02/21/2020 - 7:53
- Clarín.com
- Technology
Once again, Elon Musk's company tops the technological news of the week. But a million-dollar investment from Microsoft - which, incidentally, premiered its new icons on Windows 10 - in Mexico, Apple announcing a drop in its projected revenue and the US war . - China in Latin America, set the agenda.
In addition, Argentina is planted again with its satellite sovereignty: the Saocom 1B leaves this Saturday from Invap to Cape Canaveral.
Here, the techno summary of the week.
1. Tesla's actions go full throttle
Tesla (Reuters)
Tesla once again surpassed the $ 900 per share barrier with a $ 917 title price after rising more than 9% throughout the session - closed at 6.88% - and pulverized in a single day the annual expectations of stock market growth of investors.
2. SACOCOM 1B departs from Bariloche to Cape Canaveral
SAOCOM 1B, on the left. On the right, the Antonov that transported the previous SAOCOM, in 2018. (Courtesy Invap - Marcelo Martínez)
Argentine observation satellite Saocom1B will depart this Saturday from Invap headquarters in the Rio de Janeiro city of Bariloche to the SpaceX company facilities in Cape Canaveral for its next launch in late March .
The Saocom1B began to be assembled in 2015 and its putting into orbit will be key for agricultural production as it will allow soil moisture measurement and warn of potential flooding , among other services, the National Space Activities Commission (Conae) reported.
An Argentine landmark with international echoes: less than 10 countries produce satellites worldwide .
2. Apple will not get the expected revenue
The coronaviruys affected the entire technology market. (Reuters)
Apple acknowledged that it will not get the expected revenue for the first quarter of the year due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has hurt the sale of iPhone phones in China . Last month the company had estimated that it would achieve revenues of between 63,000 and 67,000 million dollars for the current quarter, which ends in March.
3. Google Earth adds more landscapes
Google: headquarters in Mountain View, California. (AP)
Google Earth, the multi-view mapping program through satellite images, announced a new update of its Earth View collection with 1,000 new images and 2,500 stunning landscapes .
"The enhanced images feature more locations around the world and are optimized for today's high-resolution screens, with brighter colors, sharper images and resolutions up to 4K," Google said in his blog.
4. The fire test of Mate 30 Pro in Latin America
Mate 30 Pro
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro, the first of the brand without Google services, begins its fire test in Latin America after having been launched in Mexico, Chile, Peru and this week in Colombia where it hopes to connect the developers of 'apps' premises with a network of nearly one million globally that will begin to nurture your AppGallery store. The Mate 30 Pro has a four-camera system with Supersensing Cine Camera and a powerful Kirin 990 processor and 4,500mAh battery with 40W SuperCharge technology.
5. Microsoft's millionaire investment
Bet hard on Mexico. (DPA)
Microsoft announced an investment of 1,100 million dollars for the next five years to boost the digital transformation of Mexico, which includes, among others, creating the first cloud data center region in the country for the benefit of public organizations and companies.
In addition, they redesigned the Windows 10 icons.
6. SpaceX orbits another 60 satellites
Crew Dragon satellites in orbit and spaceflight
SpaceX launched on Monday from space Canaveral, in Florida (USA), a fifth batch of 60 satellites of its Starlink project , with which it seeks to create its own high-speed internet network globally.
On the other hand, SpaceX and the space tourism company Space Adventure reached an agreement for four people to go to space and climb into Earth's orbit on the space shuttle Crew Dragon.
7. Uber returns to Colombia with new proposal
Uber, always at the center of the controversy. (AFP)
The US platform Uber announced that as of this Thursday it will return to operate in Colombia after 20 days of having stopped providing the service in response to the judicial decision of the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce.
The company informed that it will operate with five new services and under a new contract model that includes rental of a vehicle with driver.
With information from EFE. (Daniel Salazar Castellanos)