While the strategy for RIM as per their annual report is valid, it is susceptible to criticism because Blackberries are great for email and phone calls but the consumer is looking for a device that goes beyond these capabilities and enhances their productivity from a personal and professional standpoint. It fails to focus on the consumer’s requirements for a smart phone or tablet product. Challenges for RIM: 1. According to recent news reports, Black Berry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will avoid a trial with Visto Corp. after a Canadian court ruled the privately held California-based company infringed on three RIM patents. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Visto "threw in the towel,'' Ronald Dimock, a lawyer for RIM, told Bloomberg News.
SOPA AND PIPA SOPA will have a far reaching effect on the Internet community. It is your right to know the negative and positive effects this will have on you as an internet user. What is Washington's Stand on SOPA? For years authorities have been lamenting the lack of law that will hold in court to convict perpetrators of online piracy and counterfeiting. On May 12, 2011 a bill was proposed to the Senate to address this deficiency, the Protect IP Act or Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (S.965.IS).
There is anti-piracy laws promulgated but unfortunately not observed strictly enough to control piracy. In the case of Microsoft who is now suffering a tremendous lost of profit due to incessant act of copyright infringement, Microsoft seems to be soft in pursuing corrective action against piracy I believe due to fear of losing current trade position with the country. 2. Increased digital communication may pose a threat to intellectual property because technology allows people to create perfect clones of original works. How do you think the Internet is affecting intellectual property laws?
Weekly Case Note 5: Privacy Issues and Monetizing Twitter Background This case looks at Twitter in early 2010. At this point, Twitter had a market valuation of $1 billion, but was a free service without a viable business plan. The challenge facing Twitter at this point in time is finding a balance between Twitter’s revenue generating initiatives and protecting the the privacy rights of the tens of millions of people using the service. Issues The founders of Twitter were contemplating whether they could monetize their business model while concurrently respecting their legal and ethical obligations to their users, and if so how should it be done? The Five Forces Model Since Twitter wants to generate revenue, first of all, it needs to evaluate its Business Segment.
Information technology has in the modern days become pervasive in every way. This ranges from phones and other small devices to the enterprise networks to the infrastructure that runs the economy. Improvements to the security of this information technology are essential now and for our future. Threats to a system and networks in operation include everything that can prevent critical applications from being able to satisfy their intended requirements. These threats includes; inside and outside misuse, malware as well as other system subversions, software faults, hardware malfunctions, human failures, physical damage and also the environmental disruptions.
Kirsten Laman ENGL 1301-61507 Professor Jackson 30 October 2014 Cognitive Effects of the Internet The book The Shallows by Nicholas Carr states that the introduction of the internet into society has had a profound effect on our culture. In other words, the internet has affected the way people think, read, and remember. The rapid access to tons of information has also affected people’s behavior making them less patient and less productive. According to Carr, “The Net commands our attention with far greater insistency than our television, or radio or morning newspaper ever did” (117). In today’s world, the internet has become essential to work, school and entertainment.
Ping Sweeps and Port Scans: Danger or Not? Guillermo Reveo Turnbull DeVry University SEC 280 Principles Information Systems Security Professor: Gregory Gleghorn May 11, 2015 Ping Sweeps and Port Scans: Danger or Not? The Information Technology world is constantly evolving with the passing of each and every day. As developments arise that add to the advancement of the various enterprises, there is still a growing concern for ways to protect intellectual property from being invaded by intrusive attacks employed by individuals or groups seeking to compromise the network security of many companies using some of the most clandestine approaches. The only intent is to wreak havoc at any possible moment.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * New Social Issues * COM/400 * February 18th, 2013 * * * * * * * * * * * * New Social Issues Social issues are governmental discussions regarding ethical judgment around how individuals ought to live. New social issues include but not limited to immigration, graying of America, inequality gap, dilemma of the poor, globalization, transformation, environmental change, and dangers of the world. However, the subjects to discuss within this paper consist of copying and sharing information from the Internet, which is becoming more common in today’s world. The influence that open-source movement has on attitudes toward copyright; moreover, the relationship between creativity and innovation involving property rights. Additionally, personal, and professional effects of digital surveillance versus organizational needs for information and control; nonetheless, whether copyright protection, and digital surveillance will improve or repair future stability.
When we use the internet, we expect to search for and receive results from a wide range of thoughts and ideas, where we go and who we listen to is our prerogative. Now with that power, comes the responsibility to understand that there will be extremes and to balance and weigh the credibility of the sources we are provided with. Freedom of speech and freedom of information are two ideals, no, rights that our country was founded upon. Regulation of the internet would infringe upon our first amendment rights and therefore cannot be considered. We live in a great democracy with many rights and freedoms that other citizens of the world don’t have.
SOCI 6 Critical Issues in Media Studies The University of Hong Kong Fall 2012 Final Project Paper (30%) Facebook: How it Impacts Self-Development & Relationships Thursday December 20, 2012 Table of Content Introduction 1 Overview of Literature 1-2 Defining Key Concepts 2 Methodology 2-3 Analytical Framework 3-9 Limitations 9 Conclusion 9 Appendix 10-11 Introduction Facebook is a new medium for connecting users to their friends. While Facebook continues to keep growing, it is one of the world’s top leading social networking with over 1 billion users. According to Cooley’s looking glass theory, the self, being a product of interaction, is our view of who we are through the emergence of interaction with others. The ‘others’ serve as this looking glass for us to understand how others see us. We gain knowledge of who we are by interpreting how others respond to us.