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Are mistakes really a bad thing or rather something that’s helpful? In medusa and the snail, a book by Lewis Thomas, he claims that mistakes are the base of human thought and that trial and error is actually a good thing not a bad thing. In the article he says, “ We learn, as they say, by “trial and error.” (Line 10) Learning is the base of human curiosity and this human curiosity got us to the technology and information that we have today. None of that would've happened if we didn't have…

I debated whether I would dub Plant Nanny as my favorite app, but after a long, hard debate with myself, I came to the conclusion that it was in fact Duolingo. Yes, Plant Nanny has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times, but perhaps that’s because it’s easy to lose motivation when it comes to self-improvement, and so people naturally download and delete the app within a few days, only to redownload it when they are looking for a health kick and then delete it again. However, I definitely did…

Apple's "most personal device yet" is soon to be released. Online tech news sites are buzzing with assumptions and predictions on the Apple Watch since the release date is coming up fast. On April 24, the long wait of customers who have pre-ordered this revolutionary gadget will end. The first orders are supposed to arrive within the week, although stores will not be offering the item until June or July. This piece of technology will be available in selected countries, which are Australia, Hong…

Analysis of the Mac Vs. PC Ad Campaign As computers were first gaining popularity, companies tried to hook customers by using unique marketing tactics. Soon, years went by and technologies continued to progress to a point at which companies spent millions on actively trying to promote their products. In 2006, the company, Apple, established an ad campaign titled Mac vs. PC which quickly grew more admirable by strategically using rhetorical fallacies and genuine story lines. Fans then began…

Cryptocurrencies in the Robin Hood app According to a Company representative, Robin Hood is already "the fastest-growing brokerage ever, with over 3 million users and $100 billion in transaction volume”. It is also the only stock brokerage platform to democratize stock trading has not only given investors the opportunity to trade on stocks free of any charge but has taken the huge leap of making the trade on cryptocurrencies available on their app. The two- Robin Hood and Cryptocurrency are…

About us As a group of geeks we enjoy finding new uses for our iPhones and finding some of the best accessories that make our iPhones our day-to-day sidekick. If you’ve ever wondered how to do something with your iPhone, you’re not alone. Stay tuned for tutorials on how to get the most out of your new iPhone. To get started check out our first tutorial here. Our services Driven by the desire to get the most from our iPhones, we (a group of geeks) banded together to thoroughly analyze the…

Apple’s strategy and how it’s survived in competitive huge markets . Every successful organization has a business strategy which is “a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of goals or objectives (Hall, 2009). Strategy is management's game plan for strengthening the performance of the enterprise. It states how business should be conducted to achieve the desired goals. Without a strategy management has no roadmap to guide them”. Apple is a great…

The lawsuit of Apple vs. Cisco in 2007 poses a questionable practice about ethics in business environment. Fairly speaking, both companies have their arguments as well as unethical behaviors over the iPhone trademark. Legally, Cisco owned the iPhone trademark. However, the trademark was apparently abandoned until 2006 because Cisco was not using it. In order to keep a trademark registration active, Cisco had to file a Declaration of Use on or before the sixth anniversary of the registration…

used to be ugly, until Mac set the tone. It is not just in the Mac computers but also in all their products. When buying a new computer, there are a number of things you have to consider. Chief among these wound be the matter of which operating system (OS)…

In in the reader Focus on Social Problems, there were many good interesting readers, but the one that caught my eye was In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad. After reading the short reader I, learned and discovered many new things I was not aware of, for example, I did not know many of our technology gadgets are built or made overseas and not here in America. Also, big corporations like Apple, Dell, Samsung, and Sony manufacture their products in China. After reading, this reading I…