Jan
23
2012
With the advancement of new technology, we cannot make do without a GPS device. It helps us find our destination with voice assisted navigation and real time maps of the roads that we are travelling on. GPS technology has improved the quality of our lives with ease of finding a new location from point A to point B.
Determine the Type of Antenna in your GPS
You need to determine the type of antenna in your GPS so that it can synchronize properly with the satellite. You need to ensure that you have a clear view of the sky because rain clouds can interfere with the transmission. Tall buildings and trees can also interfere with the internal synchronization of the GPS devices and the satellite.
Use Position Averaging
You need to use position averaging when turning on your GPS device. There are many features that come with the GPS such as ability to type in the name of the road and outcome a list of all the possible road names. There’s also the feature to find clubs, petrol stations, automated teller machines of certain banks, condominiums, which are all keyed into the database of the GPS.
Turn on WAAS Capability
WAAS is the acronym for Wide Area Augmentation System. By turning on WAAS capability, WAAS can correct GPS signal errors caused by ionosphere disturbances. It consists of about 25 ground reference stations positioned across the United States that monitor GPS satellite data.
Read the Manual Carefully
To maintain the accuracy and longevity of your GPS device, you need to read the manual carefully. Put your GPS device away from magnetic objects so that it does not interfere with the signals.
Update the GPS Maps
In order to have a more accurate GPS, you need to update the GPS maps regularly as new roads are being constructed all the time and this will change the geography of the maps. You can do this by downloading the latest map from the Internet.
Jan
10
2012
Cloud computing is a fantastic way to manage your documents from different devices, thereby ensuring that you will always have access to your documents. If your computer crashes, which mine recently did, you lose everything and it really causes a major setback in your work and personal flow (trust me… I was scrambling for the entire month of October because of it). If I had put everything up on the cloud, though, I would have been able to access it all from another computer or tablet and wouldn’t have missed a beat.
By using this system of computing, there is one main economic benefit. A company or small studio may purchase one software license that allows many users to access it. Rather than buying multiple licenses, users may just log in from their computers to access the software from a central location, often a server. This benevolent outcome to the financial side of business, improves how employees and users may work together on a project, and to make sure there is a cohesive system in order.
One of the most popular and free variants of cloud computing are a series of services offered by Google. For example, one user who already has a Gmail account can use the Google Documents service and create a group project for documents and invite others Gmail users to work and share work within the group. Users simply log in and can start working individually or work on projects as a collective.
Cloud computing originated from the need to create a much more fluid and economically sound system for users to use software, share and receive information, and have a universal storage, which also in turn may reduce hardware costs. One of the original cloud computing services were offered by Amazon Web Services, but Google’s popularity and mainstream success has established it as a phenomenal cloud computing system. Cloud computing is going to take off in the future and in many predictions, may become the mainstream method of software distribution and usage.
Jan
2
2012
I used PND loaded with satnav one india maps to navigate to shirdi. Days before the trip i was really wondering how comfortable it would to travel to a unknown town, unknown state, that too through roads that i had never known about. Heavily relying on the PND, we started the travel. Much too our excitement the maps were so supportive all along the travel. Our route was Hyderabad-Sholapur-Tembhurni-Ahmednagar-Shirdi. All these routes were 100% supported by the maps. The best delight was traversing through Ahmednagar town without seeking any help from passerby. I felt as good as a localite of the town, navigating one ways, traffic signals with much ease Without waiting for a single moment. The maps smoothly connected us to the Shirdi highway. Anyways our hotel location @Shirdi was located by “pinch & save” of the location manually at maps. This helped us to reach the hotel ourselves.
Similar stories during the return journey too. From Shani Signapur to Ahmednagar there is a scenic route, which localite advised not to take as the connection route is quite confusing. Brownie point to the maps here, this route is available. Enroute we could see few travellers getting confused at intersections & waiting for passerby help whereas we navigated comfortably. Same good experiences all along the return journey too. Overall i wud say the PND with maps made our journey more safe & enjoyable; we were able to save time.
Great job satnav team! You people making the travel a much better experience! keep up the good work !
Dec
20
2011
Among the many innovative solutions that Google has been providing us, Google Wallet is its new brainchild. Google Wallet is a software-based wallet that helps you store your payment data safely and enables fast payments for both in-store and online transactions. You can pay your in-store purchases with this Google Wallet mobile application, which is designed to be compatible with Nexus S 4G, and is accessible on Sprint. All it takes is a tap of the mobile app to pay utilizing Google Wallet wherein MasterCard PayPass is allowed. And considering that MasterCard PayPass is presently accepted at more than 140,000 vendor’s in-store and online just within the US, consumers have a diversity of options on where they can use Google Wallet. What’s great about this mobile app from Google is that it is completely free to avail and start using the software.
You may be curious about the security and privacy that Google Wallet offers. Basically, Google Wallet has applied a dynamic ‘Secure Element’, which provides tons of features that are designed to secure the data that the wallet stores. So what happens when your phone with the Google Wallet feature is stolen or lost? You must immediately contact your credit card company as well as your mobile phone provider to assist you. To avoid having to go through this hassling and time-consuming process, make sure to take extra precautionary measures.
In terms of payments, Google Wallet currently holds two main options of credit cards – Citi PayPass, eligible MasterCard and the Google Prepaid Card. However, the company is currently working on supporting the other types of cards that are mainly used today by consumers in order to make the use of Google Wallet more convenient.
Google offers deals on items and services at in-store and online businesses. Google Wallet currently provides a ‘Featured Offer’ and a ‘Nearby Offer’, which are two completely different discounts hosted by the software.
Dec
1
2011
Organized chaos. That sums up Indian society quite well. No matter where you go, there are always scores of people moving about in a paradoxically chaotic yet harmonious manner. That being said, keeping track of our kids can be very stressful, especially when we go to parks that are packed on the weekends. If you lose sight of them for ten seconds, it can hold very dangerous consequences.
As parents ourselves, we designed our SatGuide Child Phone with Tracker for both child safety and our peace of mind. As all parents know, the most important thing in the world is to protect your kids and help nurture their growth. However, because we live in such a busy society, being with our children sometimes turns from play to chore and can really take away from those special moments we have with them.
Check out our short video on child tracking and the device we designed to make sure that we can cherish those moments that we have with them before they group up. Because let’s face it, we all know what happens when they become a teenager…
