Posts Tagged: Using Technology to Manage Information (p466)

MySpace Co-founder Moves From Social Networking to Social Commerce

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Description:  MySpace co-founder Josh Berman knows how to capitalize on online trends. The entrepreneur behind one of the Web 2.0 era’s most successful companies bet on the rise of social networks, and after spending four years at MySpace and selling the company for over $500 million, he’s on to the next trend. Source:  Sprouter.com Date:… Read more »

Computer geeks king in job hunt

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Description:  Some undergrads with coding skills get approached by 10 to 20 companies before they even graduate. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 01/06/2012 Link:   http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/01/05/n_computer_science_jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Explain the forces driving the job market for graduates with these skills? Do you think the forces in the economy driving this industry are likely to… Read more »

Social Media: The lowly petition has gone viral: Corporate titans beware

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Description:  Corporate America’s worst nightmare lives in a tiny one-bedroom apartment, loves browsing in flea markets and has a lop-eared brown and white pet rabbit named Crackers. Meet Molly Katchpole. The 22-year-old Washington, D.C. resident has recently tangled with a couple of billion-dollar corporations, and cowed them into submission without breaking a sweat. Source:  GlobeandMail.com… Read more »

2011’s worst in tech

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Description:  RIM joins Netflix and HP as the tech sector’s biggest losers in 2011. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 12/28/2011 Link:   http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/12/20/ts_tech_losers_2011.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Why did these companies have such a bad year in 2011? Is there a common thread that explains why they performed so poorly? What lessons did you learn about… Read more »

SOPA’s most frightening flaw is the future it predicts

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Description:  Bob Parsons likes to go to Zimbabwe and shoot elephants. The CEO of GoDaddy, a company that lets customers register Web site domain names, is apparently deeply concerned with the plight of Zimbabwean subsistence farmers, who he says are plagued by marauding elephant gangs that destroy crops and trample fields. Source:  GlobeandMail.com Date: 12/28/2011… Read more »

The life of a Christmas tree seller

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Description:  Christmas tree stand-ups in NYC provide part time jobs for the unemployed in NYC. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 12/22/2011 Link:  http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2011/12/22/smb_xmas_tree_biz_nyc.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Explain why sales in this business would be a good indicator of how the economy is doing overall? Describe the business process that delivers trees to customers. How… Read more »

Internet poker owner says he broke U.S. gambling law

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Description:  One of the owners of three of the largest Internet poker companies pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge of deceiving U.S. banks over the processing of gambling proceeds. Source: Reuters.com Date: 12/20/2011 Link:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/us-poker-fraud-plea-idUSTRE7BJ1DE20111220 Questions for discussion: Do you think the punishment will act as a deterrent to other illegal actions by… Read more »

Sony’s Shopping Spree Is ‘Wrong Direction’ in Apple Battle: Tech

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Description:  Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer has announced acquisitions worth $8.4 billion this year to bolster phones and content. That may not be enough to turn around a company heading for a fourth consecutive loss. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 12/13/2011 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-13/sony-s-shopping-spree-is-wrong-direction-in-apple-battle-tech.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the challenges facing Sony management today. What strategy… Read more »

All the world’s a game

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Description:  Video games will be the fastest-growing and most exciting form of mass media over the coming decade, says Tim Cross Source:  TheEconomist.com Date: 12/10/2011 Link:  http://www.economist.com/node/21541164 Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights in this report. What does this report suggest about investing strategies related to the growth of the industry?