was a kid I thought they helped. I thought they protected inventors from having their ideas stolen by big companies. Maybe that was truer in the past, when more things were physical. But regardless of whether patents are in general a good thing, there do seem to be bad ways of using them. And since bad uses of patents seem to be increasing, there is an increasing call for patent reform. The problem with patent reform is that it has to go through the government. That tends to be slow. But recently
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or pages on the web is easy, cheap, or free, unregulated, and unmonitored (at least in the USA). There is a famous Steiner cartoon published in the New Yorker (July 5, 1993) with two dogs sitting before a terminal looking at a computer screen; one says to the other ‘On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.’ The great wealth that the Internet has brought to so much of society is the ability for people to express themselves, find one another, exchange ideas, discover possible peers worldwide they
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the decision made by FPT IS’s president and different attitudes towards it. As Binh has mentioned before, Mr. Do Cao Bao said that the aim of his decision that FPT IS’s employees are not allowed to take a nap in the work area is all to create an image of a more professional company, as we’re on the way to globalization. First, I need to say that this decision is not against the law. So do we consider it as a violation of CSR, or business ethics, especially responsibility to employees? Well, its impact
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When you're shopping for a smartphone, what do you expect to get for less than $400 without a contract? Certainly not a top-of-the-line device, right? Until recently, that kind of price has been reserved for devices that were mid-range at best, or entry-level at worst. Ever since the gorgeous and powerful Nexus 4 came out last year for $300 on the Play Store, however, it's been clear Google is trying to give the high-end, $600-plus Android flagships a run for their money. Now the company's back with
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Internet Protocol (VoIP) industry segment, especially as it relates to the relationship between Skype and AT&T and the competition between the VoIP market and the land line market. In analyzing this segment we found that VoIP is a growing industry in what has historically been predominately a land line telecommunication company such as AT&T. The industry segment is faced with a rivalry type competitive market that is currently being influenced by federal government through the Federal Communications
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“PRIVACY INVASION IN FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS” RUSELLE ALFECHE ARVEY JAYE CABAUATAN JOSHUA DELA CRUZ 2:00 – 3:30/ TTH CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Having online accounts is common to every individual today. Most have established their social life in the internet. However cyber bullying is very common. In 2011, Zottola and Tenenbaum explain how a person can destroy your
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Case Assignment QUESTIONS: 1. In your own words, explain why the author refers to Apple's business model as a roach motel. The author refers to Apple’s business model as a roach motel partly because of the old Raid commercial where the narrator says, “roaches check in, but they can’t check out.” When a customer begins using Apple products, they are set up in a web of content and applications. Every time they download an app, they are committing to the same type of system, or ecosystem, if you
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by my recruiter. What the recruiter liked about my resume was that when he looked at the “Skills” section, there were a lot of analyst-appropriate hard skills. As a Marketing Analyst, you need skills like Google Analytics, Excel, and SQL. these are the tools that contribute to conducting the meaningful, successful analyses and recommendations for day-to-day marketing activities. My first interview was actually just a behavioral interview with standard behavioral questions. What I learned from that
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