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Welcome back to my blog! Since the last time I had blogged, I made a reading goal for me to achieve on a weekly basis. This goal of mine will challenge me as a reader much more than I have ever done in my past English classes. My goal for this semester is to finish a book every two weeks or read about 150 pages a week. I have read one full book last week, which was The Private Investigators ' Handbook, and it was quite an interesting read about the life of an investigator with all their gadgets…

Corporate transparency Opening case study: Apple In the early 1970s, Xerox developed world-changing computer technology, as well as the mouse and the graphical user interface. (Modern GUIs include Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.) One of the devices was called the Xerox Alto, a desktop personal computer that Xerox never concerned to market. A decade later, several Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, visited the Xerox PARC research and development capability for three days in exchange for $1…

as different standards of build quality and customer service. Apple Computers takes the guesswork out of choosing a laptop. Apple offers a laptop, The MacBook Pro, that is made of high quality materials and a hassle free operating system to deliver a product that is better built, easier to use, and more reliable than windows laptops (Pc). Setting up your new Pc for the first time can be very frustrating and confusing. Apple`s…

Disconnected Life in Connected Era In the world with unimaginably updating speed, people are always expecting “unexpected” spark in the Internet of things. It has already been a cliché to predict everything is going to be connected in the foreseen future, as this irresistible trend has already begun revolutionizing our life. While embracing this connected era, we unavoidably muttered various worries and questions, but it happens every time when a change is to come. However, does it really seem…

A crowd-sourced, collaborative education is a smart alternative to top-down learning, but it can easily become counterproductive. “Project Classroom Makeover” by Cathy Davidson showed the success of collaborative education with Apples Digital Campus. “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi showed the destructiveness and failure of crowd-sourced education at The Citadel. In the case where crowd-sourcing failed, it was because of a lack of supervision. When crowd-sourcing succeeded, a professor was…

The hook I am using is a rhetorical question. I will first state my presentation topic in one or two sentences so all the audience know what I am going to talk about. Then ask a rhetorical question as my hook, and answer the question by my own to future get into my main body of the presentation. The hook: Do you know what are some very profitable market so you can have a very high-profit margin? All of you know Apple is one of them by selling iPhone and iPad. Many service company has very…

one to invent the first mouse. “Using the mouse, Douglas was able to demonstrate moving a mouse cursor on the Alto computer in The Mother of All Demos. However, because of its lack of success, the first widely used mouse is the mouse found on the Apple Lisa computer” (Computer Hope, n.d.). It is evident the mouse has undergone improvements since Engelbart’s version of it considering they…

not liked by his co-workers. Which later dragged the company down for awhile until they brought him back. That's because he represented apple, consumers trusted him and he was quite popular. He was the image of of apple. As here Mr. Virk is also our image of the company, the consumers still do trust him and he is still quiet popular. The things is Apple sales weren't bad when they kicked him off, over here though, the sales are already not in great hands. If we still want Mr. Virk to …

I deserve this $25,000, because I’m a very hard worker. I’ve been a hard worker, ever since I was thirteen years old, I’ve been working for what I deserve and earned every penny of it. I’m a very respectful young man, and I never take anything for granted in my life. I show my respect by being nice and kind to everyone I know/meet on a daily basis. Every penny or dime I make, I never take it for granted. I’m also a very responsible person, I take care of each and every item that I own. I’m also…

Average total Assets = 39,510,000/ (231,839,000 + 207,000,000) /2 =18% 9/28/2013 ROI = Net Income / Average total Assets = 37,037,000/ (191,532,000) =19% B.) In terms of Business or Organizational Structure, the main reason on why Apple Inc. is the largest technology in the world is because of being a Centralized company (UKessays.com, 2003). Kokemuller, (2015) stated that the leaders make the most critical decisions and handle responsibilities by his own. There are…