Essays on Mobile Apps

Foing-nova is an IT company located in Varaždin, Croatia, which provides software for users of the state budget. However, Foing-nova remains a small business despite recently changing its location and expanding its headquarters. After consulting RajkoTomiek, who is the CEO of Foing-nova, it was clearly understood that the most suitable method of company’s expansion would be to increase their market share. Although, Foing-nova is expected to gain new customers by entering a new market and thus become more profitable. However, a strategy must be put in place to ease the diversification of the company and to ensure ...

MOBILE ORDERING PLATFORMS FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGE SERVICES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY TO INVESTIGATE WHAT KEY FEATURES BUSINESS MANAGERS LOOK FOR PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION Mobile Ordering Platforms for Foods and Beverage Services: An Exploratory Study to Investigate What Key Features Business Managers Look for Prior to Implementation

Literature Review

The necessity to approach marketing as an integrated part of management and not as a separate function has been acknowledged decades ago, when Peter Drucker illustrated that marketing tells businesses how to adjust on meeting changing consumer needs and creating a clientele (Webster, 2009). Consumer needs are ever – changing, as Drucker observed, and ...

Business Problem

Abstract In today’s business world, customer service is a crucial part of the business practices aimed at growing the company and increasing overall effectiveness in the supply chain. Customer satisfaction is an important factor when it comes to customer service and it relates to the customers being satisfied with the services they get in terms of availability of information, speedy responses, and overall convenience. Many companies today have not been active in providing efficient customer service. This is because they rely on traditional communication channels and strategies such as the use of e-mail services and landline phone communications. ...

Discussion Questions

1-2 paragraph response "Providing Security Over Data" Please respond to the following: The CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) offers three (3) security tenets that allow data owners the framework to secure data. Considering your place of employment or your home computing environment, discuss in detail the primary means in which each of the three (3) tenets are addressed to mitigate risk and enhance security in your chosen environment. Confidentiality refers to the privacy of information. Attaining confidentiality is achieved through several ways in my work place. There are several measures employed in the systems and networks used at ...

BUSINESS PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY GROUPWORK COHESION (UGC)

Business Plan for University Groupwork Cohesion (UGC) Executive Summary The aim of this project is to design, develop, and market a mobile application for assisting students in their productivity especially when placed in groupings of several modules. Group works are considered one of the most hectic assignments that students are required to perform. However, as most of the students point out it is not the actual assignments that are hard but the interactions, planning and delivery of the work across several students. This project, therefore, aims to provide a simple and efficient means of handling such issues among students ...

The Boston Harber Hotel is one of the most cherished and prestigious hospitality and accommodation destination for many travelers in Boston city. It has served the service industry with memorable moments of history, recognized as a leader-service provider in the industry. The hotel is located at the historic Rowes Wharf in the Bostan's city scape. It attracts a large number of travelers in the city with a promise of variety of services. Their services range from the normal restaurant services and accommodation services. They also provide human therapeutic services such as the Spa and fitness facilities in the industry. ...

Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. The company operates as a subsidiary of Kraft Foods Group, Inc (Bloomberg, 2016). Product: variety of processed food such as cold cuts, hot dogs, bacons, lunch combinations, sliced meats and other packaged food products. Price: retail $6.58 per Oscar Mayer Lunchables, Variety Pack (6 ct.) Place: food brick-and-mortar retail chains (Walmart, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, MORRISONS, Waitrose) and e-commerce stores (Amazon.com). Promotion: OM uses different communication channels (TV, in-store advertisement, digital channels, mobile apps). One of the latest Oscar Mayer mobile apps is a dating app “ ...

McDonalds Product Line

McDonald’s is an American Company operating both domestically and internationally. It is the world’s largest hamburger restaurants and has more than 65 million customers. It has operations in more than 100 countries of the world. The company started as a small restaurant but with time it grew and developed to become the one among the world's Fortune 500 service companies. It offers plenty of products to its customer's something that helps us understand its product line better. Its product line includes Burgers, Breakfast products, Chicken, pork, beef and fish among others. This implies that most of its ...

Executive summary

For convenience of analysis, this paper has been organised under three parts. The first part of the paper discusses about the global payments industry in general. The global payments industry has been growing at a tremendous pace over the last decades and the development of internet technologies greatly contributed to the growth of this industry. The Porter’s five forces analysis of the global payments industry reflects that it maintains a favourable business environment for business houses. In the analysis, it appears that all the five forces of the industry are in favour of the Visa that enjoys massive ...

An Explorative Analysis of the Use of Mobile Device App for Communication between Physician and Patient in the Context of a Private Sector Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Introduction:

Mobile technology has produced many opportunities to increase the quality of health care services. The opportunity to mobile communication could create bountiful improvements in patient care but there are many questions left unanswered. Before a mobile communication app can be implemented the risks and limitations of the software need to be carefully analyzed. A hasty implementation could cause a great opportunity for patient care to fail. The proposed research program will ...

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to explore the impact of technology on places where people eat. In order to encounter, the impact of technology Yoko sizzler has been chosen. The interview-based questionnaires were distributed among 100 customers who were available at Yoko Sizzlers. Therefore, the gathered data is based on 100 responses, which includes both males and females. Technology has an immense impact on restaurants and hospitality industry; it has been encountered through several researches, and this research is another effort to contribute in prior work. It has been encountered that technology advancement plays an ...

- Chapter 1: Introduction This project is focused on a creating mobile application based on android mobile OS. There are several frameworks out there that can be used for the application development, and it is necessary to opt the best framework for creating a robust application. The main aim for creating this application is to connect more people with the company and make something that will be useful once the project has been completed. The application is developed for a company called AL-MASA that based in Saudi Arabia, and their work involves different types of media including web design, live radio ...

The invention of smartphones has revolutionized the development of mobile phone applications, popularly known as Mobile Apps. The invention of mobile apps has enabled other functionalities such as playing games, use of mobile web browsers and invention of chat-oriented platforms. There are two major categories of mobile apps, namely: Android Apps and Apple Apps. Android is a mobile phone operating system available in a wide range of phones and most popular globally. It is the largest platform for mobile phones, and the growth has been tremendous over the recent past. Additionally, it provides a world-class platform for developing apps and games for ...

Discussion Forum

Question one

Pros They are easier to use and work with given they depend on built-in features of the device. They are available at app stores and users can easily download the apps they need from such stores (Claburn, 2014). They are more secure and safe for the user since they have to be approved by the app store compatible with them.

Cons

Native apps are more expensive to develop especially if they are compatible with numerous mobile platforms and devices. The approval process at the app store may be long and in some cases not ...

Article review-2

Article reference Chen, Xu, Zhou, Zhu. “Is this app safe for children? A comparison study of maturity ratings on Android and iOS Applications ”. International World Wide Web Steering committee. 17 May 2013. 201-207. Print.

Introduction (Objectives and article domain)

The article is solely based on growing concern of parents across the world regarding the maturity ratings of android and iOS apps. As per prevailing trends the apps are normally mandated to disclose the age rating but owing to the nudity, gore and violence dominance in current day apps, the authenticity of these agr group ratings has been dubious (Chen, Xu, Zhou, Zhu 203). ...

Developing a model of brand personality in Sport Industry

Organised competitions such as sporting events have been meaningful and important cultural components of essentially every civilization that has existed throughout history. In an effort to capitalize on this ubiquity, sports media and marketing have been used to connect with customers for nearly as long as sport itself has existed, in one form or another. People have been engaged in different activities that may be associated with and classified as organized sports competitions for hundreds of years. One of the first examples of modern sports marketing involved tobacco cards featuring popular baseball players of the 1870s . The ...

Business

TripAdvisor and other similar apps are products of IT industry but also mostly have influence on tourism industry. This segment is facing a number of opportunities. The driving force for all of them is “growing market with huge potential” (Karan), while higher number of reviews will promote the brand. It gets inspiration from its competitive force which is truly “revolutionary concept” which is proposed to user (Schaal). The key success factor is based on the idea that “mobile’ refers to the user, and not the device or the application” (Hylton). These opportunities emphasize strengths this industry has. The most ...

Abstract

Much as mobile payments are comfortable to carry out, there is the danger of money being stolen by cyber thieves. Criminals use plenty of malware tools like Heartbleed bug or Trojan viruses to gain access to sensitive information for further manipulation. SMS interceptors allow thieves to receive the authentication text messages sent by banks on a per-lo-in principle. As far the level of safety goes, Android platforms are second safest to Apple analogues based on a walled garden App Store and a closed operating system, yet not even this product can keep mobile users safe when their inquisitiveness and desire to download ...

English

2015 Term paper Introduction Advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have paved better ways to create, and disseminate any kind of information in diverse formats. Such technologies have bestowed every field with an assuring stand to practise improved operation at every level. May it be education, health, science, medical, and even art, every aspect of human existence is fully connected to the technological innovations of the world. These technologies have permeated the lives across the world. For instance, health sector of the world is hugely influenced by the latest developments in medical and health technology. ...

Introduction

The internet has brought many changes to the education arena. There are many changes that have been seen with the introduction of online education. This new mode of learning is enhanced with the new roles that students have. There are many obligations that most online students that prohibit them from taking normal classes. Most online students are parents, or working. For this reason, they do not have time to focus on their studies. This means that they will have to balance between attending classes and their occupations. In order for online students to complete their online classes successfully, they ...

Business

Part A Whole Role Report The company in the e-commerce industry chosen for this assignment is Ebay. Ebay is an online ecommerce marketplace that connects the buyers and sellers all over the world that can buy or sell anything using the online platform. - Workplace Roles and Responsibilities

The workplace roles and responsibilities for the various employees in the online marketplace Ebay include the following:

- Functionality of the Ebay platform including the automatic payment system and order processing. The functionality and technical responsibilities of the employees in the technical team are to ensure that the website is functioning 24 hours without any technical error and loads on time. The servers team maintains the ...

- A retail clothing manufacturer can use several methods to pay for its supplies. For local purchases online bank transfer is the most feasible option. It can also pay for the supplies using mobile banking or mobile apps where the funds are transferred directly to a cell phone number. This would ensure fast and quick transaction for the office supplier without any worry, delay. It would be expensive, but since infrequent payments will be required, the peace of mind and other benefits will outweigh the costs. - It would be cheap and the funds will be transferred in no ...

I am presenting to you the information about the trends on technology regarding software acquisition. Herein are three trends that our company should be conversant with: Software-as-a-Service, mobile apps, and open-source software.

Cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service

The popularity of cloud computing has increased the use of software-as-a-service (SaaS) for most software users. Technology observers have noted that many organizations who are to use SaaS. Many software users will want to pay for the service that they have used instead of paying for the whole package and yet they do not use all the package. It is the dynamics that are driving software use ...

The cellular network is a wireless network spread over large land areas called cells. Each of this cell is served by at least one base station. These cells use another set of frequencies from that of the neighboring cells so to provide guaranteed bandwidth and avoid interference. When these cells are joined together, they provide radio coverage and connect large geographic area. Thus, portable transceivers i.e. mobile phones and pagers can communicate with each other, being anywhere in the network. There are 3 main categories of cellular networks, including 2G, 3G, and 4G. The first ever cellular network was ...

Chapter 8, pg. 306: Stuxnet and the Changing Face of Cyberwarfare

In the past, cyber crime only dominated the domain of fiction writers. However, cyber warfare as emerged as a daunting and unique problem for every internet security expert, not only in detecting and preventing intrusions but also in tracking cyber criminals and prosecuting them. The most prominent problems include for example, American and Israel hackers used cyber warfare to interfere with the operations of Iran’s nuclear plan, by causing malfunction in one device controlling the nuclear plant. The problem will become worse for countries with advanced technologies such as the U.S., which rely on an electronic banking system and ...

In the past few years, smartphones have become more ubiquitous as a staple technology of our everyday lives, seeing a popularity that no one had expected. (Ankeny 2010) As a result, businesses have been attempting to use this unique technology to get their businesses closer to the consumer, creating new applications and ways of interacting with their prospects. (Barnes 2003) This resulted in the m-business market, a spinoff of e-business whose purpose is to provide electronic applications to customers with smartphones, in order to let them shop or use their services right from their phone. (Lee 2006)

At the same time, other environments ...