Looking for that Special Someone through Dating Sites!

Paul

I Want You to Want Me

Dating Sites and You!

I’ve recently told you about a few dating sites, and I wanted to talk about my experiences.  Some of the sites that I’ve tried are:

 

  • Christian Mingle — I’ve got my own profile and everything.   I personally have tried this site for several weeks.
  • Plenty of Fish — This is a good site for people who are wanting to chat for free.
  • Zoosk — Another site that you can use to find that perfect someone.  I just didn’t like the fact that you can look but not chat or even message people without buying a subscription.

 

These are just a few of the sites that you could visit if you are looking for that special someone.  I’ve been trying these sites few a months and I’m really am hoping I’d find that special someone.

Elizabeth Gallagher where are you?

I’ve calling out my readers to see if you can help find this person    I know there are people out there that are hopeless romantics but I saw this girl on Christian Mingle and also Zoosk.  Her Profile on one of the sites is quite interesting.  She’s a blogger and I’m a blogger also, this would be one of the many things we have in common.   Maybe even have something to do together, she could talk about sports and I’ll talk about the technology behind the sports.  It would be a glorious place for fans of sports to understand it. 

I’m hoping she gets word of this post and comes looking herself.   I know I’ve tried to contact her through the site and not had any luck with her.   I’m not sure if the spam system is blocking my attempts or what so I thought I’d be bold and do something that is totally outside of my comfort zone.   If you know her or her blog make sure to give her my site and tell her to check it out.   If you want also make sure she gets the blog post in question.   

Paul Sylvester

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Chinese Market Over-ruled by Android, iOS Faces Adversaries

Fahad Majidi

Android has certainly become predominantly the operating system with the largest market share. Informa Telecoms, an analytic firm, presented us with much bigger and clearer picture. According to their report the only OS that stands out in the overwhelming competition in China is Android, accounting for two third of all the handsets sold so far in 2012. One out of every three Android devices that was sold in 2012 was sold in China, certainly a big hub of Android lovers.

But to be more specific, out of all the Android devices sold in China 41 percent were the ones that did not run on authentic Android rather had the imitation of the Google’s original operating system. So if we right them off China still holds 20 percent share of all the Android devices sold in 2012 which is pretty impressive.

Statistically speaking, Android holds 85 percent of the market share in China and still growing where as Apple’s iPhone accounts for only 5 percent of the market share and Windows Phone a minimal of 1 percent. Although, the release of iPhone 5 last week in the country was very much promising, selling over 2 million units in the first of week of its release and setting a milestone of best launch of all time of Apple’s smartphone in China. Apple was not only able to establish the pre-ordering process but is now also available on two carriers for the first time.

If Apple is to increase its market share in China it needs to come forth with TD-LTE because the only reason China Mobile, world’s largest carrier, has not been successful in selling iPhone is because of its 3G network. We anticipate iPhone based on TD-LTE to be offered by China Mobile in 2013. And as for Microsoft’s Windows phone, Informa anticipates that its market share will be double to 2 percent in 2013.

As for the US, Informa believes that Apple needs to come up with a better iOS otherwise it will face further decline in its market share because it is not meeting the standards that other high end Android devices are offering. The principal analyst Malik Saadi at Informa Telecoms anticipates that next year around 50 percent of the handsets sold in US will be Android based devices. The report also depicts that Apple might have to go for margin cuts in order to sustain its market share because the even the most diehard fan is realizing that Apple needs to upgrade its iOS. Inform forecasts that in 2013 Apple will be able to sell almost 34 million units which a million less than this year’s sale. Whereas Windows Phone will be accounting for 6.5 percent of the US market as Nokia and HTC are augmenting their marketing strategies and they are also in close relationship with US carriers.

According to an estimate by Informa Android will account for 50 percent of the global market by 2015. But 2016 Android market domination is anticipated to be decline because of other operating systems in the market specifically Windows Phone.

 

 

Fahad Majidi is a Paid Contributor for the Paulstechtalk.com website.  Any views of his is his own and not of the website.   Any Links in this article are affiliate links to products mentioned to help support paying for the contributor.


 

Nexus not as hot as you think, Chitika

Fahad Majidi

Google’s tablets really made the news after the release of Nexus 7 [Affiliate Link] and one might consider Nexus 7 to be bought by almost everyone but when it comes to the web traffic the results are not that much convincing. According to the Chitika’s current web traffic report Google’s Nexus tablets hardly make a difference. Chitika compared Nexus tablets with Microsoft surface and examined the web traffic for a week in November and surprisingly Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 [Affiliate Link] together accounted for almost 1% of the web traffic.

Well, part of the reason Nexus tablets have accounted so less of web traffic is because Google has not been able to cope up with demand of their devices. No doubt the demand for Nexus tablets is skyrocketing but Google has not been able supply with enough units or perhaps the supply was not enough from the get go. And to aggravate the situation, there is no official figure regarding the sale of Google Nexus devices.

As for Nexus 7 things have settled down in terms of demand and supply and Google is trying to take care of Nexus 10’s supply as well. But if supply has leveled out for both devices and still they lack behind in web traffic then it means that Nexus tablets are not that much of hit of hit among masses as we thought. There are other factors to be taken under consideration.

For those who do not know Chitika is one of the research firms that play a significant role in mobile advertising space. Also we are not aware of any official report manifesting the exact number of units of Nexus Google has sold. Nexus tablets may be hot among the techno geeks but when it comes to average masses it might not be as much demanding as the Apple’s iPad.

As for Microsoft Surface the results were even worst. It only accounted for .13 percent of the web traffic even lower than Nexus’s .91 percent. Again, there is no official figure regarding the sale of Microsoft’s Surface so in situation like this third party analytics for instance Chitika provides a much vivid story. The people at Microsoft might be happy with the figure Chitika has presented since Surface is first of its kind from Microsoft.

In a nutshell, if it isn’t Apple it is not on the top of food chain. iPad is the only tablet which in enjoying the healthiest share in the tablet market and even the iPad mini was able to make its mark the despite the tough competition it faced because of the reasoned price it offered.

Other tablets such as Amazon Kindle fire and Samsung’s Android based tablets may also be enjoying a healthy share because of their strong marketing campaigns. For now we cannot say anything and it would be better to wait until the early 2013 when 2012’s Q4 reports will be out. But according to the numbers now, we anticipate not more than 10 percent of the market share of both Microsoft’s Windows and Google’s Android together. 

 

 

Fahad Majidi is a Paid Contributor for the Paulstechtalk.com website.  Any views of his is his own and not of the website.   Any Links in this article are affiliate links to products mentioned to help support paying for the contributor.


 

Facebook Security and You — Why you Should update your privacy Settings!

Paul

Facebook Privacy and You!

Privacy for Facebook!

Who needs them? Your probably asking.  I know I am not one to preach about privacy but that doesn’t mean you need to worry less about your privacy on Facebook.   It just means you have to be more vigilant 

Every so often Facebook likes to update their privacy settings and not tell you.   Either to add a privacy setting or take one way, more likely than not it is to try to keep you from being private but that is where you need to constantly be checking to see if you need to do something or check something in your privacy settings!

Check List for Facebook Privacy!

  • How you Connect [See Above] — This little one is good for people who don’t want to have people constantly requesting them.  So if you are over sensitive to your privacy and security you should limit who can be friend you, look you up, or Send you a Facebook Message!
  • Timeline Tagging [See Above] — Figure out what you want to allow.  I know of friend who has made the choice to approve all tags of her from going public without her intervention.  I did the same thing because of my Ex-wife, she seems to be angry with me right now so I will not approve a tag unless it’s true.  
  • Ads, Apps, and website [See Above] — occasionally, you will have a lot of apps wanting to control what you do on Facebook.   I usually try to do a little Spring cleaning of Facebook apps every so often and this area is where you do it.  It also lets you personalize what gets thrown your way.
  • Block People and Apps [See Above] — You know you have those annoying people who just won’t stop harassing you.  So this is where you go to block them or unblock them.  You can also block certain apps or you can choice to unblock certain app requests.  Great little tool to keep your privacy safe from stalkers and other people!

The last part of this Privacy kick is who sees your posts, is it just friends or everyone.   You can change that here also whenever you decide you want more or less people to see your posts.   It however only go into effect when you start posting again.   All old posts are either only friends or public, so make you choice wisely.   You can however change that later on by going back and editing all your posts to what you want them to be either public or Private although you do that with each and every post so it will take some time.

I wanted to share some way to keep your privacy safe, I’ve not shown you everything but some beginner steps you will have to do become more privacy conscience.  You however should check it out every so often to see if Facebook decided to give you more options or to make sure nothing has change.  I try to do it every month but it is just me!  I hope this post helped you get back some of your privacy and keep your profile from prying eyes.

Paul Sylvester

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Christmas Gift List for 2012 : How to Shop for the Geek in all of Us!

Paul

Christmas Is around the Corner!

I know I did a good little post on what your significantant other might want on Christmas last year.  I thought I would update you a list of what they might want this year so you can be looking into getting them that special gift that will make any Geek happy!   This won’t be a complete list but it will be a list to remember and maybe even come back to when it is their birthday!

Simple Stuff!

It isn’t the things that make it hard but always look for the simple things life that brings the most joy.   I am going to demostrate this by giving out a few good simple gifts that will make any geek happy, whether they are male or female.   Nothing has to be expensive but it has to come from the heart!

 

  • Doctor Who [Affiliate Link]— If they are a Doctor Who Fan this would be a very simple gift idea for them.   Anything Doctor Who will make you an instant favorite in their eyes and it doesn’t have to be expensive just something that they can use time and time again.
  • Big Bang Theory [Affiliate Link]— Here is another  favorite of mine and thus it might be theirs also.  You don’t have to be picky about it just know that if you pick from the year you are more likely to make them smile.
  • Walking Dead [Affiliate Link] — I’ve not really watched this show but I do have people I work with who talk about it constantly so it must be a good show.  If he likes this show then you might want to head on over and find something to compliment the telivision show.

 

The are only a few ideas but they might work for your man/woman in your life.   Now I know I talked about tablets last year but I do recommend the A200 to A500 Series of the Acers Myself.  They have been nothing but a pleasure to use to watch all my shows that I might ever want.

More Techy Stuff!

If your guy or girl is more tech savy, you might want to consider getting them something like a Roku or even a Netflix Gift card but it just depends on what you want to accomplish.  If your know who your shopping for then you can always figure out what they are looking for.   If I tell you to buy something and am wrong then you will no doubt blame me but if I give some suggestions then you are the one who blame because you didn’t listen to your other half as well as you should.   

I will not give you any major gift ideas because that is something you should do but I do hope this helps you guide you in the right direction.

Paul Sylvester

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