vendredi 31 mai 2013

Nickname Privacy: when you break up with a guy you are not still dating

We've all been there: you meet someone online through Amadou, or tackle a guy in a bar. Digital diarrhea of the mouth through text follows for days, perhaps even a week until the light again on the date of your first fish. During your mutual overshare on Instagram-Facebook-text, learn you too much about him, his work, friends, family, dog, taco preferences, favorite shows. It is send SMS that you have just said, 'good night'; providing you with compliments. Everything is just amazing!

But when actually meet you IRL and hang out, BAM! You realize you want absolutely nothing, zero, zip to do with him. In some cases, you could even hope to Jesus that you ever f * cking review. There's only one problem: he wants to continue to see you.

"I called this"intimacy's nickname,"says Marni Battista, dating and expert in relationship and founder of DatingwithDignity.com." "" You act as if you do not get to know the person through Facebook chat, SMS, talk on the phone and to get an idea of who they are, while at the same time evoking this fantasy everything what you want what they be. "But your vision of what they are is not even close to what really is the person '.

This is how you might find yourself, as I did, having to break with someone you go out even. Recently, I connected with a gentleman super soft, super cute, which was one of the 50 hottest Bachelors of Cosmo 2012. We had met months ago and he has reached out to me after spotting me on Instagram of Cosmo, a pair of trousers of leather color modeling wine. (He commented, "marry me." It should have been a sign of the intimacy of upcoming nickname.) I was dating a guy who was pretty emotionally unavailable at the time, but after we broke, I reached out to the Bachelor, who lives in another State, and we started texting and talking on the phone for almost a month. As a first step, I loved how I never had to wait for his texts or calls to pass through. It was so sweet and attentive! But then it starts mentioned marry me - several times - and the abandonment that he would take me to the wedding of his friend. It all felt a bit fast.

Soon, Bachelor came to New York to work and we planned to meet in the flesh. But when I finally managed to spend time with him, I felt it. I did just not butterflies in my stomach. Not to mention that it said the couple next to us at the bar we were married. I did not want to go further, or duct, but since we talked for a time before actually hang out legitimate, I felt that I had to "break" with him, rather than the slow 'fade' or just stop him talking about brutal withdrawal.

According to our young daughter Marni, my situation happens all the time. "Most men divuldge more on the phone than in person and this is where the lines blur reality." It may not be as outgoing, in person, there could not be a spark between you, perhaps you are not attracted by him in real life. It would be rude to servers when you exit, or maybe it's frat boy - ish. Regardless of what it is, it just don't line up to be the person you created him for being on the phone, "said.

My friend Achelle also had to dump a guy, she was not dating. "This guy stretched out to my friend to know who I was, because he saw me in a ton of her photos on Instagram. We talked about the text for a few days and then went out for drinks. We ended up having great conversation for five hours and had much in common, but I didn't know if I was attracted by him,"says. "Basically, I didn't know that if I wanted to put the P in my V. respecting this guy, I wanted him drive for longer, so I built a text 'break' which basically says, 'I think you're a great guy, but I do not think that we are the right person." He responded with a new of a text that says, 'I don't understand, I thought that we had a good time, I did something wrong?' "

If you do not to dump a small non-friend, honesty is the best policy. Cosmo Girl Michelle was broken with Michael, a guy she met at a networking event.

"We arrived to talk - much more text - and went on a couple of dates. The conversation was great, but I felt like he wasn't there any attraction. I even made courtesy f * ck to see if there were Sparks after the date of the seventh, but still nothing,"she said. «I ended up using the kind "it's not you, it's me I am not ready for a relationship right now" conversation.»

Tips of Marni: "you just have to terminate immediately, because you have nothing for them. It is better to be simply direct. Honesty always pay. »

Which is what I had to be with Bachelor. I sent him a text which says exactly what I was feeling, but I was always annoyed with myself to even get to the point where I had to "break it off". He responded positively and said he hears, thanked me for being honest and said he hoped that we can be friends, what we can and goes.

How irresistible women such as we avoid this dating hot mess? «Avoid intimacy nickname altogether by meeting the person as soon as possible to get acquainted with their face to face upwards,» said Marni.

We should keep at least, short and informational texts, she said. If the text is longer than your thumb on your screen read, you're doing it wrong!

"It should not perhaps a frame intimate, coffee or a walk in the Park, but a meeting date is lowest risk and you decide after you have meet them if you want to talk to him of your most deep, darker," Marni advised.

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7 Workouts almost as nuts as Prancercise

This week, the world was introduced to the magic that is Prancercise, a workout of horses of inspiration - and we use that term in the broad sense - which debuted without fanfare in the 1980s, but is now a viral sensation. (ICYMI: you can watch the surprisingly cray video here.)

While the unique and incredible, Prancercise is not the CAN't believe you only are-exercise routine serious out there. Here are seven others that completely are we, cracked us upward, or both.

Daily training of body Flex

We do not know who is this woman, or that it is trying to accomplish here, but... we are afraid. (However, does not lie, this Leotard is effing rad.)

The workout of heels

If we are all on the rocking stilettos and dismantle their best just walks here, we are of the persuasion that work should not require a sexyface.

The method of the will

Created to help strengthen your feet and ankles, the Barefoot training is all about 'only training.' And, apparently, try time super awkward test your balance.

Chairacise

Because light now, who wants to actually have to stand while you work? Although, to be honest, this clip gives us excellent ideas about how to get some exercise in our counters. Well done, Chairacise. Well played.

Extreme treadmill Workout

Although not part of a 'official' workout video, the movements of this guy are downright captivating. De plus, if the background music does not make you want to bust a little fist pump action, you're obviously dead inside.

Dance mat

Take the thing in workout of the conveyor belt a notch is this incredible guy who seriously needs its own exercise video - stat.

Facial Flex

No matter how much you take yoga classes or how much Prancercising you do, you do not achieve true facial fitness - or, at least, that's the idea behind this workout. Seems great fun and not at all of us remember to be at the dentist.

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Know chic to whip out when you have undertaken

When you have serious taste, everything you create is revealed to be the fanciest sh * t there. What exactly happened when the Jonathan Adler home decor designer has decided to put its light signature, "BOLD" aesthetic of the world of bath and body.

Adler line, Pop Collection, consists of Pop and the value of Lotion hand wash (grapefruit and tomato), $38, a paraben foaming hand wash that comes with a lotion for hands enriched moisturizing coconut oil; Pop Body Wash (in the grapefruit and fig), $22 each, a foam gel that is formulated with natural antioxidants and paraben; and finally Pop Body Lotion (grapefruit and fig), $24 each, jonathanadler.com, which is impregnated with natural coconut oil help hydrate the skin dry.

We know these soaps and lotions are a bit on the pricier side, but they are seriously worth because they are made with love (and amazing ingredients) by the God of decor, J. Adler himself. And you'll be totally impress person that you have more than one part of dinner (or dance) when they are going to take a little.

Thus, you will take your SOAP for hands and lotion game to the next level with these layers of luxury?

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Amusant, sans peur, à la mode, les femmes de la semaine, 5/31

Hey, Kerry Washington. Actress scandal looked amaze recently in a LBD and leopard pumps. This is probably the cutest held evening inspiration, we have seen, well, the week!

Hairdresser Chris McMillan used salt on Jennifer Aniston, before even the existence of Sprays salts

To give hair, Aniston a bit of texture before the 2000 Emmy Awards hairdresser Living Proof (and man of Jen mane) Chris McMillan went to the Santa Monica Beach and filled a spray bottle with water from the ocean. Chris tells Cosmo that he then drove to the home of the a. to cushion her hair with it - and this is!

Before he knew, sprays of salts were everywhere and marks are still to this day to complete their lines styler with them.

For example, existing collection of EveryStyle l ' Oréal Paris has launched a...

Like Kerastase...

...And the beauty of Salma Hayek shade line.

Another I like in particular is the O & M Surf bomb sea salt. I swear to you that this stuff is in three parts of salt, one part water because it emulates hair beach like no other.

We love the trick to the natural of Chris to get textured braids, however - and it is certainly cheaper than buying a saline mist at the pharmacy. Just take your own vaporizer empty at the beach next time and er fill!

What to spray your favorite Beach? Tell us below in the comments!

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Some Men Are Totally Hot for Women with Big Feet

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Typically, we associate having small feet with being cuter and girly-er. Which kinda sucks for a woman like me who's relatively short but, for some reason, wears a size eight. (My mom is my same height and wears a six. Ugh.)

But while women in various cultures have gone to extremes to stunt their foot growth (i.e. Chinese foot binding), an anthropologist's report shows that, in one village in the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, big feet are totally hot.

After showing male members of the Karo Batak, who live in that region, images of women with different sized feet, the men said they totally pitched a tent for the women with bigger feet.

Why? Well, big feet are signs of strength and productivity to the people there. One anthropologist working on the project overheard a Karo Batak man scoff, "Why would anyone like a woman with small feet? How would she work in the rice field?" True. Dat.

And while smaller feet are still more desirable in most places, like the United States, Brazil, and India, according to a previous study, places like Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, and Tanzania prefer ladies who wear bigger shoes.

These findings are important because they show that physical preferences might not be ingrained in an evolutionary sense but are likely be influenced through cultural values instead (like being able to work more productively for the good of the village). So, as cultures become more accepting of deviations from the supposed "norm," their concepts of beauty may shift, too.

Now, if only they could change to include broader definitions of beauty, rather than one quality over another. Because that would be rad.

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Why It's Awesome to Be Single in the Summer

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Korin is the site director for Cosmopolitan.com. She loves uncovering cool new research and learning more about what makes guys tick. Outside the Cosmo office, you can find her running with her dog, trying to convince friends to go to karaoke bars, and watching as much reality TV as humanly possible. Hit her up on Twitter: @korinmiller
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Elisa Benson is the senior editor of social media for @Cosmopolitan?so, yes, she tweets about sex for a living. Elisa grew up in Ohio, attended Colgate University, and wrote love and relationship advice for Seventeen before graduating to Cosmo. She lives for girly things (weddings and eyelash extensions and Pretty Little Liars?) and frequently tweets about all of the above: @elisabenson.
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Exclusive First Look: Agnes Bruckner Busts Out as Anna Nicole Smith

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No, this isn't a vintage shot from the Anna Nicole Smith archives. It's an exclusive sneak peek at 27-year-old actress Agnes Bruckner in full Anna Nicole regalia (prosthetic boobs and all) for the Lifetime movie, Anna Nicole, premiering June 29.


 


Bruckner, practically a Lifetime vet after starring in The Craigslist Killer, leads a shockingly impressive cast, including Martin Landau as J. Howard Marshall, Adam Goldberg as Howard K. Stern (is that brilliant or what?), and Cary "As You Wish" Elwes as Anna Nicole nemesis E. Pierce Marshall. Cosmo chatted with Bruckner about transforming into the tragic bombshell, and snuggling with 84-year-old Landau.


What was your level of Anna Nicole obsession before this role?


I was pretty young when she was in her heyday.  I just remember this very voluptuous, blonde, Marilyn Monroe-esque image. We wanted to put aside the craziness and show a more human, vulnerable side to her. I was so nervous and hesitant to take on such an iconic, larger than life character, but after meeting (director) Mary Harron, who comes from a huge indie background and did American Psycho with one of my favorite actors, Christian Bale, I knew she was putting all of herself into this. This is a Lifetime movie and it has Oscar-winning people in it. Like, what? This is pretty epic.


How did you prepare, besides watching the entire Anna Nicole Show on E!?


So much of her life was on the Internet and in magazines and pictures; it was pretty easy to get all of the information I needed and to kind of fill in the holes.  I just kind of took what I understood of her life, about how young she was when she got married, how young she was when she had Daniel, the poor relationship she had with her mom, not really having a father figure.


What about her did you find relatable?


I really think that her biggest quality is just the amount of love she had for for life, for her son and her daughter, and how much she enjoyed living. It was almost to a fault. She wanted to have so much love and so much fun, it’s almost impossible to have that much.


Did you talk to Howard K. Stern or any of her family members?


I didn’t have any contact with them. If they do see it, especially Dannielynn, her daughter, I really hope that we did Anna Nicole justice and that her daughter sees that she was so full of love and more than anything, the fame and drugs and ups and downs, she really loves her children more than anything. I hope wherever Anna is, she sees this and is just really happy at how well we’re showing what a loving person she was.


What were the darkest, toughest scenes to play?


The darker sides were much easier for me to go to. The more difficult scenes were the ultra bubbly charismatic ones. I’m a fun person, but to be the life of the party all the time, just to walk into a room and be ‘on’ and have everybody looking at you, that is so incredibly scary for me. We did a lot of the Playboy photo shoot stuff, and it was very vulnerable. I was sitting in this house wearing this push up bra and tiny panties and huge heels and I was like, ‘What am I doing? This is so crazy.’ But stepping into the six-inch stilettos and the tight dresses and prosthetic boobs and the wigs and the fake eyelashes, becoming her physically was helpful in forgetting myself...


Speaking of: What was the most insane part of your Anna Nicole transformation?


It took a village. There were times in the makeup trailer where I had six or seven people touching me, pulling me on my prosthetic boobs, on my hair, on my eyelashes.  It took about 3 hours just for the boobs. On day-one, my call time was 3am and I was like a walking zombie. We eventually got it down to an hour and a half. I went to get the prosthetics fitted and I basically had to stand in front of two guys that I just met completely topless and have them rub me with this gooey stuff that then hardens and creates the prosthetic boobs. So that was very interesting.


So you're natural boobs just didn't cut it?!


We wanted them to be bigger than mine, and I’m pretty flat-chested, but we didn’t want to make them a joke. We didn’t want the whole movie to be based around her boobs, even though it was a big part of who she was. Even with the fat suit that we made for her heavy days, we didn’t want it to be a reality show. We wanted to make it as real as possible, because she got heavier, but she was still sexy, so it was a really fine line.


You also wore blue death makeup.


The movie starts with a really beautiful image of her when she had passed away. It was one of the last things we shot. We had to make her pale, sort of bluish/greyish, but it was shot in this gorgeous lighting, and that made it a really beautiful shot.  


Are you worried about the critics who might come after you guys over this movie?


Not at all. It never crossed my mind one time that we were gonna make a movie to capitalize on tragedy or make fun of anybody. I became so protective of Anna Nicole that I almost feel like if anyone were to say anything about her, I would get defensive and protective. It’s almost like its somebody saying something bad about me at this point.


How awkward was it doing lovey scenes with Hollywood icon Martin Landau?


I was honestly really nervous about that. Not only is he 84 years old, but Martin Landau is a legend so I was definitely intimidated. But we had so much fun— the scene when they got married, we were just dancing around, it was such an amazing moment. I understand how people can go, ‘Oh my God, that was so weird. Why would a 26-year-old marry an 89-year-old?’ But after doing the research, seeing that she never had any family and he was so lonely, it completely made sense to me. I don’t judge them for it.


So would you hook up with an octogenarian?


Oh my God. No. Yeah, no.


Photo Credit: Lifetime
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So Fresh, So Clean: 8 Cooling Facial Mists for the Stickiest Summer Days

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Feeling greasy? This botanical-packed toning spray cleanses sweaty pores and magically leaves skin feeling firm, taut, and glowy. Aveda rocks.

Aveda Botanical Kinetics Skin Firming/Toning Agent, $20, nordstrom.com

We Must, We Must, We Must Finally Figure Out Our Real Bra Size

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My first, completely unnecessary bra was a 32A. Eventually I graduated to a 34B, but Cosmo's resident lingerie expert recently felt me up and informed me that I'm probably a 32C. There have been many Oprahs about this issue: We've had boobs for at least a decade, we wear bras every day of our lives (when we can bear it), but why the F don't any of us seem to know our real bra size? It's really an epidemic; studies say the majority of breast-havers are waltzing around with the wrong bra size.

Enter Jockey, the no-frills brand known for its T-shirt material bras, with a proposed solution: Scrap the old A, B, C bra sizing altogether. Today they unveiled a brand new system, eight years in the making, that focuses on your breast shape—cone boob girls, rejoice!—and a nuanced rubric of 55 different sizes, like 1-30, 9-42, and 7-36, according to The New York Times.

In something of a Warby Parker of Titties model, Jockey wants us to order a $20 plastic cup sizing kit (which they'll refund with a $19.95 rebate, so not sure of the point) from its Website to help us determine our brand new bra size. If they have their way, you'd squish your boobs into various cups, measure your ribcage, then be compelled to buy its $60 Jockey Bra.

"Not only are we changing the fit, we’re changing the whole product," a Jockey exec told the Times.

Sounds like this is the biggest bra breakthrough since the Otto Titzling number in Beaches. But chances are I'll be too lazy to get online and pay $20 for a chicken cutlet sizing kit, measure my breasts, and then go find the right Jockey Bra. For $60. Isn't it hard enough to get girls, and by girls I mean myself, to put on a bra in the first place?

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Fro-Yo Server By Day; Superhero By Night—Welcome to Cosplay

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Black, latex booty shorts.

That's what's in the bag Alexia Jean Grey drops on my coffee table as she walks in, fresh from a meeting of assistant directors from Supercon, one of the largest anime convention in the state.

"I hope you don't mind," the 21-year-old says, shrugging at the bag as she drops into an armchair. "I thought if I left them in the car they might melt."

The shorts are for a fetish party this weekend and even though Alexia's fallen into the scene lately, her focus these days is less on kink and more on her current gig as a professional superhero. Yup, that's a thing.

Alexia's a respected face in the underground industry of cosplaying—a shortened term that stands for "costume play," a trend among the Japanese anime-watching, manga-reading, video game-playing enthusiasts who flock to multiple conventions across the country to connect, socialize, play, and display their often intricate and handmade costumes. Basically, it's Halloween 24/7 for cosplayers. And although most aren't "in character" all day, half the fun is being photographed by other fans in their character's power pose.

Photographers and conventions fly Alexia out all over the country to get a signature pose in any of her elaborate get-ups. This niche career can lead to a major payout and capitalizing on these smaller, more dedicated markets can lead to bigger opportunities for model-actress types.

It started about three years ago when, as a teenager, she moved from Wisconsin to South Florida and made friends with a group of cosplayers.

Dressing up for her first few conventions was fun, but it wasn't until she had graduated high school and was trying to land on a career choice that she started to analyze her talents.

"I wanted to do something creative," she recalls. "I was in beauty school for a while, learning how to style hair and do makeup, but it wasn't enough. I wanted to put together the whole picture."

And on weekends during conventions, she felt like she finally had that chance.

"You're emulating a whole new person and you get to use every tool in your arsenal. I was doing hair and makeup, sewing together outfits, crafting armor…You could see the hours of work I put into every piece and people were taking notice."

Her Big Break

But being a superhero meant more than just wearing the armor. You had to look the part. "I was out of shape," she admits. "I think I was one of those girls who didn't know how heavy I was until I lost 50 pounds and was like—'oh, so this is what my body would look like if I stopped drinking soda!'"

Now svelte and strong, she picked up jogging and switched to a vegetarian diet.

"It was a gradual thing, getting healthier and I realized that if I started eating badly again I was going to gain weight. I'm wearing these suits like a second skin—and that makes life pretty tragic, because I love being a super hero but I also love macaroni and cheese."

So, what she did next was like jumping into a freezing river butt ass naked. "I wanted to take things to the next level and separate myself from the crowd. So I decided to start by doing a semi-nude photo shoot. My friend Jesse Melero is a great artist and he was able to arrange a shoot for me with a photographer named James Holmes," she says as the two of us Google search the image that by now has been passed around to every cosplay related site on the 'net.

The plan was to do a picture of her dressed up entirely in body paint. (Think: the painted ladies at Hugh Hefner's mansion.) Originally she was going to be painted into jeans and a superhero T-shirt—but then they came across a picture of Spiderman's girlfriend, Mary Jane.

"I knew immediately that's what I wanted to do," she says. "It was a drawing of her in Spiderman panties and a T-shirt."

So Jesse took her into his garage and for five hours she stood naked and freezing as he painted a blue and red shirt, panties, and thigh-high stockings.

"Not going to lie, it was awkward when we started. There I am standing in this dude's garage with a photographer, butt naked except for a double bandage across my lady parts—and when the paint soaked in? That had to come off too."

Her discomfort didn't last that long though. "At some point I was just like—aw—fuck it. I'm here. I'm doing this. I think I might be the only body painted model who ever ate a slice of pizza in the middle of a photo shoot."

The pictures became the recipe for fandom's instant wet dream. When the photos leaked online later that week—all hell broke loose. "Oh my god," says Alexia, thinking back to the day. "I was already iffy about putting it online, but as soon as I did it went viral. It started getting a ton of likes and comments… ." …But not all of them were positive.

"You have to have a tough skin about this kind of stuff. And I think that was my wake up call. I don't remember what site it was, but some guy put it up on this Facebook page and started calling me out as a skank. I messaged him to take it down and he replied, "well—you shouldn't have put it up if you didn't want to be called a slut."

She had a moment of panic. What had she done? "But there was really no turning back. I could take it off my page but it was already out there. I had to own it."

Now that she's had some distance from the moment, she says she'd do the shoot again in a heartbeat. "The pictures came out beautiful and I've seen a lot of other cosplayers replicate the idea since then. It's become a little more popular and a lot more acceptable. I also know to expect the criticism now. If I don't like the comments I delete them or I ignore them. I've seen and heard it all and not much can offend me now." The point, she says, was to put herself out there—to celebrate both her body and the culture of fandom that was becoming a true career for her, "and I'd do it again in a heartbeat."

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Study: There is a wage gap because women choose poorly paying jobs

Okay, help us here. We do not know if this is good new or another attempt to BS of anti-Lean to-ERS to convince us ladies that we are on the same professional field than our beautiful male counterparts. Insists a new survey by PayScale (via Atlantic) as ol ' women make 77 cents for every dollar a man made ' proclamation - a defence which we clutch on and spit out each time as a misogynistic d - bag to our jobs laugh (no, just me?)-is completely wrong.

Of course, there is a wage gap when you look at wages in all areas, the peeps behind the investigation say, but when you compare wages between men and women with a level of training and experience, responsibilities, similar company size and other constraints, the ratio decreased so drastically, it is barely existing. Then...Is WTH really?

This research argues that the real issue is not that women are paid less just, it is this work of women in careers that pay less overall, as compared to engineering health care. Indeed, nine out of 10 jobs higher up on the list of PayScale were held mainly by men, while nine of the 10 lowest paying jobs were in female-dominated. I guess that's what explains why you don't ever hear a guy say, Oh, "I am just going to marry a rich girl." Sigh. That being said, we believe that there is more that contribute the difference between the sexes that only women choosing lower-paying concerts. As a kind of discrimination, Hi?

The good news? With women earning more than Bachelor's degrees these days and the recent push to stem careers, things could - and if all goes well, change. P.S. If you are still browsing the great deep, try to understand your future, becoming a dental hygienist: according to the survey, it pays to be a lady.

How intern beauty of Cosmo Nails his Mani whenever

Reply to trainee Cosmo beauty - well, one of them - Lauren. We him hard heart because she is our eye in the life of the young daughter of the College and works her ass wide when it comes to beauty.

So naturally when she told us that she never gets manicures (living in New York is expensive, people!) and is rather its figures upwards of its own volition, we were very intrigued.

Here is how she gets a mani profesh - looking for virtually zero dollars.

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Lumia 925 : Nokia corrige son Windows Phone haut de gamme

Londres - Nokia ne ralentit pas le rythme. Après avoir étoffé son portefeuille de smartphones Lumia en milieu et entrée de gamme lors du dernier Mobile World Congress, le numéro deux mondial revoit aujourd'hui son offre premium avec le Lumia 925, présenté comme le digne successeur du 920.

C'est en effet le bon moment pour le finlandais. D'un côté, la stratégie autour de Windows Phone 8 commence doucement à porter ses fruits. Certes, Nokia est encore très loin d'un Samsung ou d'un Apple, mais il revient de loin. 

Au premier trimestre, les ventes de Lumia ont bondi de 27% sur trois mois à 5,6 millions d'unités contre 4,4 millions entre octobre et décembre. De l'autre, il s'agit de se renforcer face aux modèles haut de gamme de la concurrence, en l'occurrence le Samsung Galaxy S4, le HTC One ou encore le Sony Xperia Z.

Avec ce Lumia 925, le fabricant estime se hisser au niveau de ces prédateurs. En effet, ce smartphone corrige les défauts de son prédécesseur, le 920. Il est d'ailleurs présenté comme une "nouvelle interprétation" de ce modèle.

Le 925 corrige les défauts du 920

Patrick Chomet, le responsable des terminaux chez Vodafone résume bien la situation : "le 920 est un bon appareil mais il est peut-être un peu lourd, un peu épais pour les européens. Le 925 est au contraire fin et léger".

Ainsi, pour la première fois dans cette gamme, le 925 se pare d'une coque en aluminium du plus bel effet au lieu du plastique coloré. Il n'accuse plus que 139 grammes sur la balance pour une épaisseur de 8,5mm. C'est donc le plus fin de la gamme 900.

Outre cette mise à jour esthétique bienvenue, Nokia met à nouveau l'accent sur les fonctions liées à l'image et à la vidéo, nouveau point d'ancrage de la communication de la firme. "Prendre des photos, les éditer, les partager constituent les usages les plus importants aujourd'hui pour les consommateurs. L'OS joue aussi un rôle mais l'image est un critère de choix de plus en plus déterminant", avance Jo Harlow, vice-président directeur général de la division Smart Devices chez Nokia.

Et il est vrai que la communication des fabricants tourne désormais autour de ce point : la qualité des clichés, notamment en environnement difficile, comme la basse luminosité.

Concrètement, le 925 embarque une nouvelle technologie PureView de lentilles permettant de prendre des photos et des vidéos "plus claires et plus nettes, notamment dans des conditions de faible luminosité". Il s'agit également de corriger quelques défauts des Lumia dans le passé.

En parallèle, Nokia introduit un nouveau mode de prise d'images baptisé Nokia Smart Camera, qui permet de prendre dix images d’un coup et d’éditer les photos à l’aide d’options comme Best Shot (Meilleur cliché), Action Shot (Photo d’action) et Motion Focus afin d’obtenir l’image la plus satisfaisante. Certaines de ses fonctions ne sont pas nouvelles, on les trouve notamment dans Blackberry 10, mais c'est sur ce genre de gadget que Nokia veut faire la différence.

 

 

Il est d'ailleurs à noter que cette fonction sera disponible en mise à jour sur tous les smartphones Lumia Windows Phone 8.

599 euros nu

Nokia a également annoncé la nouvelle application d’Hipstamatic appelée Oggl qui permet de prendre, modifier et partager des clichés notamment sur Instagram. De quoi s'ouvrir à cette communauté de façon indirecte. Rappelons que le très populaire Instagram n'est toujours pas disponible pour Windows Phone 8 (qui compte à ce jour 145.000 applications).
Côté spécifications techniques, le Lumia 925 est 4G, il embarque un écran de 4,5 pouces (1280x768), un processeur Snapdragon double cœur de 1,5 GHz, 1 Go de RAM, 16 Go de mémoire interne, 7 Go de stockage SkyDrive gratuits. Le capteur photo PureView affiche 8,7 mégapixels avec stabilisation optique de l’image (OIS), autofocus, double flash LED, la vidéo HD 1080p à 30 images par seconde. Le tout est animé donc par Windows Phone 8.

Il sera mis en vente en Europe à partir de juin et en France "dans le courant de l'été" à un prix de vente non-subventionné d’environ 599 euros.

Avec ce nouveau smartphone, que l'on peut finalement qualifier de photophone tant l'image est mise en avant, Nokia peut-il amplifier le frémissement observé depuis quelques mois ?

L'intensité de la concurrence ne favorisera pas le finlandais mais ce dernier est aujourd'hui beaucoup mieux mis en valeur chez les distributeurs, "toujours à la recherche d'une alternative" à iOS et Android, rappelle Patrick Chomet de Vodafone.

Pour IDC, les efforts de Nokia dans l'image seront payants : "En développant une proposition forte, en jouant à la fois sur le logiciel et le hardware, Nokia lance une offensive où il pourrait apparaître comme le choix le plus pertinent", commente John Delaney, analyste. 

"Il reste du chemin à parcourir pour que Nokia reconstruise ses parts de marché dans les smartphones, mais les choix qui ont été faits vont dans le bon sens avec un haut de gamme impressionnant mais surtout une gamme moyenne qui permet à Nokia de consolider son retour". 

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L'Anssi déconseille aux entreprises d'accepter le BYOD

L'utilisation de smartphones en entreprises, qu'ils soient fournis par l'entreprise ou apportés par les salariés (phénomène BYOD) induisent forcément des risques accrus de sécurité et de fuite de données.

Les fabricants et les éditeurs spécialisés multiplient les solutions pour maîtriser cette tendance avec des outils de protection  ou permettant notamment de séparer hermétiquement environnement perso et pro au sein du même terminal (Good Technology, Blackberry Balance, Samsung Knox etc...).

Mais pour l'ANSSI, l'agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information, ces solutions sont insuffisantes. "Les solutions de sécurisation actuelles sont peu efficaces pour assurer une protection correcte des données professionnelles", peut-on lire dans une note technique que l'agence vient de diffuser.

Elle en profite donc pour livrer 21 recommandations destinées aux directions informatiques.

BYOD : pas une bonne idée

"Lorsque les systèmes d’information traitent d’informations sensibles, les terminaux permettant d’y accéder doivent impérativement être dédiés et avoir fait l’objet d’une évaluation de sécurité, idéalement être labellisés par l’ANSSI. Cette labellisation permet en effet d’attester de la robustesse de la solution par rapport aux principales menaces a contrario de celles qui consistent simplement en un développement applicatif (une « application de sécurité ») qui n’apporteront, au mieux, qu’une protection partielle des données sensibles. Lorsque les données sont classifiées, portent la mention Diffusion Restreinte ou Spécial France, une réglementation spécifique s’applique", prévient l'agence. 

On peut notamment citer l'utilisation de solutions centralisée de gestion de terminaux mobiles (MDM), la réduction des durées de vie des mots de passe ou du délai de verrouillage du terminal, l'interdiction d'accès aux boutiques d'applications, aux fonctions de géolocalisation liées aux applications, le chiffrement du stockage internet etc...

Finalement, l'ANSSI estime que le BYOD est loin d'être une bonne idée pour les entreprises. "Du fait des recommandations précédentes, la cohabitation des usages privés et professionnels sur un même terminal doit être étudiée avec attention. Le respect des exigences du présent document n’est en tout état de cause pas compatible d’une politique BYOD au sein d’un organisme. Dans la plupart des cas, le terminal professionnel devra être dédié à cet usage (l’utilisateur pouvant
généralement utiliser son propre terminal pour les usages personnels).

Si l’utilisation d’un seul ordiphone pour les deux contextes ne peut pas être évité, selon la sensibilité des données de l’entreprise traitées sur le mobile, il convient de mettre en œuvre des solutions dédiées pour cloisonner efficacement chaque environnement (personnel, professionnel) en étant vigilant sur les niveaux de sécurité variés des solutions du marché. Une qualification par l’ANSSI doit être un critère de choix d’une telle solution", souligne l'agence.

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Le Galaxy S4 « Active » dévoilé dans une vidéo

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Samsung promet de libérer du stockage sur le Galaxy S4

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Une version "Mega" du Galaxy S4 ?

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Blackberry : un nouveau smartphone 'Q5' et Blackberry OS 10.1

Business Mobile, L'actualité télécoms B2B Business : Après l'offensive sur le tactile avec le Z10, après la tradition avec le Q10, Blackberry a présenté aujourd'hui lors d'un événement le Q5, appareil à clavier complet destiné aux marchés émergents.

Nouvel appareil à clavier Qwerty complet côté Blackberry : le Q5 n'est pas un successeur au tout récent Q10, mais une version d'entrée de gamme destinée aux marchés émergents. Exit la stratégie Bold / Curve, donc, puisque nous ne devrions voir que le Q10 à clavier et le Z10 entièrement tactile en Europe et aux Etats-Unis.

 

Le Q5, dévoilé lors d'un événement couvert par ZDNet.com, sera immédiatement disponible sous Blackberry 10.1, nouvelle version du système en cours de déploiement. Il ne sera disponible que dans certains pays d'Europe, au Moyen-Orient, en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique latine.

Blackberry 10.1 en déploiement

La date de commercialisation prévue est le mois de juillet. L'appareil est équipé d'un écran tactile de 3,1 pouces, d'un clavier complet et sera commercialisé en rouge, noir, rose ou blanc. Le reste des spécifications n'est pas connu à l'heure actuelle, mais il ne faut pas s'attendre à du très haut de gamme, Blackberry visant clairement les budgets serrés.

Il semble toutefois que la stratégie de Blackberry ne soit pas de scinder le monde en deux, marchés émergents contre pays supposés capables de se payer un Z10 ou un Q10. Le fabricant a en effet lancé son Z10 dans plusieurs pays en forte croissance, comme l'Inde, récemment.

Par ailleurs, Blackberry annonce dans le même temps le début du déploiement de la version 10.1 de son système d'exploitation mobile pour les possesseurs de Z10. Selon le fabricant, plusieurs nouveautés sont embarquées :

L'ajout de messages "PIN to PIN" au Blackberry Hub - qui regroupe tous les messages et se voit donc ajouter ces messages transmis directement d'un Blackberry à l'autre.Une gestion améliorée des pièces jointes dans le Blackberry Hub.Une personnalisation accrue des notifications selon les contacts ou les comptes (LED, vibreur, sonnerie).
De nouvelles options pour la caméra.Une amélioration de la fonction de curseur de sélection.
Sujet: BlackBerry 10 Smartphone

Jolla présente son premier smartphone sous Sailfish

La start-up Jolla, créée par des anciens de Nokia, a présenté hier son premier smartphone, dont elle avait annoncé il y a un mois la commercialisation au second semestre. Les précommandes (à 399 euros) sont maintenant ouvertes, pour une expédition prévue fin 2013, d’abord dans les pays européens.

L’appareil, qui dispose d’un écran de 4,5 pouces et de 16 gigaoctets de mémoire, tourne sur le système d’exploitation Sailfish, descendant de Meego (et donc à base de GNU/Linux), que Nokia a abandonné après s’être allié à Microsoft en 2011. Il est compatible avec les applications Android, indique Jolla.

Un troisième OS open source

Son PDG Tomi Pienimäki vise implicitement ses concurrents dans les OS de téléphonie mobile en affirmant que "des systèmes fermés et des jardins enclos de murailles ne sont pas le moyen moderne de construire quoique ce soit d’inspirant. Contrairement à la cocréation, à l’ouverture et à la coopération. Si vous voulez réaliser quelque chose de grand et qui ait du sens, vous devez donner le pouvoir aux gens . Ce n’est pas DIY (‘do it yourself’) mais DIT (‘do it together’)."

Jolla a été créée en 2011 par des anciens de Nokia qui voulaient tirer parti du potentiel de Meego. En juillet 2012, Jolla avait annoncé un accord de distribution avec le chinois D.Phone.

Marc Dillon, responsable du développement de Sailfish (auparavant pendant 11 ans chez Nokia), a estimé que les systèmes d'exploitation existants "n'offrent pas beaucoup de flexibilité, l'un (iOS) est complétement fermé et l'autre (Android) promeut principalement ses propres services", rapporte l’AFP. Marc Dillon a indiqué qu’il serait "très content si nous pouvions vendre un million d'appareils en un an".

Après Android, l'OS de Google, et Firefox OS, Sailfish sera ainsi le troisième système d'exploitation en logiciel libre à arriver dans le secteur de la téléphonie mobile, où les parts de marché font la part belle à Android et dans une moindre mesure à iOS.

Maternity Style of Kim Kardashian

Yay! Kimmy K door finally some prego adapted (and chic, we might add) gear!

The celebrity that is directed toward the center of Beverly, wearing a white dress billowing with studded black sandals, his Hermes black Birkin bag, a black blazer and a chain necklace to finish her outfit.

In our opinion, it looks absolutely gorgeous here and we hope that she began her heels on the sidewalk until the end of her pregnancy!

Mobiles et smartphones : Samsung écrase tout au premier trimestre

Malgré la flambée continue des ventes de smartphones, le marché global du mobile peine à progresser au premier trimestre, observe Gartner. 425,8 millions d’unités ont été écoulées soit une progression annuelle de seulement 0,7% par rapport à 2012.

Grâce à son portefeuille massif de produits, Samsung a consolidé sa domination globale avec une part de marché qui gagne 2,5 points à 23,6% (plus de 100 millions d'unités vendues). Le sud coréen creuse l'écart avec Nokia dont la part perd presque 5 points à 14,8%. 

Il y a un an, Samsung vendait "seulement" 6 millions de mobiles de plus que Nokia. Aujourd'hui, l'écart est de 37 millions d'unités !

Avec 38 millions de terminaux écoulés, Apple s'accroche solidement à sa troisième place mondiale avec une part qui passe de 7,8 à 9%. LG est au pied du podium mais il est très loin du trio de tête avec 15,6 millions de mobiles écoulés.

 

Du côté des smartphones, la domination de Samsung est encore plus forte avec 31% de parts de marché. Le géant a vendu 64,7 des 210 millions de smartphones vendus sur la période !

Windows Phone quasiment 3e

Apple réussit le tour de force de se maintenir deuxième (part de 18,2% contre 22,5% il y a un an) malgré l'absence de nouveauté. LG semble confirmer son retour dans les smartphones avec une part qui passe de 3,4 à 4,8% pour 10 millions d'unités vendues. Le fabricant est néanmoins talonné par Huawei et ZTE.

 

En termes d'OS, Android est évidemment très largement devant avec une part de 74,4% contre 57% il y a un an. Les trois quarts des smartphones vendus sur la planète (156 millions) sont donc animés par le robot vert.

Derrière iOS (18%), les autres acteurs se partagent les miettes. Blackberry poursuit sa chute malgré le lancement du Z10 (3% contre 6,8% avec seulement 6,2 millions d'unités écoulées).

Comme prévu, Windows Phone est quasiment sur le point de dépasser le canadien avec 6 millions de terminaux écoulés (dont plus de 5 millions de Nokia Lumia) et une part qui passe de 1,9% à 2,9% en un an.


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Best dressed: the 66th Annual International Festival de Cannes

Wrap the Cannes International Film Festival and while making it resemble a statuesque goddess, Nicole Kidman shook the red carpet to the Zulu first and the closing ceremony of the film Festival.

The A-lister (shown here with Ang Lee) came out with a bang, choose a Giorgio Armani dress with a bustier on measurement and a deep v-neck of white silk. But what really added to the dress won gold detail of Arch of Swarovski Crystal that swept the bodice. Uh, very beautiful?

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La Tribune de Thomas Husson, Forrester : Marketing mobile, faites la différence entre tablettes et smartphones !

Monetate a annoncé hier un doublement du trafic mobile en un an, dont notamment une augmentation de plus de 20% du trafic Web aux Etats-Unis en provenance de terminaux dits « mobiles », au premier trimestre 2013 – soit environ 10% des smartphones et 10% des tablettes !

En France aussi, le trafic mobile explose – même si la moyenne est moins élevée. Le taux de conversion sur smartphones est plus bas que sur le web et pourtant cela n’a pas l’air d’inquiéter certains responsables marketing qui continuent à ne pas optimiser l’expérience utilisateur.
Trop nombreux sont les départements marketing qui ne font pas la différence entre tablettes et smartphones. Et pourtant, les usages consommateurs et les contextes d’utilisation sont très différents.
Les tablettes sont principalement utilisées à domicile – d’abord dans le salon, ensuite dans la chambre à coucher, puis  dans la cuisine. En revanche, les smartphones sont bien davantage utilisés en situation de mobilité et dans des contextes bien différents – pour accéder rapidement à de l’information et accomplir des tâches.

"Tablet Marketing"

Il est encore trop tôt pour mesurer l’usage des iPad mini et autres tablettes  7 pouces, voire des « phablets » de type Galaxy Note, mais l’analyse des données nord-américaines  montrent que même les tablettes avec une connectivité 4G (les US sont plus en avance que l’Europe sur cette technologie) restent principalement utilisées à domicile. 

Les smartphones sont aujourd’hui disponibles pour le grand public, alors  que les tablettes dépassent seulement la taille critique.  Surtout, les smartphones sont les terminaux les plus personnels que les individus utilisent alors que les tablettes sont partagées avec d’autres membres de la famille.
Les marketers devraient davantage se servir les tablettes dans les phases de découvertes et d’explorations de leurs marques et de leurs produits, en utilisant au mieux les fonctionnalités des iPads et autres tablettes – vidéo, rich media, contenus, interfaces tactiles, extension de l’écran TV.

Le « tablet marketing » est encore naissant mais il est urgent d’adapter l’expérience au contexte de l’utilisateur – plutôt que d’adapter le contenu à la seule taille de l’écran. Les tablettes remplacent surtout aujourd’hui les PCs et leurs possesseurs passent moins de temps sur les médias imprimés. Il est temps d’optimiser le marketing mix pour toucher ces influenceurs et de préparer de nouveaux usages.

Demain, grâce aux objets connectés, les tablettes seront de plus en plus utilisées en remplacement des smartphones au sein de la maison – ouvrant de nouvelles opportunités marketing.
Le point de départ est déjà d’analyser les données de trafic et les différences de comportements entre utilisateurs de smartphones et de tablettes !
Thomas Husson est Vice-Président, Principal Analyst, au sein du cabinet d'études et de conseil Forrester Research. Il peut être suivi sur Twitter @Thomas_Husson. Ce billet est  reproduit avec l'autorisation de Forrester Research.

<i>Speaker and meetings</i>: when the Taco Tuesday leads to a baby

"I went to Taco Tuesday, unfortunately there was Tequila involved, and then I'm pregnant."

It is far from a fairy tale, but it's Orange County how 28-year old technician nail of California Megan Aballi (top, far right) presents itself to viewers about the new us reality show, pregnant and dating (slogan: 'Simple, Sexy, taken control'). Its history looks like a legend urban gabbed remarks on brunch, or the plot of the Up/The Backup Plan, but Megan really found herself pregnant after too much tequila with Anthony, a man age of her father which she proceeded to this day for two months.

However that Megan said her mother in a scene of tears on the show, the first time on May 31, 'he thought that I was going to have an abortion.'

"I'm 28, I succeeded, I saw myself, I make enough money." Megan [abortion] is an option for me, "says Cosmopolitan.com in a telephone conversation this week. 'I knew that I wanted to keep the baby, but I also knew he was not the guy for me.'

Spoiler: Megan drops Anthony, which leads to the dating of real pregnancy. At this point, it is indeed a reality show for literally every extreme hoarder/duck hunter/pawn shop owner/child Queen of beauty known to man. But nevertheless, pregnant women and dating, which also documents pregnant singletons Kiesha, a music producer, Shana, a model, Melissa, a stylist for celebrities and Rachel, a television producer, manages to be provocative in a unique way.

A random survey of friends confirms that dating during pregnancy may be the modern-day scarlet letter. When I Gchatted a young mother on the show, she typed back a word: "gross". "If I saw someone pregnant eight months on a date, I think, 'get your shit together,'", said another friend. Even the most gentle person that I interviewed wondered aloud, "if individuals can't even guys, how pregnant girls get the guys? ''

Turns, quite easily. Megan "Men flirt with me much more with me, now that I'm pregnant", says on the show. "I think that men experience really attractive for a reason," she said to us. "Maybe because they think pregnant girls are taken? '' (Is pregnant belly equivalent to flirt-causing the rings of marriage on married guys? Discuss.)

Megan has never considered a break of nine months, saying: "there's no reason not to this day. If you look good and you feel good, why not?"

"It was exciting to be able to go on dates and be called enough even with a huge belly," she gushed.  Megan is enigmatic on the upcoming dates on the show, but not it seems very loving this guy, based on evidence picture below?

While he has friends that pregnant sex is "amazing", Megan says she found never voluntarily. "Maybe one day when I marry me, I know," she said. "My friends were pretty funny stories... When you're big, you must put in certain positions and you have a libido higher with hormones. "But in the end, many husbands wanted to get physical and it was the last thing the women wanted to do".

These stories is really Megan feel a little lucky to be single and pregnant before giving birth to her daughter, Charlie, last month. "I went to yoga every night all the way through. I didn't have a guy to support or concern. If I could go back and do it all over again, I'd do even accurate,"she said. "Being single and pregnant is not easy, but it is also very empowering. '' It's really nice to know that I can do it myself. »

Megan has the support of his family, and Anthony visits Charlie once per week. Next step: new motherhood and Dating? It may not spoil the result, but hate be damned, indicators of Megan that she may always be with a 'good guy', she met on the show.

Check out a preview here.

What do you think Pregnant and Dating - totally fine or completely wrong? Shout out to us in the comments.

Photo credit: we TV
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C'est pourquoi vous ne boire et conduire... et avoir des relations sexuelles

Drinking and driving and are a very bad idea, but add sex to this equation and which will only end in destruction.

Luis Briones, 25, has sex while he was driving under the influence of Monday evening in Albuquerque New-Mexico, when he lost control of his car and the vehicle struck another car. The impact of the collision ejected from his partner Natasha Carroll, 21, on the street.

Drunk driving already makes this guy a jerk. But while a Carroll bloodied and naked laid on the street, Briones has attempted to jump into his car to flee the scene. Fortunately, the witnesses were there to confiscate his keys. And since this guy was unable to hunt, then he jumped into a Bush and attempted to hide in a cactus.

Cops reported that clashes, the Briones was extremely warlike. He would have spit on the officers, threatened and "refused to keep his pants." Yikes, isn't that how it developed into this mess?

Fortunately, the only injuries that Carroll has received are lacerations of the face. She is in a stable condition. Briones was charged with impaired driving, careless driving and evading police.

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Smartphones Android : la domination écrasante de Samsung

D’après Strategy Analytics, les ventes mondiales de smartphones sous Android ont généré 5,3 milliards de dollars de revenus pour les constructeurs au premier trimestre 2013.

Android une « cash machine » pour les fabricants de terminaux ? Pas forcément. Car ces profits sont en effet monopolisés par un constructeur, Samsung, qui a lui seul a engrangé près de 95% de ces recettes (94,7%).

Samsung pourrait peser sur les développements futurs d'Android

Le coréen laisse par conséquent très peu de place aux autres fabricants de smartphones. Sur la période, Strategy Analytics classe LG second avec une part de marché de 2,5% et un chiffre d’affaires évalué à 0,1 milliard de dollars. Les autres constructeurs se partagent donc le solde, 2,7%, soit environ 100 millions de dollars.

Cette situation de marché rend dès lors, d’après le cabinet, Google et Android, très dépendants de Samsung.

« Nous pensons que Samsung génère plus de revenus et de profit grâce à la plate-forme Android que ne le fait Google [Ndlr : ce que confirmait Asymco en 2012 déjà]. Samsung dispose d’une forte puissance de marché et pourrait utiliser cette position pour influer sur la direction future de l’écosystème Android » juge Neil Mawston de Strategy Analytics.


Sur quoi pourrait notamment peser Samsung ? Pour l’analyste, le coréen pourrait notamment demander à bénéficier en premier, et avant ses concurrents, de la dernière mise à jour d’Android. Une concession difficile à accorder pour Google, par ailleurs propriétaire d’un autre constructeur de smartphone Android, Motorola, racheté à prix d'or (12,5 milliards de dollars).

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How long is too early to change your relationship status made?

At my time coupled-up-but-not-yet-engaged freewheel (like, in a little less than a year ago), I dreamed that I could change my Facebook "In a Relationship" status to "Engaged". I imagined that the question should be exploded and I would be forced to grab my phone and make official things of Facebook, somehow.

However, when my guy suggested the Belize-06, just before that we have used to have diving, opening a session on social media to share the news not an option. And I ended up being more agree with this. In fact, there is no finally change our status until almost two weeks after we became engaged. It just did not matter to me as much as I expected.

But when I read the results of the survey published by the WeClickd.com marriage social networking site that seven out of ten women update their Facebook relationship status within 24 hours to marry, I totally understood the constraint. Because, within 24 hours after it was committed, I was dying to tell the world (as in, my Facebook friends). But, because we were in the above-mentioned foreign countries, not only I was unable to use my phone, I could not wear my ring. (We were warned to not value in public.) Soon, the desire's shares collapsed in all just enjoy the fact that my guy and I had a pretty amazing secret.

Do not update Facebook has taught me it is nice, it was to be truly disconnected and live in the moment. In fact, waiting to announce the news actually made me even more excited for sharing with people who more important when we got home.

While I certainly don't judge the majority of women who are updating their Facebook status immediately, I will not be one of them. In fact, I don't want to even think about Facebook on my day of marriage at all - not when I say my vows, not as long as I'm getting on the dance floor and certainly not when I wake my husband (!) in our bridal suite the next day morning. (In addition, anyone I care to say on my marry would probably knowledge-slash-have-seen it.)

If there is a time to disconnect, in my humble opinion, it is your wedding day.

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Emma Watson Feels Like a "Fraud" (We Feel You, Girl)

For me, one of the most interesting parts of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In was the part where she talked about feeling like a fraud. That, no matter how successful she was in her career, there was always a nagging feeling of doubt and insecurity. At some point, she worried, everyone would realize that she was totally underqualified and undeserving of success.

I know how she feels: Sure, I have an amazing gig writing for Cosmo and I've even coauthored a dating book, but I still feel like an amateur. I constantly doubt myself and worry that, sooner or later, everyone is going to decide that I really have no idea what I'm talking about. It's like the higher I climb in my career, the more terrified I become about the possibility of it all crashing down.

Though, I have to admit that I felt a little bit better about these fears when actress Emma Watson shared similar thoughts in a recent interview. She told Rookie magazine that she thinks she won't be able to live up to everyone's expectations of her and that, basically, she feels inadequate all the time.

"It’s almost like the better I do, the more my feeling of inadequacy actually increases, because I’m just going," she said. "Any moment, someone’s going to find out I’m a total fraud, and that I don’t deserve any of what I’ve achieved."

This feeling seems to be common among women—if Sheryl, Emma, and I have it, others must, too—and I seriously hope we can overcome it. Because while being humble is better than acting like an overconfident ass-hat, we shouldn't let our anxiety about not being "good enough" stop us from enjoying the progress we've made in our careers. Easier said that done, but for sure something we can work toward, right?

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