Silicon Valley

SURVIVAL. That’s the key to anything that you have to deal with in life. You have to get used to people stabbing you in the back (metaphorically), with people and animals that you care for and possibly even loved one's’ death. You need to get used to all the stuff that life throws at you. You have to build barriers around yourself. I did this in grade school. It helped me avoid trouble with other people and calamitous social relationship situations. The cost of this was the fact that you…

Daedalus was a well-renowned and respected computer programmer in the Silicon Valley, descendent from one of the biggest tech tycoons, Bill Gates. Daedalus was well known for his skill at hacking and programming and had produced many computer protection softwares that had millions and millions of users which, in turn, had made him millions and millions of dollars. Despite his achievements, Daedalus was very self-conscious and paranoid. While he could pretend to be just a bumbling and nerdy guy…

In 2013, a New Zealand news outlet reported a number of Samsung washing machines spontaneously catching on fire. The corporation is expected to spend $14 billion on advertising and marketing in 2013, with publicity appearing in TV and cinema ads, on billboards and at sports and arts events. In November 2013, the corporation was valued at $227 billion. In May 2014, Samsung announced it will be shutting down its streaming service on 1 July 2014, also meaning the end of the Samsung Music Hub app…

Question 1: PESTEL framework analysis assesses the external environment variables to identify the opportunities and risks of certain public strategies, because the changes in these factors can lead to a significant shift of industries, especially in the long term (Witcher and Chau, 2010). PESTEL sheds light political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors set. 1. Political With the sale of cars in 17 countries from North America, Western Europe and Asia (Tesla 0.2014)…

Migration for any country is a double-edge sword, especially in the United States of America, as a nation of immigrants. Recently, due to the turmoil of the Middle East, the problem of migration became more significant to American. It can be divided to emigration and immigration Immigration influenced American much more than emigration. America first time experienced immigration during the colonial era, from about 1600. Most immigrants came from European countries and came to this land…

the Android would dominate the iPhone market-wise but the iPhone would retain quality. This past April Wozniak and Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee announced they would bring a multi-genre convention to the San Francisco Bay area in the form of Silicon Valley Comic…

talk means that he has to be an expert or he conducted research on the topic he is presenting to the audience. In the beginning of the presentation, he said that he was a track share for the medicine portion for Singularity University based in Silicon Valley, California. At the time he was participating in many of the university's programs that brought together many students to do research on how technology could become more integrated into the medical field. This shows that Daniel Kraft has in…

Surprisingly, most of these technologically astute kids came down to same conclusion: Technology is a net loss for today’s young people. According to the article almost 90% of the kids voted that it is negatively impacting their day to day lives. Malone asked the kids why they think it is hurting them, and they came up with a pretty interesting list. The number one reason being it is a time waster. A lot of the kids blame their iPods and smart phones for their lack of being productive. These…

autopilot driving is a system used in a car to drive or operate without hand-in control by drivers. Tesla Motor, obviously, is not the first enterprise, nor the only enterprise entering this new market. However, we cannot deny that this flag Silicon Valley company successfully attracts public’s focus; more importantly, it launched a new industrial revolution that other technical giants, such as Google, began to compete with Tesla in this new market. Naturally, Google establishes a department as…

During 1960s HP was recognized as one of the symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, even though at the time, their semiconductors were mainly used on instruments and calculators. HP introduced inkjet and laser printers for the desktop on 1984, and registered HP.com as their domain name on 1986. Part of the reason HP became big…