Group buying online shopping trend hits the Middle East
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14942599 A new online marketing trend is becoming popular in the Middle East, which is already a common business stategy in the United States and Europe. This is known as group buying, or social buying, and is playing a large part in e-commerce of the region. GoNabit is one of the companies that use […]
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/20/att-to-buy-tmobile-for-39-billion_n_838144.html Back in March this year, AT&T announced its intent to purchase T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom AG for a whopping $39 billion dollars. This would be the merging of the United States’ the second largest cell phone service provider (AT&T) with the fourth largest (T-mobile). The resulting merger would vault past Verizon Wireless and become […]
Can you date Your Friend’s Ex?
http://veronica.hubpages.com/hub/can_you_date_your_friends_ex The article from Veronica.hubpages.com, “Can you date Your Friend’s Ex?” by Veronica was a very stimulating article for me. Just by reading the title, I can imagine putting myself in the situation and flashing through the memories. This article suggests three points to remember when you are going for friend’s ex. The article points […]
Hulu: On the Auction Block
Hulu, the subscription and ad-supported on-demand streaming service, is currently up for auction. Current owners NBC Universal, Comcast, News Corp, and Disney (among others) have expressed a desire to offload the venture and have taken several rounds of bids. While receiving interest from a number of buyers, bidding has hit a few snags in the […]
Updated Facebook Status: Started a Protest Movement and Ousted the Dictator
The Arab Spring that has been taking place since the protests in Tunisia has been unique for a multitude of reasons. The Middle East and northern Africa is glaringly the least democratized area of the world, with many countries controlled by some form of dictatorship or authoritarian government. However, starting with the protests in Tunisia, […]
Web Based Social Networks Help Track Down Criminals
The Internet has drastically changed the dynamics of both how crime is committed and how law enforcements fights it. Sites like Facebook and Craigslist have allowed our social networks to converge with the Internet. Criminals have used this fact to commit crimes in ways not seen in the past. For example, Phillip Markoff, a medical […]
Moving Away From Classical Game Theory
Today, the Research division at Microsoft released its first Facebook game – “Project Waterloo” – to serve as the foundation for a behavioral game theory platform. The object of the game is simple: send more troops to a battlefield than your opponent does to win. The catch: you each have a fixed number of troops, […]
Airport Terminal Overpopulation: A Scheduling Predicament
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=131086&page=1 This April, the Federal Aviation Administration reported that a number of airlines are having major problems due to too many flights being scheduled for the same time. When this occurs, flights cannot all take off at the same time, leading to delays. The FAA recommends airlines put more effort in creating their schedules and […]
Social Media as a Means of Public Safety
Drug cartels have dominated the Mexican violence scene for decades. Originating in the late 1980’s, they evolved from the more peaceful earlier methods of simple drug trafficking. Their power and ability to reek havoc has instilled fear in the hearts of average citizens at increasing rates in recent years. Despite government officials attempts to crack […]
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