Is this “correctable?”
Google's
reading of Gmail e-mail can be challenged, judge rules
A class-action suit
targeting Google's scanning of Gmail messages to deliver targeted
advertising can go ahead, based on a federal anti-wiretapping law, a
judge ruled Thursday.
Google had filed a
motion to dismiss the suit, saying that in regard to the Wiretap Act,
its scanning of e-mail content was, first, part of the ordinary
course of its business as an e-mail provider and, second, something
consented to by Gmail users and the people with whom they e-mail.
US District Judge Lucy
Koh in San Jose, Calif., bought neither of those arguments, however.
In her ruling,
she writes in regard to the first point that "Google's alleged
interception of e-mail content is primarily used to create user
profiles and to provide targeted advertising -- neither of which is
related to the transmission of e-mails." On the second point
she found that Google's various user agreements and privacy policies
were not explicit about the company's scanning of e-mail content to
serve up tailored ads.
An article for my
Android students...
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/android-is-watching-8-ways-a-typical-smartphone-is-monitoring-you/
Android
Is Watching: 8 Ways A Typical Smartphone Is Monitoring You
Android automatically
backs up your Wi-Fi passwords to your Google account, where they’re
synced to your future Android devices. This is a convenient feature
that saves you from entering Wi-Fi passwords over and over, but it
means that Google likely knows all your Wi-Fi passwords. And,
given recent revelations about PRISM
and the NSA’s ability to demand data from Google without a warrant,
the NSA likely has access to all of them. But Wi-Fi passwords aren’t
the only thing that Google — and therefore the US government and
other governments around the world — can get from your phone.
… We could write
similar articles about how the iPhone, Windows Phone, and other
platforms collect and store data.
(Related) Of course
your phone will never be stolen, but still...
Lock
Your Android Device Remotely With The Android Device Manager
The Android
Device Manager was launched last month. Now in a recent update,
Google has added remote lock and password reset features to further
add to your peace of mind. The Android Device Manager has location
tracking features and also allows you to securely wipe of your data
in case the phone or tablet is irretrievable.
Some Apps for my iPhone
packing students...
How
To Automate Your iPhone To Adapt To Your Routine
This looks like a
“freemium” model that starts with a minimal option rational
people will want to upgrade from.
… Between 2001 and
the end of 2008, for example, no less than 15 U.S. airlines filed for
bankruptcy. Around 2008, however, something unexpected occurred.
Airlines suddenly leveled off. In the past few years, profits
have become positive across the industry, and market caps are
soaring from prior lows.
So what happened? The
turnaround can’t be attributed to a bold, Da Vinci-esque initiative
such as new carbon fiber aircraft, the pioneering of new markets or
even low-cost innovation. Rather, it was the result of something far
more modest: the slicing of airlines’ base offerings into
customizable “options and extras.”
A simple illustration
of Arbitrage.
A
step-by-step guide to profiting off a 3-cent hike on US postage
stamps
Yesterday, the US
Postal Service (USPS) made a strange announcement: anybody who wants
to turn a quick profit at its expense will have an opportunity to do
so come January.
What it actually said
is that on January 26 next year, it wants to hike
the price of a first-class stamp from $0.46 to $0.49. Stamp
prices are normally increased by about 1 or 2 cents a year to match
inflation. This 3-cent increase, which has to be approved by the US
Postal Regulatory Commission, is large enough that it creates an
opportunity for arbitrage in so-called “forever” stamps, which
hold their value regardless of changes in postage price.
Sometimes I have to
remind students that we didn't always have Google...
Easter
egg lets you Google like it's 1998
… Searching for
"Google in
1998" brings you to a retro version of Google, complete with
the old logo.
One big caveat: you
can't actually do a new search
[and this is how we
did it before online Google: http://www.google-classic.com/
For the next time I
teach spreadsheets...
7
Ways To Make A Google Map Using Google Spreadsheet Data
The problem is (as
always) finding the time to learn the tools that are supposed to save
me time.
How
To Use Learnist To Effectively Organize Your Learning & Teaching
Learnist
is a learning board for the digital age. The web application itself
describes a “learn board” as a “set of learnings organized as a
series of steps for people to learn.” You can also look at a
learning board as a container for any content that helps you
understand things you are interested in.
… The smallest unit
on Learnist is a “Learn board”. You can create learn boards by
adding the URL of a webpage, uploading your own content, or using the
Learnist bookmarklet to collect resources while browsing the web.
Learn boards can be curated with images, videos, maps, Wikipedia
articles or simple plain text. A sequence of content curated on a
learn board and stepped in the right order takes a learner through
any topic, just like the chapters of a book.
To demonstrate the
working of learn boards, let me point you to Learnist’s own Help
section which tells you all about how the web application works. The
sequence of nine learn boards tell you everything you need to know to
create learning capsules for yourself here.
(Related) This has
been installed for months. All I need is 26 hours in a day...
Evernote’s
New Web Clipper Is The Ultimate Content Saving Tool
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