Privacy Policy - Strathclyde Associates News

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Strathclyde Associates News do not collect any information from our visitors other than the normal information that our website statistics automatically gathers (e.g. Google Analytics). The following is just a standard Privacy Policy agreement.

We strive to safeguard the privacy of our website guests; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

(1) What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

(a) data about your visits to and use of this blog;

(b) data that you gave us for the purpose of registering with us and/or subscribing to our website services and/or email notifications.

(2) Information about website visits

We may collect data about your computer and your visits to this blog such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views. This information may be used in the administration of this site, to improve its usability, and for marketing purposes.

(3) Using your personal data

Personal data submitted on this blog will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the blog.

In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may use your personal data to:

(a) improve your browsing experience by personalizing the blog;

(b) send information (other than marketing communications) to you which we think may be of interest to you by post or by email or similar technology;

(c) send to you marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications to be sent by emailing  us.

(d) provide other companies with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user. We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

(4) Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not give your information to third parties.

(5) International data transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

(6) Security of your personal data

Strathclyde Associates News will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

(7) Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version. You should check this page occasionally to make ensure that you are aware of the latest changes.

(8) Third party websites

The blog contains links to other websites. Strathclyde Associates News  is not responsible for the privacy policies (or content) of third party websites.

(9) Contact – You can contact us by email info@strathclydeassociates-news.com.

Strathclyde Associates News ->Leaks of Android Ice Cream Sandwich Emerge

http://strathclydeassociates-news.com/2011/08/22/strathclyde-associates-news-leaks-of-android-ice-cream-sandwich-emerge/

Now that Google is only months away from unwrapping Ice Cream Sandwich, Android’s latest OS, leaks of it running on a Nexus popping out every now and then should be expected.

Screenshots were leaked by Android Police and RootzWiki which, as can be seen in one, shows Ice Cream Sandwich running in a Nexus S.

Reminiscent of the Honeycomb’s Tron, ICS looks like a blue-themed one, with icons on the notification bar like those ones on Gingerbread (sans the green color).

There’s an image showing what seemed to be the notification panel pulled all the way down and something for news and app notif as well.

RootzWiki also released details about the alleged specs of the Ice Cream Sandwich Nexus, though they have been vague about the ‘reliable source’. Looks like the new Android build will sport a blue theme, some ICS features, a built-in camera panoramic mode, task switching capabilities,  app drawer, launcher and the good old Google search bar embedded on the top. It is also rumored that Google Shopper will be launched in this version while Gmail will be having a new theme.

For now, this will only be available on Nexus Prime (and then prolly Nexus S).

Some of those are really not shockers; we had been expecting Google Shopper to be connected to ICS seeing how Google is busy testing out their Wallet service.

The camera’s built-in panorama mode is an interesting one just because the default cam app in most Droids is not so remarkable. We only hope there are more functions or features that will be added.

Aside from that, there is nothing more to scrape. And we’re seeing a lot of black bars all over the leaked images, too.

What’s fishy here is the uncanny resemblance of the leak images to Gingerbread. Except for the neat blue theme and a quite different variation of glass launcher at the bottom part, it’s basically the same. For all we know, this could just be a custom theme installed on Gingerbread; which begs the question whether the leak is legit or just the work from trolls.

Hoping for the best, maybe it’s really an early version of ICS we have here. Remember the untimely shots of Android 2.3 that are so fuzzy you barely recognize a thing? Well, that turned out as a genuine one. We could only hope the same (or better) for Ice Cream Sandwich.

Strathclyde Associates News: Taking a Closer Look at the Google’s Panda 2.5 “Flux”

http://strathclydeassociates-news.com/2011/10/27/strathclyde-associates-news-taking-a-closer-look-at-the-google%E2%80%99s-panda-2-5-%E2%80%9Cflux%E2%80%9D/

“Weather report: expect some Panda-related flux in the next few weeks, but will have less impact than previous updates (~2%).”

Panda-related flux? Indeed, this seems to be the case, with site owners reporting Panda-related changes on at least October 3rd andOctober 13th. In several  cases, I saw sites with Google organic traffic declines on 9/27, recovery on 10/3, and decline again on 10/13.

I talked to Google to find out more about the flux and what site owners could expect. Google confirmed the flux but didn’t provide any other detail other that what they’ve said in the past. The crux is that:

• Some Panda updates are due to new signals being incorporated into the overall Panda algorithms
• Some Panda updates are recalculation of how sites perform within the Panda algorithms, based on updated data about the sites since the last recalculation
• The only difference with this update vs. the previous ones is that there will be (and have been) several updates (presumably of both types) within days or weeks of each other

Panda 2.5 then is a series of Panda algorithm and site recalculation updates over a period of several weeks. September 27th, October 3rd, and October 13th have been confirmed by Google, but it appears that there may have been several other updates (of either Panda algorithm changes or site recalculations) as well during this period.

If you’ve noticed traffic declines from Google organic referrals since September 27th, remember that Panda is a site-wide assessment (so even high quality pages will be impacted)  and key recovery strategies are around:

• Creating valuable content (so the page is the best answer to the query on the web)
• Consolidating approximate duplication (if lots of pages on the site about the same topic)
• Getting rid of exact duplication (syndication, manufacturer feeds and other measures that result in the exact text appearing on multiple sites)
• Improving usability (such as ensuring a valuable and engaging user experience, providing easy and useful navigation, not obscuring the content with an overwhelming amount of ads)
• Working on engagement (building a site that people want to stay on, link to, return to, share, and otherwise show happiness towards)