Description: Square, an application that turns a smartphone into a mobile cash register, is open for business. Source: CNN.com TechDate: Oct 25, 2010 Created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square uses a free download and plastic card reader to let users accept credit card payments. The app charges users 2.75 percent of the transaction cost plus… Read more »
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Tech Companies See Dearth of Mobile-Software Developers
Description: A survey by online job board Dice shows that tech employers and recruiters face a shortage of qualified mobile-software designers Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 21, 2010 Almost 57 percent of employers and outside recruiters that hired for mobile-related jobs this year plan to boost such hires in the next 12 months, the survey, conducted on behalf… Read more »
Report: Facebook apps sharing user info
Description: A Facebook representative said in a statement was taking steps to “dramatically limit” exposure of users’ personal information to companies. Source: Cnn.com Tech Date: Oct 18, 2010 Many of Facebook’s most popular apps are sharing personally identifiable information of their users with dozens of advertising and Internet-tracking companies, in violation of the social-networking giant’s… Read more »
In 2010, what counts as a smartphone?
Description: The term “smartphone” may sound cool and hip, but it’s actually been around since at least the mid-1990s. Source: CNN.com Tech Date: Oct 18, 2010 The ’90s version of the smartphone was nothing like the gadgets many of us tote around in our pockets today. It was the size of a brick, it didn’t… Read more »
Smartphone Apps Go (Truly) Viral
Description: Mobile devices are becoming bigger targets for malware creator Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 14, 2010 In early 2009, Citigroup (C) launched a new mobile banking application for the iPhone. It let customers check their account balances and pay bills while on the go. Thanks to a bit of sloppy code, it also could have… Read more »
What Amazon Fears Most: Diapers
Description: It is good to be the chief executive of a company that’s about to ship 500 million diapers in a single year. Quidsi is trying to outsell Amazon. They are competing in a new way. Source: Businessweek Date: 10/10/2010 It is good to be the chief executive of a company that’s about to ship… Read more »
Wall Street: The Speed Traders
Description: High-frequency trading played a supporting role in the mini market crash last spring that saw the Dow Jones industrial average plunge 600 points in 15 minutes, and yet most people know very little about this type of high-speed automated trading Source: CBS 60 Minutes Date: 10/10/2010 A rare look inside the secretive world of… Read more »
The Internet kills Gap’s new logo
Description: The influence of Social Media in the marketplace Source: CNN.com Tech Date: 10/12/2010 CNN) — The internet’s logo snobs won this one. Gap Inc. on Monday announced it will drop a new version of its logo after thousands of Facebook and Twitter users called for a return to the classic blue box with tall, white… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
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August 2015, © 2016
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