For those of you who haven’t played Halo or any other First-Person Shooter, HUD stand for heads up display. The heads up display is what shows the player their shield strength, the amount of ammo they are carrying, and mission objectives. And now Google apparently made one. Google has recently unveiled what they are calling “Project Glasses.” Project Glasses is a pretty simple product, a metal head band supporting a small display over the right eye. While at this point it is less of product and more of an experiment, the development is really cool.

Here is a video that can describe the awesome(although somewhat creepy) things it can do.

Google is teaming up with the Android Market and creating a program that syncs all your ebooks, music, and Android apps from your computer to your tablet or Android phone wirelessly. This will add convenience to those who purchase an Android product and will be an enticing feature for those looking to purchase a new smart phone or tablet.

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With the prevalence of easy DIY website applications, starting an online company can be really easy, and thousands of people – without any coding knowledge or experience – are becoming internet entrepreneurs! That’s just awesome. Everyone who has internet access and basic computer knowledge can start an online business – so can you!

But wait, it can’t be that simple… can it? Not quite. Even the quickest research on how to start an online business will at some point mention search engine optimization (SEO). However very few sites about internet entrepreneurship really dissect what SEO is or how to do it.

You’re in luck! You have stumbled upon a thorough and complete guide to internet entrepreneurship, including SEO! The term search engine optimization refers to the process of selecting keywords and optimizing your site so that you will rank well on Google for those keywords.

For more information, please visit the other blog I contribute to:

http://www.gccwebsites.com/seo/

I post articles on each site weekly, so follow us and check back regularly!

Questions? Leave them in the comments below or email me at dabonz413@gmail.com

What is this new Policy Shift?

Google recently announced that they are going to be eliminating a significant number of their privacy policies across their different services to make way for a single new privacy policy. This policy states that on March 1 of this year Google will begin integrating information from each of their different web services in order to develop a profile for each user. Google states that these profiles will be used to “tailor” search results and provide advertisements that each user will find more relevant. If you aren’t already worried about this policy, you should be.

Who Should Care and Why?

Just about everyone. Anyone who uses any form of Google web service (i.e. YouTube, Gmail, Google+, and Google’s search engine) and enjoys some level of privacy. The new policy becomes much more frightening in conjunction with the fourth privacy principle of the Google company philosophy:

People have different privacy concerns and needs. To best serve the full range of our users, Google strives to offer them meaningful and fine-grained choices over the use of their personal information. We believe personal information should not be held hostage and we are committed to building products that let users export their personal information to other services. We don’t sell users’ personal information.

This means that as of March 1, any online activity that you perform with some degree anonymity using one of Google’s services will be public knowledge that is associated with your name, your face, and your phone number. This should be particularly off-putting to android phone users whose real-time location, Google Wallet data, and much more will also be available.

The Take-Away Message?

So what can you do? Not much really. There’s no way to opt out of this debacle. If you plan on continuing to use Google’s web services, you’ll simply have to submit to these policies and the fact that all personal information you share or indicate with them being available to anyone who cares enough to know. Ultimately you’ll just need to reevaluate using Google’s services instead of their alternatives. Time to break out the pros & cons charts again!

The Chinese government has had a long-running history of restricting and censoring the internet. From blocking access to Google search results, to censoring websites with information that it believes provide information that would undermine the authority of the Chinese government and culture, China makes sure that it keeps tight controls on what its citizens are able to do online. Many citizens, in a quest for free access to information, have responded to these restrictions by using VPN services to get access to the outside world.

Now, it seems, the Chinese government has decided to start a new round in the war for the internet in China. As the Wall Street Journal reported this morning, China has begun clamping down access to the servers of companies that provide VPN services to Chinese citizens in an attempt to close the loopholes in its censorship regime. In addition, the government, which has always seemingly been at odds with Google, has apparently begun carefully disabling certain portions of Google’s popular Gmail service. Google has accused China of disabling Gmail in a way that makes it look like a technical error on Google’s part rather than all-out censorship. Google has previously accused the Chinese government of hacking into its Gmail system to compromise the privacy of Google’s users.

Only time will tell how this new round of restrictions and regulations will play out in China. Hopefully, in the long run, the government will back down on its restrictions and allow its people free and open access to the internet.