Digital footprint

The first company I looked into in depth was iTunes and its corresponding Apple Music. Through iTunes, artists receive less than 10% of the price of the sale of their song. For a $9.99 download, the artist receives 94 CENTS, the record company receives $5.35, and iTunes receives $3.70. For every song downloaded, the artist gets NINE CENTS. They put in so much work only to earn nine cents. As the average minimum wage in the United States is currently $1,071.20 a month, the average artist needs to…

Case Summary Jim Davies needs to recommend a workable technology strategy for Enterprise Systems Group (ESG)’s mission critical enterprise computer systems, comprising both PC-based and proprietary servers and workstations. ESG provides mission critical applications to its client’s web-based IT infrastructures and business processes. This is the high-end of the industry, dominated by mainframes (for large corporations), internet servers, workstations and supercomputers (Verlinden & Christensen,…

Technology has taken its place in society as a priority and many people have come to accept that, no matter how young or how old. We live in a world where everything is instant. Instant messaging, constant communication, and even accessible knowledge at our fingertips whenever we want it. The problem with it is whether or not we can control how much we use it. This is the problem all young people have today and many of the problems stem from accessibility 24/7 and not learning to control it and…

There is no doubt that smartphones have changed the way we live our daily lives, but is it really for the best? If you’re like me and just about everyone else on this planet you probably have a smartphone or at least know what they do. Dictionary.com defines a smartphone as “a device that combines a cell phone with a hand-held computer with internet access”. (“Smartphone”). Growing up in the smartphone era I have been exposed to all the hype and excitement that people express for their…

1. Introduction The purpose of this experiment was to gain an understanding of how to use a signal generator, acquire data, understand the concept of a Low Pass Filter, gain knowledge of time domain sampling and sample rate, learn how to analyze and present data in MATLAB, as well as learn how to calibrate a microphone and record sound pressure data. To accomplish this the role of an electronics technician whose responsibility was to validate the performance of data acquisition equipment that…

lives are ruined when personal information falls into the wrong hands. Only then will the number of people who have their privacy turned into public knowledge, decrease. The younger generation must be saved from the dangers of this increasingly digital…

One Decision Can Change It All Next time you’re at a stoplight, look around you. Chances are most of the people you see behind the wheel will be distracted in some way, such as texting. Besides cell phone use,“Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person 's attention away from the primary task of driving. All distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety” (US. National Highway). According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, distracted driving is…

INTRODUCTION Dana Point is a city between Los Angeles and San Diego in southern California, but is best known for its harbor. Just north of the harbor lies a rocky beach with large cliffs only tens of meters from the sea, depending on tide level. Cliffs along the coast of southern California are prone to landslides due to their rock composition (mostly sedimentary) and high erosion rates from the sea but become increasingly stressed from overlying man-made structures and landscaping practices.…

Introduction The following case study will reflect an evaluation of the Samsung organization which is a multi-national South Korean Company widely-known for its achieved amount of success in developing innovative and new-age technology around the world. With this in mind, although Samsung, the manufacturing expertise has produced world class electronics, they are currently facing issues with the reputation of their brand and organization as a whole, product reliability, and consumer trust. The…

Smartphones are handheld devices that feature both a telephone and a small computer. Smartphones today have evolved tremendously from just being able to make a phone call. Smartphones are used in many ways such as talking, texting, internet browsing, check your email, taking photos and even making purchases. These small handheld devices are starting to do more and every year. Smartphones are carried around many of users, but most smartphone users aren 't really aware of the privacy issues that…