Posts Tagged: apps

QR codes are suddenly everywhere

Posted by & filed under Apple, EXAM ARTICLE, QR codes, smartphones.

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 »

Did The iPhone’s ‘Find My Friends’ Already Out A Cheating Wife?

Posted by & filed under Apple, Cyberforensics, EXAM ARTICLE, FaceBook, IS ethics, Privacy, Security.

Description: Welcome to iCheers, where everybody knows your whereabouts. Both Apple and Foursquare are offering new tools for iOS5 that will let us know where our friends are at all times. Source: Forbes.com Date: Oct 17, 2011 Late Saturday night, “ThomasMetz” posted to MacRumors (via 9to5Mac) about how he turned his wife’s iPhone into a… Read more »

Credit Card Transactions for Everyone

Posted by & filed under business models, Digital Policy, e-payment, Ecommerce, M-commerce, revenue model, WI-Fi, wireless networks.

Description: New smartphone applications let almost anyone take payments electronically Source: Cnn.com Date: March 1, 2011 Questions for discussion: What are the implications for small business as a result of the increase of mobile payments? What industries and application can you predeict will beneifit from this technology?

Business schools test drive the iPad

Posted by & filed under Apple, iPad, online education, wireless networks.

Description: The main benefit of the iPad is portability and convenience, he says. “This is something I can easily pack, which doesn’t apply to textbooks.” It also helps with organisation. “I have stacks of material that fill up my entire small desk . . . I’m not even halfway through [the programme] and I’m drowning in text books.” Source:… Read more »

Apple rolls out subscription service

Posted by & filed under Apple, business models, Cloud Computing, e-payment, Ecommerce, industry analysis, iPad, revenue model, telecomunications.

Description: Paying for your morning coffee and newspaper by swiping your mobile phone instead of fumbling for cash or debit card could be just around the corner. Source: Globeandmail.com Date: Feb 15 , 2011 Apple Inc. is launching a long-awaited subscription service for magazines, newspapers, videos and music bought through its iTunes App Store. The plan calls… Read more »

What’s Driving Apple’s 10 Billion App Success?

Posted by & filed under Apple, business models, Ecommerce, Google, industry analysis, iPad, revenue model, smart phones, smartphones.

Description: Apple’s iPhone App Store launched in July 2008. In just over two and a half years, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users have downloaded 10,000,000,000 applications for their iOS devices. Source: Informationweek.com Date: Jan 24 , 2011 “With more than … seven billion apps [downloaded] in the last year alone — the App Store… Read more »

5 Top Trends in Consumer-Based Internet Businesses for 2011

Posted by & filed under Apple, Business Intelligence, Ecommerce, FaceBook, Google, Hardware, M-commerce, revenue model.

Description: In 1995, when Amazon was founded, e-commerce was like the proverbial talking dog. It wasn’t about how well the dog could talk, it was amazing that the dog could talk at all. The first generation of e-commerce sites were focused on functionality, getting the dog to talk better. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Dec 3, 2010 Every… Read more »