The apps that eat your wireless data
NEW YORK (AP) - If you have a cellphone with a monthly limit on how much data you can use, here are some tips on what types of phone use will gobble up your precious megabytes:
_ Streaming video and videoconferencing. The biggest offender. One minute of YouTube-quality video eats up 2 megabytes. If you're on a plan that gives you 200 megabytes per month, you can't even watch Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video once per day. If you're on a 2 gigabyte plan you can, but don't make your iPhone a replacement for a TV. In either case, it's fine to indulge in YouTube and Netflix if you're on Wi-Fi.
_ Streaming audio. The second biggest offender, and potentially more serious. While video is something we need to see to enjoy, Internet radio is more of an accompaniment to other activities, such as jogging or doing dishes. That means some people like to keep it on for hours. Audio consumes about a quarter of the data that video does, but 10 minutes a day will break the bank if you're on a 200 megabyte plan. One hour a day of Pandora consumes nearly a gigabyte, which you can afford if you're on a 2-gigabyte plan and don't use other data-hogging apps.
_ Photos. If you're a real shutterbug, photos can consume significant amounts of data. Sending and viewing photos both count toward your monthly limit. Posting 10 photos per day eats up most of a 200 megabyte plan. If you're on a 2-gigabyte plan, you probably don't have to worry about photos.
_ Maps. Navigation apps consume lots of data when they retrieve map images, up to a megabyte a minute. You're also likely to use them for long periods of time when you're away from Wi-Fi, such as when you're driving. Watch out for these.
_ Web surfing. Web pages vary widely in size, so this will depend quite a bit on whether you like to visit graphically rich sites (lots of data) or spare, text-oriented ones (less data). But roughly speaking, ten pages a day will eat up about half of a 200 megabyte plan. Again, those on 2-gigabyte plans don't need to worry much about surfing.
_ Facebook. Roughly equivalent to Web surfing. Status updates won't take much data, but sending photos and viewing friends' pictures will.
_ Email. Most emails are tiny, in terms of data. Basically, you can send and receive email all you want, as long as they don't have attachments such as photos.
_ Twitter. Like email, these short messages don't use much data, but if you follow a lot of people and click on links, usage adds up.
_ Weather apps. Small, focused apps that report simple but useful things, such as the weather forecast, save data (and time) compared with looking up the same information on a Web page.
http://wtop.com/?nid=256&sid=2447714
Here is a computer app that will help you calculate your usage.
http://www.att.com/standalone/data-calculator/
A parent arrested for trying to keep the TSA from feeling up her teenage daughter, what is the matter with these people. There are hearings (or i should political posturing) happening on capital hill, nothing will come of it, they all (most) are movie stars now.
Clarksville mom arrested at airport over child's security screening
A Clarksville mother allegedly lashed out at airport security agents Saturday when they attempted to pat down her teenage daughter.
In an arrest report, police at the Nashville International Airport said Andrea Abbott refused to allow security guards to pat down her teenage daughter. Police said Abbott feared her daughter would be "touched inappropriately."
Authorities said Abbott eventually allowed the pat down but then tried to take cell phone video and started yelling when authorities asked her to stop.
Officers charged Abbot with disorderly conduct. She was transported to the Metro Jail. Her bond was set at $1,000.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20110713/NEWS01/107130345/1002/rss
Gerald Celente - Expect Bank Holiday & Economic Martial Law
Gerald Celente informed King World News today that he expects a bank holiday to happen. Here is a portion of the KWN exclusive detailed sneak peak at the upcoming Summer Trends Journal, “What will another major terror strike mean should an attack hit one of the major NATO nations? The effects this time will go global. Bank holidays will be called, the US and other fragile economies will crumble, gold and silver will soar and already troubled currencies will crash. Economic martial law will be declared, promised as a temporary measure, once in place it will remain in place.”
Celente continues:
“Civil rights will be suspended and particularly in America, Homeland Security, already intrusive, will achieve an Orwellian omnipresence. With banks closed and economic martial law in place, restrictions will be set on the amounts, times and frequencies of withdrawals (of cash). It will be essential to have a stash of cash on hand.”
When asked to comment on the above portion of his upcoming Summer Trends Journal Celente stated, “Let’s listen to what Moammar Gaddafi said recently, he said they are planning revenge attacks against Nato countries that are trying to kill him...And you’ve heard me say this before, if his major export in Libya was broccoli you think anybody would be there?
It couldn’t be because of the sweet crude oil that the Europeans buy from him...So when they start retaliating, when terror strikes, the people will again rally around the government, they will get more of their rights taken away from them, and as they get their rights taken away from them they’ll get their money taken away from them too.
They’ve done it before, they’ll do it again. Go back to 1933, the emergency banking act under FDR, what did they do? They called a bank holiday. You can’t get your money out and oh by the way turn in all of your gold. Sell us your gold at $20.65 an ounce and after we get it all we are going to repeg the price of gold to $35 an ounce, which means back in those days when the dollar was pegged to gold you just lost 40% of your purchasing power.
I believe the same thing is going to happen now because they are going to devalue the currencies as a means of paying off all of this worthless debt.”
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2011/7/7_Gerald_Celente_-_Expect_Bank_Holiday_&_Economic_Martial_Law.html
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