Google Maps starts virtual tours Famous mountains and Everest

Google Maps going to starting a new feature that people can explore some the most famous mountains and Everest[Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus and Everest Base Camp].

Google Maps now starts a virtual tours of the world's most popular mountains including Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua. The views from the snow-capped Everest Base Camp and Mount Elbrus in Europe have also been added to Google Maps.

Users can drop into various camps and check out locations along the mountains to have 360-degree panoramas and even trace the paths of some mountains’ trails via Google Maps. The mountains photographed by Google's Street View team were among peaks often dubbed as the 'Seven Summits', the seven highest peaks on the Earth.

“While there’s nothing quite like standing on the mountain, with Google Maps you can instantly transport yourself to the top of these peaks and enjoy the sights without all of the avalanches, rock slides, crevasses, and dangers from altitude and weather that mountaineers face,” Google adventurer Dan Fredinburg said in a blog post.

Google team used simple tripod-mounted digital camera loaded with a fisheye lens to take the popular 360-degree views. Google has also published a behind-the-scenes look at its latest addition to its special collection.

"Whether you're scoping out the mountain for your next big adventure or exploring it from the comfort and warmth of your home, we hope you enjoy these views from the top of the world," added Dan Fredinburg in the blog post.

"With Google Maps, you can instantly transport yourself to the top of these peaks and enjoy the sights without all the avalanches, rock slides, crevasses, and dangers from altitude and weather that mountaineers face."

Women use mobile apps to assure secutity

Women use mobile apps to assure secutity

After the crucial gang rape of Delhi most of girls students and women are started to using mobile apps to ensure their safety and to give info about current location to their family and friends. Women who very care about the latest smartphones and downloaded apps which provide location to family and friends with a single touch manner.

        Sakshi Munjal, a university student in Chandigarh, told IANS: "With the help of smartphones, security for women is just a click away. Whenever I am out somewhere, I keep updating and sharing my locations with applications like Latitude and Facebook." and also she siad that "now-a-days increasing women crimes and they shuld be bauther about self protection women who travel themselves should take some predecitions that mat downloading the apps in smartphones ".
        

        A whole range of mobile apps are now available and can be downloaded for women to provide their location to someone known. The apps, Life360 is a family locator which connects all the family members, allowing them to communicate instantly and track the GPS location of any family member in real time. It also helps in sending panic alerts via text, email and phone call if help is needed urgently. A college student told that  "I have installed Life360 application on my phone so that whenever I am out of my house and a clear idea about the location, if any trouble then just need to send a message to tyheir family and friends".
 

        Fightback is another apps to this purpose and GPRS, SMS, GPS, maps, email and linked Facebook account to send SOS messages when needed. he application also updates the Facebook status page with emergency messages and current location to inform the user's Facebook network. Swati Sahni, a B.Ed. student here, said: "I always take a video of surroundings and any potential threats. I share it with friends and family using leading social networking sites or email and generally keep some family member on call to update them of my location. I always keep my father's number on immediate calling so that I am saved from wasting time in case of trouble."

        Another application helps to add six friends who will be informed in times of need or crisis. It sends an SMS to friends with the GPS location and a message. Other apps offer GPS location and realtime alerts.

How to Recover Media files in Minutes

        Stellar Photo Recovery 5 is a multi-media file recovery tool that can recover up to 35 image file formats, 21 audio file formats and 22 video file formats. This includes proprietary file formats for all digital cameras. It is very simple and easy to use as it doesn't restrict recovery in any individual manner but allows you to recover 'as you like it' with options like advance recovery, resume recovery or create back-up. We installed the software on a 32-bit Windows 7 based machine and used an 8 GB USB drive for recovering photos, videos and audio files.

        To use it, insert the storage device from which the files were deleted to your PC and open the recovery tool. All drives are  instantly detected on the interface. Just select the drive/storage device and go to advance scan at the bottom of the interface. This will open a page with photo, audio and video on the right. Select photo/video/audio and the interface will show the file formats that can be recovered. Unselect all files and then select the specific file format, if you can remember it. Without wasting time on searching irrelevant files the tool will narrow down the search to the specified format. Click on the right arrow to start the scan.

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THE INTERNET IS WATCHING YOU

Everything you do online is being used to track you and guess what you’ll want to do next

 Online shops such as Amazon swear by one rule: get to know everything about our customers. The more information it has, the more specific its user profiles will be, and the more effective its advertisements. Thus, products that one has viewed on Amazon influence the display of others. For instance, if someone buys a Wii game console, he will be offered accessories for it in the future.

Many find this invasive and Amazon has had to face criticism from individuals, activists, and even the media. German TV host Günther Jauch famously called out the store after he once received a package with something he called “erotic”, which had not been meant for him. Since then he has constantly received pornographic recommendations. Though Jauch’s surprise has given rise to plenty of jokes about his supposed gifting ideas, it also exposes the weaknesses of this system. Amazon does not know that the erotic product was not supposed to match with Jauch’s profile.

Amazon also often displays products that are not of interest to the customer—a waste of advertising space. In one such example, Amazon displayed two different types of refill packs for a coffee machine it was selling, in the advertising module titled “Customers who bought this product also bought…..” The packs did not work with this machine at all! This is annoying for those who see an opportunity and quickly buy what looks like a good product, assuming it matches.

 Analyzing surfing habits 

 Behavioral Targeting techniques are an evolution of this idea, which many marketing professionals consider a wonder weapon. Behavior-based advertisement displays take into account where the user comes from, which websites he has visited previously, and what he has clicked on.

For a long time, Google’s AdWords service has been displaying advertisements after detecting keywords on a web page. However since March 2009, the search giant has also been offering behavioral targeting and can display specific advertisements to groups of people. For instance, if a user has been browsing through a sportswear website for a football shirt in August, he might be shown ads for another website with Christmas offers on similar products in December.  Google itself describes its technique as using cookies which save tracking information on users' computers.

The possibilities available to a shop through behavior-based display are as endless as the creativity of search and marketing providers. If a customer only clicks on special offers, the online shop can even discourage him by directing him to a slow server in the future and spoiling the fun of bargain shopping. In addition, the dealer puts the customer at a disadvantage by not displaying advertisements related to special offers. These will be shown only to customers they want to reward!

Online shops also apply marketing tips from the real world. For instance, if a retailer wants to attract only well-to-do customers, leaflets with attractive offers are only put in mailboxes in upmarket areas with well-situated residents. Similarly, one can use geolocation information to analyze the place of origin of a surfer and recommend specific offers to him or her.  The coordinates obtained through IP address identification on the Internet are very fine-grained, but  modern cellphones and certain desktop browsers now supply precise GPS locations, which can even be used to guess the financial behavioral pattern of any surfer. 

LAPTOP as Wi-Fi Hotspot in Xp/Vista

 

 

You need following to set a HotSpot

1. Active Cable Internet
2. Laptop
3. Wi-Fi on Laptop
4. Wired net connection

Setup a HotSpot in Windows Vista

1. Got to Control Panel
2. Click on “Network and Sharing Centre”
3. Under Tasks choose “Setup New Connection”
4. Wireless “Ad-hoc network”
5. Now type in a “Network Name”
6. Choose “WEP” password if you don’t want to share the connection with the entire world
7. Click “Internet connection sharing”
8. Done!

setup a HotSpot in Windows XP

1. Go into Control panel
2. Open “Network Connections”
3. Right click on "Wireless Connection" and click on "Properties"
4. Click on the "Wireless Networks" tab and select the check-box which says “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings”
5. Under “Prefered networks” click “Add”
6. Type a name in “Network name” text box
7. Select “Shared” from the options under “Network Authentication”
8. Under Data encryption select “WEP” and type in your password in “Network Key” field and now click "OK"
9. Now the new HotSpot should show in the list of preferred networks.
10. Click on the “Advance” button and select “Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only" and press close
11. Hit “OK”, we are done with the wireless connection properties

we have to change something in the wired connection setting so that it knows that it has to share connection with the computers accessing our HotSpot.

1. Go to local Area Connections, right click it and select properties
2. Go to the “Advanced” tab and under Internet Connection Sharing check the box which says “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s internet connection” and make sure the box under that is NOT selected so that no one can disable the network remotely.
3. Hit “OK”

Just check it and have fun !!
 

JBL Micro Wireless

         The JBL Micro Wireless is the first ultra-portable speaker featuring a Li-ion rechargeable battery, built-in bass port and wireless Bluetooth® connection. With a 1-5/8-inch (40-millimeter) driver, it delivers full-range JBL® sound with exceptional bass – yet it fits easily in backpacks or clips onto clothing. You can wirelessly stream audio to the speaker from any Bluetooth-equipped mobile phone or tablet, or use the included audio cable to connect the speaker to any mobile device or MP3 player. You can even daisy-chain with other JBL Micro Wireless speakers for a powerful sonic experience.

MRP: 3490

Bluetooth technology 

The JBL Micro Wireless portable speaker streams music wirelessly from any Bluetooth-equipped mobile phone or tablet, making JBL sound available for a wide range of portable devices. It’s a wireless wonder. 

Built-in bass port

JBL speakers are famous for powerful bass. But it might surprise you to hear JBL bass this strong from a speaker this small. A built-in bass port enables the JBL Micro Wireless to generate bass that’s superior to comparable portable products.

Five-hour, Li-ion rechargeable battery

The JBL Micro Wireless portable speaker has a built-in Li-ion battery that provides up to 5 hours of playback time. You can easily recharge the battery using a micro USB port, which saves you battery hassles and money.

Portable design

It’s easy to get attached to JBL sound. The lightweight, compact JBL Micro Wireless fits easily into backpacks or pockets.

Smart-cable design

The JBL Micro Wireless portable speaker is always ready to connect and play. And when your source device isn’t connected, the built-in 11-13/16-inch (30-centimeter) audio cable stores in the bottom of the speaker to prevent tangling.

LED indicator

 A clearly visible LED lets you know when the built-in Li-ion rechargeable battery is low, so you know when the JBL Micro Wireless needs charging. We don’t want you to miss a moment of your music.