Google at the Gas Pump

I read an article titled "Google at the Gas Pump" the url link is: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/07/google.pump.ap/index.html

The article I read this week was very interesting. The article was about how Google is teaming up with the company Gilbarco Veeder-Root to make finding your driving destination a little bit easier. At a few thousand pumps around the country there will be an internet connection that allows drivers to use Google Maps. At the pumps the drivers can scroll through many categories such as local landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and hospitals that are selected by the gas station owner. Once the driver selects a location the directions can be printed off. Gilbarco Veeder-Root plans on one day giving drivers the option to look up an address instead of scrolling through locations.

I enjoyed reading this article. I think that having the ability to look up directions at a gas pump is a great idea. Gas stations with these pumps will be favored over other gas stations.

I read an article titled "Google at the Gas Pump" the url link is: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/07/google.pump.ap/index.html

The article I read this week was very interesting. The article was about how Google is teaming up with the company Gilbarco Veeder-Root to make finding your driving destination a little bit easier. At a few thousand pumps around the country there will be an internet connection that allows drivers to use Google Maps. At the pumps the drivers can scroll through many categories such as local landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and hospitals that are selected by the gas station owner. Once the driver selects a location the directions can be printed off. Gilbarco Veeder-Root plans on one day giving drivers the option to look up an address instead of scrolling through locations.

I enjoyed reading this article. I think that having the ability to look up directions at a gas pump is a great idea. Gas stations with these pumps will be favored over other gas stations.

Microsoft's four-letter #&!? Word

I read an article titled "Microsoft's four-letter #&!? Word." The url is : http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/04/technology/wordreview_fsb.fsb/index.htm

The article is about the new Microsoft Word 2007. The new Word 2007 is different from all previous editions of Microsoft Word. These slight differences make Word 2007 frustrating to some users. Microsoft says that Word 2007 is the result of "a voluminous market research effort... we built this iteration from years of feedback on about 6,000 data points in the program." The new Word is not sore on the eyes it is nice to look at and smooth to use if you know how to work it. However, for those who are unfamiliar with the new version it can be very frustrating. New features to Word include a contextual spell checker that catches homophone errors and better integration with Outlook and Excel.

This article was intriguing to me because I know that one day I will be faced with the new Word and have to be able to use it. The new features were especially interesting to me. I don't think I will have any major problems with the new version. I will just have to be patient and practice using Word 2007.

Facebook: More Popular than Porn

I read an article titled “Facebook: More Popular than Porn.” The url link is: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1678586,00.html?cnn=yes

The article focused on internet statistics. Statistics of how Facebook falls into users everyday internet habits. The author of the article is the general manager of the global research Hitwise, so he used Hitwise to gather statistics for this article. The article focused on the internet habits of college students since Facebook is most popular among that age group. The article says that the popularity of porn has been steadily decreasing especially in the 18-24 year-old age group. For the 18 -24 year olds social networks rank first, followed by search engines, third is web based email, and in fourth place is the porn sites. However, among the other age groups porn is second only to search engines. Facebook and other social networks have also inspired its users to web based email and instant messaging.

I chose to read and post about this article because it is related to the article I posted about last week. I found it interesting to see statistics to see what my peers do when they are online. Once again it is a kind of creepy and scary to read about people watching and monitoring your online habits.