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Due:  Wedsnesday, Feb. 10th.

Lorna Vargas

MapQuest vs GPS

MapQuest is a website to find driving directions, live maps, live traffic updates and road conditions, also to find nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels.  It can be used locally or across the country, it can route you around accidents, road closures so you can choose the most optimal route, you can also get an estimated time of arrival.

 GPS receivers collect signals from satellites in view, they display the user's position, velocity, and time, as needed for their marine, terrestrial, or aeronautical applications. Some display additional data, such as distance and bearing to selected waypoints or digital charts. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Most of the time they will probably be the same, occasionally they will be a little difference, the more waypoints you add to the route along the way within MapQuest, the less likely the route will be changed when it gets calculated on the GPS.

Text Pages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapQuest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=txtlnkusaolc00000348

http://www.gps.gov/

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e-DAvehF9U

http://news.discovery.com/tech/videos/how-gps-works-video.htm

Facebook vs Skype

When I first started to use media devices, my first choice was Skype, but then I started to get in touch with my family and friends in my country and everybody has Facebook, so I opened an account, I really like it because I can see my family's pictures and I can also post my pictures.

I use both of them but now Facebook has added a new video calling feature to Messenger.  Stacking up against products like Apple's Facetiem and Microsoft's Skype, video calling in Facebook Messenger is completely free and can be activated by simply tapping the camera icon within the chat inferface.

Videos:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/goodbye-skype-facebook-adds-free-video-calling-to-messenger/

http://www.socialbakers.com/blog/2335-facebook-video-is-now-bigger-than-youtube-for-brands

Text:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider&hl=es