New iPad 3 going small

The New iPad Apple announced is going to be much smaller.  They felt they had to change their current design because of the several new tablets which are going to hit the tech world.  The new iPad 3 is going to have a better display along with 4G capability.  The other tablets are The Kindle Fire, The Nook Tablet, The Acer Iconia A500, The Asus Slider, The HTC Flyer, The HTC Jetstream, The Galaxy Note, The Pantech Element, The BlackBerry PlayBook, The Sony S, The Sony P, The G-Slate, The T-Mobile Springboard, The Motorola Xyboard, The Toshiba Thrive, The Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, and The Asus Padfone.  With all of these new tablets and technology coming out, there obviously was a need for Apple to improve on their design.  I don’t know which of these new tablets will be popular but most of them will most likely only last for a few years because the technology world is constantly improving.  This is a marketer’s nightmare.  There are so many new tablets coming out, that each company must try to improve on their design and offer a few function or something the others don’t.  With the large surplus of tablets coming out in the next year, that seems like a difficult task.

Link: showing the competition

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apples-ipad-3-faces-stiffer-competition-than-ipad-2/2012/02/29/gIQAGhzKkR_story.html

Link: showing more info on the iPad 3

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/27/ipad-3-rumor-roundup/

What do you think about the new smaller iPad 3?

Facebook buys Instagram for a Billion Dollars

Facebook on April 14^th at 7:07 AM bought the mobile photo sharing network Instagram.  They paid over 1 billion dollars for this acquisition.  They bought Instagram because Instagram’s members ever day snap and share millions of photos every day.  Facebook along with the new money they will get from this new technology will also get more members.  This company will help Facebook a lot.

What do you think about the acquisition of Instagram?

Is Instagram worth a billion dollars?

Link to cite:

http://www.itworld.com/266630/why-facebook-bought-instagram-billion-dollars

Response to Tyler’s Blog: Response to blackberry on the way out

What do you think of blackberry’s downfall?  I knew that the blackberry was not going to last long when everyone started to get iPhones and Droids.  These phones along with internet access also have the cloud.  This program allows you to sink your phone with your iPod and your computer.  The blackberry only has the internet.  At its peak blackberry was hot due to the fact that it had internet access and a keyboard.  As time went on they had to charge more and more for their internet access and the new phones came with more apps and less monthly charges.

Do you think Droids will be the new technology to fall off? 

Google Smartphone Glasses

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-terminator-style-smartphone-glasses/

Google has started testing a new technology.  They are trying to incorporate the internet and GPS into your glasses.  The device would have a direct link to your smartphone, while providing real-time information in a heads-up display.  This is Google’s first venture into wearable computing.  This technology is still in the first stages but the Google staff are asking people for their thoughts.  If you have Google+ you can see their first prototype and their first ideas for the future.  This technology will catapult Google into a new never been touched field, and in doing so they are taking their followers for the ride.  Theses glasses or goggles will also feature a built-in camera.

What do you think about this new technology?

Is this the right step for Google?

If Google creates a workable computer which you can wear as glasses, what is next? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4 (Youtube clip showing the new Technology) 

In response to Molly’s Blog: Linsanity spreads to Volvo.In response to Molly’s Blog: Linsanity spreads to Volvo.

What other troubles may Volvo face by hiring their new spokesman mainly to gain customers of young and Chinese populations?

I believe since Volvo is going with this new rising star there are many ups as well as a few downs which go along with their decision. The positives are that it gives Jeremy Lin publicity while portraying to the younger generations.  By going with a new up in coming basketball star you are gaining new young fans of both Chinese and American decent.  But focusing solely on the younger generations the older people, which might not watch basketball, might feel left out.  This is why I like Lin as the spokesman.  He is a college graduate from Harvard, and he has worked as hard as he can to just get on a NBA team.  It surprised everyone when he took the New York Nicks on his back when their two star players were hurt on the bench.

What do you think about this move for Lin a young basketball star to be the new spokesman for Volvo?

If you do not like that he is the spokesman, who would you choose?

Small Business Saturday

American Express as a way to gain members and spread the local movement is making the day after Thanksgiving into Small Business Saturday.  They believe that small businesses are critical to the nation’s overall economy.  This Small Business Saturday is a day to support the local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy, and preserve the neighborhoods around the country.  “Small business Saturday is a national movement to drive shoppers to local merchants across the U.S.”  This movement which American Express is a part of is increasing.  This local movement helps American express as well, because American express can tell people about the movement in their commercials.  Then the people who watch the commercials will see that this company sees the importance of local business cares about how the do.  American Express is not only advertising this movement on their commercials, they have been campaigning on Facebook and Twitter.  The American Express card owners also get perks with this movement, Small Business Saturday.  100,000 card members get a $25 statement credit if they register their card and use it to shop on Small Business Saturday at any locally-owned, independent small businesses that except American Express.  I believe that American Express is doing the right thing to increase their brand.  They are helping the local movement and the local movement is helping them.  They are portraying themselves to more people and they are increasing the popularity of their product to more and more people.

What do you feel about Small Business Saturday?

Do you think this local movement will increase, and more and more people and large companies will help it grow?

http://about.americanexpress.com/news/pr/2010/sbs.aspx

In response to Chris’s blog: Buy Local gains Traction!!

Would you shop locally in Keene?  Do you already?

I try to shop locally whenever I can because I know if I am spending my money for a good reason.  When money is spent on Main Street instead of nationally owned companies, local people win out.  These people are the ones you will see around town, and if everyone started to buy local these people would prosper and the local community will continue to increase.  I try to shop locally when I can but since I am a college student I don’t really have extra cash to help these businesses.  If I worked in Keene and was a part of the local community, I would definitely shop locally every chance I could to help my community.

Do you think the local movement will continue to grow and the nationally owned stores will have to change tactics to entice customers?

Do you think it is possible to have a whole community go local and stop buying from out of town owned companies?