Technological Advances

The Internet over the past few years has seen a huge increase in online businesses and consumers. Electronic-commerce is expected to generate $36 billion in revenue during 1999, up 140% from last year alone.[1] With such a huge amount of money to be made on the Internet it is becoming very appealing for small businesses and start-up companies to try and make their niche in e-commerce. The Internet is drastically affecting the way companies and people conduct business now. E-commerce encourages growth in existing as well as new businesses because of lower overhead costs, the huge consumer base and the freedom of information flow. However the online revolution has created a large

(Wikimedia Foundation, 2008) Over two and a half million years ago primitive humanoids began using stones and rocks to butcher dead animals, to date, this was the first known use of technology on earth. Since that time, both we human beings and our technology have evolved. Over the course of history, technology has evolved from stone flakes to a world of space travel and super-computers. The increased availability to information could lead to the development to several necessary and desired advancements in technology over the next ten years that could affect El Arco and the world as well.

As a Millennial and frequent user of many devices, I find that technology has drastically improved over the years, which directly correlates with the increase in its usage. Technology has become an essential piece in our generation’s functionality and therefore it is not likely to go away anytime soon. The thought of newer and better technology is usually appealing to the average consumer for obvious reasons; better entertainment, research and medical advances, etc. However, our progress as a society does not depend on technology, rather to some extent, it inhibits our ability to grow mentally.

The rise of social media has been a global phenomenon since internet giant Facebook began, with one in seven people having a Facebook account (Hennig-Thurau, Hofacker & Bloching 2013). This has had an impact on the marketing environment in several ways, with the two most notable being increased active participation and a strong level of networked interconnectedness (Hennig-Thurau, Hofacker & Bloching 2013). These two changes have shifted the power from the marketer to the consumer, as the regular consumer now has access to vast amounts of information and has the ability to amplify their opinion globally (Labrecque et al. 2013). For this reason, it may be argued that in the 21st century, marketing occurs among consumers, and is no longer purely

Is social media “where’s it at” for businesses’. In the article by Ford Saeks social media is “where’s it at” for businesses’ today. He converses the three levels of communications. Saeks discusses how social media should be a lover and not a fighter situation. Businesses’ should and foremost to stay attractive to the customer. No customer wants a run-down website, so keep those websites trim, fit, and attractive. Then Saeks states if you want to keep the customers’ coming back open the communication line. If there is no communications in this vast relationship, then the ship is not leaving the harbour. After the relationship between customer and the website have united, Saeks reminds business that the relationship is an open relationship.

As the world enters a new era of technological progression and evolution, the popularity and use of technology for entertainment and more practical uses has skyrocketed. I have been alive long enough to observe some of the changes taking place. Some of these changes include including nearly everyone in high school texting on smartphone, so many people are choosing to talk over the internet rather than in person. We are truly in an age of technology, a sort of future imagined by those before us, where people keep their calendars on their phones and do work on tablets and computers instead of sheets of paper, and can video chat with anyone anywhere around the globe. With all of these huge changes happening to our world, I have truly been drawn

According to Moore’s Law, computer processing speed doubles exponentially every single year. Being 32 times faster than the current speed after five years, and 1024 times faster than the current speed after 10 years. Exponential growth is a phenomenon both observed in nature, as well as society as a whole. It comes as little surprise that the progression of technology has been exponential as well.

As human society becomes more advanced, the general consensus is that we rely on technology for our everyday lives. This fact can be seen around our lives as technology does not only include electronics but inventions that help make activities easier. It depends on where you live as third-world countries technological advancements may include things such as telephone lines for easier communication. However, technology is apparent in the more advanced areas in the world. Technology can be seen as either positive or negative depending on your point of view. Many discussions have erupted on this topic, but it seems that everyone can agree that technology has help the advancement of the human race. Breakthroughs in science has helped find cures

The purpose of this article is to give information about the increasing developments on warfare technology. It explains the potential gains and setbacks to these inventions and the effects it could have on both sides of a battle. In Paul Marks’ article “Armchair Warlords and Robot Hordes”, he provides facts on the developed technologies and the viewpoints towards the overall idea. Marks’ main topic is based around the U.S Department of Defense and its plan to replace war vehicles and weapons with robotized technology within the next few years.

In the 21st century, life without the internet is something we absolutely cannot think about. The internet has become an essential and integral part of our lives. There is no doubt about the fact that the internet and all the technological advancements have helped improve our lives immensely and has also made life a lot easier than what it used to be even a few decades ago. However, it is not all sunshine and the internet has several ill effects too that affect us in ways that can prove to be very harmful in the long run.

Technology has progressed in so many ways over the past decades. As technology has progressed over the years our interactions and our human connection with one another has decreased drastically. We are more on our phones and devices we are missing out on getting to know someone new or just building a connection. As a kid we had phones but we did not rely on as this generation does. If we wanted to get in touch with our friends we would just knock on their door. We were always outsiders and loved to play outside and get to know our neighbors. We interacted all the time and got to know almost everyone in our neighborhood. I miss those days because kids seemed freer and less attached to their phones. I see parents getting kids electronics at such

We cannot deny how big of an impact social media has on our lives now, not only on people but businesses too. It has opened a whole new door to the business world and given them a big opportunity to interact and attract a larger amount of customers. It’s given us a new and faster way of communication by exchanging pictures, stories, news, blogs, online discussions, etc. In exchange businesses have benefited by a long shot just by the click of a button. With the help of the Internet a company no longer is dependent on a particular customer base to survive because now it can reach out to a worldwide audience within seconds. It’s imaginable the countless business attributes of all social media to this day and still is growing. Social media

Advertising is a partnership between creative and media strategies. Each play a very important role in creating an advertisement, that it is almost impossible to draw a line between the two. Alasdair Reid (1994) asserts that as early as in the 1990s creative and media strategies were still very much inseparable due to the fact that advertising “used to be a very simple business” (1994, p. 15) – producing an ad was more focused on creation of the content, rather than the placement. These days, however, with new media spawning, separating media and creative

In today’s business world, social media is being discussed on a daily basis. This phenomenon has taken over the marketing and advertising industries and has changed the way they handle their efforts to attract customers. There is a big misunderstanding that social media are only popular networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, but as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, social media are “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos).” The rise of these online communities has given companies an opportunity to engage in conversations with their customers. This in

The purpose of this report is to show that even though some state that Social Media has fallen short of their expectations, it is actually good for business, given that it enhances the visibility of their brand and helps businesses stay connected to potential customers.