Walmart and Facebook have formed a partnership agreement! World’s largest retailer and worlds largest social network has decided to join forces. Wal-mart launched a page on Facebook for their consumers to follow up on new updates about the store. Wal-mart is investing their earnings in e-commerce and social networking to try to compete effectively with online rivals such as amazon.com.

Wal-mart is a large retailer store meaning that it is quite difficult for customers to find what they need. Before investing in Facebook, consumers will need to find employees to help them find their goods. But now, consumers will know before hand where the good is before reaching the actual store.

Shoppers will also be able to access maps and locations of their local wal-mart department stores. Alert notification will also be sent to wal-mart fans. Through e-com, the connection between wal-mart and local customers will be relatively closer.

Advantage of Facebook corp. is that they will receive more views and hence earn an increasing number of customer loyalties. Advantage of Wal-mart is the closure of the relationship between customer and corporation. (efficiency and productivity increased)

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Google has finally decided to advance and expand their service. Other than a search engine, they now have launched the idea of a “Facebook Killer”. Google Plus basically a program where people can video chat online, IM individual or groups, instant upload of photos etc.

It is difficult for Google to suddenly decide to enter a whole new market because there is already the existence of Facebook. Facebook has been established for a while and they already have brand imagining, which basically means that they have customer loyalty established. For Facebook consumers to switch brand, Google Plus must have some differentiation or some corporate advantage over some aspects.

A minor disaster that withheld in the company Google was an employee that wasn’t completely in the agreement of the idea. Engineer, Steve Yegge, accidentally broadcasted his post in public of how he thought that Google plus was, “Pathetic afterthought.”

Will Google plus ever be able to bounce back up? What will ever happen to Googles reputation?

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple has recently passed away. He was 56 when he was announced dead.

Steve Jobs will become a legend because he was able to influence the whole world. He changed the world by creating innovative technology that made the world it was today. Efficiency, productivity and education was taught and learned through a variety of ways because of this man. Without him, competition of bringing the world to a whole new level would have never existed. If, Steve Jobs had not created the Iphone, Ipad, Nano the world would not have advanced so quickly. Phone companies such as Samsung, Nokia and other great corporations all mourned for his passing because he was such a great success and influence to this world.

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This will definitely cause a setback for the company Apple because he was the icon for Apple. Now that he is gone, consumers will begin to change corporations, market shares will begin to drop giving a chance for other corporations to catch up. Hopefully, the Company will be able to continue and resume what Jobs have left.  

Recently there had been a collapse in the black berry operating system. This will greatly influence the corporate image of their brand. Consumers may now see the company Black Berry as unreliable and hence brand switch.

“So I have no email, Twitter or BBM on my BlackBerry”(Amanda a twitter user)

What can be said is that consumers are outraged by this ridiculous break down because instead of what they paid for they have nothing more than a black block in their hands. “I may as well cut one of my arms off too”

In result for their failure, there was a drop in profits hence they were unable to meet their sales target. This will result in a setback for their corporation. Other companies may seize this opportunity to lure consumers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/blackberry/8818094/BlackBerry-services-collapse.html