...The Global Positioning System, more commonly known as GPS, is a space based navigation system that provides location and time information in any weather conditions anywhere in the world within the unobstructed view of the several GPS satellites. This technology was created in the United States for military purposes during the early 1970s and continues to be maintained by them however, since 1999 it has been freely accessible for anyone with GPS receivers. With the availability of GPS to the civilian population, there has been a large but steady increase in the usage of the Global Positioning System over the last 15 years. The development and utilization of this technology paved its path to creating its own multi-billion dollar industry comprising of a wide variety of applications for farming, construction, transportation, aerospace, health and safety which is estimated to grow up to $26.7 billion in 2016 and eventually become worth much more in the coming years. The significant potential of the industry’s future is highly inevitable due to the growing world population and developing towns, cities and countries. Some of the technology such as augmented reality, touch less gestures, voice enable commands, use of telematics in the automotive sector has also increased the scope of the overall GPS market. The global GPS market is segmented on the basis of its application and type. On the basis of type, the GPS market is divided into automotive, marine, aviation, GPS enabled mobile...
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...1) healthcare – School online - strayer online app , online telle edilen herseyi ornek ver Visit university’s web site online via cell phone Check your gradebook online – Complte homeworks online Samsung *S Health is easy to set-up and once you’ve entered personal details, such as height and weight, all the results produced will be done so with this information in mind. *Walking Mate- Using the S4’s accelerometer Walking Mate clocks the number of steps you take on a daily basis. *Exercise Mate- Simply enter all the details of the exercise you do and this app will calculate exactly how many calories you’ve managed to burn, displaying them as a percentage of the total amount it thinks you need to work off. Any form of exercise can be entered, whether it’s cycling or running or even yoga and fitness classes. *Food Tracker- This app can be used to track everything you eat before calculating how much exercise you then need to do to burn off any extra calories. Different foods can be selected from a list integrated into the app and grouped together into meals, so you can check up on exactly what you’re eating. There’s also the ability to take a photo of a meal and the app promises to read the calorific content, although it can be quite temperamental and it’s uncertain how accurate its reading are. VGO hakkinda bilgi biraz, ilk once saglik sektorundeki yerini anlat sonrada ev is ve okul hayatini nasil etkiledigini anlat, resimlerle.video ekle http://www.vgocom...
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...receiving feedback from the community and like minded businesses in the app. This allows them to focus on what they need to improve on by involving the consumers they are selling to. 3) CrowdCheesers can use Waze to increase its social capital by using the app on their delivery runs. This way they are actively helping the community by providing traffic data on the roads around them. They can even share hazards and police traps which is a plus since they are always on the road. Section 4 1 & 2) Paste your Excel file here. 3) a) I will be choosing the Bacon/Tofu/Kale sandwich. b) I used the market basket analysis to make my choice by picking the sandwich with the most sales. This way customers are more inclined to take the offer of a 50% off grilled cheese with their preferred sandwich. They are going to purchase the bacon/tofu/kale sandwich regardless, but now have the option to get a grilled cheese sandwich 50% with their order. Section 5 1) a) In conclusion TGC will be in good condition if they use a OneDrive and File History to make sure their files are being saved properly and can be accessed easily. To save money it is important that TGC uses Office 365 instead of an ERP system. Using web apps for their CRM purposes will also be more cost effective. Yammer and Waze also help TGC by connecting them to relatable businesses and customers allowing them to build up their social capital. Adding deals with their popular sandwiches to promote sandwiches that are not selling...
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...COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY TENAGA NATIONAL CISB 484: INTERNET OF THINGS: FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATION ASSIGNMENT 3: GPS SHOES PREPARED FOR: DR JASPALJEET SINGH RANJIT GROUP MEMBERS: ABDUL HAKIM BIN ZULKIFLI (IS 093068) NOR HANIS AMANINA BTE ABDULLAH (IS 093405) FELA MEXLIYANTI BT ALIMOHTAR (IS 093401) ITHA IZATI BTE HASHIM (IS 091399) 1. DESCRIPTION OF GPS SHOES Figure 1: designer GPS shoes, Dominic Wilcox British designer Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of prototype shoes which offer to guide the wearer home with built-in GPS navigation. The inspiration for the clever footwear derives from The Wizard of Oz character Dorothy’s red shoes, which famously transported her home with a click of her heels. Naturally, the GPS system within Wilcox’s shoes is also activated by clicking the heels together. Figure 2: GPS shoes designed by dominicwilcox The shoes, named No Place Like Home, were commissioned by the Global Footprint project in Northamptonshire, which seeks to highlight the county's rich history of shoe making. In order to construct his design, Wilcox teamed up with interactive arts and technology expert Becky Stewart and Northamptonshire shoe maker Stamp Shoes. A GPS unit contained within the heel of the left shoe communicates wirelessly with the right shoe and provides data to the integrated LED lights, which display both the correct direction home, and how much of the journey still remains. A new...
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...totally dedicate to women only. Nowadays, men will also carry many staff especially business men, so they can full use the smart storage they YCC provided. Mostly of the men would like to have a comfortable position when driving, and so the personalized driving position will become something that men most enjoy. In the future models, the cars can provide an auto-driving mode on the highway and also auto-parking mode. If the drivers feel asleep when driving on the highway, he or she can have a nap in the car with the auto-driving mode. And for the drivers that very weak to parking, the auto-parking mode can measure the car park space and automatically park into it. Besides that, they can also pre-installed the GPS system such as Google Map or Waze as a navigating tool for the drivers. Nowadays, GPS is very important for the drivers because if they are going to travel by driving GPS will lead the way for them to the place which they wish...
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...Innovation is the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, in-articulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term innovation can be defined as something original and, as a consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society. A definition consistent with these aspects would be the following: "An innovation is something original, new, and important in whatever field that breaks in to a market or society".[1] While something novel is often described as an innovation, in economics, management science, and other fields of practice and analysis it is generally considered a process that brings together various novel ideas in a way that they have an impact on society. Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself. Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to the notion of doing something different rather than doing the same thing better. In business and economics, innovation is the catalyst to growth. With rapid advancements in transportation and communications over the past few decades, the old world concepts of factor endowments and comparative advantage which focused on an area’s unique inputs are outmoded for today’s...
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...Introduction Marketing entry strategies can be divided into three part: Entry objective, Timing of Entry and Mode of Entry (Lasserre 2008, p. 210). Entry objective always address question about “WHY”. Timing Entry asks about “WHEN” and lastly my main topic of the assignment is Entry Mode- “HOW”. Major Decision Criteria There some external and internal factor that will affect the choice of market entry strategies by Company. Koch (2001) contends that External factor comprises of Market Size/Growth/Barrier, Risk (Political, Operational, Economic and Competitive), Local Government Regulation/Requirement, Competitive Environment and Local Infrastructure. Internal factor include Entry Objective (Market Development, Resources Access, Learning, Co-ordination), Need for control, Internal Resource and Capabilities, and Cost-Benefit analysis (Lasserre 2008).These both factors can be identifying through some framework like Porter Country Diamond (Porter, 1990), Country Risk, Market & Industry Attractiveness and PEST. Timing of entry comprises four phase: Premature phase, Window phase, Competitive growth phase and Mature phase. The wrong choice of timing can have a great impact of a company on Sales, Performance, Brand Awareness and etc. According to Frynas& Mellahi (2011, p. 164), the Entry Mode can be use by MNE(Multinational Enterprise) grouped into five main categories, that are Export, Licensing, Franchising, Joint Venture and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries- Greenfield...
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...aire en la cámara óptica interior. Un laser rojo 630nm, con una muy pequeña longitud de onda, detecta partículas utilizando la tecnología de dispersión de la luz y sofisticados algoritmos. Un clic activará el LED y cambiará de color para informar de la calidad del aire en tiempo real. Sensores de luz fotosensibles detectan la duración y la intensidad de la exposición a la luz y a los rayos UV. Sensores internos miden la temperatura, la humedad y la presión atmosférica. Gracias a su lectura de humedad, se ajusta automáticamente el análisis PM de compensación por la presencia de humedad en el aire el cual puede afectar la medición de partículas. iOS y Android app reciben los datos individuales y devuelven recomendaciones. Parecido a un WAZE ambiental, la aplicación construye mapas crowdsourced de calidad del aire, otorgando alertas, además de señalar las áreas que hay que evitar. También permite a las usuarios publicar lugares peligrosos para las personas que sufran ataques de asma o alergia. TZOA Particular disponible en Q4 2015 a partir de $99 TZOA Científico ofrecerá una mayor duración de la batería, capacidades de registro de datos, resoluciones mejoradas de los sensores, puertos de datos dedicados para el hardwire y descargas inalámbricas. Disponibles en septiembre de 2015 a un precio de...
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...revenue-creating reality. By 2020, there could be as many as five connected objects per every smartphone user. And by then, the IoT market is set to reach a value of $1.7 trillion. IoT and e-commerce have until now evolved in parallel. They are now embarking on a common journey where every connected object becomes a potential e-commerce real estate. With IoT, washing machines can now not just deliver detergent just in time by knowing when your supplies run out, they can also recommend the right detergent, based on your usage or type of clothes, on demand. Car makers can recommend where you buy your gas, by understanding your drive journey, availability of gas stations, pricing on-demand discounts, and gas station commission – in fact Google’s Waze does this already. Watchmakers can command a commission from health insurers, as they can monitor your heart rate, temperature, fitness habits and determine what risk zone you are in. Moreover, makers of connected devices can now afford a negative BOM (bill of materials) “à la Dell”, by subsidizing the cost of hardware with the revenues from bundled e-commerce services. E-commerce is already the biggest revenue generator among mobile developers, yet only a small minority have acknowledged it and few have seized it with both hands. Mobile developers using e-commerce (for physical or digital goods) have median monthly revenues of $1,000-$2,000 compared to a measly $200-$350 median monthly revenue for mobile developers across all revenue...
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...Google makes more than 50 percent of their profits from outside the US. Info from 2011 shows that Google made 4 billion dollars from just from finance and insurance alone. Google also owns some of the world’s largest companies such as Android, YouTube, Picasa, and Sparrow. In 2014, Google made a record setting 66 billion dollars’ of revenues. In 2013, Google made 59.8 billion dollars’ worth of revenue. This increase seems to be due to Google continuous changing their strategies. In 2014 Google purchased Nest Labs and Skybox. Skybox is a satellite imaging company and Nest Labs deals with home devices like smoke alarms. The addition of Skybox should help the accuracy of Google Earth and Google Maps. Google also bought the mapping service Waze so that the competition could not have it. Also with the purchase of Android, which is in fierce competition with the company Apple, has really made a lot of head way in recent years. Google’s net income reached 14.4 billion which has increased by 12 percent of 2013’s 12.9 billion. In 2012 the net income was only 10.7 billion. Google’s cash flow has rose from 18.7 billion (2013) to 22.4 billion (2014). Googles total assets for 2014 were 131.13 billion. Sales have increased by over 10 percent. From what it looks like,...
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...QUESTION: In chapter 2 (p. 45, 3rd paragraph, line 1) the authors state, “Innovative use of a firm’s information resources can provide companies with substantial and sustainable advantages over competitors.” However Carr (2003) in his classic article, “IT Doesn’t Matter” makes the following assertion “IT is a commodity that does not offer a competitive distinction and therefore does not provide a competitive advantage.” More recently in February 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $ 19 billion. Earlier they had purchased Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion. Similarly in 2011 Google (now Alphabet) acquired Motorola’s cell phone business for $12.5 billion and in June 2013 Google (Alphabet) paid $1.1 billion to purchase social mapping startup Waze. This acquisition, the 10th acquisition for Google (Alphabet) in 2013, allowed the company to become a dominant player in online maps. What do you think and why; does Facebook’s and Google’s (Alphabet's) acquisition of other companies provide it with sustainable competitive advantage? As you form your thoughts about this question think of the ecosystem in which Facebook and Google (Alphabet) function and see how module 1 materials can be applied to answer this question. Video application advances in social media over the last 12 months is such a great example of the hypercompetition in a marketplace that Pearlson and Saunders refer to in our textbook (1). From the quick evolution of Meerkat, to Twitters $100 million acquisition...
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...Age. All Things D seems to have been among the few with any real access. It reported that Apple decided to make its own maps after it ran into a dispute with Google over voice-guided directions. The result is not without irony. The recently released Apple maps does indeed provide voice-guided directions, but they seem more likely to guide you off a bridge as to get you where you want to go. Consensus is pretty universal that Apple Maps are inferior, not just to Google maps, but to every other mobile map you can think of. People wonder why Apple didn’t just leave Google and cut a deal with Yahoo!, Microsoft or some other vendor. Users of Apple mobile devices have been forming fast migrations to alternative mapping. Many have started using Waze, which allows users to share commuting data as they experience it and, by the way, has voice-guided directions. I’ve played with it and have been growing fond of it, but it is designed mostly as a...
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...designer. Also the need to allocate resources to viewing options, communication with the audience, advertising support also require resources. • Another disadvantage is the leak of information. Even a confidentiality agreement does not always save. After all, the company can ask people to solve very private, but important tasks related to their business. And competitors are watching for these moments. The most popular apps of mobile crowdsourcing • Placemeter. Placemeter pays people up to $50 a month to suction-cup an old smartphone to their window and record what’s happening on the street outside. The raw data – pedestrian traffic, vehicle traffic and shop entries – is aggregated and used by local businesses, marketers and urban planners. • Waze. It uses the phone’s GPS signal and user input to gather real-time data about traffic jams, accidents and speed traps. It works as a navigation app and offers advice on hold-ups, snarls, shortcuts and straight runs. • Blablacar. The app allows users to input details of where and when they want to go, and provides a list of drivers headed in the same direction. By sharing long distance rides, the community increases the efficiency of road transport. • OpenSignal. By crowdsourcing the data. OpenSignal builds a picture of the network as it is experienced by users, rather than the sometimes inaccurate methodologies used by mobile carriers. Finding a working hotspot can be a pain at the best of times but OpenSignal aims to obviate the frustrating...
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...Zipcar, is an innovative car sharing company, founded by Antje Danielson and Robin Chase. In Cambridge Massachusetts, 2000. The business model consist in an immediate, electronic, car rental reservation, using mobile phones. Users can reserve a car at any time, in over 400 college campuses and over 50 airports. Zipcars are located in different areas of USA, Canada, UK, Spain, Austria, France and Turkey. Users have to join using their credit card and wait for an approval, then reserve the desired vehicle, hybrids, SUVs, pickup trucks, luxury vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans, BMW, or Hybrid; then go to the Zipcar parking spaces, unlock the car with a card (Zipcard), and then drive. The driver has to return the vehicle to the same parking space were the car was initially located ready for the next user. Zipcar has its competitors, RelayRides and GetAround offer a similar service, traditional car rentals are another option for the customer, and Uber is also considered a competitor. The main problem that Zipcar is having, and that is mentioned in the case “Zipcar – Influencing Customer Behavior” is that sometimes drivers are not calculating the time they have to use the car and when cars are reserved for another service after, it causes a lateness problem that affects the Zipcar´s service model. As mentioned above, Zipcar, is located in different cities around the world, with more than 10,000 vehicles, it also offers an innovative mobility service that gives their affiliates...
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...1.- La función estratégica de las plataformas vistas en clase, similitudes y diferencias. • El valor de los sistemas / plataforma en los diferentes casos en relación con los costes e ingresos del modelo de negocio de la firma. • Qué tecnologías aportan mayor valor? ________________________________________ ROCA, SISTEMA ERP EXTERNO CONSOLIDADO Y CENTRALIZADO (PRODUCT CENTRIC, BACK OFFICE) Control de costes Operacional: Re-ingeniería de procesos de negocio (logística, compras, ventas, producción…) alineados con un nuevo estándar corporativo apoyado por un sistema ERP (SAP) integral. Permite una reducción de costes de transacción y coordinación de información. Automatización: Consolidar infraestructuras IT Eliminar problemas de seguridad y compliance. Integridad y coherencia de datos, niveles de servicio con proveedores. Definir KPIs globales con un único reporting estratégico y operativo. Disponer de un servicio de soporte único. Reducir costes servicios IT. Reducción de costes de mantenimiento con la simplificación del sistema. Información, supervisión y control Alinear la cadena de suministro para conseguir reducciones de lead time mejorando eficiencia de procesos logísticos. Gestión eficiente de demanda interna y de relaciones con el cliente. Generación de información útil para la gestión de planificación y budgeting y monitoraje, control y gestión de cambios (trend analysis, EVM, variance analysis, regression, forecasting…) Objetivo principal: Buscar sinergias...
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