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IPhones cannot be charged in the microwave. In fact no phones can. However, the internet, managed to convinced many IPhone 6 users to test that out.

It is incredibly shocking to hear people sacrificing, such a high demanded and well marketed phone into the microwave so thoughtlessly. This situation demonstrates just how influential social media is.

Why do people rely and depend on social media? Why do they continue to keep up with the rapid change of the digital and social media world? The reason is because people are looking for connections. For example, sharing recommendations or warnings of the latest sales or products through social media can influence consumer’s purchases. Not to mention online ratings, such as, Yelp, that provides easy information of the best restaurant around the area, where this will impact a consumer’s choice of expenditure. As a result businesses use this information to their advantage by creating: online advertising and online shopping.

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With the constant development and improvement of social media, such as newer ones, like Snapchat, people do not want to fall behind this rapid change. They want to be constantly updated.

This is when websites like 4Chan, where people can post any photos, influence people’s choices, such as the IOS 8 wave. Social media informs the latest gossips, information, and news immediately, but there are also internet trolls, pranksters, and sadist that can post anything on the internet as well.

Read article here:

http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/09/4chan-prank-gets-apple-users-to-microwave-their-iphones.html

WORKS CITED

Benavidez, Max. “Social Media: Epic Power, Beauty and Terror.” Huff Post Tech. Huffington Post, 3 Oct. 2014. Web. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-benavidez/social-media-epic-power-b_b_5924980.html>.

O’Neil, Lauren. “4Chan Prank Gets Apple Users to Microwave Their IPhones.” CBC News. CBC     News, 23 Sept. 2014. Web. <http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/09/4chan-prank-gets-apple-users-to-microwave-their-iphones.html>.

As the home sales skyrocket, the new development in SoHo, New York decides to not only push the home sales of New York real estate, but push the price for home parking as well. Although, “parking is in serious demand and has proven an excellent investment with no sign of a decline,” it is isolating the lower and middle class customers who are unable to purchase a million dollar parking space.

The social responsibility of  business, according to Milton Friedman, means maximizing resources and profits while staying within the rules and boundaries. However, the need to push the price for parking in addition to one’s highly bought home, is only benefiting the company and not the buyers in the community. Buyers should not be expected to park their cars blocks away from their home, merely because they do not want to pay for the expensive parking. This is wrong and impractical, due to the fact that it targets solely on wealthier customers.

As a result, customers will start to diminish when they realize that purchasing a parking space cost almost as much as a home in a different location. As stated by, Edward Freeman, when a company only holds priority for themselves and disregarding the customers (or vice versa), they have forgotten that companies and customers are equally as important in order to operate a proper business.

1 million dollar parking space.

Read article here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/realestate/million-dollar-parking-spot.html?ref=business

Works Cited

Higgins, Michelle. “Million Dollar Parking Spot.” The New York Times. 9 Sept. 2014. Web. 10 Sept. 2014.