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Keuangan Faktor Terbaik Perusahaan
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Keuangan Faktor Terbaik Perusahaan
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Software Akuntansi Terbaik
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Software Akuntansi Terbaik
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Informasi kontes Software Akuntansi Laporan Keuangan Terbaik
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Informasi kontes Software Akuntansi Laporan Keuangan Terbaik
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Laporan Keuangan Terbaik Perusahaan Indonesia
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Laporan Keuangan Terbaik Perusahaan Indonesia
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Akuntansi dan Laporan Keuangan Terbaik
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Akuntansi dan Laporan Keuangan Terbaik
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Software Keuangan Untuk Membuat Laporan
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Software Keuangan Untuk Membuat Laporan
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Cara mengobati Jerawat Tips Menghilangkan JERAWAT MUKA
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Cara mengobati Jerawat Tips Menghilangkan JERAWAT MUKA
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Cara Internetan Gratis Bersama Telkomsel
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Cara Internetan Gratis Bersama Telkomsel
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Cara Internetan Gratis Indosat
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Cara Internetan Gratis Indosat
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Perbankan Syariah Pilihan Bijak Kita Semua
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Perbankan Syariah Pilihan Bijak Kita Semua
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Cara menulis cerpen agar jadi KARYA BESAR
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Cara menulis cerpen agar jadi KARYA BESAR
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Kanker Leher Rahim KanKer Serviks Waspadai dari Sekarang
Diposting oleh fatih on Selasa, 17 Januari 2012
Human papilloma virus (HPV) 16 dan 18 termasuk penyebab utama pada 70 persen dari masalah kanker serviks di dunia. Perjalanan dari infeksi HPV hingga menjadi kanker leher rahim memakan waktu cukup lama, yaitu sekitar sepuluh hingga duapuluh tahun. Tetapi proses penginfeksian ini seringkali tak disadari oleh banak penderita kanker leher rahim, karena proses HPV kemudian menjadi pra-kanker sebagian besar berlangsung tanpa gejala apa apa.Faktor alamiah adalah faktor-faktor yang secara alami terjadi pada seseorang dan memang kita tidak berdaya untuk mencegahnya. Yang termasuk dalam faktor alamiah pencetus kanker serviks adalah usia diatas 40 tahun. Semakin tua seorang wanita maka makin tinggi risikonya terkena kanker serviks. Tentu kita tidak bisa mencegah terjadinya proses penuaan. Akan tetapi kita bisa melakukan upaya-upaya lainnya untuk mencegah meningkatnya risiko kanker serviks. Tidak seperti kanker pada umumnya, faktor genetik tidak terlalu berperan dalam terjadinya kanker serviks. Ini tidak berarti Anda yang memiliki keluarga bebas kanker serviks dapat merasa aman dari ancaman kanker serviks. Anda dianjurkan tetap melindungi diri Anda terhadap kanker serviks.
Lalu apa saja faktor yang bisa mempengaruhi adanya kanker leher rahim pada wanita? dalam hal ini, para ahli kanker leher rahim menjelaskan bahwa masalah itu bisa datag karena keputihan yang dibiarkan terus menerus tanpa diobati. Secara umum ada dua macam keputihan, yaitu tipe keputihan normal dan tipe tidak normal. Keputihan normal bila lendir berwarna bening, tidak berbau, dan tidak gatal. Bila salah satu saja dari ketiga syarat tersebut tidak terpenuhi berarti keputihan tersebut dikatakan tidak normal. Segeralah berkonsultasi dengan dokter Anda bila Anda mengalami keputihan yang tidak normal.Selain masalah tersebut, kanker leher rahim juga dipengaruhi oleh faktor Penyakit Menular Seksual (PMS). PMS merupakan penyakit-penyakit yang ditularkan melalui hubungan seksual. PMS yang cukup sering dijumpai antara lain sifilis, gonore, herpes simpleks, HIV-AIDS, kutil kelamin, dan virus HPV.Pemakaian pembalut yang mengandung bahan dioksin. Dioksin merupakan bahan pemutih yang digunakan untuk memutihkan pembalut hasil daur ulang dari barang bekas, misalnya krayon, kardus, dan lain-lain.Oh ya, jangan meremehkan masalah sepele, karena walau nampak hal kecil tetapi bisa menjadi faktor munculnya kanker leher rahim, yaitu membasuh kemaluan dengan air yang tidak bersih, misalnya di toilet-toilet umum yang tidak terawat. Air yang tidak bersih banyak dihuni oleh kuman-kuman.
Faktor ke-3 yang mempengaruhi adanya kanker leher rahim adalah meliputi hal-hal yang bisa ditentukan oleh penderita kanker leher rahim. Hal ini bisa dimulai dengan menghindari berhubungan seksual pertama kali di usia terlalu muda. Gonta ganti partner dalam hubungan intim. Lebih dari satu partner seks akan meningkatkan risiko penularan penyakit kelamin, termasuk virus HPV. Memiliki banyak anak (lebih dari 5 orang). Saat dilahirkan, janin akan melewati serviks dan menimbulkan trauma pada serviks. Bila Anda memutuskan untuk memiliki banyak anak, makin sering pula terjadi trauma pada serviks. Tidak melakukan Pap Smear secara rutin. Pap Smear merupakan pemeriksaan sederhana yang dapat mengenali kelainan pada serviks. Dengan rutin melakukan papsmear, kelainan pada serviks akan semakin cepat diketahui sehingga memberikan hasil pengobatan semakin baik.Demikian, semoga tulisan tentang kanker leher rahim atau kanker serviks memberi manfaat nyata bagi pembaca. Salam sehat
Kanker Leher Rahim KanKer Serviks Waspadai dari Sekarang
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Human papilloma virus (HPV) 16 dan 18 termasuk penyebab utama pada 70 persen dari masalah kanker serviks di dunia. Perjalanan dari infeksi HPV hingga menjadi kanker leher rahim memakan waktu cukup lama, yaitu sekitar sepuluh hingga duapuluh tahun. Tetapi proses penginfeksian ini seringkali tak disadari oleh banak penderita kanker leher rahim, karena proses HPV kemudian menjadi pra-kanker sebagian besar berlangsung tanpa gejala apa apa.Faktor alamiah adalah faktor-faktor yang secara alami terjadi pada seseorang dan memang kita tidak berdaya untuk mencegahnya. Yang termasuk dalam faktor alamiah pencetus kanker serviks adalah usia diatas 40 tahun. Semakin tua seorang wanita maka makin tinggi risikonya terkena kanker serviks. Tentu kita tidak bisa mencegah terjadinya proses penuaan. Akan tetapi kita bisa melakukan upaya-upaya lainnya untuk mencegah meningkatnya risiko kanker serviks. Tidak seperti kanker pada umumnya, faktor genetik tidak terlalu berperan dalam terjadinya kanker serviks. Ini tidak berarti Anda yang memiliki keluarga bebas kanker serviks dapat merasa aman dari ancaman kanker serviks. Anda dianjurkan tetap melindungi diri Anda terhadap kanker serviks.
Lalu apa saja faktor yang bisa mempengaruhi adanya kanker leher rahim pada wanita? dalam hal ini, para ahli kanker leher rahim menjelaskan bahwa masalah itu bisa datag karena keputihan yang dibiarkan terus menerus tanpa diobati. Secara umum ada dua macam keputihan, yaitu tipe keputihan normal dan tipe tidak normal. Keputihan normal bila lendir berwarna bening, tidak berbau, dan tidak gatal. Bila salah satu saja dari ketiga syarat tersebut tidak terpenuhi berarti keputihan tersebut dikatakan tidak normal. Segeralah berkonsultasi dengan dokter Anda bila Anda mengalami keputihan yang tidak normal.Selain masalah tersebut, kanker leher rahim juga dipengaruhi oleh faktor Penyakit Menular Seksual (PMS). PMS merupakan penyakit-penyakit yang ditularkan melalui hubungan seksual. PMS yang cukup sering dijumpai antara lain sifilis, gonore, herpes simpleks, HIV-AIDS, kutil kelamin, dan virus HPV.Pemakaian pembalut yang mengandung bahan dioksin. Dioksin merupakan bahan pemutih yang digunakan untuk memutihkan pembalut hasil daur ulang dari barang bekas, misalnya krayon, kardus, dan lain-lain.Oh ya, jangan meremehkan masalah sepele, karena walau nampak hal kecil tetapi bisa menjadi faktor munculnya kanker leher rahim, yaitu membasuh kemaluan dengan air yang tidak bersih, misalnya di toilet-toilet umum yang tidak terawat. Air yang tidak bersih banyak dihuni oleh kuman-kuman.
Faktor ke-3 yang mempengaruhi adanya kanker leher rahim adalah meliputi hal-hal yang bisa ditentukan oleh penderita kanker leher rahim. Hal ini bisa dimulai dengan menghindari berhubungan seksual pertama kali di usia terlalu muda. Gonta ganti partner dalam hubungan intim. Lebih dari satu partner seks akan meningkatkan risiko penularan penyakit kelamin, termasuk virus HPV. Memiliki banyak anak (lebih dari 5 orang). Saat dilahirkan, janin akan melewati serviks dan menimbulkan trauma pada serviks. Bila Anda memutuskan untuk memiliki banyak anak, makin sering pula terjadi trauma pada serviks. Tidak melakukan Pap Smear secara rutin. Pap Smear merupakan pemeriksaan sederhana yang dapat mengenali kelainan pada serviks. Dengan rutin melakukan papsmear, kelainan pada serviks akan semakin cepat diketahui sehingga memberikan hasil pengobatan semakin baik.Demikian, semoga tulisan tentang kanker leher rahim atau kanker serviks memberi manfaat nyata bagi pembaca. Salam sehat
Kanker Otak Tumor Mematikan ...!!!
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Meskipun sangat mematikan,kanker otak tidak selalu mengakibatkan kematian, ya ingatka bahwa kematian itu milik dan kekuasaan penuh Tuhan. Ditambahlagi dengan perkembangan dan kemanjuan teknologi, para ahli dan ilmuwan di bidang kanker otak mulai menemukan teknik pengobatan yang cukup efektif.Selain itu, era sekarang pun ilmu kedokteran telah berkembang pesat, yang memungkinkan ahli kedokteran menemukan teknik diagnostik yang tepat dan pengobatan efektif untuk memberikan harapan hidup bagi para pasien kanker otak.
Dari beberapa penjelasan para ahli kanker otak mereka menyarankan dan memberitahukan beberapa faktor yang akan mempengaruhi harapan hidup bagi penderita kanker otak antara lain; kesediaan untuk melakukan deteksi dini; kemampuan mengetahui dengan tepat lokasi kanker di otak; keunggulan teknologi diagnostik dan terapi (operasi) seperti CT-Scan, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Image), mikroskop, dan lain sebagainya. Semoga saja semua penderita kanker otak bisa sembuh tanpa masalah lagi. Amiiin...
Kanker Otak Tumor Mematikan ...!!!
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Meskipun sangat mematikan,kanker otak tidak selalu mengakibatkan kematian, ya ingatka bahwa kematian itu milik dan kekuasaan penuh Tuhan. Ditambahlagi dengan perkembangan dan kemanjuan teknologi, para ahli dan ilmuwan di bidang kanker otak mulai menemukan teknik pengobatan yang cukup efektif.Selain itu, era sekarang pun ilmu kedokteran telah berkembang pesat, yang memungkinkan ahli kedokteran menemukan teknik diagnostik yang tepat dan pengobatan efektif untuk memberikan harapan hidup bagi para pasien kanker otak.
Dari beberapa penjelasan para ahli kanker otak mereka menyarankan dan memberitahukan beberapa faktor yang akan mempengaruhi harapan hidup bagi penderita kanker otak antara lain; kesediaan untuk melakukan deteksi dini; kemampuan mengetahui dengan tepat lokasi kanker di otak; keunggulan teknologi diagnostik dan terapi (operasi) seperti CT-Scan, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Image), mikroskop, dan lain sebagainya. Semoga saja semua penderita kanker otak bisa sembuh tanpa masalah lagi. Amiiin...
Gula Darah Pada Manusia
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Jika tingkat gula darah menurun terlalu rendah, maka akan berkembang situasi yang bisa fatal yang dinamakan hipoglikemia. Gejalanya bisa diketahui lewat perasaan lelah, fungsi mental yang menurun, rasa mudah tersinggung, dan hilangnya kesadaran.Jika levelnya tetap tinggi, atau dalam keadaan hiperglikemia, nafsu makan akan tertekan untuk waktu singkat. Hiperglikemia di jangka panjang bisa menjadi penyebab masalah-masalah kesehatan yang berkepanjangan pula yang berkaitan dengan diabetes, termasuk kerusakan pada organ mata, ginjal, dan saraf.Peningkatan rasio gula darah menurutahli medis, bisa karena disebabkan oleh terjadi percepatan laju metabolisme glikogenolisis dan glukoneogenesis yang terjadi pada hati.Level gula darah diatur lewat umpan balik negatif untuk mempertahankan keseimbangan di dalam tubuh. Tingkat glukosa di dalam darah dimonitor oleh pankreas. Jika konsentrasi glukosa menurun, karena dikonsumsi untuk memenuhi kebutuhan energi tubuh, pankreas melepaskan glukagon, sebuah hormon yang menargetkan sel-sel di lever (hati).
Lalu sel-sel ini mengubah glikogen menjadi glukosa (proses ini disebut glikogenolisis). Glukosa dilepaskan ke dalam aliran darah, hingga meningkatkan tingkat gula darah ke arah yang lebih tinggi.Ketika level gula darah cenderung meningkat, baik karena perubahan glikogen, atau karena pencernaan makanan, hormon yang lain dilepaskan dari butir-butir sel yang terdapat di dalam pankreas. Hormon ini, yang disebut insulin, menyebabkan hati mengubah lebih banyak glukosa menjadi glikogen. Proses ini disebut glikogenosis), yang mengurangi level gula darah.Kencing manis tipe 1 disebabkan oleh tidak cukup atau tidak dihasilkannya insulin, sebaliknya diabetes melitus tipe 2 disebabkan oleh respon yang tidak memadai terhadap insulin yang dilepaskan ("resistensi insulin"). Kedua jenis diabetes ini mengakibatkan terlalu banyaknya glukosa yang terdapat di dalam darah.
Gula Darah Pada Manusia
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Jika tingkat gula darah menurun terlalu rendah, maka akan berkembang situasi yang bisa fatal yang dinamakan hipoglikemia. Gejalanya bisa diketahui lewat perasaan lelah, fungsi mental yang menurun, rasa mudah tersinggung, dan hilangnya kesadaran.Jika levelnya tetap tinggi, atau dalam keadaan hiperglikemia, nafsu makan akan tertekan untuk waktu singkat. Hiperglikemia di jangka panjang bisa menjadi penyebab masalah-masalah kesehatan yang berkepanjangan pula yang berkaitan dengan diabetes, termasuk kerusakan pada organ mata, ginjal, dan saraf.Peningkatan rasio gula darah menurutahli medis, bisa karena disebabkan oleh terjadi percepatan laju metabolisme glikogenolisis dan glukoneogenesis yang terjadi pada hati.Level gula darah diatur lewat umpan balik negatif untuk mempertahankan keseimbangan di dalam tubuh. Tingkat glukosa di dalam darah dimonitor oleh pankreas. Jika konsentrasi glukosa menurun, karena dikonsumsi untuk memenuhi kebutuhan energi tubuh, pankreas melepaskan glukagon, sebuah hormon yang menargetkan sel-sel di lever (hati).
Lalu sel-sel ini mengubah glikogen menjadi glukosa (proses ini disebut glikogenolisis). Glukosa dilepaskan ke dalam aliran darah, hingga meningkatkan tingkat gula darah ke arah yang lebih tinggi.Ketika level gula darah cenderung meningkat, baik karena perubahan glikogen, atau karena pencernaan makanan, hormon yang lain dilepaskan dari butir-butir sel yang terdapat di dalam pankreas. Hormon ini, yang disebut insulin, menyebabkan hati mengubah lebih banyak glukosa menjadi glikogen. Proses ini disebut glikogenosis), yang mengurangi level gula darah.Kencing manis tipe 1 disebabkan oleh tidak cukup atau tidak dihasilkannya insulin, sebaliknya diabetes melitus tipe 2 disebabkan oleh respon yang tidak memadai terhadap insulin yang dilepaskan ("resistensi insulin"). Kedua jenis diabetes ini mengakibatkan terlalu banyaknya glukosa yang terdapat di dalam darah.
Google And Competition Need Government Regulation
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Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee recently write the Federal Trade Commission a letter calling for investigation into Google’s practices. “Given the scope of Google’s market share in general Internet search, a key question is whether Google’s using its market power for steering users to its own blog products or secondary services and discriminating against other websites with which it compete,” the letter said.
The FTC already has an investigation going on, of course, and now, Bloomberg is reporting that this is expanding it to include Google+ scrutiny.
Do you think the government understands the Internet well enough to regulate it? Tell us what you think in the comments.
Something tells us recent events will only be used to fuel the fire of complaints to that effect, with Twitter and Facebook now speaking out against Google. Privacy watchdog EPIC is already considering a complaint to the FTC about Search Plus Your World, as well.
Competitors in the travel industry formed the FairSearch Coalition, initially to try and see Google’s acquisition of ITA Software (which would go on to power Google’s Flight Search) blocked. The acquisition was not blocked, but the group continues to campaign against what it considers to be Google’s abuse of power.
WebProNews spoke with Ben Hammer of FairSearch, who says what the group is focused on now that authorities in the U.S. and the European Union and around the world “have already established that Google has monopoly power in search on the Internet” would be: “is Google violating the law in ways that abuse that power to sort of tilt the playing field to itself, and basically restrict the options that consumers on the Internet have to find information, and then also get all the benefits that come from competition on the Internet?”
We asked Hammer what makes FairSearch think Google favors its products any more than any other search engine does. It is, after all, a fact that Bing’s results contain links to Microsoft’s own services. Bing director Stefan Weitz noted that the search engine’s goal is for users to stay on Bing’s site: “We’re taking Bing to a place you can actually accomplish things and do things, rather than send you off to those [other] sites,” he is quoted as saying.
“The group was formed by a number of companies that looked at how Google was already operating in other markets, and were concerned about how they’d operate in travel,” said Hammer. “As those concerns got greater awareness or were validated in some ways by the U.S. justice department that was reviewing that merger, we continued to hear from other companies in markets outside of travel – that said, ‘We’ve experienced this first hand. We know that Google takes our content and uses it to direct people back to their own services and away from ours. We know that Google puts links to its own products that compete with ours at the top of the page, eating up the most valuable real estate that people click on the most on its own pages. That makes it harder for us to get the traffic that we would normally get. We know that Google will bid against us in getting the most valuable advertising on its own pages…’”
Note, that this response didn’t exactly answer the question.
In November, Cyber Monday and Black Friday sites (including the official site of the group that created Cyber Monday — were removed completely from Bing’s search results). When asked specifically about the incident, he said he was not familiar with the topic, but that “this group from day one has been focused on what Google is doing with monopoly power.”
A different standard, he says, is applied to companies like Google because of this power.
“Most people understand that Microsoft [part of the coalition] and our other competitors complain constantly about Google, but they also know that Google builds our search results for users, not websites, and that the laws are designed to protect consumers, not competitors,” a Google spokesperson tells WebProNews. “The fundamental openness of the Internet means that consumers have infinite choices and can always switch to Bing, Facebook, Kayak, or Expedia with just one click.”
WebProNews also spoke with Berin Szoka, the President of free market think tank TechFreedom who has some criticisms of FairSearch itself.
“I think it’s unfortunate that a lot of the tech policy debates really come down to motives,” he says, noting that the coalition is simply an alliance of Google’s competitors.
“Microsoft’s Bing is, if anything, much more biased than Google. You might say that’s OK because they’re not a dominant firm, so maybe they can do things that Google can’t, but if bias is your only way of distinguishing what’s competitive and what’s not competitive, it really is a problem that the industry norm, which is bias, is in fact the very thing that FairSearch is complaining about. Really, the analysis has to go a lot more beyond that and ask where there’s some example of consumer harm.”
“In this case, it’s hard to actually see any consumers complaining, as opposed to just Microsoft’s compatriots and this coalition,” he adds.
He goes on to make the case that we should be skeptical anytime competitors try to use regulators for competition, not only because it can hurt a company like Google, but that it could hurt the next Google by setting precedents.
He also compares the whole thing to SOPA, saying, “There are few people here in D.C. that really understand how the Internet works well enough to even have an intelligent conversation about how government can improve things.”
“I think when you see a company like Facebook, as large as it is, and as much of a lead in that area as it does, teaming up with a company like Microsoft, I think that is in fact the way competition works. It doesn’t happen necessarily in this space directly.”
Google has a site dedicated to what it calls “facts about Google and competition.” On the site, Google says, “As Google has grown, we’ve faced more questions about our approach to competition. This kind of scrutiny goes with the territory when you’re a large company. However, we’ve always worked hard to ensure that our success is earned the right way – through technological innovation and great products, rather than by locking in our users or advertisers, or creating artificial barriers to entry.”
“It takes a broadband connection to get onto the Internet, but consumers don’t need Google to access the web,” Google continues. “Google serves more like a GPS on the Internet highway—not an on-ramp. It helps people get around, but it’s not necessary. If someone knows where he wants to go, he can navigate to those destinations directly, whether it’s Craigslist, the New York Times websites, or icanhascheezburger.com. But, if he doesn’t know where he’s going, he can use a ‘GPS’ (a search engine like Google or Bing), a ‘map’ (a list of links or portal like Yahoo’s directory), directions or recommendations from a friend (links from Twitter or Facebook friends), or even a mobile application version of the service (for example, the NY Times iPhone application). Search engines are popular and useful, but they’re just one of many ways to navigate the web.”
“The Internet was built on fundamentally open architecture,” Google says. “Anyone at home with a computer and a web connection can type in the address of a website and navigate straight to that site. Google is one click away from losing every customer. There are virtually no switching costs, and there are many other valuable web services competing for traffic. If someone wants to use a competing search engine all they need to do is type ‘www.yahoo.com’ into a web browser.”
Google And Competition Need Government Regulation
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Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee recently write the Federal Trade Commission a letter calling for investigation into Google’s practices. “Given the scope of Google’s market share in general Internet search, a key question is whether Google’s using its market power for steering users to its own blog products or secondary services and discriminating against other websites with which it compete,” the letter said.
The FTC already has an investigation going on, of course, and now, Bloomberg is reporting that this is expanding it to include Google+ scrutiny.
Do you think the government understands the Internet well enough to regulate it? Tell us what you think in the comments.
Something tells us recent events will only be used to fuel the fire of complaints to that effect, with Twitter and Facebook now speaking out against Google. Privacy watchdog EPIC is already considering a complaint to the FTC about Search Plus Your World, as well.
Competitors in the travel industry formed the FairSearch Coalition, initially to try and see Google’s acquisition of ITA Software (which would go on to power Google’s Flight Search) blocked. The acquisition was not blocked, but the group continues to campaign against what it considers to be Google’s abuse of power.
WebProNews spoke with Ben Hammer of FairSearch, who says what the group is focused on now that authorities in the U.S. and the European Union and around the world “have already established that Google has monopoly power in search on the Internet” would be: “is Google violating the law in ways that abuse that power to sort of tilt the playing field to itself, and basically restrict the options that consumers on the Internet have to find information, and then also get all the benefits that come from competition on the Internet?”
We asked Hammer what makes FairSearch think Google favors its products any more than any other search engine does. It is, after all, a fact that Bing’s results contain links to Microsoft’s own services. Bing director Stefan Weitz noted that the search engine’s goal is for users to stay on Bing’s site: “We’re taking Bing to a place you can actually accomplish things and do things, rather than send you off to those [other] sites,” he is quoted as saying.
“The group was formed by a number of companies that looked at how Google was already operating in other markets, and were concerned about how they’d operate in travel,” said Hammer. “As those concerns got greater awareness or were validated in some ways by the U.S. justice department that was reviewing that merger, we continued to hear from other companies in markets outside of travel – that said, ‘We’ve experienced this first hand. We know that Google takes our content and uses it to direct people back to their own services and away from ours. We know that Google puts links to its own products that compete with ours at the top of the page, eating up the most valuable real estate that people click on the most on its own pages. That makes it harder for us to get the traffic that we would normally get. We know that Google will bid against us in getting the most valuable advertising on its own pages…’”
Note, that this response didn’t exactly answer the question.
In November, Cyber Monday and Black Friday sites (including the official site of the group that created Cyber Monday — were removed completely from Bing’s search results). When asked specifically about the incident, he said he was not familiar with the topic, but that “this group from day one has been focused on what Google is doing with monopoly power.”
A different standard, he says, is applied to companies like Google because of this power.
“Most people understand that Microsoft [part of the coalition] and our other competitors complain constantly about Google, but they also know that Google builds our search results for users, not websites, and that the laws are designed to protect consumers, not competitors,” a Google spokesperson tells WebProNews. “The fundamental openness of the Internet means that consumers have infinite choices and can always switch to Bing, Facebook, Kayak, or Expedia with just one click.”
WebProNews also spoke with Berin Szoka, the President of free market think tank TechFreedom who has some criticisms of FairSearch itself.
“I think it’s unfortunate that a lot of the tech policy debates really come down to motives,” he says, noting that the coalition is simply an alliance of Google’s competitors.
“Microsoft’s Bing is, if anything, much more biased than Google. You might say that’s OK because they’re not a dominant firm, so maybe they can do things that Google can’t, but if bias is your only way of distinguishing what’s competitive and what’s not competitive, it really is a problem that the industry norm, which is bias, is in fact the very thing that FairSearch is complaining about. Really, the analysis has to go a lot more beyond that and ask where there’s some example of consumer harm.”
“In this case, it’s hard to actually see any consumers complaining, as opposed to just Microsoft’s compatriots and this coalition,” he adds.
He goes on to make the case that we should be skeptical anytime competitors try to use regulators for competition, not only because it can hurt a company like Google, but that it could hurt the next Google by setting precedents.
He also compares the whole thing to SOPA, saying, “There are few people here in D.C. that really understand how the Internet works well enough to even have an intelligent conversation about how government can improve things.”
“I think when you see a company like Facebook, as large as it is, and as much of a lead in that area as it does, teaming up with a company like Microsoft, I think that is in fact the way competition works. It doesn’t happen necessarily in this space directly.”
Google has a site dedicated to what it calls “facts about Google and competition.” On the site, Google says, “As Google has grown, we’ve faced more questions about our approach to competition. This kind of scrutiny goes with the territory when you’re a large company. However, we’ve always worked hard to ensure that our success is earned the right way – through technological innovation and great products, rather than by locking in our users or advertisers, or creating artificial barriers to entry.”
“It takes a broadband connection to get onto the Internet, but consumers don’t need Google to access the web,” Google continues. “Google serves more like a GPS on the Internet highway—not an on-ramp. It helps people get around, but it’s not necessary. If someone knows where he wants to go, he can navigate to those destinations directly, whether it’s Craigslist, the New York Times websites, or icanhascheezburger.com. But, if he doesn’t know where he’s going, he can use a ‘GPS’ (a search engine like Google or Bing), a ‘map’ (a list of links or portal like Yahoo’s directory), directions or recommendations from a friend (links from Twitter or Facebook friends), or even a mobile application version of the service (for example, the NY Times iPhone application). Search engines are popular and useful, but they’re just one of many ways to navigate the web.”
“The Internet was built on fundamentally open architecture,” Google says. “Anyone at home with a computer and a web connection can type in the address of a website and navigate straight to that site. Google is one click away from losing every customer. There are virtually no switching costs, and there are many other valuable web services competing for traffic. If someone wants to use a competing search engine all they need to do is type ‘www.yahoo.com’ into a web browser.”
Is The Internet Officially A Basic Utility Now?
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Unless, that is, most people would prefer to huddle around their electronic devices to steal the warmth off of their over-worked processors because, given how people are spending their money on household services these days, that may be what they resort to this year.
How indispensable have your technology utilities -- cell phones, Internet, etc. -- become in your everyday life? How would you prioritize these expenses among traditional utilities like water, gas, and electricity? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section.
Berin Szoka Questions FairSearch.org's Criticisms of Google
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iYogi, a research initiative that examines the technology issues of today, has conducted a study that found that, among the 1100 people surveyed, 63% of people spend almost 35% more on technology bills than utility bills. For the purposes of this study, the services filed under the "technology bills" category are Internet Service Provider bills, mobile communication services, and multimedia services (cloud storage, subscriptions to Netflix-like services, etc.).
The importance of having a reliable Internet service in the home isn't incredibly hard to grasp when you consider that "the average American home with two family members own as many as 7 IP devices." Phones, tablets, laptops, online streaming services -- these technological implements add up quickly. As you can imagine, the quantity of IP devices increases as the amount of household members grows. Households with 3 to 7 members may have upwards of 11 IP devices. That the quantity of devices doesn't increase commensurately with the amount of household members suggests that some of these IP devices are likely shared, the Internet (since you can connect multiple devices onto one wireless network).
iYogi explains how the constantly increasing inventory of PCs, tablets, printers, scanners, cameras, and digital music players "is driving a new consumer demand for tech support services." Add to the mix "smart phones, gaming devices, and Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes are becoming a critical part of the home."
Indeed we are in the thick of the digital age, so now that American households are beginning to fully weave Internet and mobile communication into their everyday lives in such dedicated ways, have online services become as necessary as water and electric utilities? Considering how many households have become seemingly dependent on the Internet, it looks like it could shape up that way.
Perhaps the biggest aspect to consider now that Americans are wired to the teeth these days is: how much is all of this costing us? iYogi says that "the average monthly expense [on mobile services] was found to be $94." Add to that the average $19 per month that people fork over to download games, apps, music and the like and you've turned a pricey bill into a more pricey bill. As you can imagine, "the increasing popularity of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets is only likely to see increased spendings on mobile communication in the future."
And then there's the actual ISP bill. iYogi found that 58% of people can spend anywhere between $20 and $180 on monthly ISP service bills. (An aside: it's probably not surprising that people would spend a lot of money on their Internet service, but that's a really big range of expense. That's like the difference between saying "I want to eat one hot dog for lunch" and "I want to win the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest." But I digress.) While the cost of subscribing to an ISP will depend on the data plan, the sum of money spent inflates as you include Internet-based services like Netflix. Corroborating what we have previously reported, this change in habit "has seen TV take a backseat as an entertainment medium."
As if the technology tab wasn't high enough, now people are beginning to pay for yet another service: cloud-based storage. While 30% of people currently spend an average of $10 per month for cloud services, iYogi expects this figure "is only going to increase as comfort levels with these new services go up."
So given all of this habituated use of online services, is it valid to say that the Internet is an essential utility -- at least inside of what iYogi describes as "digital homes" -- as opposed to an elective commodity? Granted, nobody needs the Internet to stay alive the way they need heat to cook their food or water to drink and bathe. But people, I'd argue, have re-created the Internet as a need insofar it has become the linchpin of our communication infrastructure.
And it's not as if people have recently realized they have stacks of extra cash laying around and decided to get themselves a Home 2.0. I don't think you can make the case that people have more expendable income because economic growth has been near-flatlining in the United States for several years now. There's been a nudge of economic recovery in the past year or so, but hardly enough to generate enough excess income in American households where they can spend the money on "superfluous" amenities like smartphones and high-speed Internet.
It's not that people want the Internet anymore; more and more, people need the Internet.
Whether technology finds a space in an updated version of Maslow's hierarchy of needs doesn't matter: people are increasingly becoming dependent upon the Internet. And given how integrated the Internet is to our lives, a lack of it would drastically change the way we live these days. Sure, some bugbears will contest this notion with antiquated protests like, "We were getting along fine before the Internet so we can easily do without it now." That's true, we were doing fine, but we were also getting along fine before indoor plumbing, penicillin, and a national highway system but does anybody truly want to return to a way of life when those now-standard amenities don't exist? I doubt it. It's not about the bare minimum of resources on which humans can continue to survive -- it's about what improves the quality of life.
As for the future, iYogi doesn't foresee the proliferation of Internet-enabled households slowing down anytime soon, so again, at what point does the Internet become a necessity and less of a luxury? Could you go without the Internet these days or is it as necessary as warm water and reliable light sources? Do you see the prevalence of Internet in our way of life as a good thing or a bad thing? Share your opinions in the comments below.
Is The Internet Officially A Basic Utility Now?
Diposting oleh fatih
Unless, that is, most people would prefer to huddle around their electronic devices to steal the warmth off of their over-worked processors because, given how people are spending their money on household services these days, that may be what they resort to this year.
How indispensable have your technology utilities -- cell phones, Internet, etc. -- become in your everyday life? How would you prioritize these expenses among traditional utilities like water, gas, and electricity? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section.
Berin Szoka Questions FairSearch.org's Criticisms of Google
Check Out the Video Now
iYogi, a research initiative that examines the technology issues of today, has conducted a study that found that, among the 1100 people surveyed, 63% of people spend almost 35% more on technology bills than utility bills. For the purposes of this study, the services filed under the "technology bills" category are Internet Service Provider bills, mobile communication services, and multimedia services (cloud storage, subscriptions to Netflix-like services, etc.).
The importance of having a reliable Internet service in the home isn't incredibly hard to grasp when you consider that "the average American home with two family members own as many as 7 IP devices." Phones, tablets, laptops, online streaming services -- these technological implements add up quickly. As you can imagine, the quantity of IP devices increases as the amount of household members grows. Households with 3 to 7 members may have upwards of 11 IP devices. That the quantity of devices doesn't increase commensurately with the amount of household members suggests that some of these IP devices are likely shared, the Internet (since you can connect multiple devices onto one wireless network).
iYogi explains how the constantly increasing inventory of PCs, tablets, printers, scanners, cameras, and digital music players "is driving a new consumer demand for tech support services." Add to the mix "smart phones, gaming devices, and Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes are becoming a critical part of the home."
Indeed we are in the thick of the digital age, so now that American households are beginning to fully weave Internet and mobile communication into their everyday lives in such dedicated ways, have online services become as necessary as water and electric utilities? Considering how many households have become seemingly dependent on the Internet, it looks like it could shape up that way.
Perhaps the biggest aspect to consider now that Americans are wired to the teeth these days is: how much is all of this costing us? iYogi says that "the average monthly expense [on mobile services] was found to be $94." Add to that the average $19 per month that people fork over to download games, apps, music and the like and you've turned a pricey bill into a more pricey bill. As you can imagine, "the increasing popularity of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets is only likely to see increased spendings on mobile communication in the future."
And then there's the actual ISP bill. iYogi found that 58% of people can spend anywhere between $20 and $180 on monthly ISP service bills. (An aside: it's probably not surprising that people would spend a lot of money on their Internet service, but that's a really big range of expense. That's like the difference between saying "I want to eat one hot dog for lunch" and "I want to win the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest." But I digress.) While the cost of subscribing to an ISP will depend on the data plan, the sum of money spent inflates as you include Internet-based services like Netflix. Corroborating what we have previously reported, this change in habit "has seen TV take a backseat as an entertainment medium."
As if the technology tab wasn't high enough, now people are beginning to pay for yet another service: cloud-based storage. While 30% of people currently spend an average of $10 per month for cloud services, iYogi expects this figure "is only going to increase as comfort levels with these new services go up."
So given all of this habituated use of online services, is it valid to say that the Internet is an essential utility -- at least inside of what iYogi describes as "digital homes" -- as opposed to an elective commodity? Granted, nobody needs the Internet to stay alive the way they need heat to cook their food or water to drink and bathe. But people, I'd argue, have re-created the Internet as a need insofar it has become the linchpin of our communication infrastructure.
And it's not as if people have recently realized they have stacks of extra cash laying around and decided to get themselves a Home 2.0. I don't think you can make the case that people have more expendable income because economic growth has been near-flatlining in the United States for several years now. There's been a nudge of economic recovery in the past year or so, but hardly enough to generate enough excess income in American households where they can spend the money on "superfluous" amenities like smartphones and high-speed Internet.
It's not that people want the Internet anymore; more and more, people need the Internet.
Whether technology finds a space in an updated version of Maslow's hierarchy of needs doesn't matter: people are increasingly becoming dependent upon the Internet. And given how integrated the Internet is to our lives, a lack of it would drastically change the way we live these days. Sure, some bugbears will contest this notion with antiquated protests like, "We were getting along fine before the Internet so we can easily do without it now." That's true, we were doing fine, but we were also getting along fine before indoor plumbing, penicillin, and a national highway system but does anybody truly want to return to a way of life when those now-standard amenities don't exist? I doubt it. It's not about the bare minimum of resources on which humans can continue to survive -- it's about what improves the quality of life.
As for the future, iYogi doesn't foresee the proliferation of Internet-enabled households slowing down anytime soon, so again, at what point does the Internet become a necessity and less of a luxury? Could you go without the Internet these days or is it as necessary as warm water and reliable light sources? Do you see the prevalence of Internet in our way of life as a good thing or a bad thing? Share your opinions in the comments below.
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