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Super Bowl, Really Super Technology

What is the first thing that comes to mind about the NFL, or the Super Bowl for this occasion? Large men, physical beating, cheerleaders, and beer for most of us. This has been the case for decades now as the American football tradition grows. However, the sophisticated technology that has made the games more enjoyable is often a piece of the game the average fan takes for granted.

What are the two most important technologies we have as fans? The yellow line that indicates where the first down is and the slow motion, instant replay. Can you imagine how lost most fans would be without these two technologies? The reason fans take this for granted is because, well, what is so complicated about a straight yellow line? In fact, the yellow line is a very complicated technology that pieces together all camera angles, how far they are zoomed in, the altitude, the tilt, the unlevel football field, and the movement of players across the yellow line!

How does this yellow line work then? Well, a few hours before each game, the field is surveyed to map out every inch of turf. Also, data from each camera is constantly being uploaded to the information system. Then instantly, calculations are made based upon the surveyed field, the tilt, zoom, and location of each camera, and poof, there is your yellow line. To make this even more difficult, technicians have to tell the system what color it can paint the yellow line on. This is done to avoid the yellow line being “painted” over the players. Every skin tone, jersey color, and bruise is entered into the system as a color not to paint the line on top of.

The other must-have technology for the majority of us now is the instant replay. It is hard to see every injury, every fumble, every catch, and every touchdown from your couch. However, the instant replay capability has eliminated the weaknesses of our eyes and our attention span. This technology has not only helped how we watch football games, it has also had a large part in changing the game itself. Take for instance the “coach’s challenge”. This new rule was not a byproduct of the game needing a change; however, it was a byproduct of the fact that technology could capture what the referees could not often see.

So as you watch the big game today, keep in mind the hard work and sophistication that goes behind that yellow line that makes your game so much easier to follow. Also, thank the replay masterminds who allow you to never miss a Peyton Manning touchdown, a Dwight Freeney sack, or a Jim Caldwell smile. After all, this may be a game for large meaty men, but it was made famous by the ‘nerds’ who spend countless hours improving the game’s technology.

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Universal Measurements of an Effective Leader

For ICS-655: Leadership for the Information Renaissance: Competitive Intelligence and the Strategic Uses of Information, our first assignment was to define leadership.

This may not seem like a difficult task, initially, but it presented challenges for me that I believe led me to deeper interpretation of the word leader.

In defining a leader, I opted to try and measure a leader on a universal scale. Whether you agree with any particular leader known, they share three components in their leadership: perceived credibility, beneficial purpose, and at least some degree of authority.

I looked at stand-out leaders that I am familiar with to validate my explanation. They include: Adolf Hitler, veteran turned powerful leader of Germany’s Nazi Party in the early 20th Century. Mahatma Gandhi, lawyer turned spiritual leader of the 20th Century Indian Independence Movement. Malcolm X, convict turned influential leader in the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s. Jesus of Nazareth, a carpenter turned central leader of the religion now known as Christianity. Below is an excerpt expressing the apparent beneficial purpose necessary to gain supporters using the late Malcolm X:

"An example would be for the followers of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. In the 1960’s, Civil Rights progression seemed to becoming a slow process. People were getting discouraged and tired of the non-violence revolution. These people, victims of discrimination, wanted to stop being victimized. Their need was to stop re-acting and to initiate action. There was an apparent desire for those who weren’t supporters of Christian thoughts to be led by someone who shared their views or could introduce new ways of thinking for them. When Elijah Muhammad selected Malcolm X to lead their revolution, these people were intrigued because he filled a void that they felt existed. Followers supported his militant attitude could unite these outsiders and encourage visible results. He could be the voice for the other side of African-Americans. This is a direct example of a beneficial purpose for the people. Most leaders, whether or not they are socially accepted on a wide scale, seem to have the best interest of their followers in mind."

21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Leadership is prevalent in all spheres of life. Leadership is not limited to organizations and politics only. We see the applications of leadership in informal groups, team projects and even day-to-day activities like in the families. This paper discusses the various aspects of leadership comprising leadership concept, difference between leadership and management, and the practice of leadership in 21st century.

The concept of leadership

Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. (Chemers, M. M. ,2002). Dr Gillette of the Center for Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University in his essay "Measuring leadership commitment and engagement for information Renaissance communities” defined leadership in three words “Develop an inspiring vision” (Gillette, J.E., n.d.)

The leadership in my view is an art of influencing and guiding the group activities towards achieving group goals. This seems rational to me as groups are formed with some common goal even the social groups. Following are some of the definitions that provide similar views about leadership:-

"Leadership is a process of giving purpose (meaningful direction) to collective effort, and causing willing effort to be expended to achieve purpose.” Jacobs & Jaques (1990, p.281)

"Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal." Northouse (2004, p 3)

Difference between leadership and management

It is important to differentiate leadership from management. Leadership and management are not the same thing. Leadership is only a part of management. Management involves planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling operations in achieving various organizational goals. Leadership is essentially the process which influences the people and inspires them to willingly accomplish the organizational objectives. Thus, a manager is more than a leader. On the other hand, a leader need not necessarily be a manager. For instance, in an informal group, the leader may influence the conduct of his fellow members but he may not be a manager. His leadership position is due to the acceptance of his role by his followers. But, the manager, acting as a leader, has powers delegated to him by his superiors. His leadership is an accompaniment of his position as a manager having an organized group of subordinates under his authority. Hiebert, M., & Klatt, B. have prepared a table of comparison.

The encyclopedia of leadership. New York: McGraw-Hill.-table of comparison

The concept of leadership in information renaissance of 21st century

The Information Renaissance of 21st Century is mainly due to advancement in various fields of technology. This information renaissance has changed the methods of communication and ways of accessing information. It has enhanced the skills sets of leaders as well as followers. The competition has become more intense in the professional settings. Knowledge management and competitive intelligence have become more important.

Taichi Sakaiya has explained the concept of knowledge value as “the price of wisdom” and “the value created by wisdom”. (Sakaiya, 1991). Dr Gillette in his essay "Leadership for the Information Renaissance: Clarity, Challenges, Opportunity" paraphrased the knowledge value concept given by Taichi Sakaiya as “add knowledge-value to everything you touch”.
(Gillette, J.E., n.d.)

The Characteristics of effective leader in information renaissance of 21st century

L- Learner for life
E -Excellent communicator
A -Admirable
D Determined
E-Excellent motivator
R-Resourceful

Learner for life

It is important for leaders of current scenario to constantly update themselves. Competitive intelligence and knowledge management are key to success.Effective leader is not perfact. Effective leader understands his weaknesses and try to overcome them.

Excellent communicator

Leadership and communication have an inter-relationship. The effective communication is crucial to leader's success.

Admirable

The authenticity and ingenuiness pays a lot in leadership. That give you followers. The sincere following is half the battle won. The leader should have self respect not ego. The leader should be compassionate,kind and empathetic.He understands that the individuality of people and lack prejudice.He is even-sighted.

Determined

Effective leader exercise initiative, He has a lot of patience and also take calculated risk at times. Decision making is unwavering, accurate and prompt.

Effective motivator

The effective leaders have a clear vision and they inspire their group for its realisation. The effective leaders are excellent motivators

Resourceful

An effective leader uses his resources very well and he has the ability to act effectively especially in difficult situations. He is relient and courageous. He has lot of self confidence. He is systematic and self disciplined.

Works Cited

1. Chemers, M. M. (2002). Cognitive, social, and emotional intelligence of transformational leadership: Efficacy and Effectiveness. In R. E. Riggio, S. E. Murphy, F. J. Pirozzolo (Eds.), Multiple Intelligences and Leadership
2 Gillette,J.E. n.d. Measuring leadership commitment and engagement for information Renaissance communities
3 Gillette,J.E. n.d. Leadership for the Information Renaissance: Clarity, Challenges, Opportunity
4 Hiebert, M., & Klatt, B. (2001). The encyclopedia of leadership. New York: McGraw-Hill.
5 Jacobs, T. O., & Jaques, E. (1990). Military executive leadership. In K. E. Clark and M. B.
Clark (Eds.), Measures of leadership. West Orange, New Jersey: Leadership Library of America,
pp 281.
6 NORTHOUSE, P.G. (2004). Leadership : Theory and practice, Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications.
7 Taichi Sakaiya (1991). The Knowledge- value revolution or a history of the future. New york and Tokyo: Kodansha International, pp 235-237.

Leadership and the "Information Renaissance"

The term leadership in this day and age has become a blanketed term that allows seemingly everyone to believe that they portray leadership in some form or fashion in the professional setting as a supervisor or manager. Unfortunately, and in my opinion, this is simply not the case.

I recently discoursed in an unpublished essay the difference between leadership and management. To summarize my two key points within the discourse effectively, I will extend a definition and a theory. First, my definition of leadership is that leadership is the innate ability to guide others to produce effectively for a chosen cause while sharing and believing in the goals of a chosen leader. Secondly, I base my discourse from a viewpoint shared with the Great Man Theory of Leadership. (Carlyle, T., 1888) Simply put, the Great Man Theory of Leadership states that leaders are not made or trained; rather, they are born with leadership qualities.

Amazing eBook reader - Apple iPad

I have to admit that I was pretty interested when I read those articles about the iPad. At first, I thought it is just another new e-reader. After doing some research on it, I will say that the iPad has more than that!

I'll say, the most different characteristic between the e-reader and the iPad is the touchscreen. (here's the link of a article which is give a great point of view for the Ipad: http://www.technobuffalo.com/blog/comparisons/will-the-e-reader-market-change-with-the-ipad) I believe that reading eBooks on the Apple iPad 's big screen will probably be more enjoyable than reading on the Amazon Kindle.

With Apple iPad, users can now not just reading book but also browse, read reviews, watch video, show pictures, compose emails, take notes, look at the map, or just buy books(let's say download books). Apple iPad already has the support of five of the largest publishers, including Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette.

Will it replace eBook readers?

As my perspective, I believe it will gradually replace other eBook readers.

There's couple reasons that why I believe so:

Most of the eBook readers has no other features but eBooks only. However, Apple iPad can do tons of things that other eBooks reader can't.

Secondly, the price of Apple iPad is not that expensive as many predicted mentions before. It just start at $499! It is to say, there's only $10 more than Amazon's eBook reader(Kindle DX). And you can get much more cool features then you can get by the other eBook readers.

Furthermore, most of the eBook readers(ex: Kindle) are lacks of color and Video.

However, as my research, I do find there's still some drawback that Kindle won't be replaced!

Kindle has very long battery life. According to Steve Jobs says, iPad's battery life can last for 10 hours. But, as I'm a Apple fans, I have so many Apple products, we all know that if you want to get the full battery life, you have to sacrifice something else! For example, you have to turn off WiFi, couldn't play video or pictures, or even lower screen's bright, etc. On the other hand, with Kindle, you can have a full week of reading time with wireless on, and two weeks with wireless off. As this situation, if user's only use eBook reader as a tool for read a book, I believe other eBook readers(ex: Kindle) might be the better choice.

The other perspective of mine is that even though Apple already have five publishers to support their service, I will still put a question mark on it! Because we don't know whether it can beats Kindle's huge selection right away or not.

Other to that, Apple iPad is not support flash and USB, it's some kind of issue that if someone would like use iPad as a netbook.

Will I buy it?

Yes, I will. I will like to buy two for my parents! Because of the big screen! It become a little bit difficult for them to read things in books or on iPod touch.

Gaming on iPad?

I have no idea what it would be like. However, I think I can imaging it might be like a much bigger iPod touch! It seems to be very cool to gaming on iPad!

Apple iPad ! Way to go!

Cyberwarfare, Cybercrime, and the Future

I was in the process of writing a newsletter article for my International Regulations and Policy course (ICS 642) at the Center for Information and Communication Sciences, www.bsu.edu/cics, when I came across a story I found interesting. I thought I would share it with everyone.
In an article written on January 25, 2010 by Kim Zetter for Wired.com, www.wired.com, “In the wake of a recent speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemning countries that censor the internet and engage in hacking, China has lobbed a return volley and accused the United States of hypocrisy and initiating cyberwarfare against Iran.”

Collateral Damage: China Pulls Avatar, Thinks It Will Help the Situation

What does the planet of Pandora have to do with Google's refusal to censor their search results in China? The aforementioned fictional planet is part of the James Cameron billion dollar 3D blockbuster "Avatar" and an analysis of the film's weak plot can help predict what how China will behave on the global stage.

Let us assume that China's leadership is at least trying to make rational decisions. Given that, it is also important to note that China's government routinely directs what foreign films are shown in theaters and how long they will run. The strange thing about the "Avatar" decision is its timing...why remove a popular global blockbuster film from all non-3D theaters at the peak of its popularity and replace it with a government-produced national propaganda film?

The film's plot is a standard colonist vs. native narrative. The locals, the "Na'vi", oppose the resources depleting human colonists on all fronts and the colonists do likewise. The Chinese still view Western culture and the US as "others" without distinction between US-based multi-national corporations, US-produced entertainment, and official US government policy. Of course their leaders understand the difference, but on another level these various regimes (multi-national corps, entertainment, etc.) function with much different goals than the US federal government, EU, etc.

The difference of goals in these regimes which all originate from one state might be more difficult for Chinese leaders to separate because in the US these regimes function much more independently from the central government than in China. The US federal government does not dictate what Google's search results should be.

In other words, China is using its leverage against what they perceive as US interests by removing "Avatar" early. But the effort is wasted. Removing "Avatar" is not going to influence Google to comply with Chinese demands. China could remove every American movie nationwide and it would not affect Google's decision a bit, because the film industry has no leverage over Google.

There are two facts that will cause more issues like this to arise between China and global-oriented regimes such as states and corporations. China will not cede its control over its citizens to any corporation, especially one based in the US. Second, Google's internal and external pressure to maintain openness and free flow of information is more important strategically than the potential gains in the Chinese market.

Souces:

LaFraniere, S. (2010, January 24). China Curtails Run of ‘Avatar’ as It Fills Theaters. New York Times Online. Retrieved January 24, 2010, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/world/asia/20china.html?hp

Zacher, M. W., & Sutton, B. A. (1995). Governing Global Networks International Regimes for Transportation and Communications (Cambridge Studies in International Relations). New York: Cambridge University Press.http://bytesizebio.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pandora-avatar.jpg

This Road to Mastery

As I submit my first Weblog as a Master's Candidate of the Center for Information and Communication Sciences(CICS), I consider the wealth of information that has been presented this semester, already. I know the world is composed of innovators and policy makers who ignite change and influence many, regardless of whether their influence is by choice or mandate. The practical use of this knowledge is what I've grown to recognize in greater depth, especially as it applies to my role as a player in this field. Knowing our potential barriers in advance, helps us discover what tools we will need to combat them. This works directly with public policy and for me, personal growth.

Being new to the center and aspiring to succeed, it is important to acknowledge my challenges for this growth process. Dr. Jay Gillette, Professor of Information and Communication Sciences, has introduced a relatable way of categorizing the challenges that a master will face. "A master will face three enemies on his or her road to mastery " Gillette said. "Fear, arrogance, and complacency." Breaking these three enemies down initially is key to striving to the next level in any arena.

Fear, is easily recognizable and quite common. I'll be honest in admitting that beginning as an off-cycle student and recent Bachelor of Arts, I had some concerns about succeeding in this center that felt like fear. Assessing these feelings properly is helping me tackle them effectively. This quote helps me narrow down my focus and to create a plan. "The road of a thousand miles starts with one step." Keeping in mind that you must start to handle a single task before you can complete a large one, helps me defeat this fear.

On this level, it seems almost natural to grapple with letting confidence or modesty reign as it applies to your demeanor. Another potentially damaging extension of this battle is the appearance of arrogance. The most suitable quote to wipe out arrogance is one by Greek philosopher, Socrates. "The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." The more one learns, the more he or she can understand the magnitude of ignorance that he or she has. This notion coming from one of the most renown philosophers should eliminate the self-righteous position of those along this journey.

Complacency is the last enemy that Dr. Gillette mentioned. Getting too comfortable or being easily pleased creates laziness and can decrease motivation. My mother, Michelle Jackson, once told me, "Never be satisfied with being satisfied." This means don't let your hunger to succeed die once you have solely finished the minimal requirements. An innovator should immediately evolve his or her thoughts for the next, more challenging task. This explains my purpose for joining this program.

In context, Dr. Gillette also said, "Sometimes your greatest disadvantage can become your greatest advantage." In addressing our enemies (fear, arrogance, and complacency), we can produce positive results, opposing the initial negativity of the terms.

In this blog, I have quoted some influential people that I have encountered or read about, but now a question arises. What is it that I have said that can help someone or myself along their way? An even more important question for you is, what will you say or do that someone can recount in your absence that can trigger change and influence that you desire?

France : the HADOPI Law signed

Since the begining of the 2000s internet has been seen as a threat to the music and film industry (Shapiro & Varian, 1999). They have started to react with different trials against Napster or Kazaa for example. The result of those trials does not seem to be really efficient. When a Peer 2 Peer service closes another one open after that.

The music and film associations had to find a way to counter attack and stop the fell of their sells. Instead of creating new interesting offers on the web, they have preferred to fight the “hackers” who download illegal files.

In France, the different music and film industry associations have started an important lobbying on the government since a few years to pass a law that will help them to fight against illegal downloading of copyrighted files.

Those years of lobbying lead to the creation of what people called the HADOPI (Haute autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet) law from the name of the authority which is going to be in charge of controlling the exchange of copyrighted files over the internet (Le Monde, 2010, January 4).

For the customers this will consist of:
• An email of warning after the first illegal downloading
• A letter of warning after the second illegal downloading
• The shut down of the internet connection after the third illegal downloading

After the shutdown of the line, the customer may also be sued by the music and film association for breaking the laws about copyrighted files.

This law brings several problems.

First, the customer will be punished without seeing any judge and being able to defend him or herself. This is against the bases of the French right.

Then, the customer can be punished twice for the same thing. First is connection is going to be shut down and then he can be sued by the music and film associations. It is also against the basic principles of the French right.

The fact to shut down the connection brings also a problem of the need of an internet connection in the actual world. Is it possible to live normally without an internet connection? For example people use their connections to pay their taxes, apply for national competitive exams… Some politician think that an internet connection should be seen as a basic need such as a phone line and so should not be shut down so easily.

There is also a problem of safety. More and more people rely on their internet connection for their phone services (VoIP) and do not have a regular phone line. If their connection is shut down, how they are going to be able to call the emergency services in case of problem?

Finally, the music and film associations are going to pay a firm to track the exchange of copyrighted files on the internet. This firm is going to have to ask the internet providers to link the IP address to a physical person. It is not free for the providers to do that. It will cost several million euros each year. The government says that the providers are going to take care of those costs but the providers reply that they never signed any agreement that claim they are going to have to support those fees. For the moment no one knows who is going to support those fees. A solution will have to be found soon as the first controls are supposed to start in April 2010 (Le Monde, 2010, january 8).

Those problems are just the main ones. Several other ones have been brought by consumer association, technology experts…

This law is an example of how the different French governments (from both sides) had and have problems to create laws dealing with internet because of a lack of expertise in the telecommunication domain and a lack of reactivity against a world that evolves every 6 months.

Le Monde. (2010, January 4). Les décrets organisant l'Hadopi publiés au "Journal officiel". Retrieved January 23, 2010, from leMonde.fr: http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2010/01/04/les-decrets-organisant-l-hadopi-publies-au-journal-officiel_1287124_651865.html
Le Monde. (2010, January 8). Les premiers courriers de l'Hadopi envoyés "entre avril et juillet". Retrieved January 23, 2010, from leMonde.fr: http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2010/01/08/les-premiers-courriers-de-la-loi-hadopi-envoyes-entre-avril-et-juillet_1289396_651865.html
Shapiro, C., & Varian, H. R. (1999). Information Rules. Harvard Business School.

Oracle One Step Closer to Purchasing Sun

The European Union announced Thursday, January 21 that they would allow Oracle’s $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, according to an article in The New York Times. The decision came after months of Europe’s concern over the database software market. Oracle successfully calmed Europeans when they announced the continuation of MySQL, a widely used open source database application owned by Sun, for up to five years.

Microsoft to Keep Bing Search Data for Just Six Months

By CELESTE RUTTAN

In compliance with the European Union, Microsoft agrees to discard search history and IP addresses after six months. But, are the competitors on board with Microsoft’s Bing?

Privacy laws have long time been an issue since the start of the Internet. Internet users are apprehensive about search engines storing data because of privacy and data theft issues. While search domains do not plan to use this stored information against the user, just having the ability has caused alarm for many. The actual intent for storing search history is for the benefit of keying advertisements to each user to maximize effectiveness.

Google, the top competitor containing two-thirds of the shares of the global search market, according to comScore Reports (2010), did not address their compliance with requests from the European Union in a statement. Yahoo, on the other hand, did agree and delete the IP address after 90 days, but said they would only make the search data anonymous.

References:

Barnett, Emma. (January 19, 2010). Microsoft Pledges to Delete Bing User Data After Six Months. Telegraph. Last accessed January 26, 2010, at www.telegraph.co.uk.

comScore Reports. (January 22, 2010). comScore Reports Global Search Market Growth of 46 Percent in 2009. comScore, Inc. Last accessed January 26, 2010, at http://markets.on.nytimes.com.

O’Brien, Kevin J. (January 20, 2010). Microsoft Puts a Time Limit on Bing Data. New York Times. Section B, page 5.

Power to the People

A law that was passed on January 6, 2010 in South Australia has garnered huge public backlash. The law stated that anyone who wanted to post a comment online with a political message during an election would be required to also post their full name and address or face a fine of up to AUS$1,250. The law also only targeted bloggers and comment posts; it excluded journals such as newspapers and magazines. This caused a huge public outrage that eventually caused the politicians who passed the bill to admit defeat and say that they would move to revoke the law after the election.

While pundits to remove this law may say that it infringes on their free speech I am not so sure it does, though I think that this law does overstep the bounds of government and should not be legal. But by looking from the other side if people are threatening politicians or in some other way violating speech laws in Australia then this law would make sense to a point. Though the law seams redundant, if some one posts something unlawful and does not put their name and address then the government will have to go to the ISP to find out who they are, exactly what they would have to do if this law was not in effect. So my thoughts are adhere to the people’s demands, as it seems they are, and remove this law that really prevents nothing from being said only invoking a fine if it is said without a name.

A Little Feedback and Update from the Start of Semester 2 in CICS

It is bitterly cold outside and a new semester has started in the CICS world. The last semester ended kind of rough but grades were good and looking forward to the second semester. This semester I only have class 2 days a week and I feel this will relieve some of the stress I was under last semester. So far this semester has been a little bit of a slow start. I think some of this is due to the workload and some is due to having a semester under my belt and knowing what to expect.
One of my classes this semester is ICS 642 – Regulatory Research in Context/Problems in Information Communications – International. I am looking forward to this class and to become more update with not only things around me but the world around me. Our first assignment in the class is a newsletter assignment and it was a very rewarding assignment. I learned a lot starting with how to research and using my textbook as a research tool. These things will allow me to become a better researcher as we continue with the newsletters to follow. I feel this is a great way to keep updated and to learn. The following is my first of many articles for our fantastic newsletter.

Geodelic and South Korea Strike a Deal
South Korea is continuing to branch out in its pursuit to continue its technology innovation. A South Korean based telecommunications company, Korea Telecom, just signed a deal with Geodelic. Geodelic is a Santa Monica, California based company that provides applications for cell phones highlighting the user’s favorite locations. Geodelic will begin constructing a Seoul-specific application for Korea Telecom.
The deal is suppose to bring revenues in the high seven figures according to Geodelic CEO, Rahul Sonnad. Geodelic was founded in in early 2008. The product concept was inspired by a couple years of experience using a GPS enabled laptop with a 3G broadband card every day. The Geodelic network uses discovery, instead of having you search for information. When opening the application the location carousel automatically finds locations and information around you, based on your personal interests, location, or search criteria.
Geodelic was first introduced for customers using the T-Mobile myTouch . There are now versions for different phones including the iPhone and the android. Geodelic uses a publishing platform, inspired by Universal Studios Theme Parks and Best Buy to make it unique and attractive to Seoul. Sonnad feels the deal with Korea Telecom will provide the revenue boost needed to set it apart from its competitors; Foursquare and Gowalla.
Seoul and South Korea has come a long way from the early years in the IT industry. Korea has been routinely government controlled and sectored in form of expansion in the IT industry. In 1981, there was only 3.5 million telephone lines with a penetration of less than 10 percent. By 1994 there were 960,300 cellular subscribers and 3.8 million paging subscribers making South Korea one of the fastest growing telecommunication nations in the world. This was due to the government’s response to international pressure to open its industry and go against strong domestic monopolies. This has allowed Korea to expand in both the domestic and international markets.
South Korea’s commitment to the IT industry has been shown over the last 20 years especially in the mobile phone industry. South Korea is home to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, the world's second and third largest handset makers by revenue, respectively. With these two large companies and South Korea’s continue pursuit of the latest innovations in mobile technology; South Korea and Geodelic are poised to make a significant gain from their deal.
Works Cited:
Hudson, H.E. (1997). Global Connections: International Telecommunications Infrastructure and Policy. New York: Van Nostrand.
Malik, O. (2010, January 21). With the Iphone, geodelic finds dollars and seoul. Gigaom, Retrieved from http://gigaom.com/2010/01/20/with-the-iphone-geodelic-finds- dollars-seoul/
Olson, K. (2010). Lg books 4th-qtr net profit amid higher sales. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Retrieved from http://www.ajc.com/business/lg-books-4th-qtr-283594.html

Arctic Melt Provides New Business Ventures

The rapid melting of the northern Arctic over recent years has been a delicate subject, particularly regarding species that rely on its frozen climate for survival. Yet, global communications may benefit greatly from an opportunity that has emerged from this transformation. Though funding for the project known as ArcticLink has telecommunications companies walking on thin ice, the development was unimaginable until now.

Bill Gates Next $10 Billion Move!

Bill Gates has been known for the past few decades as a man of innovation, a man who brought Microsoft to the common household in America. Bill Gates has been known as one of the richest, most powerful men of his time. What does the extremely wealthy and influential man invest his money in now though? The Answer, Vaccines.