If you are serious about buying a new laptop, this is an excellent article. This is from PCWorld.com.
"So you’re heading back to school and you need a new laptop—but you
didn’t manage your finances over the summer. Your bank account is nearly
tapped out, and you still need to buy text books and lay in enough
ramen noodles to last through the winter.
Yeah, we’ve all been there. Fortunately, Moore’s Law is still in play,
so today’s budget notebook is yesterday’s workhorse. Pretty much any
modern laptop can handle the gamut of productivity chores—word
processing, number crunching, email, and the like—but all of the
machines in this roundup can also tackle media editing and encoding
sessions, and deliver respectable entertainment experiences.
To strike the best balance between performance and affordability, I
gathered the top five notebooks I could find for $650 or less. Benchmark
busters they’re not, but they aren’t budget busters, either."
Check out the whole detailed article here
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Google Maps adding real-time traffic updates
One more reason I need a smartphone!
From USA Today:
"The first benefits of Google's $1 billion acquisition of map software service Waze will appear today.
Real-time traffic reports from Waze app users will now appear on the Google Maps app for Apple iOS and Android, says a blog post from Google.
The reports include accidents, road closures, construction and other incidents.
Meanwhile, Waze users will gain access to Google search and Street View. The updates to both services will be available today.
In June, Google scooped up the Israeli startup for $1 billion in an effort to bolster its already powerful Google Maps service. Social network Facebook had been rumored to consider an acquisition of Waze prior to the deal.
Waze is a social mapping app that provides turn-by-turn directions and real-time incident reports filed by its community. The app boasts about 30 million users."
From USA Today:
"The first benefits of Google's $1 billion acquisition of map software service Waze will appear today.
Real-time traffic reports from Waze app users will now appear on the Google Maps app for Apple iOS and Android, says a blog post from Google.
The reports include accidents, road closures, construction and other incidents.
Meanwhile, Waze users will gain access to Google search and Street View. The updates to both services will be available today.
In June, Google scooped up the Israeli startup for $1 billion in an effort to bolster its already powerful Google Maps service. Social network Facebook had been rumored to consider an acquisition of Waze prior to the deal.
Waze is a social mapping app that provides turn-by-turn directions and real-time incident reports filed by its community. The app boasts about 30 million users."
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