Google the search behemoth has been in recent headlines because of the new unified privacy rules that will span all of the services offered by the company. However, the hubbub is over data that it is collecting about the users they serve.
Don’t all services and companies that offer FREE products to an end user collect some type of data?
All companies do this: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and more. So why trash the name of Google when everyone in the industry is doing the same thing. Google makes most of its profits by serving relevant ads to you based on searches and information that you’ve input into different profiles that are served through Google (Google Plus and more).
Bottom line: Do not act like this is news to the technology world; if you are using services online you have been tracked for years. Google allows users to change their privacy settings; so if the above scares or threatens you — look into adjusting your settings.
With the release of the iPad 3 right around the corner, many technologists are speculating if the purchase of the new device is even worth it. Honestly, the iPad has everything that the consumers wanted from Apple, except full size ports and deleting the need for unnecessary dongles. The iPad 2 was a decent upgrade from it’s first generation counterpart with the addition of front and rear cameras and slimming down of the hardware. On the otherhand, with these upgrades in place, one can wonder what else can they(Apple) do to this device in order to charge another $500. They might add Siri. Wow.
Bottom line: To buy or NOT to buy; that is the question. Apple is doing their normal scheme of releasing virtually the same product with minimal changes, what will make up the iPad 3? If the addition is menial, which would follow suit, then I suggest you be happy with your second generation iPad.
The United States Department of Justice has approved the deal between Google and Motorola. The only countries left to approve the deal are China, Taiwan, and Israel. Once this deal is approved by all parties Google will access to a plethora or mobile patents making it a viable player in this patent war that Apple started. Apple has been trying to sue Google’s Android out of the marketplace since that seems to be they only option they have at this point. However, having all of these patents, Google will be able to fight back.
Bottom line: When it is all said and done, the mobile marketplace is about innovation; just because you try to sue one company away will NOT force anyone to use your products. This acquisition will firmly put Google at the top of it’s game.
The internet used to be a fun place; you would go online share information, buy gadgets, and go on with life. Now, it seems that almost every government wants to shutdown anything that is free and widely available. There are talks that this country would even want to create their own intranet for the public to use. Reasons behind this could be because information transmitted with https is secure and it seems that governments do want want anything to be sent or received that they cannot view.
There are several sites and applications that this can cause disruptions with:
Twitter
Facebook
Google Services
SSH
SSL
TLS
Bottom line: The same thing that Iran is trying to create is similar to what China has in place; regardless of what tries to be done to stifle sharing and virtually eliminate free speech there will always be ways to work the system. For example, you can always email tweets!
According to a study by the University of Minnesota, piracy in the form of BitTorrent does NOT hurt the box office here in the US. However, the same cannot be said for overseas releases; partially because of the dates and cycles in which they are released.
So, with all of the SOPA and PIPA bills floating around, for there to be no significant drop in revenue for U.S. box offices destroys the MPAA argument. On the other hand, releases abroad saw a decline of 7% in revenue due to piracy because titles were not available as fast.
Bottom line: The industry is all about money; it seems that they will do whatever it takes to rake in as much money as possible. However, with so many wealthy “big-wigs” in Hollywood is destroying the internet really worth it?
Tech for the masses, meant to empower, educate and inform by Dexter Johnson.
Bottom line: Do not act like this is news to the technology world; if you are using services online you have been tracked for years. Google allows users to change their privacy settings; so if the above scares or threatens you — look into adjusting your settings.
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