2008年2月29日 星期五
1. List the companies Google acquired year by year.Briefly describe the strategic implications of each acquisition.
2001 Google Acquisitions
1. 2001-02-12 - Usenet Discussion Service and Significant Assets from Deja.com - Google Groups
2. 2001-09-20 - Technology Assets of Outride Inc - Online Information Retrieval Technologies
2003 Google Acquisitions
1. 2003-02-00 - Pyra Labs - Blogger
2. 2003-04-00 - Neotonic Software - Technology for Email Customer Support (CRM)
3. 2003-04-23 - Applied Semantics - Advertising Technology企業在線營銷管理工具
4. 2003-09-30 - Kaltix Corp - Personalized and Context Sensitive Search Engine Technology
5. 2003-10-07 - Genius Labs - Blogging
2004 Google Acquisitions
1. 2004-05-10 - Ignite Logic - Web Templates for Law Firms and Small Businesses ; Website creation technology
2. 2004-06-23 - 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com; 2006-06-24 ; Google Sells 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com - Chinese Language Search Engine
3. 2004-07-13 - Picasa - Digital Photo Management ; Photo management software
4. 2004-10-00 - Where 2 Technologies - Digital Mapping (Google Maps)
5. 2004-10-27 - Keyhole Corp - Digital Mapping (Google Earth)
6. 2004-12-00 - ZipDash - Maps and Traffic for Mobile Devices ; Used in Google Ride Finder
2005 Google Acquisitions
1. 2005-01-00 - 2Web Technologies - Google Spreadsheets ; Web-based spreadsheet
2. 2005-01-00 - Phatbits - Widget engine.
3. 2005-03-28 - Urchin Software - Web Analytics Software流量分析
4. 2005-05-12 - Dodgeball - Mobile Social Networking
5. 2005-07-00 - Reqwireless Inc - Java ME Browser ; Web browser and Mobile email
6. 2005-07-07 - Current Communications Group - Broadband Internet (BPL - Broadband over Power Line)
7. 2005-08-17 - Android(mobile phone platform) - Software for Mobile Phones ; Software for Handheld devices
8. 2005-09-15 - Transformic Inc - Search Engines for the Deep Web
9. 2005-11-00 - Skia - Graphics Software Engineering
10. 2005-11-17 - Akwan Information Technologies - Latin American Operations Center (Brazil, Mexico, Latin America) ; Latin American internet operations
11. 2005-12-xx - allPAY GmbH, bruNET GmbH - Mobile Solution Provider, Germany
12. 2005-12-20 - 5.0% Stake in AOL - Internet
2006 Google Acquisitions
1. 2006-01-17 - dMarc Broadcasting - Digital Solutions for Radio Broadcasting Industry ; Radio advertising software and platform.
2. 2006-02-14 - Measure Map - Web Analytics for Blogs
3. 2006-03-09 - Upstartle (Writely) - Web Based Collaborative Document Editor (Online Word Processing)
4. 2006-03-14 - @Last Software - SketchUp 3D Modeling
5. 2006-04-09 - Orion - Referential Search Engine ; Advanced search method.
6. 2006-08-15 - Neven Vision - Automatic Information Extraction from Photos
7. 2006-10-31 - JotSpot Inc - Wiki Technology for Collaborative Websites ; Website applications
8. 2006-11-13 - YouTube Inc - Consumer Media Company (Watch and Share Videos) ; Video sharing (San Bruno, CA)
9. 2006-12-00 - Endoxon - Geo Mapping Software ; Mapping solutions
2007 Google Acquisitions
1. 2007-01-00 - Xunlei (Partial Acquisition) - File Sharing Website ; Network, file-sharing
2. 2007-03-16 - Adscape Media - In-Game Advertising for Video Games ; Video game advertising
3. 2007-03-16 - Trendalyzer - Presentation Software
4. 2007-04-13 - Doubleclick - Advertising Technology Platform
5. 2007-04-17 - Tonic Systems - Presentation Creation and Document Conversion Technology
6. 2007-04-19 - Marratech - Video Conferencing Software ; Video conferencing (Stockholm, Sweden)
7. 2007-05-11 - Green Border Technologies - Secure Connections for Web Browsing and Email ; Desktop enterprise security
8. 2007-05-30~06-01 - Panoramio - Community Photos Website (Works with Google Earth) ; Geospatial Photo-sharing Service
9. 2007-06-01~03 - Feedburner - Feed Distribution and Management Tools ; RSS Feeds (Chicago, IL)
10. 2007-06-05 - PeakStream Inc - Multiprocessor and GPU Software ; Parallel Processing
11. 2007-06-19 - Zenter - Online Slide Presentations
12. 2007-07-02 - GrandCentral Communications - Services for Managing Voice Communications ; VOIP Phone Aggregation (Fremont, CA)
13. 2007-07-xx - ImageAmerica - High resolution aerial cameras
14. 2007-07-09 - Google to Acquire Postini - Services for Message Security, Archiving, Encryption, and Policy Enforcement ; Communications Security (San Carlos, CA)
15. 2007-09-xx - Tusli - Google Blogger Api Engineering Team
16. 2007-09-xx - Zingku - Mobile social network and communication platform
17. 2007-10-xx - Jaiku - An activity stream and presence sharing service that works from the Web and mobile phones (Helsinki)
1. 2001-02-12 - Usenet Discussion Service and Significant Assets from Deja.com - Google Groups
2. 2001-09-20 - Technology Assets of Outride Inc - Online Information Retrieval Technologies
2003 Google Acquisitions
1. 2003-02-00 - Pyra Labs - Blogger
2. 2003-04-00 - Neotonic Software - Technology for Email Customer Support (CRM)
3. 2003-04-23 - Applied Semantics - Advertising Technology企業在線營銷管理工具
4. 2003-09-30 - Kaltix Corp - Personalized and Context Sensitive Search Engine Technology
5. 2003-10-07 - Genius Labs - Blogging
2004 Google Acquisitions
1. 2004-05-10 - Ignite Logic - Web Templates for Law Firms and Small Businesses ; Website creation technology
2. 2004-06-23 - 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com; 2006-06-24 ; Google Sells 2.6% Stake in Baidu.com - Chinese Language Search Engine
3. 2004-07-13 - Picasa - Digital Photo Management ; Photo management software
4. 2004-10-00 - Where 2 Technologies - Digital Mapping (Google Maps)
5. 2004-10-27 - Keyhole Corp - Digital Mapping (Google Earth)
6. 2004-12-00 - ZipDash - Maps and Traffic for Mobile Devices ; Used in Google Ride Finder
2005 Google Acquisitions
1. 2005-01-00 - 2Web Technologies - Google Spreadsheets ; Web-based spreadsheet
2. 2005-01-00 - Phatbits - Widget engine.
3. 2005-03-28 - Urchin Software - Web Analytics Software流量分析
4. 2005-05-12 - Dodgeball - Mobile Social Networking
5. 2005-07-00 - Reqwireless Inc - Java ME Browser ; Web browser and Mobile email
6. 2005-07-07 - Current Communications Group - Broadband Internet (BPL - Broadband over Power Line)
7. 2005-08-17 - Android(mobile phone platform) - Software for Mobile Phones ; Software for Handheld devices
8. 2005-09-15 - Transformic Inc - Search Engines for the Deep Web
9. 2005-11-00 - Skia - Graphics Software Engineering
10. 2005-11-17 - Akwan Information Technologies - Latin American Operations Center (Brazil, Mexico, Latin America) ; Latin American internet operations
11. 2005-12-xx - allPAY GmbH, bruNET GmbH - Mobile Solution Provider, Germany
12. 2005-12-20 - 5.0% Stake in AOL - Internet
2006 Google Acquisitions
1. 2006-01-17 - dMarc Broadcasting - Digital Solutions for Radio Broadcasting Industry ; Radio advertising software and platform.
2. 2006-02-14 - Measure Map - Web Analytics for Blogs
3. 2006-03-09 - Upstartle (Writely) - Web Based Collaborative Document Editor (Online Word Processing)
4. 2006-03-14 - @Last Software - SketchUp 3D Modeling
5. 2006-04-09 - Orion - Referential Search Engine ; Advanced search method.
6. 2006-08-15 - Neven Vision - Automatic Information Extraction from Photos
7. 2006-10-31 - JotSpot Inc - Wiki Technology for Collaborative Websites ; Website applications
8. 2006-11-13 - YouTube Inc - Consumer Media Company (Watch and Share Videos) ; Video sharing (San Bruno, CA)
9. 2006-12-00 - Endoxon - Geo Mapping Software ; Mapping solutions
2007 Google Acquisitions
1. 2007-01-00 - Xunlei (Partial Acquisition) - File Sharing Website ; Network, file-sharing
2. 2007-03-16 - Adscape Media - In-Game Advertising for Video Games ; Video game advertising
3. 2007-03-16 - Trendalyzer - Presentation Software
4. 2007-04-13 - Doubleclick - Advertising Technology Platform
5. 2007-04-17 - Tonic Systems - Presentation Creation and Document Conversion Technology
6. 2007-04-19 - Marratech - Video Conferencing Software ; Video conferencing (Stockholm, Sweden)
7. 2007-05-11 - Green Border Technologies - Secure Connections for Web Browsing and Email ; Desktop enterprise security
8. 2007-05-30~06-01 - Panoramio - Community Photos Website (Works with Google Earth) ; Geospatial Photo-sharing Service
9. 2007-06-01~03 - Feedburner - Feed Distribution and Management Tools ; RSS Feeds (Chicago, IL)
10. 2007-06-05 - PeakStream Inc - Multiprocessor and GPU Software ; Parallel Processing
11. 2007-06-19 - Zenter - Online Slide Presentations
12. 2007-07-02 - GrandCentral Communications - Services for Managing Voice Communications ; VOIP Phone Aggregation (Fremont, CA)
13. 2007-07-xx - ImageAmerica - High resolution aerial cameras
14. 2007-07-09 - Google to Acquire Postini - Services for Message Security, Archiving, Encryption, and Policy Enforcement ; Communications Security (San Carlos, CA)
15. 2007-09-xx - Tusli - Google Blogger Api Engineering Team
16. 2007-09-xx - Zingku - Mobile social network and communication platform
17. 2007-10-xx - Jaiku - An activity stream and presence sharing service that works from the Web and mobile phones (Helsinki)
2008年2月18日 星期一
Understanding Mobile Phone Requirements for Young Adults with Cognitive Disabilities
increasing independence
safety check-ins
help getting un-stuck
semi-structured interview
friendly,durable,Features targeted
2008年2月4日 星期一
User preferences, information transactions and location-based services: A study of urban pedestrian wayWnding
在這篇論文中，研究的重點是從個人層級的LBS，調查用戶對資料需求，強調自然互動的資訊處理在環境，個人和行動設備之間的關係
The user: spatial ability, interaction with environment and technology
LBS對用戶進行研究，是對其需要的調查，要怎樣呈現ㄧ些空間資訊且口語的，有三種基礎表達方式
●圖形
●文字
●聽覺
根據用戶需求，可以根據其喜好設計不同類型(資料顯示都是餐廳或是都顯示速食店之類)、層次等等，以地圖方式呈現；其中必須考慮用戶能適應且迅速理解LBS所提供的訊息
使用者對設備提供的認知可以分三個層級：
●個性
●被動情境認知
●主動情境認知
這裡並未詳述，個人解讀是
●個性：有人習慣一直看，有人會看ㄧ下直到需要再看；
●被動情境認知：由設備主動傳達相關資訊給使用者；
●主動情境認知：由使用者提出要求再傳達相關資訊給使用者；
當人們到一個新環境時，需要透過各種經驗獲得並發展他們的空間認知，包括認出和理解物體的特性、在環境裡某些要素與週遭地區之間關係等；所以提供的資訊必須與環境有緊密的結合
The user: spatial ability, interaction with environment and technology
LBS對用戶進行研究，是對其需要的調查，要怎樣呈現ㄧ些空間資訊且口語的，有三種基礎表達方式
●圖形
●文字
●聽覺
根據用戶需求，可以根據其喜好設計不同類型(資料顯示都是餐廳或是都顯示速食店之類)、層次等等，以地圖方式呈現；其中必須考慮用戶能適應且迅速理解LBS所提供的訊息
使用者對設備提供的認知可以分三個層級：
●個性
●被動情境認知
●主動情境認知
這裡並未詳述，個人解讀是
●個性：有人習慣一直看，有人會看ㄧ下直到需要再看；
●被動情境認知：由設備主動傳達相關資訊給使用者；
●主動情境認知：由使用者提出要求再傳達相關資訊給使用者；
當人們到一個新環境時，需要透過各種經驗獲得並發展他們的空間認知，包括認出和理解物體的特性、在環境裡某些要素與週遭地區之間關係等；所以提供的資訊必須與環境有緊密的結合
EX:個人從其特徵和進行中的活動獲得關於環境的訊息，當個人行進時，透過移動設備回傳的訊息可以被更新其空間位置，因此透過研究這些相互作用的訊息變換過程，能獲得足夠的資訊對他們所需要、想要的訊息，有一定程度的理解，並為完成導航任務找到更適合的模式
實境虛擬實驗，分為三個主要部份；
1.在一個虛擬的都市，以英國中心街道為藍本，只包含環境建築影像
2.LBS，內含導航系統，以WEB方式呈現
3.多媒體PDA裝置：實驗使用利用無線通訊方式傳達文字、二維地圖、聲音三種
參與者：14男12女，平均33歲，各行各業都有，皆有網路使用經驗；參與者被安排根據指引進行行動
研究目標：透過每個人不大相同的PDA操作方式(不同時間收發資訊的差異性、還包含一些個人方向感差異)和對週遭環境的辨知，去研究導航狀況
結果發現有些用戶偏愛不同路線指引或不同類型的地圖信息，表明系統是需要有較多的模式供使用者應用，才能發揮最大效率；也在繼續試驗，期望加入更多變素，擴大年齡層，能對個人行為導航有更深入的分析，找出最佳方法進行個人導航
2008年1月28日 星期一
Assistive Technology as a Self-Management Tool for Prompting Students with Intellectual Disabilities to Initiate and Complete Daily Tasks: A Literatur
這篇內容是對ㄧ些有關發展智力障礙學生輔具的論文做整理總結
其主要分成4個領域分析，由多到寡排列(聽覺與電腦系統數量相同)
(1)圖片:多張，影像
(2)聽覺:接收，輸出
(3)電腦系統
(4)觸覺
當然各領域還是相輔相成
其主要分成4個領域分析，由多到寡排列(聽覺與電腦系統數量相同)
(1)圖片:多張，影像
(2)聽覺:接收，輸出
(3)電腦系統
(4)觸覺
當然各領域還是相輔相成
內容大部分是有關獨立完成工作的研究，而針對各種輔助模式的方式不同效果也有明顯差異(例如聽覺，以對障礙者有權威性的人士聲音作提示，效果就有明顯提升)
文中有討論到主動提示，還有一些智慧化的任務編程，這方面我想就可以利用感測技術做切入，這部份系統對身分辨識的能力就需要很強。
還有提到對於任務的指示要盡量精簡，越簡單就越適合。
重複提示VS連續提示
對一連串小步驟串聯的任務是以重複提示的方式幫助確實完成每一個步驟或是連續提示的方式去提高效率，這可能需考慮使用者的情況或是嘗試以立即性的指示切入，看能否取得最大效益。
手動提取下一步VS間隔時間編程
這部份如果環境條件適合，以無線感測導入將是比較優秀的方案。(譬如麥當勞廚房清潔流程，需要先清理調理台，而螢幕除了當下工作教學畫面外也有下一個清潔位置的文字敘述，如果接下來是要清理冰箱，可是使用者跑去洗碗盤，當使用者要透過無線設備獲知教學畫面時，系統便指示他應該要去清理冰箱，直到他到清理冰箱的位置教學畫面才會出現)
這些文獻是單機版或無線網路版，還有，多少使用到感測技術?
本篇分析的文獻大都是屬於教育方面的研究，所以我看到都是單機版的應用，也沒有什麼感測技術導入，主要就是分析各種領域、研究方式、輔具介入的項目後做一個方向總結。上面的內容是我提取他分析後的主要看法再加上一些我的想法。
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