A BMW Can Now Control A GoPro Camera Because Why Not

As a result of a new partnership between GoPro and BMW, it’s never been easier to record your hoonage antics. Select late-model BMW cars will soon be able to control GoPro cameras directly from the dash. Just click record on the dash of the car and the connected GoPro cameras click to life.
Starting in July, the owner of a 2012 or later properly equipped BMW or Mini will be able to control Wi-Fi-enabled GoPro cameras. The GoPro app has to be installed on an iPhone connected to the BMW. Once connected, the driver can select the GoPro app through the BMW ConnectedDrive or Mini Connected menu. From there, the driver can view the camera’s field of view and control recording. The camera streams near-live video to the dash while the vehicle is stationary. But once the tires spin, the preview clicks off.
This integration addresses the cumbersome, on-camera controls of GoPro cameras. Almost all of my GoPro videos start with a few seconds of my head as I fumble with the controls. Previously, GoPro introduced the Wi-Fi-enabled GoPro Hero 3

Survival Of The Digital Fittest

In just under two weeks from now at Google I/O, Google is announcing wearable fitness functionality that Apple announced at WWDC. Next year at WWDC, Apple will announce wearable fitness functionality that Google announced at I/O.
Jokes aside, the competition between Google and Apple to “own” wearable health has reached “Silicon Valley”-level proportions. After Apple announced its mobile health data-tracking platform HealthKit and app Health at WWDC, we hear (and have confirmed a Forbes scoop) that Google will be announcing its own health data-tracking platform, “Google Fit,” at Google I/O.
Yes, the names do rhyme.
We’re hearing that Google envisions Google Fit, which will be unveiled on June 26, as “a fitness ecosystem” — Android for fitness if you must. Google, like Apple with HealthKit, hopes that the Fit API will enable developers to create smarter fitness apps and manufacturers, like Misfit and Jawbone, to create smarter wearable fitness devices.
From what we’re hearing, Google Fit will track all sorts of health data, such as weight, heart rate, run times, body-building stats and more. Fit APIs already exist for sensors, data reporting and app history. End users will be able to sync their Google Fit profiles to their Google IDs, which will make their data portable no matter what app or device they’re using. Like an OAuth for fitness, Fit will “make fitness tracking a basic functionality for phones.”
Unlike HealthKit and Health, there will not be a separate Fit app.
For what it’s worth, Google tried and failed at something similar to Fit with “Google Health” in 2008. My guess is that mobile adoption (Android now has 80 percent of the market) will make or break its try this time. Indeed, we’ve heard Google is laser-focused on mobile; it’s rumored that employees have a mandate to work on a tablet once a week.
Of course, Google and Apple are not alone in their health kick, though they do have the best chance at winning the health-tracking game, especially Apple with its knack for humanizing software. Microsoft is also planning to launch a smartwatch later this year, Samsung already has its Gear wristlet and its own health platform, Sami, and Qualcomm has its Toq.
It just makes sense that the giant tech companies are making a grand foray into health: One might say that there’s nothing more important in life.
Health-care spending in the U.S. is rapidly increasing and is expected to hit $4.8 trillion by 2021. And because of regulatory hurdles, existing health-care systems have been resistant to technological change, even around as simple an issue as doctors sending emails to patients.
This sluggishness is due to many factors, including HIPAA statutes, privacy concerns and FDA compliance. But this is changing due to actual initiatives like the $35 billion HITECH Act, which encourages hospitals and physicians to electronically optimize their data. And the increasing realization that a good portion of health care is preventative at the consumer level: That fitness tracker that forces you to go on runs is also helping lessen your risk of heart disease.
VC investments in digital health have also grown 39 percent year-over-year to $1.9 billion, so the Google Fits and the HealthKits of the world have plenty of venture-backed competition, validating the market.
May the best Fit or Kit (or Fitbit) win. My bet’s on Apple.

Survival Of The Digital Fittest

In just under two weeks from now at Google I/O, Google is announcing wearable fitness functionality that Apple announced at WWDC. Next year at WWDC, Apple will announce wearable fitness functionality that Google announced at I/O.
Jokes aside, the competition between Google and Apple to “own” wearable health has reached “Silicon Valley”-level proportions. After Apple announced its mobile health data-tracking platform HealthKit and app Health at WWDC, we hear (and have confirmed a Forbes scoop) that Google will be announcing its own health data-tracking platform, “Google Fit,” at Google I/O.
Yes, the names do rhyme.
We’re hearing that Google envisions Google Fit, which will be unveiled on June 26, as “a fitness ecosystem” — Android for fitness if you must. Google, like Apple with HealthKit, hopes that the Fit API will enable developers to create smarter fitness apps and manufacturers, like Misfit and Jawbone, to create smarter wearable fitness devices.
From what we’re hearing, Google Fit will track all sorts of health data, such as weight, heart rate, run times, body-building stats and more. Fit APIs already exist for sensors, data reporting and app history. End users will be able to sync their Google Fit profiles to their Google IDs, which will make their data portable no matter what app or device they’re using. Like an OAuth for fitness, Fit will “make fitness tracking a basic functionality for phones.”
Unlike HealthKit and Health, there will not be a separate Fit app.
For what it’s worth, Google tried and failed at something similar to Fit with “Google Health” in 2008. My guess is that mobile adoption (Android now has 80 percent of the market) will make or break its try this time. Indeed, we’ve heard Google is laser-focused on mobile; it’s rumored that employees have a mandate to work on a tablet once a week.
Of course, Google and Apple are not alone in their health kick, though they do have the best chance at winning the health-tracking game, especially Apple with its knack for humanizing software. Microsoft is also planning to launch a smartwatch later this year, Samsung already has its Gear wristlet and its own health platform, Sami, and Qualcomm has its Toq.
It just makes sense that the giant tech companies are making a grand foray into health: One might say that there’s nothing more important in life.
Health-care spending in the U.S. is rapidly increasing and is expected to hit $4.8 trillion by 2021. And because of regulatory hurdles, existing health-care systems have been resistant to technological change, even around as simple an issue as doctors sending emails to patients.
This sluggishness is due to many factors, including HIPAA statutes, privacy concerns and FDA compliance. But this is changing due to actual initiatives like the $35 billion HITECH Act, which encourages hospitals and physicians to electronically optimize their data. And the increasing realization that a good portion of health care is preventative at the consumer level: That fitness tracker that forces you to go on runs is also helping lessen your risk of heart disease.
VC investments in digital health have also grown 39 percent year-over-year to $1.9 billion, so the Google Fits and the HealthKits of the world have plenty of venture-backed competition, validating the market.
May the best Fit or Kit (or Fitbit) win. My bet’s on Apple.

There’s A New Computer Virus In The Wild ! - Port Richey Virus Removal

Tampa Bay Area Computer Virus Removal 

     There’s a new computer virus in the wild called CryptoLocker that’s gotten our attention recently. CryptoLocker is classified as ransomware, because, as the name implies, it encrypts the files on your computer and network, locking you out of them until you pay a ransom – typically $300 via prepaid debit card. Once the CryptoLocker malware runs, no antivirus software can recover from it, since the encryption key is inaccessible (held on a secret server somewhere on the Internet). So victims have to either pay the ransom or restore their files from a backup – assuming they have a valid backup.

      We’ve seen two instances of CryptoLocker within the last couple weeks. In the first instance one of our customers opened an email attachment disguised as an invoice but containing the virus. We had valid, up-to-date antivirus software on the end-user’s computer, but a virus definition had not yet been issued for this particular variant of CryptoLocker. The program encrypted this end-user’s local files in their Windows profile, as well as many network files as it could find and modify. We recovered by removing the virus and restoring the network files from our offsite backups.

     In the second instance, a (non-customer) company contacted us about a virus they’d contracted on their network, again via an email phishing tactic. We investigated and identified it as CryptoLocker. However, the company had no complete and valid backups of their data, so there was little we could do to help. They were forced to pay the $300 CryptoLocker ransom via debit card and wait a couple days for CryptoLocker to decrypt all of their files. In all, they experienced several days of near-total network downtime.

      This is a good example of how disasters other than the natural kind can strike your business or even your home computer system. 

• Keep your operating system and software up to date — especially your antivirus software.
• Perform regular data backups and store them offsite.
• Be careful opening email attachments. Hover over it for a few seconds. Does it look fishy? It probably is.

Regards,

A-M-S-Computers

6148 Ridge Rd.

Port Richey, FL 34668

www.ams-computers.com

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