Himanshu Akode's Blog

  Engineers have created a hover board which actually floats! It is really quite amazing as to how technology is changing. A company named Hendo is developing these hover boards. It is still in the developing stage, but some of these boards are available to the public. If the company does succeed in developing these hover boards, then it would make so much profit. Also there are so many other products where this hover board technology can be used e.g. imagine cars which use this technology. The company will make…read more

United nations is an intergovernmental organization which promotes international co-operation. It strives to promote peace and well being of its member nations. They focus on a country as a whole rather than going into specifics. Even though United nations would be fully funded, it wont be able to make such an impact as the Arc or Social entrepreneurship.  Arc and Social Entrepreneurship on the other hand involves individuals who have the ability to make a change and lead people. They involve individuals who  are business driven and want to reach…read more

  Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, one of the founders of the Pirate Bay has been arrested under the Interpol warrant as he was crossing into Thailand from Laos.  Neij, along with other Pirate Bay co-fouders, was convicted of aiding copyright infringement by a court in sweden in 2009.  Pirate Bay is a website where music, movies, games and applications are pirated. The US film and music industries have for years pursued strong legal action against sites such as Pirate Bay, which they say aid the illegal distribution of copyrighted material. Illegal…read more

A delegation of B.C. First Nation chiefs urge the Harper government to reject BC Hydro’s $8-billion Site C hydroelectric mega project. BC Hydro wants to construct and operate a dam and 1,100-megawatt hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia.The dam would flood 83 kilometers of the Peace River Valley from near Fort St. John to Hudson’s Hope, destroying farmland and wildlife habitat. Victoria has argued that the region’s growing population, as well as the area’s oil and gas and mining industries, need the relatively clean hydroelectric and…read more

  McDonald’s is recalling a Hello kitty-Themed whistle given to children in Happy Meals, citing a chance they could choke on some of its parts.   The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Monday that two children have reportedly coughed out pieces of the whistle that they had sucked into their mouths, including one child who received medical attention. The safety agency said that parts of the three-inch-tall “Hello Kitty Birthday Lollipop” whistle can detach and be inhaled, posing a risk to small children. McDonald’s said about 2.5 million whistles were manufactured,…read more

Royal bank of Canada introduces a new payment system which allows its customers to pay their bills with a wristband.   Technology is now going to change the way we shop. Royal bank of Canada has introduced a wristband called Nymi which allows the customers to pay their shopping bills by verifying shoppers using their heartbeat to allow credit card payments. The wristband which looks like a watch is being tested out by 250 RBC customers and employees in a pilot trial that will run until February 2015. Royal bank…read more

Hewlett-Packard co is one the companies that shaped silicon valley and the PC revolution. Although recently it has struggled to adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing and has planned to split into two companies so as to focus on the faster-developing corporate services market. Hp will separate its computer and printer businesses from its corporate hardware and services operations and spin the unit off through a tax-free distribution of shares to stockholders. This is a monumental reshaping of the one of the technology’s most important pioneers….read more

Maruti Suzuki India limited is an automobile manufacturer based in India, which is a subsidiary of Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki. Suzuki motor is in an advanced stage of developing a new 1.5-liter four-cylinder power plant targeting the Indian market. Maruti plans to use both the new engine form Suzuki and the existing fiat multi-jet engine so as to provide customers with wider choices. The first product to use this engine will be the next generation Ertiga. Since the size of the engine is 1.5-liters, they will not have…read more

Ziyu’s blog talks about how McDonalds, A famous North American burger chain, plans to innovate its menu. She talks about how McDonald’s in western Sydney has recently unveiled an upgraded ordering approach which allows its customer to choose from 19 options of different ingredients and toppings on a touch screen. It will also allow them to choose their seating location at the restaurant. This is a very good innovation for McDonalds as this would act as a direct customer research. They could develop new burgers as per the customer taste….read more

Every business has to follow certain guidelines which guide their behaviour. BUsiness ethics deals with distinguishing wheather if a decision is “right or “wrong” and making the ethical or right choice. an example of this is not using children in firecracker factories in India. Every business has to follow a “code of rules” while making choices. Business ethics also limits a business’s options to innovate and make profitable decisions. corporate social responsiblity also comes under business ethics. it states that a company should minimise any harm to the environment and…read more