Description: eMarketer has recently published a report that predicts major growth in mobile commerce. The upward trend is set to continue strong through 2016. Source: TechVibes Date: January 11th, 2013 Any company that thinks m-commerce is just a fad or a niche market, think again. A new report from eMarketer forecasts a huge growth… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Analytics
Online Holiday Spending Tops $40 Billion for First Time Ever
Description: The data has been tallied and the results are in: e-commerce saw growth across all major shopping days during the holiday season in 2012. Source: Mashable Date: January 3rd, 2013 U.S. consumers spent $42.3 billion online during the holiday season, the first time online spending has ever topped $40 billion for that time period, according to… Read more »
Google’s data mining raises questions of national security
Description: Free cloud service providers collect and store massive amounts of personal data. While this data is usually well-protected and secure, given the right incentive, there is no question that hackers could compromise the security of even the largest cloud service providers. So what are governments doing to protect their sensitive data? Source: TheGuardian Date: October 15,… Read more »
Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education
Description: Higher education institutions have been expanding their resources online by offering extra courses and diplomas that can be earned at a student’s leisure. Stanford University has been at the center of this expansion but their newest iteration, Class2Go, offers something significantly different from its MOOC predecessors. Source: TechCrunch Date: September 17th, 2012 The cost… Read more »
Social Media Etiquette: Do You Kiss and Tell?
Description: A recent survey conducted on Zoosk, Facebook’s dating service, has revealed some interesting statistics about romantic technology use. Despite the risk of public romance, many users are still updating their Facebook profiles with romantic posts. Who are these users and why do they do it? Source: Huffingtonpost.com Date: September 18th, 2012 Posting your… Read more »
How To Specialize Yourself Right Out Of A Job
Description: For decades, experts and specialists have been highly valued and sought after. However, these specialist rely on niche funding whereas generalists are widely employable. It appears that in the midst of an economic recession the jack-of-all-trades may find the most success. Source: fastcompany.com Date: August 29th, 2012 For the past several decades, the specialist… Read more »
“Color Forecast” Spies On The Hip To Help Guide Your Fashion Choices
Description: This innovative new website tracks and translates the most worn colour in some of the most fashionable cities around the world. Now the fashion conscious can see what colours the fashion elite are wearing in real-time. Source: Fastcompany.com Date: April 19 2012 Even if you’ve confidently assessed the nowness of your hemline, heel height,… Read more »
How a Pile of Student Debt Inspired a Venture-Backed Startup
Description: Under the staggering debt of post-secondary loans, Rob Ebrahimi saw an opportunity to create a repayment recommendation tool that could help solve debt issues across America. In a sector where scammers and dishonest debt-management services can take advantage of uneducated consumers, ReadyForZero is empowering users to take control of their debt in a simple and… Read more »
For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink Is Just Too Long to Wait
Description: Wait a second. No, that’s too long. Remember when you were willing to wait a few seconds for a computer to respond to a click on a Web site or a tap on a keyboard? These days, even 400 milliseconds — literally the blink of an eye — is too long, as Google engineers… Read more »
How Companies Learn Your Secrets
Description: Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn’t want us to know, can you do that? ” Source:… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
ISBN: 978-1-119-13385-8
August 2015, © 2016
CDN $98.95; CDN $114.95