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The concept of Killer App

Killer application or killer app is a jargon used by the computer and technology industries for such programs which are considered as superior to those offered by rivals. Killer applications are highly innovative and add considerable value to technology. Operating systems, programming language, hardware, software and gaming consoles all are examples of killer applications. The aim of creating killer app is to introduce new technology at the global level. As globalization became a common phenomenon, innovation gained popularity too because the core of competition lied at the innovative capabilities of organizations. In order to survive global competition, organizations began ...

Disruptive technologies in Australia

Introduction In the recent years, the world over has realized tremendous changes in relation to technology. Newer models of tools and devices are being developed by the scientists around the word with the goal of revolutionizing the way human beings live. Lives are being saved, and work is becoming easier with every single day that passes. Technology and innovation have ingrained themselves within the fabric of society in a way that was unimaginable in the last few decades. Transportation, communication, medicine, art and war have all been influenced by the changing dynamics of technology. The globalization of the world ...

As advertising and PR professionals, we are in favor of the FCC’s proposed regulation on net neutrality. This piece of legislation will help ensure that the internet remains open and free. Keeping the internet “open” will have lots of advantages for internet consumers in the United States. It will mean that they will be able to browse to any site they want, at any time, because the regulations will prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking sites. The regulations also prohibit the creation of internet “fast lanes” that treat wholesale and retail customers of ISPs to different traffic ...

Introduction

This essay will investigate the definition of deviance in society from a sociological perspective. It will then define what it means to be socially deviant. This essay will go onto investigate what impacts deviance has on society. This essay will conclude that for some sociologists, deviance performs a necessary function in society that help establish and reaffirm our social norms, and can help us fix the problems within it The term deviance in sociology refers to an act that violates the standard social norms in a society (White et al, 2000). Succinctly it is a transgression of any kind ...

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Biological Psychology is the biological study of human behavior through various theories. It is said that every behavior, action, emotion and thought originates from the brain. In the past, this study was known as physiological psychology due to the fact that the methods employed to study the brain functions and behavior correlates with the physiology. For instance, stimulation and lesioning are among the methods used. There are three major theories that try to link the biology of humans to their behavior. They include: evolutionary psychology, behavioral genetics and behavioral neuroscience. These three theories hold different backgrounds in regard to ...