The Future of Shopping Pt. 2

The future of shopping this year will look more like this:



You'll be able to try things on before you buy them via your webcam or your iphone.

Trying on bow ties will also prove to be different. My company, OoOTie.com is currently using this technology but it is quickly becoming outdated.



With the iPhone going to Verizon this will only make the M-commerce world more app-centric and companies will look to innovate wherever possible.

Facebook Phone: Rumors Run Amok

Read the full Gizmodo post

Or, if you enjoy more "credible" sites. Check out the information at MSNBC.

WIRED: Where High Speed Internet Meets Smart Grid

Advanced internet technologies, energy management and the smart grid are coming together in an unlikely location: a mid-sized city in the South.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, utility EPB hit two milestones in the last two weeks of 2010: It completed the final touches on one of the fastest internet pipelines in the world, and it activated the first automated switches on its electricity network. The combination constitutes the backbone for a Department of Energy–funded smart grid networkthat’s expected to save the utility and area businesses tens of millions of dollars annually.

Read the full WIRED report here!

Alan Mulally declared, "Ford is more than a car company. We are also a technology company. "

In unveiling the electric Ford Focus at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Ford CEO and President Alan Mulally declared, "Ford is more than a car company. We are also a technology company. "
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/hall/ford-too-seeks-software-engineers/?cs=45172

Interactive Learning - Intelligent Projector

Professor talked about intelligent projector during our course. See link below which does small portion that.


http://www.agent4change.net/bett-week/news/779-welcome-to-the-greatest-ict-show-on-earth-bett.html

Google: Your new phone carrier?

I wonder if Google might be stumbling into anti-trust law ... it seems to be monopolizing a lot of things or being some sort of conglomerate

In 2008, Google put in a bid to buy wireless spectrum to provide mobile Internet access -- spectrum that ultimately went to Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) for its new 4G network. Rumors that Google is buying up "dark fiber," broadband cables that have been laid but are not in use, have been widely circulated, though never confirmed.

Connecting customers: In February, the company announced that it will become an Internet provider of "ultra high-speed broadband" for up to 500,000 customers for a U.S. city. That project is still under development, but Google is about to start testing its service out at Stanford University.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/30/technology/google_wireless_carrier/index.htm?iid=EAL

Living Social - the next Groupon?

as we learned Amazon invested in Living Social... a site like Groupon

LivingSocial is an international social buying company based in Washington, D.C..[1] They specialize in daily deals offered in cities across the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe (at present only the UK and Ireland), and Australia. LivingSocial is a deal-of-the-day website notable for being a key competitor to market leader Groupon.

Do you think they are trying to build their user base with today's deal of $10 for $20 of Amazaon Gift card?

you can check out the deal today here:
https://livingsocial.com/redeem_invite/21549729-eyleun?ref=lnk

Read more about it here:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/livingsocial-gets-attention-for-amazon-discount/?src=mv

The daily deal sites Groupon and LivingSocial say they are all about local businesses. They say they can bring mom-and-pop shops new customers in exchange for shifting their advertising budgets online.

Yet both Groupon and LivingSocial have catapulted into the mainstream with two decidedly un-local deals. Groupon’s most high-profile deal was with the Gap. And on Wednesday LivingSocial is making waves with a deal for another major, national retailer; it is selling $20 Amazon.com gift cards for $10.