ctdesignz on July 11th, 2011

Ok so the last post was from CNN.com just to be clear I did not write that. In my point of view in this whole matter is that I believe it is so ridiculous that they would even consider it illegal if you have already purchased the music. You should not have to pay for different licences for different devices. I think the music industry is wanting this. Say I have downloaded a song off of Amazon to my android device, but now if you want to listen to your music on your computer or any other mp3 device the music industry wants you to buy different licensing to listen.  Obsured if you ask me, you should be able to buy a song and play it however you want. The only thing I do not like about cloud music than downloading is that its stored in the cloud. What happens if the servers go down or even worse, the business goes out. Personally I like to utilize both, I store on the cloud and on my PC and device.

 

 

ctdesignz on July 10th, 2011

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ctdesignz on April 25th, 2011

Create a New Partition on a Windows 7 Hard Disk

The Windows 7 Disk Management tool provides a simple interface for managing partitions and volumes.

Here’s an easy way to create a new partition on your disk

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ctdesignz on April 25th, 2011

Apple and Google are hashing it out saying they do not track people. In the contrary it is how you look at it. By default Google has its location services on when you set up android services. Yes technically this is tracking but in the big picture it is for a better experience in the mobile market. For instance if location was not on, Google could not get you services in your area when looking for restaurants, shops etc. When services are off, Google does not know where you are to give you options about the area and what to do. Apple does the same thing as Google. If you dont want Google or Apple to know where you are, turn off location services.

Read full story from Gigaom

http://gigaom.com/apple/email-from-jobs-apple-doesnt-track-google-does/

ctdesignz on April 25th, 2011

This is so ridiculous. Verizon wants to go to only 2 year contracts, anyone that has 1 year contracts make sure you lock them in now. I am not a fan of contracts anyway but to get the best deal on phones it is the best way to go.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/11/verizon.contracts.mashable/index.html?iref=obinsite

ctdesignz on April 25th, 2011

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ctdesignz on April 24th, 2011

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ctdesignz on April 24th, 2011

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ctdesignz on April 24th, 2011
Android phones track user’s movements, too: Research
04:46 AM Apr 23, 2011
LONDON – Smartphones running Google’s Android software collect data about the user’s movements in almost exactly the same way as the iPhone, according to an examination of files they contain. 

The discovery, made by a Swedish researcher, comes as United States Democratic Senator Al Franken has written to Apple chief executive Steve Jobs demanding to know why iPhones keep a secret file recording the location of their users as they move around, following a report this week.

Now Mr Magnus Eriksson, a Swedish programer, has shown that Android phones – currently the best-selling smartphones – do the same, though for a shorter period.

According to files discovered, Android devices keep a record of the locations and unique IDs of the last 50 mobile masts that it has communicated with, and the last 200 Wi-Fi networks that it has “seen”. These are overwritten, oldest first, when the relevant list is full. It is not yet known whether the lists are sent to Google.

That differs from Apple, where the data is stored for up to a year.

In addition, the file is not easily accessible to users: It requires some computer skills to extract the data. By contrast, the Apple file is easily extracted directly from the computer or phone.

Google had not responded to requests for comment at the time this story was published.

This week’s revelation that Apple devices keep location records was not even entirely new and some security experts began warning about the issue a year ago.

But the worry prompted by a report this week, from researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden at a technology conference in Santa Clara, raises questions about how much privacy you implicitly surrender by carrying around a smartphone.

Tracking is a normal part of owning a cellphone. What is done with that data, though, is where the controversy lies.

A central question in this controversy is whether a smartphone should act merely as a conduit of location data to service providers and approved applications, or as a more active participant by storing the data itself to make location-based applications run more smoothly.

Location data is some of the most valuable information a mobile phone can provide, since it can tell advertisers not only where someone has been, but also where they might be going – and what they might be inclined to buy when they get there. Agencies