, according to the last count of the company, 96% of mobile devices have been returned to the company.

This latest update blocking permanently the Galaxy Note 7, should mark a new departure for Samsung. In early January, the south Korean has released the results of its internal investigation and announce new testing process for its batteries. Now, the company focuses on the future and the presentation of the Galaxy S8, which is expected to occur at the end of march.

Case Penelope Fillon. The “Canard enchaîné”, adds the note – West-France

In its edition to be published on the 1st of February, le Canard enchaîné is back on the suspicions of employment, fictitious, Penelope Fillon. After saying last week that the wife of French prime minister François Fillon had received 600 000 € of revenue as assistant parliamentarian, and to the Revue des deux Mondes, the weekly increases adding up to 900 000 €. It also opens a new pane in affirming that the children of François Fillon received 84 000 € gross as a parliamentary assistant in the Senate.

The wife of François Fillon, Penelope, suspected of ‘ghost’ employees, has affected a total of over 900 000 euros gross as the collaborator of her husband, and the Revue des deux Mondes, says Le Canard enchaîné in its edition of Wednesday.

After having mentioned the sum of” 500 000 euros gross “ last week, the Duck number is now 831 440 euros gross amount received by Penelope Fillon as assistant parliamentarian of her husband or his alternate, Marc Joulaud. Not just from 1998 to 2002, as written last week by the same source, but also from 1988 to 1990.

the wife of The candidate of the right in the presidential election of 2017 has also received some 100,000 euros gross for a job in the Revue des deux Mondes.

Read. Survey. Three-quarters of the French not convinced by the defence of Fillon

His children paid between 2005 and 2007

in addition, the candidate of the right in the presidential election has paid two of its children as ” wizards “ parliamentarians when he was a senator of the Sarthe between 2005 and 2007, also says the weekly. François Fillon had mentioned these jobs during its passage in the journal de TF1, on Thursday.

A search warrant was conducted Tuesday at the national Assembly by the investigators working on the suspicion of ‘ghost’ employees aimed Penelope Fillon. The latter would apply for contracts of work attesting to the actual work of the wife of François Fillon.

Mr. and Mrs. Fillon have been heard on Monday separately at Versailles in the local intervention Group of the regional (GIR) by the police of the central office for the fight against corruption and crimes (financial OCLCIFF).

The former Prime minister had himself asked for this hearing, ensuring want to make transparency in this matter, in which he claimed to have done nothing wrong.

The investigation for misappropriation of public funds, misuse of corporate assets and receiving stolen property was opened on Wednesday by the prosecutor’s office, national financial (PNF) and the investigation entrusted to the OCLCIFF.

Galaxy Note 7 : they will be disabled on January 31, 2017 – Clubic

The Galaxy Note 7 Samsung will be back in the history of smartphones, but not for the right reasons. The Galaxy Note 7 is in the center of the biggest recall of devices ever made, because of the explosions of the batteries. Since Samsung has not been able to recover the entirety of the Note 7 sold, he decided to act.

If the majority of the customers of Samsung have decided to make the camera, that always presents a risk of explosion since it is subject to a manufacturing error, some stubbornly refuse to return it to the constructor.

The Galaxy Note 7 rendered totally unusable in Europe (and in France)

To force the hand of the owners of Galaxy Note 7 recalcitrant, since it is a major security problem (the risk of explosion has even led airlines to ban the smartphone on their flights), Samsung is going to use the hard way. After calling to the good conscience of his clients, he will use coercion : it will render the devices unusable.

To do this, nothing more simple : Samsung is going to deploy an update to the internal software of the smartphone. Once it has been downloaded and installed by the device, it will be unusable. A technique that is already used, with success, in other countries of the world and who is going to be launched in Europe and, in fact, in France. The deployment of this update will begin on January 31, 2017.

The Galaxy Note 7 will not connect to the network

If smartphones today have many features, the first is a telephone and, perhaps, a device to go on the Internet. Samsung will therefore strike at the very heart of the use of the Galaxy Note 7 : the software update will prevent the smartphone to connect to the network. Impossible to have a connection to the data, to call or even send an SMS.

If there is still reticence and that some people say they will still be able to connect to wifi, they may become disillusioned : the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will no longer be able to recharge on the sector. In so doing, making the Score 7 completely unusable, Samsung hopes to recover the 6 % of devices still in circulation in Europe.

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Divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie : a note to $ 6 million – ladepeche.fr

Published on 31/01/2017 14:06, updated the 31/01/2017 14:24

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were in a relationship for ten years. Dimitrios Kambouris / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/Archives

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have announced their divorce in September 2016, but the procedures are still far from being completed. The separation should last long months, because it will be necessary to divide the immense wealth of the couple.

lawyers to 1250$ per hour

A fortune common to more than 600 million dollars, five large properties spread between the United States, France and London… The quantity of goods to share is astronomical. To achieve compromise, the two actors have made use of distinguished lawyers in the United States. Brad has chosen Lance Spiegel, and Angelina will work with Laura Wasser.

according To Hollywood Life, the cost of paying these lawyers could rise to nearly $ 6 million, at the rate of 1250$ per hour each. To this was added the fees of the judge,$ 450 per hour.

To Brad Pitt, this is the second divorce after the one with Jennifer Aniston. It should be more complex, because the presence of the six children of the couple complicates things. All in all, the procedure could last up to a year.

on Tuesday evening, the announcement of the divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt surprised the world. On social networks, the separation of the couple…

Since the announcement of their divorce last September, the american actor had been relatively discreet in the face of the attacks of Angelina Jolie….

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it is finished – Numerama

Samsung deploys an update to neutralize the Galaxy Note 7. The phablet, which was launched last fall, has quickly revealed serious deficiencies at the level of the battery, which has compelled the manufacturer south Korean to take drastic action.

the Clap of the end for the Galaxy Note 7. The industrial disaster that has been the phablet of Samsung will soon be relegated to the history books as the south Korean manufacturer is in the process of deploying an update this Tuesday, January 31, which will prevent its customers to recharge the battery from the device and use it for phone calls. Objective ? Force them to no longer use the Galaxy Note 7.

” The safety of our customers is our priority. In this framework, we will use from the 31 January a new software update from the battery to all the Galaxy Note 7 still in circulation in Europe. This update will block the loading of the battery of these devices as well as their use as a mobile “, we read in the description of the update FrAndroid was able to consult.

This update will block the loading of the battery as well as use as a mobile

In fact, only a small minority of users will actually be affected by this patch. The manufacturer asian in-fact know that the vast majority of european customers (94 %) who have acquired the Galaxy Note 7 has received a refund or a replacement model. It now remains to take care of a few diehard or ignorant who are still in the possession of the Galaxy Note 7.

It is in the name of security that Samsung has decided to make unusable the Galaxy Note 7. Shortly after the release of the product, testimonials have in fact questioned its safety after explosions who had been identified almost everywhere in the world. Very soon, all eyes are turned to the design of the battery, that an investigation of Samsung will confirm later.

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in Front of the alarming increase of cases of Galaxy Note 7 explosives, Samsung had put a premature end to his business career and engage in a vast reminder of the terminals attached to the establishment of a crisis communication plan to minimize the considerable damage on its brand image.

If you own a Galaxy Note 7, it is now time to contact Samsung to get a refund or a replacement. The company reminds that it is recommended to proceed without further delay to the backup of all the data contained in the phablet. The transfer of the terminal to the PC will always be possible after the update, via the power cable.

To read on Numerama : Galaxy Note 7 : loss for Samsung could exceed 15 billion euros

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Note “ethics” of the United States gradient – Echoes

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Standard Ethics, an agency of social rating, which is based in London and Brussels has lowered the rating of the United States of EEE – EE+, a week after the inauguration of Donald Trump. Its rejection of international treaties on the freedom of movement of goods and people, the refusal to reduce polluting emissions or the promotion of torture are among the negative factors invoked.

Android 7.1.1 Nougat could soon arrive on the Xiaomi Redmi … – Frandroid

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Android 7.1.1 Nougat has appeared on GFXBench. This can leave to hear an update next to the terminal, as well as its successor, the Redmi Note 4.

In November 2015, Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Note 3, a smartphone running Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. The device has recently received the version 6.0 Marshmallow of the operating system and could benefit in the near future ultimate update : Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

indeed, a result of benchmark has been published on the website of GFXBench. It is a test of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Android 7.1.1 Nougat with all the new releases. Note that the table contains some errors and shows that the screen is 5.7 inch, while in reality, he is 5.5 inches and the processor is clocked at 1.8 GHz, and not 2 GHz.

Note also, that the terminal tested here uses a Snapdragon 650. There is also another version of the smartphone bundling an MT6795 Helio X10, but it is not passed on GFXBench.

Difficult to know when all users will be entitled to this update. However, one can hope that if Xiaomi is preparing to update its Redmi Note 3, the Redmi Note 4, most recent, should also take advantage of Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

To read on FrAndroid : Android 7.0 Nougat : the list of terminals updated

Note 7 : Samsung is going to block the terminals still in circulation in … – ZDNet France

The goal for Samsung is the same : to avoid a new incident or a casualty, the group does everything to retrieve the Note 7 already sold. Different recall programs have been put in place anywhere in the world but some users prefer to override this and keep their phablet. Despite the risks of explosion, reminders, and raises.

In Europe, 94% of the devices sold have been recovered, for Samsung it will now take care of the recalcitrant through deactivations remotely. As in other countries, the world number one, therefore, will deploy in Europe and in France a new update to prevent the Note 7 of recharge and connect to networks for voice or data.

“We will use from the 31 January a new software update from the battery to all the Galaxy Footnote 7 still in circulation in Europe. This update will block the loading of the battery of these devices as well as their use as mobile”. “This new measure is intended to encourage the minority of customers still in possession of a Galaxy Note 7 to proceed with the reimbursement or the replacement of their device,” adds the manufacturer.

let us Recall that according to the survey of the south-Korean, the batteries, and only they are the cause of the multiple explosions that were identified. The tests have concluded that the batteries are the cause of the incidents of Note 7,” one can read in the press release. The first battery had a design problem involving a short circuit, causing overheating and a blaze, and the second of the problems of welds with the same consequences. Recall that the manufacturer had changed provider after having seen the first explosion. But obviously, this last, the chinese ATL, has not done better.

“We can take responsibility for the fact that we have not been able to identify and verify the problems that arose in the design and manufacture of batteries,” can we read in the press release. “We have taken corrective measures to ensure this never happens again.” The person in charge has, however, ruled out any action against its suppliers : “The fact of not checking the safety and quality is our responsibility.” There has therefore been a quack at the level of internal testing of batteries.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7, soon to be blocked in France – CNET France

The Korean giant intends to retrieve the latest Galaxy Note 7 to be defective still in circulation in Europe (and in France). After having taken over 94% across the continent, Samsung will block the 6% remaining in order to push the customers to make. They will then have the choice to redeem S7 or get a refund.

To lock the phones, the firm will deploy an update to the 31 January next. It will not recharge or connect to the networks of the operators. the ” After the software update, it will be possible to transfer data by plugging the power cable. Once this cable is plugged in, the device will be able to transfer the data, then once disconnected, the device will shut down “, adds Samsung in its press release.

as a reminder, the Galaxy Note 7 has been withdrawn from the market following multiple explosions. Last week, the Korean giant has finally explained the reasons for the problem. Samsung has designated the batteries of their devices as the sole responsible. The company is also committed to take ” for corrective measures to ensure this never happens again “.

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LVMH: in the red with a note broker. – The Express

LVMH yield of 0.7% with a note that Bryan Garnier, which reaffirms its recommendation to ‘buy’ and its intrinsic value (‘fair value’) of 208 euros, but removes the title from its list of preferred values for the first quarter (Q1 top picks list’).

The financial intermediary puts forward the surge in the Stock price over a recent period, with a gain of 32% over the last six months, so it is very close to its highest historic level.

‘Finally, the cautious view of Bernard Arnault to 2017 during the analyst meeting leads us to believe that investors will not be too greedy for the performance of the Stock price of LVMH’, he continues.

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Samsung released a Galaxy Note 8 this year – Fredzone – Fredzone

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The note of the Turkey downgraded by the rating agencies Opinion

there are still two years, the economic future of the Turkey seemed bright, providing to the countries of the pull up to make it finally a true emerging power. An advantage that the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan intended to use in its relations with the european Union in particular, to support the candidacy of Ankara at the entrance on the single market. But the political instability is growing, the authoritarian drift of the president, the fall of the Turkish lira and inflation will no longer inspire the investors. On 23 January, in Ankara, was even a meeting of the committee of monetary policy of the central bank to try to find a solution to the problem of money.

Turkey is wrong and she can no longer hide it. Friday, January 27, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch have down the economy and finance, and Turkish. The first has lowered the outlook of the sovereign rating of the country from “stable” to negative, while the second was downright downgraded Turkey from BBB – to BB+, class a speculative so-called ” junk “. The two rating agencies agree that the country’s political development, the unstable security and the impossibility blatant of the government to combat inflation pressures and the surge of the pound is undermining for months, the economic performance of Ankara. But also the independence of these institutions.

The authority of Erdogan, worried. The agency Standard & Poor’s has indicated that for the moment she maintained the long-term rating of Turkey at the level BB, but does not hide its fears of a drift of power to affect in the near future the performance of Ankara. She said that she was concerned about the impact on domestic policy of the attempt of the coup d’etat of 15 July, but also of the project of constitutional reform proposed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Project which according to S&P could limit the powers of control of Parliament and justice on the policy of the government.

” We’re lowering our outlook to negative to reflect what we consider to be of the growing difficulties of political leaders to stem the tide of inflation and pressure on the currency “, so is it possible to read in a press release. For its part, Fitch added that the outlook attached to the sovereign rating of BB+ rest for the moment ” stable “. “Although the political environment is likely to stabilize, serious security problems are likely to persist “, she says for her part.

double-digit Inflation. Since the beginning of the year, the Turkish lira has lost 8 % of its value, or one of the performance-the worst recorded by the currencies of the major emerging countries. After a meeting in Ankara on January 23, his committee’s monetary policy, the Turkish central bank has raised its interest rates, but not enough to contain the decline of the pound and inflation. President Erdogan, who wants the cost of credit stays low to support the economy, has described himself as an “enemy” of the interest rate, raising fears about the independence of the central Bank.

many economists believe that the inflation is expected to reach at least 10% in the first quarter of the year 2017. Fitch also notes that the growth of turkey has sharply declined in the second half of 2016 and it is expected to grow at a rate significantly lower than the recent performance of the country. It expects an annual growth of 2.3 % between 2016 and 2018, compared to 7.1% in the period 2010-2015. The debt to Ankara is established according to the agency to 27.8 % of GDP at the end of the year 2016 and is expected to remain at this level until 2018.

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Fitch degrades the score of the Turkey – Le Figaro – Le Figaro

Fitch lowered on Friday the note of the Turkey, from “BBB-” to “BB+”, in the category of speculative (“junk”), holding that the political evolution of the country and security have undermined its economic performance and the independence of its institutions.

The rating agency added that the outlook attached to the sovereign rating of “BB+” rating of the country remains “stable”.

“Although the political environment is likely to stabilize, serious security problems are likely to persist,” she wrote in a press release.

The decision by Fitch comes a few hours after Standard & Poor’s to lower the outlook attached to the rating of Turkey from “stable” to “negative”, citing the difficulties of the government to counter inflationary pressures and stem the fall of the pound.

Fitch notes that the growth of turkey has sharply declined in the second half of 2016 and is expected to grow at a rate significantly lower than the recent performance of the country. The agency expects an annual growth of 2.3% on average between 2016 and 2018, compared to 7.1% in the five years that have ended in 2015.

The safety concerns, mean that tourism income will be significantly lower than those from 2013 to 2015, said Fitch, adding that inflation is expected to regain a double-digit rate in the first half of 2017.

The agency estimates the country’s debt at 27.8% of GDP at end-2016 and is expected to remain at this level until the end of 2018.

Fitch degrades the score of the Turkey – Le Figaro

Fitch lowered on Friday the note of the Turkey, from “BBB-” to “BB+”, in the category of speculative (“junk”), holding that the political evolution of the country and security have undermined its economic performance and the independence of its institutions.

The rating agency added that the outlook attached to the sovereign rating of “BB+” rating of the country remains “stable”.

“Although the political environment is likely to stabilize, serious security problems are likely to persist,” she wrote in a press release.

The decision by Fitch comes a few hours after Standard & Poor’s to lower the outlook attached to the rating of Turkey from “stable” to “negative”, citing the difficulties of the government to counter inflationary pressures and stem the fall of the pound.

Fitch notes that the growth of turkey has sharply declined in the second half of 2016 and is expected to grow at a rate significantly lower than the recent performance of the country. The agency expects an annual growth of 2.3% on average between 2016 and 2018, compared to 7.1% in the five years that have ended in 2015.

The safety concerns, mean that tourism income will be significantly lower than those from 2013 to 2015, said Fitch, adding that inflation is expected to regain a double-digit rate in the first half of 2017.

The agency estimates the country’s debt at 27.8% of GDP at end-2016 and is expected to remain at this level until the end of 2018.

Fitch lowers the rating of Turkey in the face of instability in post-coup – lalibre.be

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The agency Fitch lowered on Friday the credit rating of Turkey from BBB – to BB+, due to the period of instability opened by the aborted putsch of July 15, and the impact of the purges carried out by Ankara.

“The political and security developments have weakened the economic performance (…). The extent of the purge, which extended to the media and other groups, has disrupted some economic actors,” says the agency in its press release.

Since a failed coup attempt of July 2016, the regime of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a vast campaign of repression, which resulted in the arrest of more than 40,000 people and the dismissal of 100,000.

Fitch is also concerned about the project of constitutional reform, which would significantly enhance the executive power of turkey and will extend, according to the agency, “a system where the counter-powers have been weakened”.

The authorities have also failed to address the “older vulnerabilities external”, which are translated into a collapse of the Turkish lira against the dollar or the euro.

The shrinking of the currency reserves of Turkey, “makes it vulnerable to external shocks”, emphasizes the agency, which assigns the new notes a stable outlook excluding a priori a further reduction in the medium term.

at the End of January, the rating agency Standard and Poor’s had it, downgraded to negative the ratings outlook of Turkish, questioning the capacity of its leaders to control inflationary pressures and currency exchange rates.

Alphabet (Google) finishes 2016 on a false note – The Parisian

Le giant internet american Alphabet reported Thursday profit margins disappointing, despite strong economic growth, which remains driven mainly by the advertising revenues of its subsidiary star, Google.
His search for new revenue appears to be starting to bear fruit, but its new paris represent heavy investment compared to the turnover generated.
The holding company, Alphabet, under which Google was reorganized at the end of 2015, has seen a climb in the last year its net income from 23% to 19.5 billion, and its sales of 20% to 90.3 billion dollars.
On the last three months of the year, the sales still showed an increase of 22% to $ 26.1 billion, a level that exceeds the expectations of anal ysts.
The growth in net income, however, dropped to 8% ($ 5.3 billion) and earnings per share, which serves as the reference to Wall Street, has only reached 9,36 million dollars, or 28 cents less than the average forecast of analysts.
This has lowered the action Alphabet in electronic trading after the close of Wall Street: it was losing about 2% to 23H50 GMT.
The indicators of growth “solid air”, have been recognized by the analysts of Canaccord Genuity, but the quarterly report shows pressure on margins, which have disappointed investors.
- Effect Pixel ? -
the engine of growth of the Alphabet remains its subsidiary, Google, which gathers since the end of 2015 the historic business of search and online advertising, but also YouTube (video) or Android (mobile telephony), and brings to him the bulk of his profits and income.
As in previous quarters, the chief financial officer of Alphabet, Ruth Porat, has pointed out that the revenue growth in the fourth quarter had been driven by mobile search, YouTube and advertising.
During the traditional teleconference explanatory with analysts, however, it was also recalled that the group was “focused on the increase in additional sources of revenue within Google in the medium and long term.”
The advertising revenue of Google display and a 17% increase to 22.4 billion in the fourth quarter. But its “other income”, which recognized the efforts to develop computer services to the cloud online (“cloud”) and sales of electronic devices soared 62% to $ 3.4 billion.
Canaccord Genuity notes this strong acceleration compared to the third quarter (+39%), seeing it as a possible sign that the new smartphone Pixel, launched at the end of the year, and positioned itself clearly as a rival to the Apple iPhone, has been an important contribution.
Alphabet has not disclosed its sales of smartphones, Ms. Porat merely note that the launch of dev ices (one Pixel, but also the voice assistant for the home Google Home) had represented “a nice contribution” to the results of the fourth quarter.
- paris futuristic still loss-making -
in Addition to “a good momentum in the new areas of investment for Google,” it has also made progress in the paris futuristic of the group.
self-driving Cars, internet balloons, drones, delivery, health, connected home…: Alphabet invests in many projects the benefits are uncertain and distant.
Their cost is since long a subject of concern for investors, and the group has reacted by trying these last few quarters to streamline these investments, for example, by abandoning the idea of using drones as a relay to internet for remote areas (Titan), or by putting on hold the development of a high-cost project network internet fiber-optic ultra high-speed (Fiber).
Its paris futuristic still showed despite an operating loss of more than a billion dollars in the fourth quarter (down 1.1 billion, compared to -1,2 billion a year earlier).
Their turnover shows a net increase, but remain relatively low (+75% to 262 million dollars).
Only three activities generate money for the moment: the branch of home automation Nest, which sells alarms and thermostats that are connected; Fiber, installed in a few u.s. cities; and the subsidiary health Verily, which has established partnerships with pharmaceutical groups such as Sanofi or GlaxoSmithKline, and has yet announced Thursday an investment of $ 800 million with an acquisition of a minority interest of the sovereign wealth fund of singapore Temasek.