Google+ vs Facebook

Google plus has already gained 25 million curious individuals to see what this new social network is all about. These type of numbers are defiantly giving Facebook concerns on how to stay on top of the social network pyramid.  We are curious individuals and when myspace was fairly new, we all wanted to see what it was all about.  When Facebook was launch we had the same reaction but something really caught our attention when Facebook hit 600 million users world wide.  Google+ has every right to make its mark in the social network, but I think they will have to have something different that Facebook doesn't have to convince the majority to switch over.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-02/google-draws-25-million-visitors-in-a-month-comscore-says.html

Our robots treating our unstable economy when it come to jobs?

The Tokyo International Robot Exhibition seem to be something out of a science fiction movie but it's a actually become more a reality then fiction.  More and more factories are going to the robotic world because they can obviously produce five times more work then the average person, but is this fair to us? Economically I would say yes, but ethically I would say no.  I can understand how robots can make production faster, but it will hurt the us all at the end. Robots are not being paid therefor our not contributing to our ethical duty's as in paying your debt to the social programs that help shape our economy.  Japan who has a technological  grasp, are also weary of this facet they could be created.  I'm not for this nor against, but just concerned on how this new technology could end up hurting our fragile economy.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6931585.ece

Solar cells that don't use the sun but only heat.

The Massachusetts Institution of Technology (MIT) have recently been conducting experiments on how to use everyday heat lost from electronics to reusable energy. How does this work?  Like current solar powers systems, we use radiation molecules that move very fast and they excite the atoms in a semiconductor structure, then pushes the electrons out and creating a generation current.  This type of Technology is pretty amazing, if we can some how harness most, but not all of wasted heat that our daily electronics or from the heat from our water heaters, we could end the worlds energy crisis. It sounds to good to be true, because there is always a profit to be made when it comes to cheap energy source.

For more informatin

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43989608/ns/technology_and_science-future_of_technology/

Technological advances in marine biology

As I prepared myself for shark week on the discovery channel, I was unaware on how much technology has been used to collect so mush date.  I found it very interesting how marine biologist where tagging great white sharks off of the cost of California with satellite transmitters.  After catching and releasing the sharks, the scientist  where able to track the sharks global position and patterns.  This type of technology is incredibly important to the marine biology world, since we really don't know to much on great white sharks and there behavior. When I think of GPS I normally think of onstar or map quest, but not discovery channels shark week.  It just shows you that technological advances have a much needed use in almost everything we do, and as we advance in the technological world, so will our understanding of it.

Data Mining

As a Marketing student data mining is a very useful tool to help marketers to identify shopping patterns. So what exactly is Data Mining?  The process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information, the information then can be used to increase revenue, cuts costs, or both.  Data mining is all around us and most people don't even realize it.  If have some type of product and want to know how the public reacts to your product, then you would use some type of data mining program to help forecast future sells and help improve revenue.  Data mining is nothing but a statistical program on probability on how, why, and when we buy things and a possible look into the future in sales.

For further information click on http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/jason.frand/teacher/technologies/palace/datamining.htm

Biometric Technology

Biometric's have been seen as something you might see in a James Bond or Borne Identity movie but the reality of it is more in our grasp then ever.  What is Biometric? It is the most secure and convenient authentication tool. It can not be borrowed, stolen, or forgotten and forging one is practically impossible. Biometrics measure individual's unique physical or behavioral characteristics to recognize or authenticate their identity.  I think this type of technology is the true way to secure ones true identity with the smallest chance of error. In our near future, Biometric's will be part of our everyday lives and it could also help stop identity fraud which the United States looses billions each year. 


For more info on Biometric you can click on http://www.peterindia.net/BiometricsView.html

Does big brother have to much control over us, and how are we going to redefine our selves in the ever changing work environment?

Big Brother, this sounds like something you hear out of George Orwell's book 1954, but it's happening now as you read this blog.  More and more government agency are hiring out side sources to retrieve personal information about us, some for good use and other's for statistics, but have they gone to far?   I believe the government has to much control over private information over there citizens, and they don't have right tools to keep this information private.  Time and time again you hear about how someones private information was hacked or leaked, because of this the United States losses billions of dollars in tax payers money each year.  As technology advances so does our chances of deception. We think we can trust fire walls, security questions, bank passwords and so on, but we are wrong. Thousands of people today are being watched by computer hackers, government agency, marketing firms, we are all sheep in the fields of technological advancement. How do we protect our private information from others? We can't, unless you completely detach yourself from society and live in the woods. Scary thought, but it's true, the only way to keep yourself from being a countless victim is to monitor your identity.  You should have some type of credit security company watching over your everyday transaction.  It's pretty sad how I said earlier that big brother has to much control over us but we created the monster with technology advancement, so now we need big brother to protect us against the other internet entity's that spawned from this.


The old saying " Two heads are better than one"  if very true now a days.  As we fall in the education latter compared to the rest of the world, United States citizens are suffering because of lack of knowledge in the new technology work place.  More and more company's are our hiring groups of people to work together to make a single idea better.  We can't depend on one person to think of ideas now, so we need a crowd of individuals that can give us a better idea on what they are trying to construct.  As citizens of the United States we our innovating new ideas and concepts so we can hang on to this economic roller coaster.  

Facebook, is it here to stay or will it be replaces out by Google+?

1. In your opinion, how is Facebook and Google+ different or the same?  My opinion about Facebook and Google+ is that they are the same thing.  Google+ is using the same concept of Facebook when it comes to the social network group but just adding new features.  I think Google + is trying seperate the kids from the adults in the social network world.
2. How many users does Facebook have? Why so many? Why did Facebook overtake MySpace? Facebook has more than 600 million users world wide, and it went viral becuase it was a new idea in the social network that people liked. One main reason why Facebook took over myspace is that Facebook spent more time on what people wanted from the social network and not so much gotti adds that took over ones page, like in my space.
3. Do you think Google+ or any other social media will overtake Facebook? I think that Google+ will find the flaws in Facebook and make old ideas better like what Facebook did to Myspace.
4. Why do you feel there is such an obsession with Facebook? Do you think this obsession is warranted?  I believe that many people are easly swayed when it comes to social acceptance on what's in and what's out.
5. What was your perspective of the film overall?  I loved the movie, and thought that the film is was a large learning lesson to all idealist. This movie just proved that ones idea can be manipulated and improved, so be wearly who you tell your ideas or business ideas, because no one can be trusted in the business world.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/19/how-facebook-learned-from-myspaces-mistakes/

China's Baidu search engine merges with Microsoft's Bing. Should Google be worried?

As everyone knows that China and the United States have been competing for economical status for decades, but now China is moving to American search engine "Bing" for a better grasp on the American company Google search engine.  China has it's own version of Google called Baidu, but with Microsoft's Bing, it would allow a English search form, since the English laungage is the second language in China. China has a population of 1.3 billion and 4.99 trillion GDP, a power house in the worlds economic status.  Google recently moved from its China web search to Hong Kong site last March after confronting issues with Beijing over censorship issues.  This was a great opportunity for Microsoft to launch Bing in the worlds largest internet market.  Because of this unique new partnership with Baidu, this will allow both party's to tap into a on growing internet market.  I think Google had to much pride to negotiation with China's strict search engine rules and could have double there net worth.  With this new merger I will bet we will start to see more Bing advertisement with China's Baidu. 

The opportunity's that Technology provides in all aspects in the App world.

The first day of my MIS class I wasn't sure what to expect, but professor Porter made it clear how technology is increasing our dependability on a faster way of life.  When apple first came out with the IPhone, I had no desire to spend 500$ nor change my current cell phone provider for this trend.  As time went on and I had a few friends with apples new toy, did I realize how this simple idea would revolutionize the smart phone industry.  It still took me two blackberry storm's ( Verizon version of the IPhone) to actually say I had enough of being left in the dark of the smart phones.  That first week of my IPhone purchase I was completely amazed and satisfied with it's high speed internet capability and multiple applications.  As I watch the news on apple's success of the new versions of IPhone's that where coming out, I also started to paying attention to the designers of the apps.  I was not aware of this multi-billion dollar opportunity for the average person.  The app world gives hope for new innovator's and entrepreneurs.  If a 14 year old kid to a garbage man can easily create a app, why can't I ? I do have some ideas, and with that starts the technological ball of ideas rolling.  Read this web article and tell me what you think is the next big app hit. http://www.toasteggme.com/index.php/money-making-talk-etc/the-money-making-opportunities-of-creating-iphone-no1-app/