Article history: Available online 27 July 2013 Keywords: Mobile addiction Social networking services (SNS) Mobile applications Social networking mobile applications a b s t r a c t As the penetration of mobile phones in societies increases‚ there is a large growth in the use of mobile phones especially among the youth. This trend is followed by the fast growth in use of online social networking services (SNS). Extensive use of technology can lead to addiction. This study finds that the use of SNS
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From Handhelds to smart phones. The pioneers of Palm Inc. Palm had been the leader in the market of hand-held computers with high market share and profitability as well as a brand name recognition level to which many other firms could only dream. Palm’s brand has faded substantially and as of April 2010‚ the company was acquired by HP for $ 1.2B. Below ‚ I have listed Palm Inc’s list of errors that the organization made over its life cycle and necessary reccomndations. Error
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JSB Market Research: Smart Factory Market by Technology (SCADA‚ DCS‚ PLC‚ ERP‚ MES‚ PLM‚ MOM)‚ Field Devices (Industrial Network‚ Robotics‚ RFID‚ And Motors & Drives‚ Relays & Switches‚ & Sensors)‚ Application (Process‚ Discrete) - Global Forecast & Analysis (2013 - 2018) On 15th July 2014 The Smart Factory is referred to as a fully integrated and affordable factory automation solution that streamlines the flow of materials through a manufacturing facility. Most of the industry experts
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Scope and feasibility of Smart Grid technology in Bangladesh Mahmud Adnan#1‚ Sami Muntasir*2 Department of EECS‚ North-South University Plot-15‚ Block-B‚ Bashundhara R/A‚ Dhaka 1209‚ Bangladesh 1adnan545@hotmail.com 2chikusami@gmail.com Abstract— this paper initiates with a brief discussion on Smart Grid technologies and then moves on to present a brief overview of the current energy scenario of Bangladesh. The paper establishes the idea the possibilities of improving the current energy
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breakfast at a McDonald’s around the corner. You decide. With a few taps‚ you order‚ specify a pick-up time and pay‚ never breaking stride. The future of fast food is quickly becoming faster food with mobile applications‚ one-click order and pay‚ and smart technology to analyze all the information allowing for a more convenient‚ faster experience that is sure to follow you from mealtime to mealtime. Today‚ the future of eating out lies in experiments at Burger King‚ Domino’s‚ McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s and
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consumption comes from cities2. With smart building energy management‚ cities like Charlotte‚ NC have cut total energy use by 8.4% and GHG emissions by 20%3. Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution1. IoT can monitor air and water quality in real time‚ supporting action to clean up the environment. 54% $4.6T of the world’s population lives in cities — putting services under intense strain4. could be gained by 2020 thanks to the smart city — and that’s just in the public
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The article “A Smart Exception” by David Gergen is about legal immigrants and the contributions that they have made to the country. Gergen urges America to allow more immigrants to come into country bust he specifically wants more skilled and smart people. One who are engineers‚ doctors‚ and scientists. He then continues to explain to us the US immigration process is too restrictive to legal immigrants and by allowing more skilled immigrants and giving them an easier faster way to get into the country
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intelligence in his article “Is Smart Making Us Dumb?” Artificial intelligence‚ defined by dictonary.com is as follows‚ "the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to and decision making in humans‚ as by an expert system‚ a program for CAD or CAM‚ or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems." Thought provoking ideas are addressed such as allowing “designers to tap into peer pressure” and “social engineering disguised as product engineering.” This article
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their image in the market. It should not be forgotten that the customer is the main target and center of interest for many companies. This means that competition is not based on how much profit a company makes‚ but how pleasing and convenient their product is to the customer. Competitive forces are in existence as far as Smartphone & Tablet industry is concerned. These forces can be better explained with the help of relevant strategic models‚ which will put the industry under analytic perspective.
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and force. With the combination of both powers‚ balance is shown between the perspectives of Nye and Mearsheimer. This is called Smart Power. Hard power is more effective that soft power‚ hit the use of smart power dominates them both. Smart power is a concept put forward by Joseph Nye where soft and hard power are combined. An example of interactions regarding smart power is during World War II. The United States defeated‚ our enemy at that time‚ Japan with hard power by using atomic bombs dropped
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