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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Will Visit North Korea


Report spreads revealing the plan of Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt to visit North Korea and a lot of speculations emerge as Google hides the real reason why a top icon on Technology and free access to information wants to visit a country that allow its citizens no access to internet but just to the few top officials.

  1. Schmidt was called up by the leader of the North Korea for a meeting because the North plan to hire Schmidt and his scientists in Google in the making of a sophisticated military technology by which they will make use of its newly installed weather satellite.
  2. The North Korean government is interested in acquiring stock share of Google for additional source of income of the government.
  3. Schmidt has a plan of sending aids to the North Korean government which is currently pursuing technology advancement. On the other part, the North is interested in buying Google’s driverless car so that the government to lessen their dependence in the oil produced by its neighboring oil producing countries. The government is also interested in Google’s other products such as Android phones, Google TV, and its Google Maps.
  4. What about a wife. What I mean, Schmidt might be interested in taking a second wife directly from the North.
  5. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the government of North Korea), wants to use the driver-less technology of Google for their war tanks, war trucks, fighter plans, and intel planes. Just imagine if a war occurs between the north and other countries wherein the North’s planes flying on the air and attacking other nation’s planes without pilot. This way, North can save its people’s lives during war.

Whatever Schmidt plans to do in North Korea, we will know about this soon.

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My expulsion from the Google Adsense program has really challenged me. Those who are following me through this blog since 2006 knew that Adsense is my main source of income in the sense that 80 percent of my total income is coming from Google Adsense and the remaining 20 percent is a combination of my income from other sources. In other words, now that I am kicked from Google Adsense, my overall income is 80 percent less than my previous income when I was still publishing Google Adsense ads.

So, I was forced to find a cheaper VPS for all my sites which are previously hosted in a dedicated server from “The Planet” webhost now owned by Softlayer. However, we all knew that a cheap VPS oftentimes equal to slow speed. And that is true to the current performance of all my sites hosted by my current webhost compared to time when they were still hosted by a dedicated server.

While hosted by the Softlayer’s dedicated server, this blog’s load time according to Pingdom Website Speed tool, is just more or less 2 seconds. It’s still slower compared to other websites that load in just a fraction of a second. However, previous load time is already fast compared to a 60 seconds load time as measured by Pingdom during the time when the site is already hosted by the current webhost.

You can tell the drop of this blog’s speed performance by simply considering the graph shown above.

Google Hate Slow Loading Sites

Having a slow loading site has brought headache to me. It’s bounce rate increased and its ranking performance from the SERP especially with Google’s has dropped.

These two are actually few of the effects if your blog or website is so slow to load. Its visitors will surely be disappointed upon learning that a site they are opening takes a hell of time loading. This feeling of disappointment is also true to a search engine like Google.

You see, the site’s loading speed is already added to the Google’s algorithm as one of the signal used in ranking websites or webpages on its search result pages. So, if you have a slow-loading website, then expect that Google will list your website at the last pages of its SERP. And who wants his website be listed at the last pages of the SERP?

Remedy… Speeding Up Your Website

So, the first thing to do to speed up your website which is hosted on a slow machine is to optimize your website. You can do the following:

  1. Make your CSS small.
  2. Use fewer scripts.
  3. Optimize the images used by your site.
  4. If you are using WordPress as your site’s engine, use few and important plugins.

But of course, these steps will not really speed up your site if your host machine is already slow. However, they can help your machine work smoothly as long as the other websites hosted by that machine are not giving more loads into it.

After that, you need to find a better CDN (Content Delivery / Distribution Network). CDN will speed up your blog since it will host the copy of your website into its own servers in different regions of the earth which will later be served to the visitors of your site.

A CDN makes sure that its server installed near the location of your visitor is the one that will serve the content of your site to your visitor. For example: If the visitor of your blog is coming from the Philippines, a server of a CDN installed in Hong Kong or Singapore is the one that will serve the content of your blog to that visitor from the Philippines. However, if the visitor of your blog is coming from Canada, then the CDN’s server installed in Canada will be the one to serve the content of your blog to that visitor in Canada. With this the loading of your blog in front of a certain visitor will be faster since the visitor is actually accessing a server near him.

So, now what’s next?

Choosing a CDN

Of course the next thing to do is to choose a CDN to use for your website. There are many CDN available today.

Actually, I really want to use the Amazon’s Cloud Network. But, just like what you already knew, I am currently in a budget. So, the best thing that I need to do is to try a free CDN first, and there is only one free CDN that I knew and it is the CloudFlare.

As of writing this post, I am currently testing the CloudFlare. I am still observing if CloudFlare is effective in speeding up this blog or not. I will be updating this blog with information about my observations regarding my use of CloudFlare services with this blog.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, A Midrange Phone Unveiled

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While Apple will soon be releasing a smaller version of the iPhone 5, Samsung just recently unveiled its smaller version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 which is called, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. But, while we are expecting that the iPhone 5 mini will be a powerful smartphone in a smaller size, the Galaxy S3 mini has a smaller size and lesser power than its bigger brother.

So, those who are looking or expecting that Samsung would release a smaller version of S3 yet has the power similar of that bigger version are upset about this. Samsung is not making a smaller S3 for consumers who can afford to buy powerful phones but for the consumers who are looking for the midrange smartphones.

The S3 mini has 4-inch screen compared to the 4.8 screen of the bigger one and it seems out dated especially if you are used-to the HD screen. It is powered by 1GHz ST-Ericsson 8-series Nova Thor SoC compared to the 1.5GHz Quadcore processor of the bigger one. And one more thing, the S3 mini is using the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. With regards to its rear camera, the 8MP camera of the bigger S3 has been downgraded to 5MP when equip to the smaller one.

Toyota Is Recalling Vehicles under Toyota and Scion Brands

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Toyota announced the recall of around 7.43 million vehicles worldwide due to the defect in a power-window switch or Power Window Master Switch (PWMS) which can be found at the driver side that might led to fire.

According to its official website, the said switch might become sticky during operation. The cause of it might be the uneven application of grease during the assembly. Now, if a commercially available lubricant will be applied into it, the lubricants may cause the melting of the switch assembly and might cause fire.

So, Toyota will be recalling affected vehicles for inspection and repair. The affected vehicles that are part of the 2.5 million vehicles in the US are:

  1. 2007 – 2009 Camry sedans
  2. 2007 – 2009 Camry Hybrids
  3. 2007 – 2009 RAV4 crossovers
  4. 2007 – 2009 Tundra pickups
  5. 2007 – 2008 Yaris subcompacts
  6. 2008 Highlander SUVs
  7. 2008 Highlander Hybrids
  8. 2008 – 2009 Scion xD models
  9. 2008 – 2009 Scion xA models
  10. 2008- 2009 Sequoia SUVs
  11. 2009 Corolla compacts
  12. 2009 Matrix crossovers

These vehicles are under the Toyota and Scion brands.

 

Facebook Active Users or Accounts Reaches 1 Billion

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Facebook founder announced in his status early Thursday (October 4, 2012) that the number of users using Facebook reaches 1 Billion. He said, “This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month,” at his Facebook profile.

It was not however made clear if these said “active users” are really unique active users, considering that there users of Facebook who actively switch from one profile to the other.

If this number is based on the users who log into the site in a month, then I think, the real number of users is not exactly 1 Billion. It might however true that the 1 Billion Facebook account have been logged in by its users every month.

Driverless Car Now Legal in California

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Governor of the State, Gov. Jerry Brown, signed a bill legalizing driverless car like Google Cars in the streets of California. The bill was signed by the governor at the Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California Tuesday, September 25, 2012 adding the State to the list of States that allows driverless car along with Nevada and Florida.

The bill was authored by Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrats.

Source: New York Times

iPhone Maker’s Plant Shutdown

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One of the plants of Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, the maker of Apple’s iPhone, was temporarily closed due to a brawl that happened on its dormitory, Sunday (September 23, 2012) evening, wherein about 2,000 employees were involved injuring about 40 people and several others were arrested by authorities.

The scuffle started at around 11PM which, according to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, the parent company of Foxconn, was not work related but just personal disputes between workers. According to reports, it attracted around 10,000 spectators. The local government sent atleast 5,000 policemen and by 3AM Monday, September 24, 2012, the situation was already under control.

Background

Foxconn is the world’s number 1 maker of electronics/computer components. It assembles high-end and popular products like Apple’s iPhone and iPad. But it is not revealed whether the temporarily shut down plant is the one that assemble Apple’s products.

The affected plant is in Taiyuan City in Shanxi province which employs about 79,000 people. Foxconn is employing about 1 million people. The large numbers of its employees are working in its main plant in Shenzhen.

In 2010, there were at least 13 workers died in suicide.

The company was under scrutiny over complaints for allegedly paying low wage and forcing its workers to work more than 60 hours a week.

Apple iPhone 5 Unveiled

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Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco, this Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

I am still planning the buy the Apple iPhone and still in the process of saving money for the purchase of that smartphone, but Apple will be releasing the iPhone 5 already on September 21 in Unites States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore (in the Philippines probably by the end of the year). Should I still aim for the old iPhone? I think, I need to change plan, and the money that I saved should be used for this new version of the Apple’s iPhone.

 

Sascha Segan of PCMag said:

The new anodized aluminum back has a more durable feel and a much softer look to it, and the beveled corners are a little softer in the hand. The volume buttons and lock switch look unchanged, and the SIM slot in the side looks the same, although analyst Michael Gartenberg confirmed on Twitter that the phone uses the new nanoSIM format as opposed to the earlier device’s MicroSIM. The headphone jack has moved to the bottom.

The new iPhone 5 is powered by a dual core A6 chip with a 4-inch “retina” display (touch) screen, and can run on high-speed 4G LTE wireless networks. Besides, it is lighter than the older version of iPhones.

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD

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Amazon introduces the Kindle Fire HD in 2 sizes: Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9in and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7in.

Kindle HD 8.9”

The Kindle HD 8.9in comes in with exclusive Dolby audio, dual stereo speakers, the fastest Wi-Fi, ultra-fast 4G LTE wireless which is priced at $499. It also has the wifi-only model which is also priced cheaper than the 4G one at $299.

Both the 4G and Wifi-Only 8.9in Kindle Fire HD are powered by 1.5Ghz dual-core processor with Imagination PowerVR 3D graphics core for fast and fluid performance. They both have Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi for 40% faster downloads and streaming. Other features are the same, except two things:

  1. 4G technology is not installed in the wi-fi only unit
  2. The Wifi-only is available either in 16GB or 32GB storage while the Fire HD 4G is available either in 32GB or 64GB storage.

Kindle Fire HD

Kindle Fire HD which has 7in HD display is smaller and cheaper of course if compared to the 8.9in. It is powered by Dual-core 1.2GHz OMAP4460 and is available either with 16GB or 32GB storage.

Note: As of writing this post, I learned that the Amazon Kindle Fire HD is not yet available in the market. But Amazon is already accepting pre-orders.

 

Flood Car Safe Cover or Carbag

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Question

Dear Sir,

They said that you are selling online a cover for car that will make your car safe from flood. May I request for the price of it. Please tell me how can I send the payment to you and how will you send me the flood cover for cars.

Answer

I don’t actually sell a flood cover for cars and I am not an affiliate of the company that manufactures it and those that sell it.

I search the internet for the item you are looking and here’s what I found:

  1. The car-cover that makes your car safe from flood water is called Floody Car Bag.
  2. This Floody Car Bag is said to be an invention of a Filipino.
  3. The Car Bag is transparent. You can see your car even if it is inside the car-bag.
  4. It features easy tie-down and strap.
  5. It also has safety-reflectors for night visibility.
  6. And its most important feature is that it is not easily scratch and you can seal it to avoid the entrance of the water (It’s waterproof).

Watch the video below:

Here’s the instruction on how to secure your car inside the Floody Carbag:

  1. Step 1: Spread the carbag flat on the ground. Undo the zippers.
  2. Step 2: Drive the car at the center of the bag, either front or rear first.
  3. Step 3: Once the car is parked squarely in the middle, close the zippers. (But of course you need to get out of the car first)
  4. Step 4: Roll the front end of the bag. Bring both edges together. Fasten the hooks then place on the top of the car trunk so that no water will seep in.
  5. Step 5: Secure the two harnesses around the car. Affix it to a very steady and sturdy structure, such as a foundation post.

For more information, visit Floody Carbag Facebook Page or contact through phone: +632-843-8707 and +632-843-8708; or through email: [email protected] .

Again, I want to make it clear that I am not affiliated with the maker of the Floody Carbag and I don’t earn even a single cent in referring you to their product.

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