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Google Driverless Car
Google Driverless Car stopped by Police in California for Going too Slow
Police give out traffic tickets on a daily basis, however, on Thursday, California police in Mountain View made a traffic stop involving a Google
driverless car for going too slow, and causing a traffic jam.
The Google driverless car is a test vehicle in deployed in several locations and has logged more than a million miles on the road. The car was stopped
because it was going 24 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour area.
Police learn about how Google driverless car operates
The police officer stopped the vehicle and asked questions about how the vehicle is able to operate, drive and choose its speed, as well as to explain to
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The operators were told that in the future, if Google's new vehicle causes traffic issues that they need to pull over and let traffic go by just as if they
were any other car having an issue of some sort. This time they didn't receive a ticket.
Google cars must follow the road rules
Google's autonomous cars are programmed to obey the rules of the road, but the company says that one of the challenges of automated vehicles is
finding a way to blend the Google driverless car in with other vehicles on the road. This is especially true since many live drivers don't always follow
or obey traffic rules.
The Google automatic cars have been involved in 16 auto accidents since they started being tested in 2009. These were all said to be caused by
some sort of human error, and were not the fault of the driverless car's programming. Google officials say that their Google driverless car is kept at
25 miles per hour or less due to safety reasons, and that they want people to feel like they can approach them to ask
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Driverless Cars : The Good, The Bad, And The Ethical
Driverless Cars: The Good, the Bad, and the Ethical The idea of self–driving cars seems to be a futuristic one but is indeed closer than some might
imagine. Currently, self–driving car prototypes are being produced by several companies but are not yet on the roads. Driverless cars are vehicles
that don't require a human operator; instead the car makes all the decisions on how to reach the destination. There are three different views on the
idea of driverless cars. The first is that it is a revolutionary idea that must be implemented for safety and cost. The second view is that they are an
unreliable idea that are not worth the money it would take to produce them. The third view is that people think driverless cars are a good idea, but
they would not want to ride in them due to ethical issues such as who would be to blame in an accident. All three opinions are valid and deeply affect
the process of actually producing the self–driving vehicles. The notion of driverless cars has been around for the last hundred years. On December 8,
1926, a driverless car "haunted" the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The car was not completely autonomous, but instead was controlled by a radio
set in a vehicle that followed the "phantom motor car." The radio set controlled the first car by sending waves to a "receiving set" in the driverless car
("Phantom Auto"). Then, in the late 1980s, the first autonomous cars were created by the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The
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FACEBOOK case study Essay
Course Facebook ACCOUNTING http://create.mheducation.com Copyright 2014 by McGraw–Hill Education. All rights reserved. Printed in the
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distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This
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This case is developed for the purpose of class discussion. It is not intended to be used for any kind of endorsement, source of data, or depiction of
efficient or inefficient management. All opinions expressed, and all errors and omissions, are entirely the authors. The authors thank Andrea Meyer
for her editorial assistance and invaluable case writing guidance. © by Rothaermel and Taylor, 2015. 2 Facebook Final PDF to printer Facebook
(in 2013): Will Wall Street Hit the "Like" Button? fee; traditional banner and skyscraper advertisements. But the method could not be a drastic
diversion to the user. As Sandberg considered Zuckerberg's question, she knew that no matter what, it would always be a hard sell to him. At the
same time, Facebook's investors were growing more restless as they monitored the young company's share price. A Brief History of Facebook While
attending Harvard University in the fall of 2003, Mark Zuckerberg and some of his college buddies created an on–campus website called Facemash,
which was similar to Hot or Not–a social media site that prompted users to submit photographs that were judged by other users as either "hot" or
"not." Zuckerberg's Facemash site placed pictures of two female students next to each other and asked fellow students to choose the more attractive
person. To collect student images, Zuckerberg and his friends hacked into Harvard's computer network and copied files from campus
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My Awkward Week On Google Glass
Brandon Remedios
Professor Dr. Brock
ENGL102–92546 Critical Reasoning
March 11, 2017
Google Glass Evaluation Essay "My awkward Week in Google Glass" by Hayley T¬sukayama is an evaluation on the product of Google Glass. This
report basically goes through her experience wearing Google Glass. She describes through her writing how she felt during this period of time. She was
a part of a beta or demo program for Google Glass so Google can receive her feedback on the product and also to receive feedback for improvements.
Throughout the writing she speaks about how us readers can receive a behind the scenes look at what it is like to walk in society and experience the
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Most expectations would be somewhat glamorous due to the fact that there was so much rave about a product such as Google Glass where technology
is now jam–packed into something as simple as glasses. It seems to close the gap that was missing for most people, some may say even fulfill the
need of consumers, of wanting a device that consumers could constantly plugged into technology. This leads to the next point where Tsukayama goes
on to state, "I shouldn 't feel this way. I like new technology –– I 've been a tech reporter at The Washington Post for more than three years. And I
admire the vision of technology that Google promises Glass can offer: a device that lets you keep track of e–mails, texts and other messages in a
seamless way –– all through a screen that 's perched just over your right eye." (Tsukayama 1) This statement ties into the previous commentary which
was someone like a technology reporter would be so dissatisfied with a product like this that it is surprising. It was definitely a shock to find out that
someone such as the author found this product so distasteful. However, this goes into the next topic which relates to the standard of accepted criteria.
As a statement of standard this report was very clear on the outcome of the experience of walking life with Google Glass and as for accepted criteria,
there is many examples on which this judgment is based. For example, "What I wasn 't
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Research Paper On Self-Driving
Self–driving cars are simply too innovative and new for the U.S. government to handle. That is why autonomous cars are still not road legal, despite
safety efforts and data presented by major U.S. car companies, such as Tesla, Ford and Mercedes. However, a few industry leaders have joined forces
in an effort to legalize self–driving vehicles once and for all. Ford, Google, Volvo, Uber and Lyft have founded the Self–Driving Coalition for Safer
Streets. They hope to raise safety awareness for self–driving cars, as well as the impact they would have on society. But wait, where is Tesla in all
this? And why isn't Mercedes involved either? Could there be some evil plot against the two self–driving giants? It is no secret that Tesla and Mercedes
has a different view of what the future of autonomous cars should look like. Ford, Google and Uber Coalition Against Tesla... Show more content on
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Especially since the U.S. government is still unsure how to react to self–driving technology hitting the streets. The Google, Ford and Uber coalition
will essentially advocate for federal laws that would move self–driving cars from garages to the streets of Everywhere, America. Tesla In Bed with U.S.
Government? It is surprising to see Tesla left out of the coalition. Perhaps Elon Musk's ties to the U.S. government go deeper than we all thought.
Besides, Tesla can let Google, Ford and Uber do all the heavy lifting while Musk builds space ships in an effort to colonize Mars. After all, most of the
SpaceX funding came from NASA. Roughly $400 to $500 million of it actually. This may be the reason why Tesla has been shunned from the
Google, Ford and Uber coalition for a free self–driving car. Mercedes Out Casted, or Simply Doesn't
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3. 1 Mapping Disaster Risk Reduction Project
Google Earth offers, however it is more conveniently accessible because it doesn't require a software download.
3.1Mapping Disaster Risk Reduction (MapDRR)
A building collapse is a disaster. Disaster risk reduction plan is necessary for effective incidents management in which FR departments are involved .
Disaster risk reduction projects are implemented around the world. Each of these projects can provide guidelines for future projects and can be
adopted by other communities if their information is properly shared. These projects can also become a source of knowledge for teaching and training
of future disaster risk reduction professionals.
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Each of the projects is a unique symbol of disaster risk reduction knowledge and action and as such it can provide ideas and transfer knowledge to
other agencies in other communities who are seeking to implement particular disaster risk reduction projects. In some cases valuable information
about these DRRPs are available online, but it is very scattered and not easily accessible or identifiable. Currently there is not a dedicated online tool
or system that can provide Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) experts, practitioners, planners, researchers and students with an easy access to these
projects.
Graph 2. Distribution of DRRPs project in term of Hazard type Graph 3. Distribution of DRRPs project in term of hazard type
Image 1: DRR Projects by type of hazards (graph generated by Google Fusion Table )
4.Routing system in Google map
4.1 How to register
Visit Google Maps www.google.maps.co.uk and click on sign in
Click "Create an Account now"
1.To create an account
Enter your e–mail address teacher1@kent.gov.uk and a six letter password
For password confirmation open the e–mail account
4.2 Using the Map
1.Navigating
a.Zooming in and out on Google Maps can be done in a variety of ways. Most simply, using the wheel on the mouse and pushing forward will zoom
in, and backward will zoom out.
b.The navigation bar located to the left of every map can also be used to zoom in and out by clicking the "+" and "–" buttons, or dragging the bar on the
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Google 's Marketing Strategy Innovation
With the innovation occurs from creative ideas, it is developed, produced and marketed the commercial success of the invention. Google is perceived
as a very innovative company that has changed processes and behaviors by understanding the needs of their customers. Google's strategy innovation is
incremental that has not yet produced a breakthrough technology, which creates the emergence of a completely new market. Incremental innovations
are improvements of existing technology within an existing market involves new features to a product are introduced to provide greater value for
users. Most of Google's products and services are re–innovations that use breakthrough technology within an existing market, however; it might be not
introduced on a new platform. The most obvious remarkable re–innovate product of Google is search engine. When Google entered the market, the
search engine companies like AltaVista and Yahoo were already formed. However, the new process of PageRank, which is a breakthrough technology
of Google, is produced more accurate search result than others. Therefore, Google is growing fast because the better value of their service that
compared with the existing search engines. Another significant aspect of re–innovation of Google is about the product development, which creates
more certainty about the need of the innovation and can attack the market with less time for a brand new product.
Google breakthrough innovation (R&D) Regarding to the significant
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George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
When the book 1984, by George Orwell, was first published, people thought very little of the world that had been created within the book. In this
world, society was run by the Inner Party, whose "leader" is Big Brother. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party; he is the one who controls
everything. He controls food ration, living arrangements, work positions, privacy, and even a person's mind. Privacy did not exist. In modern times,
many aspects of the anti–utopian novel are beginning to appear in society. One of the major factors that are becoming more and more like Big
Brother is the Internet. More specifically, Google, a very popular search engine, has been ridiculed and attacked for certain policies it has and does
not have that resemble Big Brother's antics. Google is under suspicion as being the next Big Brother by many parties, including an organization under
Privacy International called Google Watch, because of their disregard of privacy, specifically, accessing its users' hard disk information off their
computer (Brandt). Nowadays, when one needs to search for something on the Internet, most people automatically type in "google.com." Some
computers have Google as their default search engine on their computer. In fact, Google is one of only four primarily recognized search engines, the
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In the original days of Google, it was "ad–free", yet now, up to half of the computer screen is filled with ads when one uses Google. Google even has
a seventy–five percent monopoly over all external referrals to most websites online. The "good ol' days" of the Internet are over, and now, "...the
Internet is getting spammed to death" (Brandt). The majority of these ads cluttering the computer screen are from Google; in fact, ads by search
engines like Ask are rarely seen at
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Essay On The 10 Best Free Iphone Vr App Of 2014
The 10 Best Free iPhone VR Apps of 2017
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Big buzzwords of 2017 and ones worth noting for sure as they are rapidly shaping enterprise. The forward
thinkers of today are the ones who have realized the most success. Apple certainly is an example of a forward thinker in the smart phone industry and
elaboration is not needed on this one. Let's not confuse Augmented Reality with Virtual Reality. The simplest way to remember the difference is that
Augmented Reality uses a device you already own (i.e. your smartphone) and Virtual Reality requires additional technology like a headset to fully
submerse the user in the digital world. This article will highlight the the best free iPhone vr apps of 2017. Features ... Show more content on
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Zombie Shooter VR– This used to be a paid app, but has recently converted to a free app. Users find themselves traversing a post–apocalyptic subway,
fighting off hordes of zombies. Although this is a free app initially, if you want to continue playing after one minute you'll have to buy in. It's an easy
to play virtual reality game that doesn't require a headset, but would certainly make it a more enjoyable experience.
iOS download
7. YouTube 360– This easy to recognize household name has become vastly popular due to silly animal videos and others similar in kind. The
amazing videos housed on YouTube are breathtaking and an extraordinary immersive experience, but be sure to have some sort of device or Google
Cardboard in order to view them. Their top recommended video is Mega Coaster by the Discovery Channel.
iOS download
6. Jaunt VR– Jaunt provides users over 150 premium, cinematic virtual reality experiences. Users can enjoy on–stage experiences or visit exotic
destinations with the most diverse selection of VR experience videos anywhere. Jaunt content is best viewed with a viewer, but it's possible to view
without a cardboard or comparable headset by going to Mono mode to enjoy the 360 degree content.
iOS download
5. Google Street View– Google has developed Street View elaborately over the years, but has now taken that to a whole new level immersing users
into the destinations they want to "experience". Enjoy a "virtual trip" from
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Essay On Google Driverless Cars
The biggest compliment you could possibly give the Google driverless car team is that experiencing their groundbreaking product feels utterly
unremarkable. Dull, even.
But there's more than meets the eyes.
On October second 2015, Dave lee and a group of reporters were given an opportunity to ride in two of their driverless vehicles.
The first was a modified Lexus that has been out on the streets around here for well over a year now, and is improving and learning every day as new
scenarios are logged and analyzed by the team.
This version, which is the most "ready" for the roads, though still years off, is essentially a normal car, except it drives itself.
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No steering wheel. No pedals. Nothing really – save for a couple of chairs with a control panel in between.
The prototype was unveiled earlier this year, but we didn't hear much about it. Now, Google had set up an obstacle course on top of one of its
buildings. Across the makeshift course were "hazards" – a child on a bike, a car pulling out, a man walking aimlessly in front of the car. Naturally, the
car dealt with all this impeccably.
The group of reporters shared their ride with the Guardian's jemima kiss, and while Google wouldn't let Dave and the reporter's film or take pictures in
the vehicle – they did convince them to let them record their experience for that week's edition of Tech Tent. So why unremarkable? Well, like any
good technology, the driverless car technology just works.
As much as Dave like to write about the white–knuckle "Oh my gosh, there's no driver!" ride he had in a prototype car, that really wasn't the case.
It was slow. It was cautious. It was safe, a more attentive driver than any human could possibly ever be.
The pod demo was in a highly controlled environment. Nothing was ever going to go wrong (although there is a big, fat emergency stop button in the
car if needs
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Cardbook Case Study
By 2016 there were at least 230 companies developing VR–related products. Facebook has 400 employees focused on VR development; Google,
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Sony and Samsung all had dedicated
AR and VR groups
Sony announced Project Morpheus (its code name for PlayStation VR), a virtual reality headset for the
PlayStation 4 video game console.[36] Google announces Cardboard, a do–it–yourself stereoscopic viewer for smartphones. The user places their
smartphone in the cardboard holder, which they wear on their head
In early 2014, Valve showed off their SteamSight prototype, the precursor to both consumer headsets released in 2016. It shared major features with
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The concept was later adapted into the personal computer–based, 3D virtual world Second Life.[28]
The Virtual Boy was created by Nintendo and was released in Japan on July 21, 1995 and in North
America on August 15, 1995.[26] Also in 1995, a group in Seattle created public demonstrations of a
"CAVE–like" 270 degree immersive projection room called the Virtual Environment Theater, produced by entrepreneurs Chet Dagit and Bob
Jacobson.[27] The same system was shown in 1996 in tradeshow exhibits sponsored by Netscape Communications.[citation needed] Forte released the
VFX1, a PC–powered virtual reality headset in 1995, which was supported by games including Descent, Star Wars: Dark
Forces, System Shock and Quake.
By 1994, Sega released the Sega VR–1 motion simulator arcade attraction,[23][24] in SegaWorld amusement arcades. It was able to track head
movement and featured 3D polygon graphics in stereoscopic 3D, powered by the Sega Model 1 arcade system board.[25] Also in 1994 Apple released
QuickTime VR, which, despite using the term "VR", was unable to represent virtual reality, and instead displayed 360 photographic panoramas
In 1992 researcher Louis Rosenberg created the Virtual Fixtures system at the U.S. Air Force's Armstrong
Labs using a full upper–body exoskeleton, enabling a physically realistic virtual reality in 3D. The system
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Ruben Torres: The Evolution Of The Automotive Industry
Ruben torres Imagine yourself appreciating the view of your city while your car gets you to your destination. In recent years' companies like
Mercedes, BMW and Google are trying to create a driverless car. But it is obvious that this evolution of the automotive industry will give us many
options in the future, simply because we ride in the car and relax until we reach our destination. But not everything would be easy if there are
driverless cars there are also disadvantages. Tim Adams need to consider these concerns: the crashes, more contamination and cost. First of all, these
types of cars do get in to accidents, too. Google driverless car collided lightly with a public bus in California while on a test course, the minor collision
appears
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Analysis Of Google 's On Data Exhaust Essay
Data Exhaust Google By utilizing the millions of misspelled words in the billions of searches it processes every day, Google was able to create
it's spell checker for free (something that Microsoft spent a considerable amount of time and money to create). Google then created an ingenious
way to confirm that it's algorithm displayed the correct word by asking users to click to confirm on the corrected search results. In addition,
google took their algorithm a step further by looking at the text of the web pages that they click on as the page that the user selects as the page
likely has the word spelled correctly if the user selected it. This allows google to continually improve their spell check and also makes it easily
available for any language that is typed into their search engine. This data also has additional uses beyond spell check, such as their "autocomplete"
feature that is available across most of the google ecosystem and the translation services that they offer9. Facebook Jeff Hammerbacher, a data
scientist at facebook, found that when people saw their friends making posts or sharing content that they were more likely to post content themselves.
Once facebook made this realization, they redesigned their site to make activities by users friends more prominent in order to create a cycle of new
content9. Amazon Amazon now has a trove of data available to it from the thousands of e–books that it sells through its kindle platform. For example,
they are able to
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Google Case Study Essay
March 21, 2012
GOOGLE CASE STUDY
Google is well known to everyone. No matter if you are young or not so young, computer savvy or not, Google's name will undoubtedly pop up in
when discussing computers. Google continues to grow swiftly every day. It began in 1996 with the meeting of Larry Page and Sergey Brin at
Stanford. Larry, who was 22 at the time had graduated from University of Michigan and was considering attending Stanford. Sergey, who was 21, was
assigned the task of showing Larry around and although it has been said that they failed to agree on most everything they became firm friends.
Larry and Sergey who were both computer science grad students found they had much in common and started developing a search engine named ...
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The MentalPlex program was announced in 2000, and was publicized to posess mind reading ability as you pictured your desired search results. Google
became the largest search engine in the world in 2000 and joined with Yahoo to become their search provider. They supported searches in fifteen
languages as of September 2000 and released the Google toolbar in December of 2000. Google has been steadily growing and is considered the best
and biggest search engine for finding information on the web.
Google's strategic acquisitions led to new advertising opportunities through internet applications. Google maps which was introduced in 2004, was
followed by Google Earth in 2005. Satellite images of anywhere in the world could now be viewed on line. Street view images, taken by Google
travelling cameras were added as an enhancement to Google Earth in 2007. An Earth view capability was added in 2010 to allow viewing of 3D
images at ground level.
As of September 2009, Google was listed as the most visited website on the internet. Google Mobile phone applications, YouTube, G–mail, Google
Docs office suite, Picassa photo organizing applications, as well as the Google social networking service all contribute to Google's popularity.
The evolution of Google's business model increased revenue by expanding advertising using the keyword search. Sponsor ads were targeted to certain
users based on their browsing history. Annual revenues
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Business Google vs Yahoo
Yahoo vs. Google Financial Analysis Victoria Schmidt MGMT 479: Strategic Management William Mason January 14, 2011 The two companies
that I chose that I feel would be a great acquisition from CB&M are Google and Yahoo. These are two highly recommended internet search
engines. Although, they have other competitors Google and Yahoo are the most used and well known in the US. They are both easy to use and offer
many different tools and sites for individuals with internet access. They may have some common qualities but both are unique and bring their own
brand to the table. It is a hard fair shake between the two in deciding just which one is actually the better search engine but I do have to say after
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had declined in December" (Windows news and tips). Yahoo also offers a directory for searching certain categories or subjects. It ranges from
showing the searcher the top categories first and then a list of additional categories. Throughout the years Yahoo has gone from a text crazy,
scattered information site to becoming more organized with where it sets its information on its website. Yahoo has really progressed over the
years. Also, when searching on Yahoo there will also be a list of headings that may be similar to your search which are usually advertisements.
Yahoo may not be the leading search engine in the world today but it has a lot of great features and many views take advantage of the search
engine because it is very beneficial in many categories. One very unique comparison of both Google and Yahoo is that they were both founded by
two university students. Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. (Wheelen 2008). Yahoo was founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang
(Yahoo.com). Both Google and Yahoo profit when users click on any of their ads on their search engines. When searching on both Google and Yahoo
for something one may get the same search results on both search engines because generally the most common and relevant information is what is
going to pop up first. Although, the information may not be in the same order on both search engines and Google may have more results, the vast
majority of the main search
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Google Ethical Issues Essay
Google, like any other successful companies, deals with ethical issues on a day–to–day basis. Google's corporate mantra simply put – "Don't be evil"
(Google), is what drives their corporate ethics in doing business. Being the data juggernaut that they are, questionable business ethics arise often in
relation to privacy. In 2007, Google's controversy regarding Street View raised privacy and security concerns. Street View allows for high
–resolution
photos enabling you to explore 360–degree panoramic, street–level imagery of places once you type in the correct address. This could range from
vehicle license plates, properties, people doing mundane activities, as well as people in compromising or out–of–context situations. And since Google's
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Google's defense also claimed that there is nothing wrong with collecting data from unsecured wireless networks because those networks by
nature broadcast their activity for the world to see. Apparently, these are what we all are agreeing on when we are being asked to agree to terms
upon joining a wireless network. They claimed that the data gathering was for better marketing and that it had no unlawful intent whatsoever. But
after numerous protests around the world and countless lawsuits the company giant faced after the controversy, Google ended its illegal collection
of WiFi data transmissions. The issues encompassing Google's privacy policy and their business ethical practice is a vast issue to tackle. On
Google's data gathering backlash: It's easy to put your trust when a big company like Google asks you to enter your information on their web
browsers, in an encrypted connection or not. Scooping data at the back of your truck from concealed WiFi receivers is a different story though.
Weather it was an engineer's fault for the said code to have saved the unencrypted information causing the entire fiasco, it's still questionable how this
kind of an overlooked management decision, could've slipped a big company like Google. Being a company built on data business platform that claims
to value privacy and respect users, the project management should've been approached
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driverless cars
Driverless Cars The future is here, and most people need to be alerted to any changes. Every day people realize that something new has been
innovated; therefore, people try to go for of the latest innovations. Nowadays, computers have been implemented in new cars. For example, Audi with
an automatic parking system, Ford with its systems of hands–free calling and hands–free tailgate, and many other similar cars have brought new
innovations to the automobile market. The reality is that in the near future we will have cars driving by themselves; as a result driverless cars should
be accepted in society soon. Government should permit the driverless cars to be on the streets because they have many significant benefits that easy
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Realizing well the potential benefits of driverless cars to the public and to the transport system DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, supports this innovation it did when the computer networking was created (2). DARPA always works to prevent technological surprises to
the US, but also seeks to create technological surprise for our enemies. Also this agency is responsible for the development of new technologies for
use by the military. At the present time, not many companies see the creation of driverless cars as a good investment because they are too expensive
also there are too many obstacles in the way(3). Therefore, this system of transportation has not had much advance in the last decade. As a
consequence, the progress in implementation of this system of transportation has stalled. However, people like Tyler Cowen, a renowned economist,
consider it important for companies to invest in this new technology and feel that other companies should encourage supporting this project. Also, Tyler
Cowen affirms, "The point is not that such cars could be on the road in large numbers tomorrow, but that we ought to give the cars– and other potential
innovations – a fair shot so that a prototype can become a commercial product someday" (1). Michael Mandel, an economist with the Progressive
Policy Institute, compares the low growth in technology with stones in the river that gradually accumulate and do not let the water flow well for the
lack of
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Contrasting Theories, Explanations And Policies
5.1. Intellectual Skills
These skills include critical, analytical, problem–solving and synthesising skills which include the assimilation of new knowledge, development of
critical analysis and the application of knowledge in wider contexts (Transkills.admin.cam.ac.uk, 2017).
5.1.1. Assessing the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and policies
Health and safety policies are implemented in every part of the workplace in the United Kingdom. The merits of following health and safety
policies are that the risk of injury are greatly reduced using good practice after identifying potential risks in the workplace. Although the risks of
injury in a GIS lab are low, sitting for long periods of time behind a computer screen has been proven to be adverse to many aspects of health
including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and muscular skeletal issues (Dunstan et al., 2012). Regular breaks were encouraged and walks around the
local area were commonplace to stretch and exercise during the workday.
The main structure of the business utilises the Feed In Tariff (FIT) (Ofgem.gov.uk, 2017) for their solar PV systems and the Renewable Heat Incentive
(RHI) for their biomass heating systems (Ofgem.gov.uk, 2017). These policies allow Eden ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Although Google Earth Pro included features which were useful, other applications or websites were needed to determine other required data. An
alternative application known as Marble (NienhГјser, 2017) has many of the same features as Google Earth Pro (Google Earth Pro, 2017) but it has the
option of ad–ons such as yearly sunshine, temperature and precipitation data which would need to be searched elsewhere if Google Earth Pro were
used. Although this software may have been a useful tool to use, as the process outlined by Scott was tried and tested the method shown was
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How the Mobile Paradigm May Affect the Nature and Limits...
Introduction
With the rapid growth of mobile computing, mobile device become a necessary tool in our daily life. Without mobile device our life quality, efficiency
will totally decrease. Users just need to connect to network and gather information they want in a few second. Although mobile devices bring us
convenient, mobile devices contain large amount of personal data, including emails, photos, contact data, financial, and medical information, privacy
issue [1] occur due to users unknowingly expose their privacy through mobile application, camera, network etc. and their use poses a serious threat to
both personal and corporate security. It greatly extending the reach of technology and raising concerns that prevailing traditions of privacy may be
challenged.
In order to examine how the mobile paradigm may affect the nature and limits of privacy, those natures can be carried out though three views:
Accessibility Privacy, Decisional Privacy, and Informational Privacy.
Accessibility Privacy
This aspect of privacy overlaps with informational privacy in cases where acquisition or attempted acquisition of information involves gaining access
to an individual [2]. However, it also extends to cases where physical access is at stake.
Camera
Nowadays, cameras embedded in mobile devices have become so widespread in whole world. As the evolution of camera phone technology, the
picture quality has increased while the total size of photo has decreased. Those mobile devices can be used
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The First True Gasoline Automobile Powered By An Internal...
As time slowly passes us by human beings continue to find more and more innovative ways to make their lives, and those of people around them,
more efficient and enjoyable. People will always strive to make daily activities less costly, dangerous, and stressful by adapting new revolutionary
technologies as they readily become available to them. Ever since the invention of the first true gasoline automobile powered by an internal combustion
engine in 1885/1886 ("Who Invented the Automobile?", par. 2), the automobile industry has been at the forefront of human ingenuity and
inventiveness. There was a time in recent history where self–driving cars seemed like a far–fetched dream out of a science fiction film or an episode of
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1). With Deutsche Reich Patent number 37435 granted to him by the German government on January 29, 1886, his three–wheeled car set the spark for
years of innovation. Later on that year Benz began to carefully market and sell his automobile to the general population (par. 3). His invention
immediately shocked and quickly instigated curiosity of all those who saw his now archaic vehicle, much like Google 's 21st century self–driving
vehicle is successfully doing today in the United States of America and around the civilized world. Sebastian Thrun, a programmer and computer
scientist from Solingen, Germany, is an expert in the fields of driverless cars, Artificial Intelligence, and robotics. The founder of the semi–secret
facility Google X (informally written as Google[x]), run by the American multinational corporation Google, has been making vast technological
advancements in the autonomous car environment. Thrun has received international recognition from numerous universities for his lead in the Google
Self–Driving Car project and many other endeavours (such as Google Street View). Along with his team at Stanford University in California, Thrun
created the robotic vehicle named Stanley in which ended up winning the grand prize of two million dollars from the in the 2005 Defense Advanced
Research Projects
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The Technology Development Of Autonomous Cars
Abstract
Autonomous Vehicles are already being developed by the majority of the automobile companies as Audi, GM, Toyota among others, however, the
approach on the technology development to achieve the autonomy is not the same for all of them. Some companies want so they invest a lot in
artificial intelligence and software development. On the other side companies such as Toyota have the objective to improve the safety features on their
cars, doing for that a lot of research on sensors and ECU (Electronic Control Units). In this project was researched 7 major companies that are currently
investing in autonomous cars, being Google the only one that is new on the automobile industry but, accordingly to researches carried out by the group,
the most advanced on this new type of technology, showing expressive results in their monthly reports
Introduction
Autonomous cars are going to be a reality on people 's routines in a near future when the first units starts to being sold, however the unmanned
technology is far from being a recent discovery. Researches have been conducted on the past 90 years when the american army started to assembly
flying bombs equipped with gyroscopes and barometers as components of a navigation system. Ever since, the unmanned technology has evolved in a
tremendous way, and after the first GPS satellite launch in 1978, vehicles can rely on a navigation systems that is reliable and has coverage all over
the globe.
The air transportation system has
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Digital Changes: Google Maps
Digital Changes: Google Maps
Growing up in an age where technology is flourishing I have witnessed huge changes in technology and digital media. One of these technologies that
have made a huge impact on my life is Google Maps. Google maps is not only easy to use but also free technology that has made driving and finding
locations much easier in modern day society for many individuals. Google maps can be accessed on numerous devices like your computer, iPad, and
even your phone. Personally, living in such a populated city and being new to the Orlando area, I depend heavily on Google maps to help me figure out
where I am going in a timely matter. Without Google Maps, I probably would be extremely lost more often then not when traveling to more distant
places in Orlando because it is such a large city.
Google maps benefits my life by making it so I am not late when I am going places. Sometimes I volunteer on the other side of Orlando and need to
figure out the fastest route to get there and Google maps, with its traffic feature, has saved me the headache of figuring out when I should leave to
avoid being late. My current volunteering position is working with animals and I like to be able to give the animals as much attention as possible
and Google Maps allows me to get there in time to hang out with all of my animal friends who need love and affection. Not only has the traffic feature
saved me from being late but it also provides alternative routes that saves
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The And Reverse Engineer The World Wide Web
Not many people know that Google started out as BackRub, not the relaxing kind that you get at a spa. The idea for BackRub came from Larry
Page looking for a topic to do his doctoral thesis on. Page decided to try and reverse engineer the World Wide Web for his thesis. Little did they
know that were on the way to creating one best "Good to Great" companies of this century. As Jim Collins states in Good to Great that the companies
that go from good to great are not looking for the quick fix and Google definitely wasn't looking for that. In fact, they were not even trying to make an
internet search engine at all. Their goal was to look at the World Wide Websimilar to the way academic build their papers, on citations. Papers are
judged not only on the number of citations they use but also the number of times they are cited. Instead of using citations they used web links to
other sites and developed a ranking system. As John Battle states in his article for Wired.com "As they fiddled with the results, Brin and Page
realized their data might have implications for Internet search. In fact, the idea of applying BackRub 's ranked page results to search was so natural
that it didn 't even occur to them that they had made the leap." The idea for what would become the biggest World WideWeb search enginewas born.
Page and Brin's decision to keep it as just a search engine is what created the companies hedgehog. Popular search engines at the time, Lycos and Alta
Vista, were
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The Pros And Cons Of Google Mapathon By The Survey Of India
NEW DELHI: On March 25 the Survey of India (SOI) lodged a police complaint against the USA Internet giant Google for allegedly publishing
classified and sensitive data about military locations of India on the net. This is in violation of the National Map Policy (2005), which states "The
responsibility for producing, maintaining and disseminating the topographic map database of the whole country lies with the Survey of India."
Google conducted a Mapathon competition between February 12, 2013 and March 25, 2013, which required citizens to submit detailed maps of their
neighborhood including landmarks and shortcuts. This is likely to jeopardize the security system as it published sensitive information about the
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This precipitous claim made by Google is seen as a desperate and panicked attempt made to alleviate the situation. This ludicrous blunder will prove
fatal for them.
However, there also exists a different perspective to this issue. The act of banning the Google Mapathon by the Survey of India (SOI) is against the
very objective of the National Map Policy, which states "The organization (SOI) should promote the use of geospatial knowledge and intelligence
through partnerships with all sections of the society." This was what Google Mapathon was intrinsically doing. If the organization had concerns that it
would have some terrorist ramifications, they could have worked with Google and expurgated the sensitive data. It was not Google's intention of
publicizing classified data. Looking at the affirmative side of the impact of the competition, it would provide detailed maps for all landmarks, short
cuts and roads. This will turn out to be very utilitarian not only for the people living in that area, but also for tourists and travellers. However, Google
has been sluggard in their response to this situation, which makes them look
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A Report On Google's Driverless Car
Google's driverless car; are they the future, technologies most recent trumpet, world's next thing or the latest catastrophe, next failure, biggest let
down yet? Google has produce multiple products over the years that were successful and some that lack success. The latest product their trying to
liftoff is the Google Car. A driverless car that can rely on their sensors and software to drive themselves. The idea of a car that drives without a
driver is by far interesting, but is it good to have a person life in the hands of a machine. Some people thinks this plan is a dead end: Ian Pearson, a
futurologist, says "What Google is proposing is obsolete," Pearson, who is also a fellow at the World Academy for Arts and Science, said. "It doesn't
exist yet, but there isn't any point in going through that phase." There are two Italian researchers are looking to release self–driving pods. The pods,
called Next, they're driverless boxes that will take you anywhere. But even the Next pods fall short of what Pearson foresees. For one, Next is a
public transportation system that is controlled by a third party. The pods will pick you up after you request one through an app. (Muoio) So, there
other things that are similar to driverless car that are surfacing around the world. Not just driverless cars; but the concept that a computer having to
make so many complex choices is unsettling to some people. There are obstacles that these mindful machines have to overcome to gain majority of
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Google's Invasion Of Privacy Is Dead On The Internet
Alyssa Andrew
Organizational Communication
Google
Privacy is dead on the internet and unfortunately, a large part of that is due to the fact that many companies make unethical decisions. Many companies
today miss the fact that ethics in business is needed, such as the company Google. Although a large majority of Americans useGoogle almost every
day, most do not realize how unethical many of the company's decisions actually are. Google is one of the companies towards the top of the list of
companies that do not think about the impact of their developments and how it affects the users. These practices have been known about for years and
have been publicized, but unfortunately only a small amount of people seem to question the issue of ethics. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
This service originally disregarded copyright, due to the fact that they were trying to open access to knowledge for everyone. Many thought that
Google was doing this to be nice and to provide a service to people who use their search engine, even though they were "doing it to be the end all
source of information" (Cargill). What Google did not think about though were the restrictions that they were not honoring by giving out text from
hundreds of thousands of books that were protected by copyright. This is ethically wrong due to the fact that Google did not respect or recognize the
authors' and publishers' copyrights and tried to monopolize all access to information, even though it was not theirs to do
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Elaborate Place In Austin, Texas
) FAVORITE PLACE?
Be precise and descriptive i.e. city, state, country, region, colloquial place–name, etc.
Austin, Texas
2) WHY is this location your favorite place? Elaborate.
It's hard to describe this sensation I get whenever I'm in Austin, but it just feels like home. Austin has this completely different vibe from Houston and
it's more relax, and you see the weirdest things in this city . Every time I visit I have a memorable experience, for example when I visiting for
SXSW. We went on 6th street and saw a group of drunk people having their time of their lives dancing on the corner with tacos in each hand, while we
were on our way to get Voodoo doughnuts. I love the music, movie, art, food truck scene. Austin just feels right and I'm definitely... Show more content
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6) DISTANCE (miles)
How far is it from your home? (measure distance using the ruler tool)
Visit the Drawing and Measuring tutorial http://www.google.com/eart/learn/ if you need assistance measuring distance.
135.25 miles
7) "SENSE OF PLACE" NARRATIVE
Describe the specific HUMAN and PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS visible in Google Earth. Make sure the "Photos" layer is checked – click on the
photos and explore area for clues into a "sense of place" – what's it like there?
While in Zilker Park in between Barton Springs Road and Lou Neff Road, there is a complete view of the skyline of downtown. The park is pretty
much leveled except for this small steep hill, and at the top is located a huge tree that's probably creates some old form of shade. The park is known
for holding huge events like ACL, and the kite festival which is what most of images are of.
8) TERRAIN
Describe the TERRAIN (physiography, landscape, topography, etc.). Most of the trees are located mostly around the perimeter, beside one located on
top of a hill and a couple others around these huge rocks. Its mostly a huge field of grass, and trees like most parks.
9)
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The Game Of Pokemon Go On The Privacy Of Your Own Home
Imagine small third party companies watching every step you take and viewing your actions through your own cellphone camera that 's looking
right at you. Watching you walk the dog, or drive in the car, or lounge around in the privacy of your own home. Here 's the catch, these party
companies are making money off of you when your phone is in use, without your realization. These exploits are happening as the days go by, and no
one seems to shine light on this subject. The main issue here is big companies, such as Google, are giving people free apps to download and making
money. They do this not only by customers making in–app purchases, but for selling your personal information to third party companies who then
make revenue by putting it on the stock market. I would like to acknowledge that the Government needs to illuminate these exploits these companies
are constructing, other than playing along with them, as they are edging into violating our privacy as U.S. citizens. The newly released hit game
Pokemon Go has sparked some light in the souls of many people from the 90's. All the nostalgic feelings of walking and catching your favorite
Pokemon, fighting them, evolving them, and playing with friends. Aside from all the great things about this game, it may have a darker side that
people do not really understand. Behind Pokemon GO is man named John Hanke. Hanke is a serial entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur as defined by
Business Dictionary is: an entrepreneur who
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The Evolution of Google
It all started in 1995, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University. Larry was 22 years old and a University of Michigan graduate.
Sergey was 21 years old at the time and was assigned to show Larry around campus. Larry Page decided to attend Stanford University and became
close friends with Sergey Brin. In 1996, Larry and Sergey collaborates the search engine "BackRub". Stanford servers could not handle too much
bandwidth from BackRub the first year Larry and Sergey was running it. The following year in 1997, they registered Google.com on September 15th.
Google was created by them so; it could be a mission to organize millions of information for the world to discover. Larry Page and Sergey Brin
incorporated Google in California and they opened a bank account for the established company (Google Inc., 2013).
The first office space they started in was in Susan Wojcicki's garage on Santa Margarita Ave., Menlo Park, California. February 1999, Larry and
Sergey moved out of Susan's garage and moved to 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto. Then, they were able to hire only eight employees to start off
their growing business. In August, they are able to open up a Mountain View location at 2400 Bayshore, south of Stanford University and near some
city named Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and San Jose. At a Starbucks in 2000 on 86th Street, they opened up Google New York; which is a one–person
sales team. At the former Port Authority building at 111 Eighth Avenue, there are
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Essay about Economics of a Monopoly
Economics of a Monopoly
Introduction
ВЎВ§MonopolyВЎВЁ is defined by its market power. Monopolies are always known to possess an exclusive control over its particular market and
that gives them the sovereign authority to control the prices for its goods or services (Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1.1), 2006). Hence, they represent
the market. They indeed have detrimental effects on consumer and social welfare.
In this paper, section 1 will focus on the theory and economics of a monopoly. Section 2 will discuss with a recent case of monopoly, as in the web
search engine company– Google, whose real repercussion is still not clear to most consumers. Finally this essay will conclude with the outlook on how
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In figure 1, MR is the marginal revenue which is the price of the last unit sold; minus the loss of revenue incurred of those units it could have
otherwise sold at a higher price (Sloman, 2005).AR is the average revenue curve. Both the average and the marginal revenue are downwards sloping as
in a competitive firm. It should be noted that AR=P, thus price to quantity is same as the average revenue to quantity. MC=AR where the profit is at the
maximum, at an output of Qm (Sloman, 2005).The demand curve is the price given.AR=P, the price at Qm.AR–AC is the supernormal profit gained
.Point b pertains to average cost (AC) (Sloman, 2005).
1.2 Monopoly against perfect competition
To understand better how the monopoly affects the market, we need to compare monopoly to perfect competition. Where there is perfect competition,
the company is unable to decide the price of their product. In other words, the company has to label their prices according to the prices of their
competitors. However, in a monopoly, they decide the prices and that too, at a much higher price with a different output compared to a competitive
industry (Sloman, 2005).Some key points are given under:
В„XВЎВ§Lock–in effectВЎВЁ arises when consumers are unable to switch to other competing aftermarket products, other than the
manufacturerВЎВ¦s aftermarket products, because of the
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Why Is Google Cardboard Being Fun
3 Reasons Why Google Cardboard is Actually Quite Fun
If you end up using Google Cardboard, then you probably know what you are getting. You are not expecting a five star virtual reality experience, but
an experience that will be a cheap alternative to others. Think of it like buying a Whooper at Burger King, instead of getting a gourmet burger at a five
star restaurant. Google Cardboard, although cheap, remains fun and here is why.
FIRST REASON WHY GOOGLE CARDBOARD IS FUN
Even though you will look like a fool using this device, it can still be good for taking 360–degree photos. All you need to do this is your camera in
your smartphone, and then Google will stitch together what it needs to produce a 360 degree photo. Not only this but it
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Technology And Technology Essay
Is technology really helping society for the better? Banksy is a street artist(s), who began doing graffiti in the early 1900s. The work done by the
artist(s) is largely freehand but also uses stencils to apply the work. At times, the work makes political statements in a public place to cause
attention. Other times the work is less serious and includes pieces depicting children or lovers. This work is produced in a public location so the
public can view the art; it is created for everyone to see. The two images I have chosen are less politically driven and more focused on the integrity
of today's society. These images were given names of "The Lovers" and "Einstein". Both of these art works tell a story of technology taking over
today's society. Banksy uses his art to open the eyes of the viewers, with "The Lovers" and "Einstein" he catches the attention of many people of its
interpretation of today's society. Technology is constantly advancing, there is a new phone or electronical device coming out almost every month.
Practically everyone owns something that can be used to search the internet or send messages. But is this taking away from the personal connections
needed in our daily lives? Many times, a person is more likely to send an email or text rather than have a phone call or meet up with the person
because it is easier. Since everyone is becoming busier in their daily lives it is easier and more convenient to send the message and wait for a response.
Although
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Independent Field Tour
My independent field trip was a social, historical, and critical walking tour that took place on April 28th. My tour started at SOMArts explain in which
I commuted from campus to SOMArts, estimating around forty–minutes and requiring two buses for transportation. We explored the South of market
in which I had the opportunity to see the hidden history behind its past: old train trails, former and current breweries, and dunes for no expense at all!
The tour then proceeded to 8th and Harrison, then to Alameda and Bryant, and then to Mission Bay along the Mission Creek channel, and, finally, back
to SOMArts. The tour guide shared that several factors contributed to the transformation of SOMA: changing populations, industrialization, and
neighborhood successions. As I began to observe the environment in the South of Market area I noticed the level of high technological advances that
transformed the city forever. For example, the South of Market area is currently almost entirely man–made, ultimately, diminishing the sense of history
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The Jackson Brewing company was opened in 1859 by veteran brewers Thomas Green and Jacob Lyon located on First street between Howard and
Folsom. It acted as a brewery for those during the prohibition, however, got shut down for illegal distribution and possession of alcohol. Green and
Lyon sold the brewery ascribed to the restrictions during the Prohibition to Frederick, where it was relocated to Mission and 11th. The Jackson
Brewery was demolished due to the 1906 Earthquake. However, since the Jackson Brewing Company is no longer in business in San Francisco,
viewing photos of the landmark gave me an insight to the important role breweries played in how a city functioned during and after the Prohibition. A
fact that stood out to me about this brewery, rather than the others, is that it was listed as a Local
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Dear Sophie Rhetorical Analysis
Marie Louise Mangana
Professor: Selena Flowers
English 1302
May 1st 2015
Rhetoric in Commercial "Dear Sophie" by Google Chrome.
Advertising was developed first to inform the public of new products launched in the market, then to persuade consumers to buy one brand over
another. The giant web Google through the commercial spot titled "Dear Sophie" was able to inform and boast the benefits related to the use of Google
Chrome browser in ninety seconds. Convinced that rhetoric can benefit the advertising practice, an analysis of the commercial "dear Sophie" will help
understand how the director has used rhetoric and pathos to convince and to evoke emotion from the audience.
This commercial spot shows a father named Daniel using Google Chrome on his computer to create an email account for her daughter Sophie. Daniel,
through Google Chrome products, records the events of the life of his daughter. From the birth of Sophie to her first birthday party, at her first ski, the
birth of her sibling, her illness to their family home; He sends emails to his daughter's account in which he ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The video incorporates scenes from childhood that relatives can relate to, as Sophie's birth, birthday parties, sib being born, or learning how to ski.
The commercial is supported with an emotional piano musical soundtrack. By this endearing and stirring commercial, Google arouses tender emotion
and inspire youthful families about what they can do with Google chrome products. For example, families can use Google chrome to record forever
those beautiful moments of life. People cherish beautiful and love story, so Google used this commercial ad to show that all of its products are
conceived with some kind of emotional and affection. Google touch the heart of the audience and potential customers through this video. Google has
created a very strong appeal to
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Google Street View, Freedom From Unauthorized Intrusion (...
Google Street View, and You Privacy: "freedom from unauthorized intrusion (Merriam
–Webster, 2014)". The Internet, composed of billions of
interconnected nodes, allows an individual or group of individuals access to any information they desire with only a few keystrokes. Since the
Internet is such an immense and powerful system, it allows those who are motivated and capable to collect, manipulate, and display any
information in any form they see fit. Google in particular is a large corporation of individuals who seek "to organize the world's information and
make it universally accessible and useful" (Rakower, 2011, p. 317). What they intend on using this information for is what makes skeptics nervous.
Gathering information about the world for anyone to view and use is a topic that appears to be quite controversial. While some are excited by the
prospect of having an unlimited amount of data available without having to leave the comfort of their home, others feel that it is an invasion of
privacy. Google has had many controversial projects that concern people who are worried about maintaining their privacy. Google Glass, Google
Maps, and Google Street View are some examples of such Projects. Google Street View, for instance, "is a feature ... that allows users to explore the
world through 360–degree street–level imagery" ("What is Street View? How can I see it?", n.d.). This technology allows Google to display faces,
license plates, publicly visible private properties, and
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Google: Ethical or Evil?
Google is a company that was conceptualized in a dorm room by two Stanford University college students in 1996 (Arnold, 2005, p. 1) and has
morphed into one of the greatest technological powerhouses in operation today. What began as merely a means to analyze and categorize Web sites
according to their relevance has developed into a vast library of widely utilized resources, including email servicing, calendaring, instant messaging and
photo editing, just to reference a few. Recent statistics collected by SearchEngineWatch.com reflects that of the 10 billion searches performed within
the United States during the month of February, 2008, an impressive 5.9 billion of them were executed by Google (Burns, 2008). Rated as Fortune
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Google's release of its Gmail service in April, 2004 caused an immediate backlash of complaints by watch groups who voiced concerns regarding
Google's plan to use content extraction, a process of scanning the text of all incoming and outgoing messages for the purpose of placing paid
advertisements on the page (Dixon and Givens, 2004). The Gmail privacy policy does state that content will be used to provide relevant
advertisements, but the statement disguises this practice of ad placement as a "service" (Gmail Privacy Policy, В¶ 6) to the user, not as an annoyance
as many would perceive it. Users who subscribe for the free Gmail service agree to the extraction of content within their messages at the time of
registration, but those non–subscribers who engage in messaging with Gmail users do not. This is where the contention lies. Without the consent of
both parties involved in an email exchange, is it ethically acceptable for Google to extract data from these messages? Personal and private information
could be contained within a message sent by a party unaffiliated with the Gmail service. Were they
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Gentrification Research Methods
Chris Le Introduction Jackelyn Hwang and Robert J. Sampson argue that racial hierarchy governs residential selection and in turn gentrifying
neighborhoods. To observe and detect cues of any neighborhood change they used Google Street View. In Chicago from 2007 to 2009 it was
concentrated of blacks and Latinos in the neighborhoods that showed sign of gentrification. Gentrification is often used negatively suggesting the
displacement of poor communities by rich outsiders. Michelle Boyd used historical and ethnographic research to analyze a Chicago's South Side Black
community. Middle class consumption created opportunities for gentrification, racial ordering politicized it. Blacks engage in "defensive development"
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They used Google Street Views to look at the neighborhood changes, census data, police records, prior street level observations, community surveys,
proximity to amenities and city budget data. They measured gentrification using Google Street View to also provide estimates of recent gentrification
trajectories. (Hwang and Sampson 727) In the Boyd research they used qualitative data, census data from 1990–2000 and ethnographic research.
Ethnographic research is the study of people in different environments using participant observation and/or face to face interviews. There were
participant observations with 4 community organizations. Other methods used were interviewing 20 important people and attended meetings. Findings
The findings of the Hwang and Sampson are that pace of gentrification in Chicago was negatively associated with concentration of blacks and Latinos
in neighborhoods with gentrification. They also found that the collective perceptions of disorder, (which are higher in poor minority neighborhoods;
deter gentrification, while observed disorder does not. The findings in this research help explain the neighborhood's racial
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  • 1. Google Driverless Car Google Driverless Car stopped by Police in California for Going too Slow Police give out traffic tickets on a daily basis, however, on Thursday, California police in Mountain View made a traffic stop involving a Google driverless car for going too slow, and causing a traffic jam. The Google driverless car is a test vehicle in deployed in several locations and has logged more than a million miles on the road. The car was stopped because it was going 24 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour area. Police learn about how Google driverless car operates The police officer stopped the vehicle and asked questions about how the vehicle is able to operate, drive and choose its speed, as well as to explain to operators how the car affects other traffic. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The operators were told that in the future, if Google's new vehicle causes traffic issues that they need to pull over and let traffic go by just as if they were any other car having an issue of some sort. This time they didn't receive a ticket. Google cars must follow the road rules Google's autonomous cars are programmed to obey the rules of the road, but the company says that one of the challenges of automated vehicles is finding a way to blend the Google driverless car in with other vehicles on the road. This is especially true since many live drivers don't always follow or obey traffic rules. The Google automatic cars have been involved in 16 auto accidents since they started being tested in 2009. These were all said to be caused by some sort of human error, and were not the fault of the driverless car's programming. Google officials say that their Google driverless car is kept at 25 miles per hour or less due to safety reasons, and that they want people to feel like they can approach them to ask ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Driverless Cars : The Good, The Bad, And The Ethical Driverless Cars: The Good, the Bad, and the Ethical The idea of self–driving cars seems to be a futuristic one but is indeed closer than some might imagine. Currently, self–driving car prototypes are being produced by several companies but are not yet on the roads. Driverless cars are vehicles that don't require a human operator; instead the car makes all the decisions on how to reach the destination. There are three different views on the idea of driverless cars. The first is that it is a revolutionary idea that must be implemented for safety and cost. The second view is that they are an unreliable idea that are not worth the money it would take to produce them. The third view is that people think driverless cars are a good idea, but they would not want to ride in them due to ethical issues such as who would be to blame in an accident. All three opinions are valid and deeply affect the process of actually producing the self–driving vehicles. The notion of driverless cars has been around for the last hundred years. On December 8, 1926, a driverless car "haunted" the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The car was not completely autonomous, but instead was controlled by a radio set in a vehicle that followed the "phantom motor car." The radio set controlled the first car by sending waves to a "receiving set" in the driverless car ("Phantom Auto"). Then, in the late 1980s, the first autonomous cars were created by the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. FACEBOOK case study Essay Course Facebook ACCOUNTING http://create.mheducation.com Copyright 2014 by McGraw–Hill Education. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw–Hill Create text may include materials submitted to McGraw–Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. Instructors retain copyright of these additional materials. ISBN–10: 1308388098 ISBN–13: 9781308388090 Contents Facebook... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This case is developed for the purpose of class discussion. It is not intended to be used for any kind of endorsement, source of data, or depiction of efficient or inefficient management. All opinions expressed, and all errors and omissions, are entirely the authors. The authors thank Andrea Meyer for her editorial assistance and invaluable case writing guidance. © by Rothaermel and Taylor, 2015. 2 Facebook Final PDF to printer Facebook (in 2013): Will Wall Street Hit the "Like" Button? fee; traditional banner and skyscraper advertisements. But the method could not be a drastic diversion to the user. As Sandberg considered Zuckerberg's question, she knew that no matter what, it would always be a hard sell to him. At the same time, Facebook's investors were growing more restless as they monitored the young company's share price. A Brief History of Facebook While attending Harvard University in the fall of 2003, Mark Zuckerberg and some of his college buddies created an on–campus website called Facemash, which was similar to Hot or Not–a social media site that prompted users to submit photographs that were judged by other users as either "hot" or "not." Zuckerberg's Facemash site placed pictures of two female students next to each other and asked fellow students to choose the more attractive person. To collect student images, Zuckerberg and his friends hacked into Harvard's computer network and copied files from campus ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. My Awkward Week On Google Glass Brandon Remedios Professor Dr. Brock ENGL102–92546 Critical Reasoning March 11, 2017 Google Glass Evaluation Essay "My awkward Week in Google Glass" by Hayley TВ¬sukayama is an evaluation on the product of Google Glass. This report basically goes through her experience wearing Google Glass. She describes through her writing how she felt during this period of time. She was a part of a beta or demo program for Google Glass so Google can receive her feedback on the product and also to receive feedback for improvements. Throughout the writing she speaks about how us readers can receive a behind the scenes look at what it is like to walk in society and experience the product of Google Glass. It made us feel as if we were a part of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Most expectations would be somewhat glamorous due to the fact that there was so much rave about a product such as Google Glass where technology is now jam–packed into something as simple as glasses. It seems to close the gap that was missing for most people, some may say even fulfill the need of consumers, of wanting a device that consumers could constantly plugged into technology. This leads to the next point where Tsukayama goes on to state, "I shouldn 't feel this way. I like new technology –– I 've been a tech reporter at The Washington Post for more than three years. And I admire the vision of technology that Google promises Glass can offer: a device that lets you keep track of e–mails, texts and other messages in a seamless way –– all through a screen that 's perched just over your right eye." (Tsukayama 1) This statement ties into the previous commentary which was someone like a technology reporter would be so dissatisfied with a product like this that it is surprising. It was definitely a shock to find out that someone such as the author found this product so distasteful. However, this goes into the next topic which relates to the standard of accepted criteria. As a statement of standard this report was very clear on the outcome of the experience of walking life with Google Glass and as for accepted criteria, there is many examples on which this judgment is based. For example, "What I wasn 't ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Research Paper On Self-Driving Self–driving cars are simply too innovative and new for the U.S. government to handle. That is why autonomous cars are still not road legal, despite safety efforts and data presented by major U.S. car companies, such as Tesla, Ford and Mercedes. However, a few industry leaders have joined forces in an effort to legalize self–driving vehicles once and for all. Ford, Google, Volvo, Uber and Lyft have founded the Self–Driving Coalition for Safer Streets. They hope to raise safety awareness for self–driving cars, as well as the impact they would have on society. But wait, where is Tesla in all this? And why isn't Mercedes involved either? Could there be some evil plot against the two self–driving giants? It is no secret that Tesla and Mercedes has a different view of what the future of autonomous cars should look like. Ford, Google and Uber Coalition Against Tesla... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Especially since the U.S. government is still unsure how to react to self–driving technology hitting the streets. The Google, Ford and Uber coalition will essentially advocate for federal laws that would move self–driving cars from garages to the streets of Everywhere, America. Tesla In Bed with U.S. Government? It is surprising to see Tesla left out of the coalition. Perhaps Elon Musk's ties to the U.S. government go deeper than we all thought. Besides, Tesla can let Google, Ford and Uber do all the heavy lifting while Musk builds space ships in an effort to colonize Mars. After all, most of the SpaceX funding came from NASA. Roughly $400 to $500 million of it actually. This may be the reason why Tesla has been shunned from the Google, Ford and Uber coalition for a free self–driving car. Mercedes Out Casted, or Simply Doesn't ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. 3. 1 Mapping Disaster Risk Reduction Project Google Earth offers, however it is more conveniently accessible because it doesn't require a software download. 3.1Mapping Disaster Risk Reduction (MapDRR) A building collapse is a disaster. Disaster risk reduction plan is necessary for effective incidents management in which FR departments are involved . Disaster risk reduction projects are implemented around the world. Each of these projects can provide guidelines for future projects and can be adopted by other communities if their information is properly shared. These projects can also become a source of knowledge for teaching and training of future disaster risk reduction professionals. This part describes an application of a disaster risk reduction mapping system that uses ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Each of the projects is a unique symbol of disaster risk reduction knowledge and action and as such it can provide ideas and transfer knowledge to other agencies in other communities who are seeking to implement particular disaster risk reduction projects. In some cases valuable information about these DRRPs are available online, but it is very scattered and not easily accessible or identifiable. Currently there is not a dedicated online tool or system that can provide Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) experts, practitioners, planners, researchers and students with an easy access to these projects. Graph 2. Distribution of DRRPs project in term of Hazard type Graph 3. Distribution of DRRPs project in term of hazard type Image 1: DRR Projects by type of hazards (graph generated by Google Fusion Table ) 4.Routing system in Google map 4.1 How to register Visit Google Maps www.google.maps.co.uk and click on sign in Click "Create an Account now"
  • 7. 1.To create an account Enter your e–mail address teacher1@kent.gov.uk and a six letter password For password confirmation open the e–mail account 4.2 Using the Map 1.Navigating a.Zooming in and out on Google Maps can be done in a variety of ways. Most simply, using the wheel on the mouse and pushing forward will zoom in, and backward will zoom out. b.The navigation bar located to the left of every map can also be used to zoom in and out by clicking the "+" and "–" buttons, or dragging the bar on the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Google 's Marketing Strategy Innovation With the innovation occurs from creative ideas, it is developed, produced and marketed the commercial success of the invention. Google is perceived as a very innovative company that has changed processes and behaviors by understanding the needs of their customers. Google's strategy innovation is incremental that has not yet produced a breakthrough technology, which creates the emergence of a completely new market. Incremental innovations are improvements of existing technology within an existing market involves new features to a product are introduced to provide greater value for users. Most of Google's products and services are re–innovations that use breakthrough technology within an existing market, however; it might be not introduced on a new platform. The most obvious remarkable re–innovate product of Google is search engine. When Google entered the market, the search engine companies like AltaVista and Yahoo were already formed. However, the new process of PageRank, which is a breakthrough technology of Google, is produced more accurate search result than others. Therefore, Google is growing fast because the better value of their service that compared with the existing search engines. Another significant aspect of re–innovation of Google is about the product development, which creates more certainty about the need of the innovation and can attack the market with less time for a brand new product. Google breakthrough innovation (R&D) Regarding to the significant ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 When the book 1984, by George Orwell, was first published, people thought very little of the world that had been created within the book. In this world, society was run by the Inner Party, whose "leader" is Big Brother. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party; he is the one who controls everything. He controls food ration, living arrangements, work positions, privacy, and even a person's mind. Privacy did not exist. In modern times, many aspects of the anti–utopian novel are beginning to appear in society. One of the major factors that are becoming more and more like Big Brother is the Internet. More specifically, Google, a very popular search engine, has been ridiculed and attacked for certain policies it has and does not have that resemble Big Brother's antics. Google is under suspicion as being the next Big Brother by many parties, including an organization under Privacy International called Google Watch, because of their disregard of privacy, specifically, accessing its users' hard disk information off their computer (Brandt). Nowadays, when one needs to search for something on the Internet, most people automatically type in "google.com." Some computers have Google as their default search engine on their computer. In fact, Google is one of only four primarily recognized search engines, the others being Ask,... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the original days of Google, it was "ad–free", yet now, up to half of the computer screen is filled with ads when one uses Google. Google even has a seventy–five percent monopoly over all external referrals to most websites online. The "good ol' days" of the Internet are over, and now, "...the Internet is getting spammed to death" (Brandt). The majority of these ads cluttering the computer screen are from Google; in fact, ads by search engines like Ask are rarely seen at ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Essay On The 10 Best Free Iphone Vr App Of 2014 The 10 Best Free iPhone VR Apps of 2017 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Big buzzwords of 2017 and ones worth noting for sure as they are rapidly shaping enterprise. The forward thinkers of today are the ones who have realized the most success. Apple certainly is an example of a forward thinker in the smart phone industry and elaboration is not needed on this one. Let's not confuse Augmented Reality with Virtual Reality. The simplest way to remember the difference is that Augmented Reality uses a device you already own (i.e. your smartphone) and Virtual Reality requires additional technology like a headset to fully submerse the user in the digital world. This article will highlight the the best free iPhone vr apps of 2017. Features ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Zombie Shooter VR– This used to be a paid app, but has recently converted to a free app. Users find themselves traversing a post–apocalyptic subway, fighting off hordes of zombies. Although this is a free app initially, if you want to continue playing after one minute you'll have to buy in. It's an easy to play virtual reality game that doesn't require a headset, but would certainly make it a more enjoyable experience. iOS download 7. YouTube 360– This easy to recognize household name has become vastly popular due to silly animal videos and others similar in kind. The amazing videos housed on YouTube are breathtaking and an extraordinary immersive experience, but be sure to have some sort of device or Google Cardboard in order to view them. Their top recommended video is Mega Coaster by the Discovery Channel. iOS download 6. Jaunt VR– Jaunt provides users over 150 premium, cinematic virtual reality experiences. Users can enjoy on–stage experiences or visit exotic destinations with the most diverse selection of VR experience videos anywhere. Jaunt content is best viewed with a viewer, but it's possible to view without a cardboard or comparable headset by going to Mono mode to enjoy the 360 degree content. iOS download 5. Google Street View– Google has developed Street View elaborately over the years, but has now taken that to a whole new level immersing users into the destinations they want to "experience". Enjoy a "virtual trip" from
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  • 12. Essay On Google Driverless Cars The biggest compliment you could possibly give the Google driverless car team is that experiencing their groundbreaking product feels utterly unremarkable. Dull, even. But there's more than meets the eyes. On October second 2015, Dave lee and a group of reporters were given an opportunity to ride in two of their driverless vehicles. The first was a modified Lexus that has been out on the streets around here for well over a year now, and is improving and learning every day as new scenarios are logged and analyzed by the team. This version, which is the most "ready" for the roads, though still years off, is essentially a normal car, except it drives itself. The second car was more interesting, and is a better reflection of where Google is ultimately ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... No steering wheel. No pedals. Nothing really – save for a couple of chairs with a control panel in between. The prototype was unveiled earlier this year, but we didn't hear much about it. Now, Google had set up an obstacle course on top of one of its buildings. Across the makeshift course were "hazards" – a child on a bike, a car pulling out, a man walking aimlessly in front of the car. Naturally, the car dealt with all this impeccably. The group of reporters shared their ride with the Guardian's jemima kiss, and while Google wouldn't let Dave and the reporter's film or take pictures in the vehicle – they did convince them to let them record their experience for that week's edition of Tech Tent. So why unremarkable? Well, like any good technology, the driverless car technology just works. As much as Dave like to write about the white–knuckle "Oh my gosh, there's no driver!" ride he had in a prototype car, that really wasn't the case. It was slow. It was cautious. It was safe, a more attentive driver than any human could possibly ever be. The pod demo was in a highly controlled environment. Nothing was ever going to go wrong (although there is a big, fat emergency stop button in the car if needs ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Cardbook Case Study By 2016 there were at least 230 companies developing VR–related products. Facebook has 400 employees focused on VR development; Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Sony and Samsung all had dedicated AR and VR groups Sony announced Project Morpheus (its code name for PlayStation VR), a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4 video game console.[36] Google announces Cardboard, a do–it–yourself stereoscopic viewer for smartphones. The user places their smartphone in the cardboard holder, which they wear on their head In early 2014, Valve showed off their SteamSight prototype, the precursor to both consumer headsets released in 2016. It shared major features with the consumer headsets including separate 1K displays per eye, low ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The concept was later adapted into the personal computer–based, 3D virtual world Second Life.[28] The Virtual Boy was created by Nintendo and was released in Japan on July 21, 1995 and in North America on August 15, 1995.[26] Also in 1995, a group in Seattle created public demonstrations of a "CAVE–like" 270 degree immersive projection room called the Virtual Environment Theater, produced by entrepreneurs Chet Dagit and Bob Jacobson.[27] The same system was shown in 1996 in tradeshow exhibits sponsored by Netscape Communications.[citation needed] Forte released the VFX1, a PC–powered virtual reality headset in 1995, which was supported by games including Descent, Star Wars: Dark Forces, System Shock and Quake. By 1994, Sega released the Sega VR–1 motion simulator arcade attraction,[23][24] in SegaWorld amusement arcades. It was able to track head movement and featured 3D polygon graphics in stereoscopic 3D, powered by the Sega Model 1 arcade system board.[25] Also in 1994 Apple released QuickTime VR, which, despite using the term "VR", was unable to represent virtual reality, and instead displayed 360 photographic panoramas In 1992 researcher Louis Rosenberg created the Virtual Fixtures system at the U.S. Air Force's Armstrong Labs using a full upper–body exoskeleton, enabling a physically realistic virtual reality in 3D. The system ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Ruben Torres: The Evolution Of The Automotive Industry Ruben torres Imagine yourself appreciating the view of your city while your car gets you to your destination. In recent years' companies like Mercedes, BMW and Google are trying to create a driverless car. But it is obvious that this evolution of the automotive industry will give us many options in the future, simply because we ride in the car and relax until we reach our destination. But not everything would be easy if there are driverless cars there are also disadvantages. Tim Adams need to consider these concerns: the crashes, more contamination and cost. First of all, these types of cars do get in to accidents, too. Google driverless car collided lightly with a public bus in California while on a test course, the minor collision appears ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Analysis Of Google 's On Data Exhaust Essay Data Exhaust Google By utilizing the millions of misspelled words in the billions of searches it processes every day, Google was able to create it's spell checker for free (something that Microsoft spent a considerable amount of time and money to create). Google then created an ingenious way to confirm that it's algorithm displayed the correct word by asking users to click to confirm on the corrected search results. In addition, google took their algorithm a step further by looking at the text of the web pages that they click on as the page that the user selects as the page likely has the word spelled correctly if the user selected it. This allows google to continually improve their spell check and also makes it easily available for any language that is typed into their search engine. This data also has additional uses beyond spell check, such as their "autocomplete" feature that is available across most of the google ecosystem and the translation services that they offer9. Facebook Jeff Hammerbacher, a data scientist at facebook, found that when people saw their friends making posts or sharing content that they were more likely to post content themselves. Once facebook made this realization, they redesigned their site to make activities by users friends more prominent in order to create a cycle of new content9. Amazon Amazon now has a trove of data available to it from the thousands of e–books that it sells through its kindle platform. For example, they are able to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Google Case Study Essay March 21, 2012 GOOGLE CASE STUDY Google is well known to everyone. No matter if you are young or not so young, computer savvy or not, Google's name will undoubtedly pop up in when discussing computers. Google continues to grow swiftly every day. It began in 1996 with the meeting of Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford. Larry, who was 22 at the time had graduated from University of Michigan and was considering attending Stanford. Sergey, who was 21, was assigned the task of showing Larry around and although it has been said that they failed to agree on most everything they became firm friends. Larry and Sergey who were both computer science grad students found they had much in common and started developing a search engine named ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The MentalPlex program was announced in 2000, and was publicized to posess mind reading ability as you pictured your desired search results. Google became the largest search engine in the world in 2000 and joined with Yahoo to become their search provider. They supported searches in fifteen languages as of September 2000 and released the Google toolbar in December of 2000. Google has been steadily growing and is considered the best and biggest search engine for finding information on the web. Google's strategic acquisitions led to new advertising opportunities through internet applications. Google maps which was introduced in 2004, was followed by Google Earth in 2005. Satellite images of anywhere in the world could now be viewed on line. Street view images, taken by Google travelling cameras were added as an enhancement to Google Earth in 2007. An Earth view capability was added in 2010 to allow viewing of 3D images at ground level. As of September 2009, Google was listed as the most visited website on the internet. Google Mobile phone applications, YouTube, G–mail, Google Docs office suite, Picassa photo organizing applications, as well as the Google social networking service all contribute to Google's popularity. The evolution of Google's business model increased revenue by expanding advertising using the keyword search. Sponsor ads were targeted to certain users based on their browsing history. Annual revenues ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Business Google vs Yahoo Yahoo vs. Google Financial Analysis Victoria Schmidt MGMT 479: Strategic Management William Mason January 14, 2011 The two companies that I chose that I feel would be a great acquisition from CB&M are Google and Yahoo. These are two highly recommended internet search engines. Although, they have other competitors Google and Yahoo are the most used and well known in the US. They are both easy to use and offer many different tools and sites for individuals with internet access. They may have some common qualities but both are unique and bring their own brand to the table. It is a hard fair shake between the two in deciding just which one is actually the better search engine but I do have to say after comparing both it comes to... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... had declined in December" (Windows news and tips). Yahoo also offers a directory for searching certain categories or subjects. It ranges from showing the searcher the top categories first and then a list of additional categories. Throughout the years Yahoo has gone from a text crazy, scattered information site to becoming more organized with where it sets its information on its website. Yahoo has really progressed over the years. Also, when searching on Yahoo there will also be a list of headings that may be similar to your search which are usually advertisements. Yahoo may not be the leading search engine in the world today but it has a lot of great features and many views take advantage of the search engine because it is very beneficial in many categories. One very unique comparison of both Google and Yahoo is that they were both founded by two university students. Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. (Wheelen 2008). Yahoo was founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang (Yahoo.com). Both Google and Yahoo profit when users click on any of their ads on their search engines. When searching on both Google and Yahoo for something one may get the same search results on both search engines because generally the most common and relevant information is what is going to pop up first. Although, the information may not be in the same order on both search engines and Google may have more results, the vast majority of the main search ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Google Ethical Issues Essay Google, like any other successful companies, deals with ethical issues on a day–to–day basis. Google's corporate mantra simply put – "Don't be evil" (Google), is what drives their corporate ethics in doing business. Being the data juggernaut that they are, questionable business ethics arise often in relation to privacy. In 2007, Google's controversy regarding Street View raised privacy and security concerns. Street View allows for high –resolution photos enabling you to explore 360–degree panoramic, street–level imagery of places once you type in the correct address. This could range from vehicle license plates, properties, people doing mundane activities, as well as people in compromising or out–of–context situations. And since Google's ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Google's defense also claimed that there is nothing wrong with collecting data from unsecured wireless networks because those networks by nature broadcast their activity for the world to see. Apparently, these are what we all are agreeing on when we are being asked to agree to terms upon joining a wireless network. They claimed that the data gathering was for better marketing and that it had no unlawful intent whatsoever. But after numerous protests around the world and countless lawsuits the company giant faced after the controversy, Google ended its illegal collection of WiFi data transmissions. The issues encompassing Google's privacy policy and their business ethical practice is a vast issue to tackle. On Google's data gathering backlash: It's easy to put your trust when a big company like Google asks you to enter your information on their web browsers, in an encrypted connection or not. Scooping data at the back of your truck from concealed WiFi receivers is a different story though. Weather it was an engineer's fault for the said code to have saved the unencrypted information causing the entire fiasco, it's still questionable how this kind of an overlooked management decision, could've slipped a big company like Google. Being a company built on data business platform that claims to value privacy and respect users, the project management should've been approached ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. driverless cars Driverless Cars The future is here, and most people need to be alerted to any changes. Every day people realize that something new has been innovated; therefore, people try to go for of the latest innovations. Nowadays, computers have been implemented in new cars. For example, Audi with an automatic parking system, Ford with its systems of hands–free calling and hands–free tailgate, and many other similar cars have brought new innovations to the automobile market. The reality is that in the near future we will have cars driving by themselves; as a result driverless cars should be accepted in society soon. Government should permit the driverless cars to be on the streets because they have many significant benefits that easy outweigh any... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Realizing well the potential benefits of driverless cars to the public and to the transport system DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, supports this innovation it did when the computer networking was created (2). DARPA always works to prevent technological surprises to the US, but also seeks to create technological surprise for our enemies. Also this agency is responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military. At the present time, not many companies see the creation of driverless cars as a good investment because they are too expensive also there are too many obstacles in the way(3). Therefore, this system of transportation has not had much advance in the last decade. As a consequence, the progress in implementation of this system of transportation has stalled. However, people like Tyler Cowen, a renowned economist, consider it important for companies to invest in this new technology and feel that other companies should encourage supporting this project. Also, Tyler Cowen affirms, "The point is not that such cars could be on the road in large numbers tomorrow, but that we ought to give the cars– and other potential innovations – a fair shot so that a prototype can become a commercial product someday" (1). Michael Mandel, an economist with the Progressive Policy Institute, compares the low growth in technology with stones in the river that gradually accumulate and do not let the water flow well for the lack of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Contrasting Theories, Explanations And Policies 5.1. Intellectual Skills These skills include critical, analytical, problem–solving and synthesising skills which include the assimilation of new knowledge, development of critical analysis and the application of knowledge in wider contexts (Transkills.admin.cam.ac.uk, 2017). 5.1.1. Assessing the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and policies Health and safety policies are implemented in every part of the workplace in the United Kingdom. The merits of following health and safety policies are that the risk of injury are greatly reduced using good practice after identifying potential risks in the workplace. Although the risks of injury in a GIS lab are low, sitting for long periods of time behind a computer screen has been proven to be adverse to many aspects of health including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and muscular skeletal issues (Dunstan et al., 2012). Regular breaks were encouraged and walks around the local area were commonplace to stretch and exercise during the workday. The main structure of the business utilises the Feed In Tariff (FIT) (Ofgem.gov.uk, 2017) for their solar PV systems and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for their biomass heating systems (Ofgem.gov.uk, 2017). These policies allow Eden ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Although Google Earth Pro included features which were useful, other applications or websites were needed to determine other required data. An alternative application known as Marble (NienhГјser, 2017) has many of the same features as Google Earth Pro (Google Earth Pro, 2017) but it has the option of ad–ons such as yearly sunshine, temperature and precipitation data which would need to be searched elsewhere if Google Earth Pro were used. Although this software may have been a useful tool to use, as the process outlined by Scott was tried and tested the method shown was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. How the Mobile Paradigm May Affect the Nature and Limits... Introduction With the rapid growth of mobile computing, mobile device become a necessary tool in our daily life. Without mobile device our life quality, efficiency will totally decrease. Users just need to connect to network and gather information they want in a few second. Although mobile devices bring us convenient, mobile devices contain large amount of personal data, including emails, photos, contact data, financial, and medical information, privacy issue [1] occur due to users unknowingly expose their privacy through mobile application, camera, network etc. and their use poses a serious threat to both personal and corporate security. It greatly extending the reach of technology and raising concerns that prevailing traditions of privacy may be challenged. In order to examine how the mobile paradigm may affect the nature and limits of privacy, those natures can be carried out though three views: Accessibility Privacy, Decisional Privacy, and Informational Privacy. Accessibility Privacy This aspect of privacy overlaps with informational privacy in cases where acquisition or attempted acquisition of information involves gaining access to an individual [2]. However, it also extends to cases where physical access is at stake. Camera Nowadays, cameras embedded in mobile devices have become so widespread in whole world. As the evolution of camera phone technology, the picture quality has increased while the total size of photo has decreased. Those mobile devices can be used ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. The First True Gasoline Automobile Powered By An Internal... As time slowly passes us by human beings continue to find more and more innovative ways to make their lives, and those of people around them, more efficient and enjoyable. People will always strive to make daily activities less costly, dangerous, and stressful by adapting new revolutionary technologies as they readily become available to them. Ever since the invention of the first true gasoline automobile powered by an internal combustion engine in 1885/1886 ("Who Invented the Automobile?", par. 2), the automobile industry has been at the forefront of human ingenuity and inventiveness. There was a time in recent history where self–driving cars seemed like a far–fetched dream out of a science fiction film or an episode of a The Jetsons ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... 1). With Deutsche Reich Patent number 37435 granted to him by the German government on January 29, 1886, his three–wheeled car set the spark for years of innovation. Later on that year Benz began to carefully market and sell his automobile to the general population (par. 3). His invention immediately shocked and quickly instigated curiosity of all those who saw his now archaic vehicle, much like Google 's 21st century self–driving vehicle is successfully doing today in the United States of America and around the civilized world. Sebastian Thrun, a programmer and computer scientist from Solingen, Germany, is an expert in the fields of driverless cars, Artificial Intelligence, and robotics. The founder of the semi–secret facility Google X (informally written as Google[x]), run by the American multinational corporation Google, has been making vast technological advancements in the autonomous car environment. Thrun has received international recognition from numerous universities for his lead in the Google Self–Driving Car project and many other endeavours (such as Google Street View). Along with his team at Stanford University in California, Thrun created the robotic vehicle named Stanley in which ended up winning the grand prize of two million dollars from the in the 2005 Defense Advanced Research Projects ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. The Technology Development Of Autonomous Cars Abstract Autonomous Vehicles are already being developed by the majority of the automobile companies as Audi, GM, Toyota among others, however, the approach on the technology development to achieve the autonomy is not the same for all of them. Some companies want so they invest a lot in artificial intelligence and software development. On the other side companies such as Toyota have the objective to improve the safety features on their cars, doing for that a lot of research on sensors and ECU (Electronic Control Units). In this project was researched 7 major companies that are currently investing in autonomous cars, being Google the only one that is new on the automobile industry but, accordingly to researches carried out by the group, the most advanced on this new type of technology, showing expressive results in their monthly reports Introduction Autonomous cars are going to be a reality on people 's routines in a near future when the first units starts to being sold, however the unmanned technology is far from being a recent discovery. Researches have been conducted on the past 90 years when the american army started to assembly flying bombs equipped with gyroscopes and barometers as components of a navigation system. Ever since, the unmanned technology has evolved in a tremendous way, and after the first GPS satellite launch in 1978, vehicles can rely on a navigation systems that is reliable and has coverage all over the globe. The air transportation system has ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Digital Changes: Google Maps Digital Changes: Google Maps Growing up in an age where technology is flourishing I have witnessed huge changes in technology and digital media. One of these technologies that have made a huge impact on my life is Google Maps. Google maps is not only easy to use but also free technology that has made driving and finding locations much easier in modern day society for many individuals. Google maps can be accessed on numerous devices like your computer, iPad, and even your phone. Personally, living in such a populated city and being new to the Orlando area, I depend heavily on Google maps to help me figure out where I am going in a timely matter. Without Google Maps, I probably would be extremely lost more often then not when traveling to more distant places in Orlando because it is such a large city. Google maps benefits my life by making it so I am not late when I am going places. Sometimes I volunteer on the other side of Orlando and need to figure out the fastest route to get there and Google maps, with its traffic feature, has saved me the headache of figuring out when I should leave to avoid being late. My current volunteering position is working with animals and I like to be able to give the animals as much attention as possible and Google Maps allows me to get there in time to hang out with all of my animal friends who need love and affection. Not only has the traffic feature saved me from being late but it also provides alternative routes that saves ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. The And Reverse Engineer The World Wide Web Not many people know that Google started out as BackRub, not the relaxing kind that you get at a spa. The idea for BackRub came from Larry Page looking for a topic to do his doctoral thesis on. Page decided to try and reverse engineer the World Wide Web for his thesis. Little did they know that were on the way to creating one best "Good to Great" companies of this century. As Jim Collins states in Good to Great that the companies that go from good to great are not looking for the quick fix and Google definitely wasn't looking for that. In fact, they were not even trying to make an internet search engine at all. Their goal was to look at the World Wide Websimilar to the way academic build their papers, on citations. Papers are judged not only on the number of citations they use but also the number of times they are cited. Instead of using citations they used web links to other sites and developed a ranking system. As John Battle states in his article for Wired.com "As they fiddled with the results, Brin and Page realized their data might have implications for Internet search. In fact, the idea of applying BackRub 's ranked page results to search was so natural that it didn 't even occur to them that they had made the leap." The idea for what would become the biggest World WideWeb search enginewas born. Page and Brin's decision to keep it as just a search engine is what created the companies hedgehog. Popular search engines at the time, Lycos and Alta Vista, were ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. The Pros And Cons Of Google Mapathon By The Survey Of India NEW DELHI: On March 25 the Survey of India (SOI) lodged a police complaint against the USA Internet giant Google for allegedly publishing classified and sensitive data about military locations of India on the net. This is in violation of the National Map Policy (2005), which states "The responsibility for producing, maintaining and disseminating the topographic map database of the whole country lies with the Survey of India." Google conducted a Mapathon competition between February 12, 2013 and March 25, 2013, which required citizens to submit detailed maps of their neighborhood including landmarks and shortcuts. This is likely to jeopardize the security system as it published sensitive information about the locations of military installments ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This precipitous claim made by Google is seen as a desperate and panicked attempt made to alleviate the situation. This ludicrous blunder will prove fatal for them. However, there also exists a different perspective to this issue. The act of banning the Google Mapathon by the Survey of India (SOI) is against the very objective of the National Map Policy, which states "The organization (SOI) should promote the use of geospatial knowledge and intelligence through partnerships with all sections of the society." This was what Google Mapathon was intrinsically doing. If the organization had concerns that it would have some terrorist ramifications, they could have worked with Google and expurgated the sensitive data. It was not Google's intention of publicizing classified data. Looking at the affirmative side of the impact of the competition, it would provide detailed maps for all landmarks, short cuts and roads. This will turn out to be very utilitarian not only for the people living in that area, but also for tourists and travellers. However, Google has been sluggard in their response to this situation, which makes them look ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. A Report On Google's Driverless Car Google's driverless car; are they the future, technologies most recent trumpet, world's next thing or the latest catastrophe, next failure, biggest let down yet? Google has produce multiple products over the years that were successful and some that lack success. The latest product their trying to liftoff is the Google Car. A driverless car that can rely on their sensors and software to drive themselves. The idea of a car that drives without a driver is by far interesting, but is it good to have a person life in the hands of a machine. Some people thinks this plan is a dead end: Ian Pearson, a futurologist, says "What Google is proposing is obsolete," Pearson, who is also a fellow at the World Academy for Arts and Science, said. "It doesn't exist yet, but there isn't any point in going through that phase." There are two Italian researchers are looking to release self–driving pods. The pods, called Next, they're driverless boxes that will take you anywhere. But even the Next pods fall short of what Pearson foresees. For one, Next is a public transportation system that is controlled by a third party. The pods will pick you up after you request one through an app. (Muoio) So, there other things that are similar to driverless car that are surfacing around the world. Not just driverless cars; but the concept that a computer having to make so many complex choices is unsettling to some people. There are obstacles that these mindful machines have to overcome to gain majority of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Google's Invasion Of Privacy Is Dead On The Internet Alyssa Andrew Organizational Communication Google Privacy is dead on the internet and unfortunately, a large part of that is due to the fact that many companies make unethical decisions. Many companies today miss the fact that ethics in business is needed, such as the company Google. Although a large majority of Americans useGoogle almost every day, most do not realize how unethical many of the company's decisions actually are. Google is one of the companies towards the top of the list of companies that do not think about the impact of their developments and how it affects the users. These practices have been known about for years and have been publicized, but unfortunately only a small amount of people seem to question the issue of ethics. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This service originally disregarded copyright, due to the fact that they were trying to open access to knowledge for everyone. Many thought that Google was doing this to be nice and to provide a service to people who use their search engine, even though they were "doing it to be the end all source of information" (Cargill). What Google did not think about though were the restrictions that they were not honoring by giving out text from hundreds of thousands of books that were protected by copyright. This is ethically wrong due to the fact that Google did not respect or recognize the authors' and publishers' copyrights and tried to monopolize all access to information, even though it was not theirs to do ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Elaborate Place In Austin, Texas ) FAVORITE PLACE? Be precise and descriptive i.e. city, state, country, region, colloquial place–name, etc. Austin, Texas 2) WHY is this location your favorite place? Elaborate. It's hard to describe this sensation I get whenever I'm in Austin, but it just feels like home. Austin has this completely different vibe from Houston and it's more relax, and you see the weirdest things in this city . Every time I visit I have a memorable experience, for example when I visiting for SXSW. We went on 6th street and saw a group of drunk people having their time of their lives dancing on the corner with tacos in each hand, while we were on our way to get Voodoo doughnuts. I love the music, movie, art, food truck scene. Austin just feels right and I'm definitely... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... 6) DISTANCE (miles) How far is it from your home? (measure distance using the ruler tool) Visit the Drawing and Measuring tutorial http://www.google.com/eart/learn/ if you need assistance measuring distance. 135.25 miles 7) "SENSE OF PLACE" NARRATIVE Describe the specific HUMAN and PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS visible in Google Earth. Make sure the "Photos" layer is checked – click on the photos and explore area for clues into a "sense of place" – what's it like there? While in Zilker Park in between Barton Springs Road and Lou Neff Road, there is a complete view of the skyline of downtown. The park is pretty much leveled except for this small steep hill, and at the top is located a huge tree that's probably creates some old form of shade. The park is known for holding huge events like ACL, and the kite festival which is what most of images are of. 8) TERRAIN
  • 30. Describe the TERRAIN (physiography, landscape, topography, etc.). Most of the trees are located mostly around the perimeter, beside one located on top of a hill and a couple others around these huge rocks. Its mostly a huge field of grass, and trees like most parks. 9) ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. The Game Of Pokemon Go On The Privacy Of Your Own Home Imagine small third party companies watching every step you take and viewing your actions through your own cellphone camera that 's looking right at you. Watching you walk the dog, or drive in the car, or lounge around in the privacy of your own home. Here 's the catch, these party companies are making money off of you when your phone is in use, without your realization. These exploits are happening as the days go by, and no one seems to shine light on this subject. The main issue here is big companies, such as Google, are giving people free apps to download and making money. They do this not only by customers making in–app purchases, but for selling your personal information to third party companies who then make revenue by putting it on the stock market. I would like to acknowledge that the Government needs to illuminate these exploits these companies are constructing, other than playing along with them, as they are edging into violating our privacy as U.S. citizens. The newly released hit game Pokemon Go has sparked some light in the souls of many people from the 90's. All the nostalgic feelings of walking and catching your favorite Pokemon, fighting them, evolving them, and playing with friends. Aside from all the great things about this game, it may have a darker side that people do not really understand. Behind Pokemon GO is man named John Hanke. Hanke is a serial entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur as defined by Business Dictionary is: an entrepreneur who ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. The Evolution of Google It all started in 1995, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University. Larry was 22 years old and a University of Michigan graduate. Sergey was 21 years old at the time and was assigned to show Larry around campus. Larry Page decided to attend Stanford University and became close friends with Sergey Brin. In 1996, Larry and Sergey collaborates the search engine "BackRub". Stanford servers could not handle too much bandwidth from BackRub the first year Larry and Sergey was running it. The following year in 1997, they registered Google.com on September 15th. Google was created by them so; it could be a mission to organize millions of information for the world to discover. Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google in California and they opened a bank account for the established company (Google Inc., 2013). The first office space they started in was in Susan Wojcicki's garage on Santa Margarita Ave., Menlo Park, California. February 1999, Larry and Sergey moved out of Susan's garage and moved to 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto. Then, they were able to hire only eight employees to start off their growing business. In August, they are able to open up a Mountain View location at 2400 Bayshore, south of Stanford University and near some city named Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and San Jose. At a Starbucks in 2000 on 86th Street, they opened up Google New York; which is a one–person sales team. At the former Port Authority building at 111 Eighth Avenue, there are ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Essay about Economics of a Monopoly Economics of a Monopoly Introduction ВЎВ§MonopolyВЎВЁ is defined by its market power. Monopolies are always known to possess an exclusive control over its particular market and that gives them the sovereign authority to control the prices for its goods or services (Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1.1), 2006). Hence, they represent the market. They indeed have detrimental effects on consumer and social welfare. In this paper, section 1 will focus on the theory and economics of a monopoly. Section 2 will discuss with a recent case of monopoly, as in the web search engine company– Google, whose real repercussion is still not clear to most consumers. Finally this essay will conclude with the outlook on how world markets are opening up to each ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In figure 1, MR is the marginal revenue which is the price of the last unit sold; minus the loss of revenue incurred of those units it could have otherwise sold at a higher price (Sloman, 2005).AR is the average revenue curve. Both the average and the marginal revenue are downwards sloping as in a competitive firm. It should be noted that AR=P, thus price to quantity is same as the average revenue to quantity. MC=AR where the profit is at the maximum, at an output of Qm (Sloman, 2005).The demand curve is the price given.AR=P, the price at Qm.AR–AC is the supernormal profit gained .Point b pertains to average cost (AC) (Sloman, 2005). 1.2 Monopoly against perfect competition To understand better how the monopoly affects the market, we need to compare monopoly to perfect competition. Where there is perfect competition, the company is unable to decide the price of their product. In other words, the company has to label their prices according to the prices of their competitors. However, in a monopoly, they decide the prices and that too, at a much higher price with a different output compared to a competitive industry (Sloman, 2005).Some key points are given under: В„XВЎВ§Lock–in effectВЎВЁ arises when consumers are unable to switch to other competing aftermarket products, other than the manufacturerВЎВ¦s aftermarket products, because of the
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  • 35. Why Is Google Cardboard Being Fun 3 Reasons Why Google Cardboard is Actually Quite Fun If you end up using Google Cardboard, then you probably know what you are getting. You are not expecting a five star virtual reality experience, but an experience that will be a cheap alternative to others. Think of it like buying a Whooper at Burger King, instead of getting a gourmet burger at a five star restaurant. Google Cardboard, although cheap, remains fun and here is why. FIRST REASON WHY GOOGLE CARDBOARD IS FUN Even though you will look like a fool using this device, it can still be good for taking 360–degree photos. All you need to do this is your camera in your smartphone, and then Google will stitch together what it needs to produce a 360 degree photo. Not only this but it ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Technology And Technology Essay Is technology really helping society for the better? Banksy is a street artist(s), who began doing graffiti in the early 1900s. The work done by the artist(s) is largely freehand but also uses stencils to apply the work. At times, the work makes political statements in a public place to cause attention. Other times the work is less serious and includes pieces depicting children or lovers. This work is produced in a public location so the public can view the art; it is created for everyone to see. The two images I have chosen are less politically driven and more focused on the integrity of today's society. These images were given names of "The Lovers" and "Einstein". Both of these art works tell a story of technology taking over today's society. Banksy uses his art to open the eyes of the viewers, with "The Lovers" and "Einstein" he catches the attention of many people of its interpretation of today's society. Technology is constantly advancing, there is a new phone or electronical device coming out almost every month. Practically everyone owns something that can be used to search the internet or send messages. But is this taking away from the personal connections needed in our daily lives? Many times, a person is more likely to send an email or text rather than have a phone call or meet up with the person because it is easier. Since everyone is becoming busier in their daily lives it is easier and more convenient to send the message and wait for a response. Although ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Independent Field Tour My independent field trip was a social, historical, and critical walking tour that took place on April 28th. My tour started at SOMArts explain in which I commuted from campus to SOMArts, estimating around forty–minutes and requiring two buses for transportation. We explored the South of market in which I had the opportunity to see the hidden history behind its past: old train trails, former and current breweries, and dunes for no expense at all! The tour then proceeded to 8th and Harrison, then to Alameda and Bryant, and then to Mission Bay along the Mission Creek channel, and, finally, back to SOMArts. The tour guide shared that several factors contributed to the transformation of SOMA: changing populations, industrialization, and neighborhood successions. As I began to observe the environment in the South of Market area I noticed the level of high technological advances that transformed the city forever. For example, the South of Market area is currently almost entirely man–made, ultimately, diminishing the sense of history while walking through the South of... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Jackson Brewing company was opened in 1859 by veteran brewers Thomas Green and Jacob Lyon located on First street between Howard and Folsom. It acted as a brewery for those during the prohibition, however, got shut down for illegal distribution and possession of alcohol. Green and Lyon sold the brewery ascribed to the restrictions during the Prohibition to Frederick, where it was relocated to Mission and 11th. The Jackson Brewery was demolished due to the 1906 Earthquake. However, since the Jackson Brewing Company is no longer in business in San Francisco, viewing photos of the landmark gave me an insight to the important role breweries played in how a city functioned during and after the Prohibition. A fact that stood out to me about this brewery, rather than the others, is that it was listed as a Local ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Dear Sophie Rhetorical Analysis Marie Louise Mangana Professor: Selena Flowers English 1302 May 1st 2015 Rhetoric in Commercial "Dear Sophie" by Google Chrome. Advertising was developed first to inform the public of new products launched in the market, then to persuade consumers to buy one brand over another. The giant web Google through the commercial spot titled "Dear Sophie" was able to inform and boast the benefits related to the use of Google Chrome browser in ninety seconds. Convinced that rhetoric can benefit the advertising practice, an analysis of the commercial "dear Sophie" will help understand how the director has used rhetoric and pathos to convince and to evoke emotion from the audience. This commercial spot shows a father named Daniel using Google Chrome on his computer to create an email account for her daughter Sophie. Daniel, through Google Chrome products, records the events of the life of his daughter. From the birth of Sophie to her first birthday party, at her first ski, the birth of her sibling, her illness to their family home; He sends emails to his daughter's account in which he ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The video incorporates scenes from childhood that relatives can relate to, as Sophie's birth, birthday parties, sib being born, or learning how to ski. The commercial is supported with an emotional piano musical soundtrack. By this endearing and stirring commercial, Google arouses tender emotion and inspire youthful families about what they can do with Google chrome products. For example, families can use Google chrome to record forever those beautiful moments of life. People cherish beautiful and love story, so Google used this commercial ad to show that all of its products are conceived with some kind of emotional and affection. Google touch the heart of the audience and potential customers through this video. Google has created a very strong appeal to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Google Street View, Freedom From Unauthorized Intrusion (... Google Street View, and You Privacy: "freedom from unauthorized intrusion (Merriam –Webster, 2014)". The Internet, composed of billions of interconnected nodes, allows an individual or group of individuals access to any information they desire with only a few keystrokes. Since the Internet is such an immense and powerful system, it allows those who are motivated and capable to collect, manipulate, and display any information in any form they see fit. Google in particular is a large corporation of individuals who seek "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" (Rakower, 2011, p. 317). What they intend on using this information for is what makes skeptics nervous. Gathering information about the world for anyone to view and use is a topic that appears to be quite controversial. While some are excited by the prospect of having an unlimited amount of data available without having to leave the comfort of their home, others feel that it is an invasion of privacy. Google has had many controversial projects that concern people who are worried about maintaining their privacy. Google Glass, Google Maps, and Google Street View are some examples of such Projects. Google Street View, for instance, "is a feature ... that allows users to explore the world through 360–degree street–level imagery" ("What is Street View? How can I see it?", n.d.). This technology allows Google to display faces, license plates, publicly visible private properties, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Google: Ethical or Evil? Google is a company that was conceptualized in a dorm room by two Stanford University college students in 1996 (Arnold, 2005, p. 1) and has morphed into one of the greatest technological powerhouses in operation today. What began as merely a means to analyze and categorize Web sites according to their relevance has developed into a vast library of widely utilized resources, including email servicing, calendaring, instant messaging and photo editing, just to reference a few. Recent statistics collected by SearchEngineWatch.com reflects that of the 10 billion searches performed within the United States during the month of February, 2008, an impressive 5.9 billion of them were executed by Google (Burns, 2008). Rated as Fortune Magazine's ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Google's release of its Gmail service in April, 2004 caused an immediate backlash of complaints by watch groups who voiced concerns regarding Google's plan to use content extraction, a process of scanning the text of all incoming and outgoing messages for the purpose of placing paid advertisements on the page (Dixon and Givens, 2004). The Gmail privacy policy does state that content will be used to provide relevant advertisements, but the statement disguises this practice of ad placement as a "service" (Gmail Privacy Policy, В¶ 6) to the user, not as an annoyance as many would perceive it. Users who subscribe for the free Gmail service agree to the extraction of content within their messages at the time of registration, but those non–subscribers who engage in messaging with Gmail users do not. This is where the contention lies. Without the consent of both parties involved in an email exchange, is it ethically acceptable for Google to extract data from these messages? Personal and private information could be contained within a message sent by a party unaffiliated with the Gmail service. Were they ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 41. Gentrification Research Methods Chris Le Introduction Jackelyn Hwang and Robert J. Sampson argue that racial hierarchy governs residential selection and in turn gentrifying neighborhoods. To observe and detect cues of any neighborhood change they used Google Street View. In Chicago from 2007 to 2009 it was concentrated of blacks and Latinos in the neighborhoods that showed sign of gentrification. Gentrification is often used negatively suggesting the displacement of poor communities by rich outsiders. Michelle Boyd used historical and ethnographic research to analyze a Chicago's South Side Black community. Middle class consumption created opportunities for gentrification, racial ordering politicized it. Blacks engage in "defensive development" which aims to protect Black... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They used Google Street Views to look at the neighborhood changes, census data, police records, prior street level observations, community surveys, proximity to amenities and city budget data. They measured gentrification using Google Street View to also provide estimates of recent gentrification trajectories. (Hwang and Sampson 727) In the Boyd research they used qualitative data, census data from 1990–2000 and ethnographic research. Ethnographic research is the study of people in different environments using participant observation and/or face to face interviews. There were participant observations with 4 community organizations. Other methods used were interviewing 20 important people and attended meetings. Findings The findings of the Hwang and Sampson are that pace of gentrification in Chicago was negatively associated with concentration of blacks and Latinos in neighborhoods with gentrification. They also found that the collective perceptions of disorder, (which are higher in poor minority neighborhoods; deter gentrification, while observed disorder does not. The findings in this research help explain the neighborhood's racial ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...