Author Archives: Kevin Ding

The news article talks about Samsung’s new design for glasses with thumbnail-sized displays, which are able to be controlled by smartphones and are made for people who usually do outdoor activities or sports. And this idea is said to be … Continue reading →

James Cowan talks about the reasons why Blackberry is at a continuous downfall position in his post “We respected BlackBerry, but we never loved it”. Basically what he is saying is that BlackBerry has been failing because of its lack … Continue reading →

Andrew Mason, the chief executive officer of Groupon Inc. was fired on Feb 28, 2013 because of the company’s poor operational and financial performance. And this leads us to consider why has Groupon started off from fastest-growing startup in history into … Continue reading →

In our minds, Google has always been the most successful search engine in the world. And users rely on Google because it gives them good search results. But what if users’ names show up on the online ads on Google, … Continue reading →

In today’s lecture, the importance of managing human resources and creating a strong organizational culture by companies was addressed by the processors, and Zappos was used as an example for demonstration. To start with, I was really surprised by the … Continue reading →

The guest speaker Wade Larson introduced UrtheCast Corp. and its upcoming launching today. UrtheCast Corp. is a Vancouver-based technology company, which will provide users with free high-resolution videos and imageries of Earth from the space. Recently, the company’s High-Resolution Camera … Continue reading →

Stephen Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada says that he ‘intends to make inflation control the central thrust of the Bank of Canada’s monetary policy’. He also expresses the possible actions of influencing the exchange rate by weakening the … Continue reading →

Early in October 2013, China will open a new kind of free trade zone in Shanghai. This free trade zone will include 29 square kilometers of Pudong district in Shanghai. In China, it always has been the government who took … Continue reading →

Recently, Abercrombie&Fitch has been accused of refusing to produce and sell above large-sized women’s clothing. According to the CEO Mike Jeffries, he “doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store, he wants thin and beautiful people.” As for men’s clothing, … Continue reading →

Trafigura is a Dutch multinational commodity trading company and it mainly trades base metals and energy, including oil. In 2006, the company dumped plenty of toxic waste on the Ivory Coast in Africa and it not only destroyed the local environment and ecosystem, but … Continue reading →