Week 4 EOC: Theres an App for that!

This day and age the smart phones have apps for everything you can possibly think of, or have they. There are still many ideas left to make millions of dollars off of. The most popular apps use to be games for entertainment, but now we have apps that help you with your everyday activities like preordering tickets for a movie or seats at your favorite restaurant. On the other hand most of these apps you are not really going to use; doing things the old fashioned way is sometimes easier. But what if they made apps that were actually very useful for instance, a Mile per Gallon App. This app would keep a log of which different types of gas you purchased, notifies you which gas company gives you the better bang for your buck. Plus a special feature to let you know when you are in proximity of a gas station that has the best deal for gas prices. There can even be an app that notifies you when there is an emergency on the freeway that you are traveling on, such as an accident or a police chase coming your way. This app might pique the interest for the parents out there. Let’s say you go to your local Cell phone provider and order a family plan with you and your children, if they are under the age of 18 and living within the household, there will be an optional app that allows parents to receive a notification if their child leaves the house, or returns. An additional feature of this app would be if the parent suspects the child is in trouble then there will be an emergency location button. This will allow you to locate you child in seconds and can report the location to authorities if needed.

Week 3 EOC: Charitable Companies

According to the Forbes website there are many different companies that are contributing large amounts of money to different organizations. Some of these companies that are on the top of the Forbes list are Wal-Mart, Target, and Coca-Cola. Wal-Mart alone donated 197 million dollars in 2004. Target followed behind in 2004 with 88.8 million dollars. And Coca-Cola donated 67.2 million dollars. There was another company that tops them all, “Pfizer would rank No. 1, with more than $1.2 billion of cash and in-kind donations, or 21% of its 2003 earnings. That is the first time a company topped the $1 billion mark in the 11 years the Chronicle has been keeping track.” As said in the Forbes website.  There are many companies that donate funds as well as tangible items such as clothes and food. A lot of this money is dispersed to different research companies as well as victims of weather catastrophes.

Charitable Giving.Forbes.com.Liz Moyer, 11.14.05, 6:00 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/2005/11/11/charities-corporations-giving-cx_lm_1114charity_2.html

Week 2 EOC: "Boston Consulting Group" - Video Games

The video game market has its ups and downs, especially in the first person shooter line of games. Before Call of Duty was king of the PC and Console market, there was Battlefield 2. This game allows you to shoot, swim and paratroop. But unlike most shooters you can drive jeeps, tanks, military transports as well as fly jets and choppers. This was revolutionary for its time; to have this much freedom was a dream. Call of Duty’s gaming changed the format to first person shooter by just running and shooting in smaller environments, which is the sacrifice for realistic looking detail. "The Best-Looking First Person Shooter to Date." DESTROCTOID Battlefield 3 game Trailer. There have been some new releases of Battlefield since 2005's version, but they lacked many different vehicles. Judging from the videos of gameplay, they have incorporated tanks and fighter jets for returning fans. G4TV.com says, "Battlefield 3 will be a watershed moment.” With DiCE’s new 3D processing engine, it is now possible to enjoy high detail with the vast maps and vehicles. JOYSTIQ says "Battlefield 3 is Unnerving Beautiful." You will be utterly insane if you do not pick up a copy this fall. 

Battlefield3 Trailers.EASports. http://www.youtube.com/user/Battlefield?v=TfrrAp1blaM&feature=pyv&ad=10891127980&kw=battlefield3