Posts Categorized: industry analysis

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Working on a ‘Dislike’ Button

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Description: Facebook is finally going to do it — it’s finally going to make a “Dislike” button. Source: CNN Money Date: Sept 15th, 2015 The format of the button is still unclear, but the company has been working on the concept for a while and expects to roll it out soon. Read More Questions for discussion: 1.  What is… Read more »

HandUp, A Startup Combatting Homelessness, Is Setting An Example For The Tech Industry

Posted by & filed under education, Entrepreneurship, ethics, healthcare, Human Resources, industry analysis, national culture, Sentiment Analysis.

Description: HandUp is raising awareness to homelessness; donating gift cards and hosting outreach programs. Source: Tech Crunch Date: Sept 13, 2015 On the heels of launching donation gift cards for the homeless, HandUp hosted a community outreach day this past Friday in San Francisco to continue to bring awareness to homelessness, as well as give people… Read more »

700 mph in a Tube: The Hyperloop Experience

Posted by & filed under business models, Competitive advantage, disruptive technology, industry analysis, market intelligence, national culture, social impacts, System development.

Description: This alternative travel concept could change our lives in a major way. Source: CNN Money Date: Sept 11, 2015 It’s Elon Musk’s idea, but Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is trying to make this “pipe dream” a reality. Questions for discussion: 1.  Do you feel that a technology like this is something that can be woven into mainstream society? 2…. Read more »

Why Apple Would Want to Take on Netflix

Posted by & filed under Apple, branding, business models, Competitive advantage, industry analysis, Netflix, revenue model, social tv, streaming video.

Description:Producing original movies or TV series fits with the company’s business model, analyst says. Source: CBC News Date: Sept 7th, 2015 A never-ending media industry rumour has resurfaced: According to a report in Hollywood trade publication Variety, later confirmed by other news outlets, Apple is exploring options to produce original online programming, the goal being to… Read more »

Facebook’s WhatsApp Hits 900 Million Active Monthly Users

Posted by & filed under app, business models, industry analysis, media, national culture, smartphones, social impacts, telecomunications.

Description: Google is setting itself up to own the entire mobile experience, with the launch of its new wireless carrier Project Fi. Source: CNET Date: Sept 3, 2015 Messaging app WhatsApp keeps growing more popular with users each month. The Facebook-owned app, which is used by people around the world to send texts without paying carrier fees,… Read more »

Airbnb Hosted Nearly 17 Million Guests This Summer

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Description: Airbnb seems to now be the millennial’s go-to accommodations website. Source: TechCrunch Date: Sept 7th, 2015 Growth is up and to the right for Airbnb. Nearly 17 million people worldwide booked their guest stays with the peer-to-peer lodging platform this summer, according to a new travel report. That’s a whopping 353x’s surge in the last five years… Read more »

Google to Kill Single Most Annoying Thing About Browsing the Web

Posted by & filed under Functional Information Systems, Google, industry analysis, Internet, market intelligence, Search, SEO, System development.

Description: You know that panicked feeling when you’ve got a zillion browser tabs open, and one of them starts blaring music? Google is about to put an end to that. Source: CNN Money Date: August 28th, 2015 In a soon-to-be released update to the chrome browser. Google will no longer allow sounds and videos to load in background… Read more »

Google Embraces ‘Mobile-Friendly’ Sites in Search Shake-up

Posted by & filed under Collaborative filtering, Competitive advantage, Data storage, Functional Information Systems, Google, industry analysis, market intelligence, Search, SEO, Uncategorized.

Description: Change billed as ‘mobile-geddon’ by some search experts, Google has been urging websites to cater to mobile device for years, mainly because that is where people are increasingly searching for information. Source: CBC News Date: April 17, 2015   Google is about to change the way its influential search engine recommends websites on smartphones and tablets in… Read more »

Budget PC Targets Developing World With Own OS

Posted by & filed under Business Intelligence, business models, Competitive advantage, digital divide, Hardware, industry analysis, national culture, online education, operating system.

Description: Although Silicon Valley’s focus may be mobile-driven. Start-up “Endless” is taking a different approach with hopes to appeal to the underdeveloped countries of the world. Source: BBC News Date: April 16, 2015 San Francisco start-up Endless is on course to reach its $100,000 crowdfunding target for its budget desktop PC. The $169 “Endless PC” uses mains power, plugs into… Read more »

The Risk Of Reviewing The Reviewer

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Description: In order for online reviews to work in the long-term, we need to make efforts to move beyond the stars and set a system that is both verified and standardized, as well as free from social pressure. Source: Tech Crunch Date: April 11, 2015 Reviews impact everything: what brands we trust, what we purchase, what we… Read more »