Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2012 No Comments »
Accord to United States Patents and Trademark Office, a patent is defined as “grant of a property right to the inventor(s) for an invention”, it is “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” the invention in the United States or “importing” the invention into the United States.”, one can say […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2012 No Comments »
Following the class on Social Entrepreneurs, i became really interested in the matter and looked more in depth. A social entrepreneur can be defined as someone who is a entrepreneur, but in return they are doing something good for society, while still doing business (making profits). David Bornstein says that social entrepreneurs are “totally possessed in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2012 No Comments »
As in my blog post on rim, i have questioned Rims ability to survive in today’s mobile market. But, after reading Kevin Lui ‘s Post on Blackberry 10, i will have to agree that on the launch day, Rim’s stocks will rise in February… to an extent. With the addition of the blackberry 10 platform in late […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2012 No Comments »
With the iPad mini release recently, one would ask how this 8inch iPad mini will compete in the 7inch tablet market. The new iPad mini costs more then a consumer is willing to pay, “they would pay $242 for a 7-inch iPad and $268 for an 8-inch iPad.”, for this premium price against the competition, will this affect the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2012 No Comments »
Following my previous blog post on the proposed Enbridge’s Northern Pipeline, recently last Saturday, a 7.7 Earthquake hit BC in Haida Gwai. This has lead to the risk of landslides and breakage of the tankers in the proposed pipeline. This rose a lot of attention recently in the support in disapproval of the proposal, as if […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2012 No Comments »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7MV3HWQHl1s The following is Toms main business model, for every pair of Toms branded shoes you buy, Toms will donate a pair given to a child in a developing third world country. Tom’s has built an awareness among the nation of barefoot is an issue to children and how a pair of shoes can change their lives; […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2012 No Comments »
The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline is a route from Edmonton, Alberta to Kitimat BC on the WestCoast of Enbridge. This Pipeline is proposed to linking alberta oilsands to BC so they can be exported worldwide. Many ethical and environmental issues have arose in response to this proposal. A main ethical issue is that the pipeline will […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2012 No Comments »
With Target taking over Zellers in 2013, and Nordstrom taking over Sears Downtown in the near future, it is safe to say that our Canadian economy is slowly becoming Americanized. What has caused this to happen and what affect will it have on the Canadian economy? According to Huffingtonpost’s Article, the top 3 reason for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2012 No Comments »
With the ease to find TV shows and movies online, YouTube, the biggest online video sharing site, has added “original channels” which consists of high quality videos that capture specific viewer’s interests. YouTube tries to add “originality” but at the same time, covering many user-uploaded videos that are not popular, as their effort to take […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2012 No Comments »
In today’s market for cellular devices, the main competitors consist of mainly Samsung with their sophisticated androids and Apple with their innovative iPhones. But can you remember not long ago when Blackberry’s were the hype of the world? In 2012, Rims 2nd reporting quarter was reported on September 27, 2012, with an estimated net loss […]