High Speed Cameras

Cameras are rapidly becoming more and more advanced. Looking online I found a sight that showed pictures that were captured at extremely high speeds from just a normal camera. These pictures were of a humming bird flying and with perfect clarity you could see the birds wings when normally they would be extremely blurry. There are also pictures of water bursting out of a balloon and every drop can be seen clearly. All of these shots are coming from a digital camera and I think it is amazing at how crisp pictures have become now. It is going to be amazing when feature films are being shot from phones and small hand held digital cameras.

Flash With Apple

Apple announced about a month ago that they would allow flash apps to be created. When i first heard this I was extremely excited. One of the huge negatives of Apples mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod is that they cannot see flash files because they do not have a flash player. I thought that this announcement that things were going to change but it is only a small step in the right direction. This new update is just allowing application to be created with the flash tools but flash files still cannot be viewed on the Apple devices. It was quite a let down.

CRM Systems

I thought that this topic in class was particularly interesting because everyday at work we use it. One of our main goals is to have a customer who is a promoter of our company and not a detractor. After every purchase a customer makes from our store we email them a survey to fill out to and the most important question is would you recommend us to friends and family. This is so important because it is basically free advertising. Apple does such a good job of creating customers who are obsessed with there products that they get others excited and create more business. It is a very smart technology for Apple to take advantage of.

Information Systems

The Final test for information systems was today. It was a crazy test to study for with so much information to try and remember. Overall the test was not unfair and most of the information that seemed impossible to remember was not a huge portion of the test which was a huge relief. Hopefully I am able to retain most of the information and I know the Excel assignments will benefit me tremendously in the future.

Kindle Vs IPad

The newer IPad has really taken away from kindles success. The kindle was the number one sold item last year for Christmas but now with competition from the IPad sales have started to decline. To combat this decline the Kindle came after the IPad pointing out its weaknesses such as the glare the screen creates. The IPad is much more expensive than the kindle but it has many more applications and functions that it can preform that the Kindle can not. I think that the Kindle is the superior Ereader but the IPad is a better overall buy if you are looking to do more than read.

Jpeg Alternative For Faster Web

Google is now offering a way to send pictures much fast than in Jpeg format. They have been working on a new format so that they can be stored much easier and there new format is called WebP. WebP is supposed to cut back on the file size by 40% which if you are talking about five hundred gigabytes of pictures could be very helpful. It does however slightly alter the image making it slightly dimmer than the original picture. It will be very helpful though to companies and web sights that have many pictures on them because it will allow there pages to uploaded much faster if there pictures are in the smaller format. I think that this is great for the internet because i hate long download times when surfing the web.

Solar Panels Are Scheduled to Be Installed In Washington

The white house is going green and trying to save energy. They plan to install these panels by next spring. There will be two installations of these panels. One set of the panels will convert the suns energy to electricity and the other set will convert the suns energy into heat for water heating. I am not sure how affective this will be in Washington seeing as how at sometimes of the year they might not get a lot of sun. I think that it is a good idea however because it shows that they are putting forth an effort to create alternative forms of energy. Hopefully it is not just a big waste of money because it very well could be.