Description: The newspaper industry is being decimated. Source: Forbes.com.com Date: Oct 28, 2011 watch video at this link http://video.forbes.com/fvn/future-tech/morgan-guenther-what-a-newspaper-should-be Questions for discussion: Why is the newspaper being decimated? 2. Where do you see the future going for this industry and how should one position their company to gain a competitive advantage?
Posts By: Jim Clark
Will Siri Bring Back the iPhone’s Wow Factor?
Description: Do you remember the first time you saw the iPhone? Chances are someone was showing off an application — perhaps using Shazam to identify a song or shaking his phone to serve up restaurant recommendations on UrbanSpoon. Now, here’s another question. When is the last time someone showed off an app to you? Source:… Read more »
The Power of Foursquare
Description: Fastest growing phenomena with over 10 million users Source: Foxnew.com Date: Oct 17, 2011 Click on this link to watch the Foursquare case http://video.foxnews.com/v/1222252129001/the-power-of-foursquare/ Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Discussion Questions: Why has Foursqure been so successful? 2. What is Foursquare?
Apple’s Lower Prices Are All Part of the Plan
Description: Something unexpected has happened at Apple, once known as the tech industry’s high-price leader. Over the last several years it began beating rivals on price. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 23, 2011 People who wanted the latest Apple smartphone, the iPhone 4S, were able to get one the day it went on sale if they… Read more »
More Jobs Predicted for Machines, Not People
Description: A faltering economy explains much of the job shortage in America, but advancing technology has sharply magnified the effect, more so than is generally understood, according to two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 23, 2011 Technology has always displaced some work and jobs. Over the years, many experts… Read more »
QR codes are suddenly everywhere
Description: Instead of custom packaging, the company puts a sticker on each bag of coffee bearing a blocky QR code that, when scanned, links the customer to more information about the bag of coffee than ever could have been printed on the package in the first place. Source: theglobeandmail.com Date: Sept 26, 2011 The people… Read more »
Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech’s Hottest Startup
Description: Dropbox’s ascent has been just as stunning. The 50-million-user figure is up threefold from a year ago, and it has solved the “freemium” riddle, with revenue on track to hit $240 million in 2011 despite the fact that 96% of those users pay nothing. Source: Forbes.com Date: Oct 18, 2011 What Houston does is… Read more »
With Fibre Internet, the future is here, but not for most Canadians
Description: The exponential growth in the use of the Internet over the last decade and a half has meant that Canadians now require more robust internet connections. Source: Globe and Mail.com Date: Oct 5, 2011 In Canada, the big Internet service providers to have responded to this explosive growth by blocking or restricting service on… Read more »
Why Some Folks Can’t Live Without Gadgets
Description: With the recent BlackBerry outage, psychologist Linda Papadopoulos discusses how society is intertwined with technology. Source: CNN.com Date: Oct 5, 2011 Questions for discussion: Why can’t we live without our gadgets? 2. List 5 positive impacts of technology on our lives and list five negative impacts technology has had on our lives.
Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
Description: Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form. It is a striking acceleration of the retailer’s fledging publishing program that will place Amazon squarely in competition with the New York houses that are also its most prominent suppliers. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 16, 2011… Read more »
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