This is a very interesting article that I found in the Wall Street Journal about a conflict Apple has with other companies. More specifically, Google is protesting about the new rules for the iphone and iPad programmers. They claim that with these changes they are preventing application developers from using their advertising technology. This example raises an important issue that affects the online business community, competition. The Internet has made the world smaller. People have access to all sorts of products and services from almost every country. Barriers to competition affect consumers in the long run. Competition is what drives the prices down and therefore shouldn't be manipulated.
Read the article!!!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296702116945806.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tweeting from space!
Social networks are a great way of getting people around the world together. Internet users have many options when it comes to social networks of many kinds. One of the most popular nowadays is Twitter. Almost every business and public figure have one to communicate with customers and fans. It is a great way of getting ideas out there and expressing ourselves freely. Whether its a business letting customers know about new services or products, or an artist informing fans about new shows, this innovative social network is becoming bigger every day. People are getting connected in ways that had never been thought of. The meaning of community is changing greatly with time. The world is getting smaller and smaller with all these technological changes.
A market research firm called Pear Analytics (from San Antonio) analyzed 2,000 tweets (originating from the US and in English) over a 2-week period in August 2009 from 11:00a to 5:00p (CST) and separated them into six categories. The following is a list of the categories and the percentage each represents of the 2,000 tweets.
"Pointless babble"– 41%
Conversational – 38%
Pass-along value – 9%
Self-promotion – 6%
Spam – 4%
News – 4%
What do you think of these percentages?
This is a great video I found in CNN about an astronaut that posts in Twitter pictures of Earth taken from space! Check it out!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/06/02/lustout.japan.tweeting.astro.cnn
sources:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
A market research firm called Pear Analytics (from San Antonio) analyzed 2,000 tweets (originating from the US and in English) over a 2-week period in August 2009 from 11:00a to 5:00p (CST) and separated them into six categories. The following is a list of the categories and the percentage each represents of the 2,000 tweets.
"Pointless babble"– 41%
Conversational – 38%
Pass-along value – 9%
Self-promotion – 6%
Spam – 4%
News – 4%
What do you think of these percentages?
This is a great video I found in CNN about an astronaut that posts in Twitter pictures of Earth taken from space! Check it out!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/06/02/lustout.japan.tweeting.astro.cnn
sources:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
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