My System Journal

At one time or another we may need to know exactly where we are. This may not be immediately possible particularly if we are in new territory. Asking around may not be an option either for we may be in no man’s land. In cases like this, any form of gps tracking would really help. Gps tracking has grown in leaps and bounds in the last few years and has come to be hailed as one of the most important pieces of technology to come to the world in the last decade.

With its expansion into and integration with a satellite tracking system, gps systems are now used widely and in varied ways by a lot of people. The coupling of the gps systems with satellite tracking has helped to increase the scope of the reach of these services. It has also allowed a lot of people to find their way out of situations that were really sticky to them.

With the growth of these systems, there comes their expansion into new territories and new and more innovative uses. For example, the use of real time gps vehicle tracking. This has become almost like a mandatory inclusion into the accessories of many cars. Apart from that, the navigation equipment that is often coupled with these systems ensures that you will never get lost again while on a road trip. There are a lot more innovative ideas and uses for the gps systems. A visit to gpstrackit.comwill reveal a lot more ways and in what other situations you can leverage gps to help you get out of.

There are recognized brands that can offer you a PC or laptop for a decent price but there are also cheaper versions that are assembled. So, how does one know which computer is right for them?

So here are a few steps one can consider in buying the right computer:

Step #1: Ask yourself: What are you going to use the computer for?

Different people use a computer for different reasons. Younger users might use it for social media, gaming and entertainment while older folks might use Microsoft Office, email and so on and so forth. Since the configuration of your computer might vary depending on what you are going to use it for, it would be a good idea to make a list of your needs.

Step #2: Pick a computer that meets your needs now and for the next few years

If all you’re going to do is check email or use MS Office, then there’s no point buying a machine with a graphics card that young gamers need. If you aren’t going to use this feature, then there is no point, now is there?

Usually three types are on offer: value, enthusiast and gaming line computers. The latter is the most expensive and has advanced features.

When you make a list of models that you like, ensure that they are not only durable but the hardware can accommodate software upgrades for at least 5 years or so.

Step #3: Study and compare the features of models that suit your needs

Finally, when you’ve made a list of the models you like, here are certain features that you have to compare to get your money’s worth: memory, speed, hard disk space, video card etc. Once you do this, and find which model gives you the best for the least price, you can go ahead and purchase the computer.

The promiles GPS tracking device is what you have been waiting for. Business owners with big truck fleets deal with a logistic nightmare. I honestly feel for you. It’s such a pain to organize and track everything. And how can you run a business without organizing? You can’t.

Tracking where your products are is always essential for good control over what is going on. You don’t want to find a problem has occurred 2 days after the damage has already been done, do you?

In the past dealing with such problems was next to impossible. It’s a very good thing that we have vehicle tracking gps devices now. They enable you to know what is going on with your cargo at any given time. And that is the type of control you want. After all, you make all the decisions. You have to make them based on reliable information. That is what gps tracking fleet management is giving you – the power of good decisions. And we all know that good decisions are what make your business go forward. That is what makes your business grow and thrive, irregardless of the environment.
The folks at gpstrackit.com understand all that. They have everything set up for making every little whim you might have come true. That is the experience you want. You are a business person and you want to deal only with professionals. Everything else is for amateurs. And you don’t want to be perceived as an amateur by your peers, do you?

Despite Apple not commenting on this new development, it looks like the new iPhone set to be launched in the fall will have a larger display. Compared to the iPhone 4S with a screen size of about 3.5 inches, the new screens will be at least 4 inches in size diagonally.

Nobuo Kurahashi, an analyst from Mizuho Investors Securities, describes the grip that Apple has on the market, and the impact of this new development, by saying, “The smartphone market has become diverse, but the iPhone still sets the agenda. The iPhone’s strength lies in the overall experience, including its user interface and applications, and the screen’s size wouldn’t be its defining feature.”

However, Apple is now collaborating with Japan’s Sharp Corp. and Japan Display Inc. as well as South Korea’s LG Display Co. to create these larger screens which experts say is in response to the new flagship smartphone with a 4.8 display, produced by its largest competitor, Samsung Electronics.

Even though the iPhone redefined the smartphone market ever since it was unveiled a few years ago, there are numerous smartphones now available in all sizes of which Samsung is Apple’s largest competitor, with both companies accounting for almost half the world’s smartphones.

Apart from their rivalry in the smartphone market, Samsung and Apple has also been in the news for taking opposing stances on various patents and designs but rather singularly are also dependent on each other as well.

Also, Apple does not manufacture its own products but depends on Asian suppliers for components and manufacturing specialists in Taiwan and China to assemble its products.

With both Google and Facebook being scrutinized for their privacy policies, Twitter has now provided “Do Not Track” to its user so as to block the possibility of sharing personal information with third party websites – and was announced by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Technology Officer, Ed Felten, at an internet privacy forum.

The FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz, in supporting this decision, said, “Twitter’s use of ‘Do Not Track’ in its new feature is good news for Twitter users and a meaningful step toward broader adoption of a strong ‘Do Not Track’ system that will give consumers simple, comprehensive control over online tracking. Hopefully other companies will follow suit.”

What this “Do Not Track” service does is block third-party cookies which is used to obtain personal information about the user as well as his or her online activity. For this, all one has to do is enable the “Do Not Track” feature available in Mozilla Firefox. Other browsers like Safari and Internet Explorer also have similar features.

These steps taken by Twitter to protect online privacy comes at a time when the White House and Commerce Department officials are actually working on a set of federal regulations to protect web users’ personal information.

However, Facebook and Google have recently made major changes to their privacy policies leading to a negative reaction from people especially from Web privacy advocates who have expressed their uneasiness about the manner in which Facebook and Google might take advantage of user data to generate profits, with the possible compromise of their users’ privacy.

According to Mozilla Firefox, almost 9 % of its users enable the “Do Not Track” option, and most of these users are from France, the Netherlands and the United States.

In an effort to make their Search function think more like a human, Google has announced changes, by the introduction of Knowledge Graph that will streamline the search results by categories and from which the user can pick the category related to his search.

Jack Menzel, director of product management at Google, explains the need for this change in approach in saying, “The web pages we [currently] return for the search ‘kings’, they’re all good. You, as a human, associate those words with their real-world meaning but, for a computer, they’re just a random string of characters.”

The search term, ‘kings’, that the user is looking could really be anything right from who monarchs were, to the Sacramento basketball team, the TV show or even the L.A hockey team as well. With this change, the information pertaining to each of these topics that are related to the search term ‘kings’ will be placed in separate boxes.

The user will have to choose the box [category] and find the information that he or she may be looking for. Of course, this makes the user’s task of finding information easier and faster.

This is being done by the use of Knowledge Graph, which has about 3.5 billion facts and the connections between them at its disposal while also containing information that amount to about 500 million objects.

The release of this new search feature by Google will revamp the way people search for information in terms of relevancy, and will be available to American users first and in English after which it will tablet, mobile and desktop searches as well as available to people from other countries in other languages.

The Facebook IPO set a stock record with more than 460 million shares traded. Obviously this will changes the lives of many who will become billionaires or millionaires with the social media site going public.

But how will affect those who use Facebook, and didn’t necessarily show any interest much less participate in the company going public?

Here are 3 ways by which the IPO will change things for Facebook users:

#1: More Ads

Facebook generates revenue by advertisements. With the company going public, there will definitely be an increase in the number of these ads as investors will put pressure on its management to meet quarterly targets. Of course, to add to this, it’s also expected that considering the IPO valuation that just took place, there will pressure to increase its revenue and net income substantially.

#2: Less User Privacy

Yet again, it all comes back to ad revenue. Google, for example, uses searches to provide users with paid ads that might sell the very product or service that the person is looking for. This happens in real-time too, and is the reason why the company makes about $ 9.52 per user in a month as opposed to $ 1.32 for Facebook. All this might change, as with the increased pressure to generate more revenue, Facebook will have to mine user data that has been largely unexplored until now with a result of less user privacy.

#3: Facebook generated content

Until now, Facebook runs on user-generated content but it is possible that they can generate content of their own and compete with the likes of Groupon, Craigslist and Yelp. The potential is unlimited considering the data that has been largely untouched until now amounting to almost 900 million Facebook pages.