Nov 16, 2009
image second lifeimage second lifeThe article I chose for chapter twelve is called “No, Second Life is not overhyped.” This article is about the possibilities Second life has to offer society. The article mentions how this virtual world goes beyond social networking like chatting and offers a 3-D social networking world. This type of virtual [...]
Nov 12, 2009
The article I chose for chapter eleven is called “Outsourced Wombs.” This article is about surrogate offshore outsourcing in India. Mothers in America that are unable to conceive their own children have found a cheaper way to have a baby conceived for them. The fees for surrogacy in the United States can reach up to [...]
Nov 5, 2009
The article I chose for chapter ten is called “Web Savvier.” This article is about a cosmetic company by the name of Kroma Makeup that was having marketing problems. Kroma Makeup was sending about 200 kits ranging from $100 to $200 to prospective clients. Kroma Makeup was spending about 10,000 a year on kits for [...]
Nov 3, 2009
The article I chose for chapter nine is called “Best Buy, Other Retailers Tap Tech to Boost Sales.” This article goes in to some detail about Best Buy’s decision to spend money on software from analytics company Omniture in order to survive the economic downturn. Best Buy used this analytic software to realize customers were [...]
Oct 21, 2009
How important is it to surf the internet in your primary language? Surfing the internet has become an important task in most of our daily lives. It is used on a daily basis for work, school, and entertainment purposes. The article I chose is called “Google’s got a new way to surf the Internet, Hawaiian [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose for this second blog is called “Futuristic Food” and the items on this restaurant menu are not at all traditional. Moto Restaurant in Chicago has found a new way to introduce technology into its restaurant. The chefs in this restaurant are also engineers and have found a way to produce flavoured [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose is called “The Future of Banking” and it is about the importance of customer service in banking. The article goes into some detail about how information technology can become a disruptive technology to some banks. For example, it talks about how Wachovia Bank was not customer service oriented. As mentioned in [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose this week relates to business ethics discussed in this weeks chapter and is titled “Wells Fargo fires banker for ‘misconduct’”. It is important for employees to make ethical decisions at the workplace. As mentioned in the article, “Cheronda Guytona, senior vice president of commercial foreclosed properties” (Rooney, Ben) for Wells Fargo [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose is called “From Starbucks, Coffee from the Future”. It is about two new applications starbucks has launched for iphones. One of the applications is the myStarbucks application that provides basic information about starbucks like varieties of coffee available, calorie content for regular and customized drinks, and the nearest location. It also [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose this week is entitled “Business Intelligence Software’s Time Is Now”. The article focuses on the importance of business intelligence (BI) and the importance of retrieving that information from BI software vendors. It mentions the importance of using BI software for large companies like Chili’s Grill & Bar, Welch’s, and Carnival Cruse [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose for chapter seven is called “AT&T Intros iPhone Apps for Remote U-Verse & Navigator.” The article is about a new service app called the AT&T Navigator that is download able for the iphone 3G and iphone 3GS. The download able software is called iphone OS 3.0 software and is only available [...]
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose for chapter eight is called “Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery.” The article is about a new service amazon.com has provided to its users as of this Thursday morning, October 15, 2009. The new service Amazon will be providing to its customers is same-day delivery and it will be available for an extra [...]
