This is how, as an example, you could see an ad for a new car a while after jogging via a dealership. Location data is about far more than patrons seeing a few more relevant ads. This assistance adds important intelligence for giant businesses. The Weather Channel apps parent agency, for example, analyzed users location data for hedge funds, in accordance with a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles this year that was brought on by Times reporting. And Foursquare obtained much consideration in 2016 after using its data trove to predict that once an E. coli crisis, Chipotles sales would drop by 30 % in case study answer coming months. Resolution 2013 10 Regarding Accessibility of Amazon Products WHEREAS, in its release of May 1 of this year, Amazon made its Kindle app for iOS tremendously more obtainable to VoiceOver so that its large repository of books is now available to blind consumers who use case study answer iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch; and WHEREAS, additional upgrades to case study answer Kindle app for iOS had been carried out since that unlock, including some enhancements to Braille navigation and case study solution table of contents; and WHEREAS, case study answer cutting-edge edition of case study solution app still comprises many barriers to use, especially in expert and educational settings, providing complications with features which includes text choice and not delivering either speech or Braille access to case study answer endnotes and footnotes; and WHEREAS, case study solution Kindle hardware continues to be inaccessible in its present day technology as it’s been in old generations, and Kindle apps for Windows and Apple computer systems remain in large part or absolutely inaccessible, except users who do not use Apple merchandise or who want to use a computer or dedicated device; and WHEREAS, a lot of case study answer Kindle devices, together with case study solution Kindle Keyboard and case study answer Kindle Fire, include text to speech capability and will be made more accessible with out requiring hardware adjustments simply by maximizing case study solution availability and performance of case study solution current text to speech ability: Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by case study answer National Federation of case study solution Blind in Convention assembled this fifth day of July, 2013, in case study answer city of Orlando, Florida, that this corporation commend Amazon for case study solution improvements case study answer company has made to its Kindle app for iOS and urge Amazon to enhance this app and to broaden case study answer ways through which blind patrons can access their Kindle books, including on computer systems and Kindle instruments. Resolution 2013 11 Regarding case study answer University of Illinois eText System WHEREAS, full and timely access to textbooks is a obligatory precondition to case study solution fulfillment of a scholar in higher education; and WHEREAS, case study answer University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana offers lecture room content material via eText, an accessible and interactive platform of its own making that provides textbooks and other constituents to all scholars in case study answer same manner and at case study answer same time; and WHEREAS, eText offers not only available text, but in addition other tools needed for academic success, such as note taking, highlighting, bookmarking, and glossaries; and WHEREAS, scholars can customise case study solution book reveal in eText in a variety of wayssuch as choosing margin widths, fonts, and display colorsdepending on their favorite approach to access and their environment; and WHEREAS, math equations in eText ingredients are displayed in text based MathML, which might be rendered by text to speech functions without additional intervention, and in Braille where supporteda very welcome function that even many mostly accessible structures conflict to implement; and WHEREAS, eText can be used on a mobile or computer device with an HTML5 compliant browser, giving all students a way to use this platform when and how they choose: Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by case study solution National Federation of case study solution Blind in Convention assembled this fifth day of July, 2013, in case study answer city of Orlando, Florida, that this corporation highly commend case study answer eText Group, a part of CITES Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services at case study solution University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana, for most advantageous case study answer way in higher education by appearing other institutions and learning management techniques case study solution full power of a versatile, interactive, and well supported platform that is available to case study answer blind and geared to a few of studying styles and abilities. Resolution 2013 12 Regarding case study solution iWork Suite from Apple WHEREAS, Apple has a proven and much respected track record in creating groundbreaking, built in accessibility for its operating systems both Mac OS and iOS, for use in contraptions such as case study answer iPod and iPhone and case study answer lineup of MacBooks and iMacs; and WHEREAS, case study solution accessibility traits Apple has applied have convinced many blind consumers to change to Apple over case study solution loads of styles of private desktops PCs for their computing and mobile needs; and WHEREAS, case study solution core productivity program supplied for case study answer Mac in its iWork suite, which contains Pages, a word processor; Numbers, a spreadsheet; and Keynote, a slide presentation tool, poses big accessibility challenges, including inconsistent reporting of column and row headers in Numbers and unreliable review of formatting in Pages on both case study solution Mac OS and iOS platforms; and WHEREAS, case study solution iWork suite is central to consumers ability to employ their Macs in professional and educational settings, and case study answer modern models make such use very challenging and inefficient: Now, thus, BE IT RESOLVED by case study answer National Federation of case study answer Blind in Convention assembled this fifth day of July, 2013, in case study answer city of Orlando, Florida, that this organization urge Apple to expand accessibility fully to its productiveness suite, iWork, and especially to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, in order that blind students and experts all over could make full use of all points of case study answer Apple line of products. Resolution 2013 13 Regarding Support Service Provider Programs for Deaf Blind People WHEREAS, deaf blind people rely upon Support Service Providers SSPs to reduce reliance on members of the family and friends by facilitating communications and by providing environmental and situational guidance in order that they can participate in all aspects of group life; and WHEREAS, case study solution SSPs aren’t responsible for providing private care or serving as case study answer interpreters required by law at legal and medical appointments, i. e. , must serve only as facilitators, not resolution makers; and WHEREAS, it is anticipated that there are 45,000 to 70,000 deaf blind people in case study solution US, a statistic that may rise as a result of people are living longer and will experience sensory losses as part of case study solution aging manner, necessitating case study answer need for more SSPs; and WHEREAS, in step with a 2012 survey by case study answer Helen Keller National Center for Deaf Blind Youths and Adults, only ten states have state wide courses to provide SSPs, and only fourteen states and case study answer District of Columbia have smaller, neighborhood SSP courses, and case study answer last states have no SSP programs at all; and WHEREAS, moreover to case study answer lack of availability of SSPs in lots of states, case study solution level of service in states with some programs fluctuates as a result of case study solution state or region determines who are eligible for case study answer service and how many hours they obtain; and WHEREAS, since some SSP programs consisting of those in Louisiana, Connecticut, and Washington State, are under case study answer jurisdiction of an office or department for case study answer deaf, these courses frequently discriminate in opposition to deaf blind people by requiring them to speak by using American Sign Language, that’s more visual, instead of case study answer communique method in their choice including oral English, English Sign Language, or tactile sign language; and WHEREAS, since SSPs are vital to case study solution independence of all deaf blind Americans, case study answer federal govt should implement a countrywide program that may put off discriminatory practices and supply a far better level and greater uniformity of provider: Now, thus, BE IT RESOLVED, by case study solution National Federation of case study solution Blind in Convention on this fifth day of July, 2013, in case study answer city of Orlando, Florida, that this firm strongly urge case study solution US Department of Health and Human Services and case study answer US Congress to directly take all essential steps to set up a national SSP program so that deaf blind individuals can keep independence and become productive citizens.