Inner GPS – Nobel Prize 2014
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You may experience this problem when accessing to this website from outside of the UTM campus. I have no explanation why this could happen and still working out with the IT official to solve the problem.
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Software companies are integrating geographic information systems (GIS) technology and social media to map people’s tweets and other social media platforms with geospatial data. This pairing has been helpful in disaster response and crisis management. In the wake of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a free phone number was established to allow people to text their requests for medical care, food, water, security, and shelter. According to the Mission 4636 report, “Tireless workers and volunteers translated, geolocated and categorized the messages via online crowdsourcing platforms which sorted the information by need and priority, and distributed it to various
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Microsoft loved it when people in China pirated Windows, because that removed a lot of potential users for free alternatives, and so hobbled their development, and something very similar is happening in the geo world. Open geocoding alternatives would be a lot further along if crowds of frustrated geeks were diving in to improve them, rather than ignoring them.
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Facebook headquarters’ address is 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025. 1 Hacker Way was apparently the second choice after 1 Social Circle. Both of which fit the Facebook culture and product quite nicely. “Hacking is core to how we build at Facebook,” the company said in a blog post announcing Facebook’s 2012 Hacker Cup competition. “Whether we’re building a prototype for a major product like Timeline at a Hackathon, creating a smarter search algorithm, or tearing down walls at our new headquarters, we’re always hacking to find better ways to solve problems”. In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into the
Remove Carrier IQ on your Android devices. A free Android app “Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector ” can be used to detect the presence of Carrier IQ on your smartphone. In December 2011, Federal Bureau of Investigation director Robert Mueller testified before the US Congress, “We may obtain information that in some way Carrier IQ may have been involved with. … [but the FBI] has neither sought nor obtained any information from Carrier IQ in any one of our investigations”. Turn off automatic scanning for WiFi networks when you are not using WiFi. When a smartphone is automatically scanning for WiFi
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Turn off location services on your Android devices. The location services function can be turned on or off in Android’s setting menu. It is off by default. However, Apple, Microsoft, and RIM turn on location services by default. However, your cell phone registers its location with cell phone networks several times a minute, and this function cannot be turned off when the phone is getting a wireless signal. Moreover, each mobile user’s daily movements can be used to create a unique digital fingerprint over an extended period of time. Therefore, it is possible to identify smartphone users by analyzing anonymous
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Program Luar (Pesisir – Separuh Masa) Semester II, Sesi 2014/2015 (Ambilan Februari 2015) APAKAH PROGRAM LUAR? – Kelas Separuh Masa hujung minggu (Sabtu dan Ahad). – Dijalankan di seluruh lokasi di Malaysia termasuk dan sebahagian program di UTM – Kampus Johor Bahru dan UTM Kampus Kuala Lumpur. – Terbuka kepada semua warganegara Malaysia dan calon antarabangsa yang memiliki Pas Pekerjaan Malaysia yang sah. – Struktur yuran yang berbeza berbanding Program Perdana (yuran berbeza mengikut lokasi). – Program akan dijalankan jika bilangan calon seramai 15 – 20 orang. Lokasi: UTM Kuala Lumpur Program Ditawar: Sarjana Sains (Geoinformatik) / Master of Science
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The User is a King and an example of Short Drama from Stanford University. This could give some inspiration to your group presentation