http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/51908–5-career-damaging-habits-you-must-stop-now

This article talks about some bad habits a lot of people do in office such as gossiping, ordering excessive supplies etc. I think this article is really helpful not only for people working, but everyone in general. For example, it suggested that people should not sigh when they’re working as it will make other people think that you are frustrated at what you are doing. This also applies to our daily lives, for example, if we see one of our group members sighing when we’re working on a project, we will instantly get a feeling that the person is not respecting us and not devoted to the work. I would recommend everyone to read this article. Although they may not seem like anything big, changing these habits will help you go further as you will become a friendlier and more cheerful person and people would want to work with you.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/09/28/apple-chief-extremely-sorry-for-map-gaffe/

Apple has recently replaced the google map with their own map system with the iOS6 update but users have been complaining about the quality and the incompleteness of the app since it came out. Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote a letter apologizing to all the angry customers. In my opinion, Apple has done a very stupid move and this might lead to a bad reputation. People might think that Apple has not put its customers in the first place, but it only focuses on competing with its competitors. This move has not only hit reputation, but it has had positive feedback for its own competitor. People started comparing two map systems and apparently, everyone preferred the Google map.

Every step a company make make have huge impact on its reputation. Thus, sufficient preparation and research is crucial for a company’s new product/ a product’s feature.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/09/28/now-more-popular-than-twitter-instagram-takes-risk-and-deletes-feature/

^ an instagram photo taken by me 🙂

Instagram is a very popular mobile app launched on Apple App Store and Android market.   Recent data has shown that the number of instagram users had exceeded that of twitter users(mobile apps). The article suggested that this is because instagram is a ” mobile purebred”, meaning that it can only be used on smartphones unlike Twitter that can also be used on computers. Instagram has first gained its popularity mainly by identifying their opportunities and market. They can only be operated on mobile devices which narrows their target group and also made the app itself more focused.

Although instagram is very successful right now, it is planning to pull off one of its feature, “live filtering” out in the next update. This is definitely a huge risk instagram has to take and the effect is still unknown. As an instagram user myself, I have always loved how easy it is to upload a photo. I have never used the live filtering feature before and I think it is wise for them to pull out unnecessary features. This will be able to help them  maintain the simplicity of the app and attract more users.