My company GetQuik has offered mobile food ordering for consumers since May 2007. We offer a J2ME and WAP solution and we do have a patent filed for the process (non-disclosure request on our doc). The Apple announcement and entry may be the catalyst to really kick mobile food ordering into high gear. The market for restaurant revenues in the US is over $500 billion, of which over 2/3rds of those transactions are for casual and quick service dining (the rest being fine dining). So with over $300 billion in addressable market size, we expect the market to product more than one winner. Apple certainly has a great chance to be secure their place in the market. Should be an interesting year for the sector.
Since the dawn of time, there have been test cheats and those trying to stop them from cheating. Mirrors, photocopy machines, mobile phones, etc. are technologies that have ushered in new cheating innovations.
The idea of a 360 camera system seems pretty difficult to beat. The privacy concerns and the cost and maintenance for such systems will likely limit the adoption of these cheat prevention systems.
Much of the time, grades are based on how well the class as a whole performs. In classes where cheating is rampant, the grades in general will be higher. Since there is typically a grading curve, mostly the stronger students will still come out on top. However, if the test is really difficult and cheating is easy, a better student may be penalized against the curve. Being the one clean cyclist in the Tour de France, or trying to catch up to a Roger Clemons fastball will put this player at a disadvantage.
Where was I going with this? Cheating - no bueno. Roids - no bueno.
the media landscape is changing due to the strength and speed of blogs. in the race to scoop, unconfirmed rumors will be leaked via blogs. techcrunch got a nice deal of street cred when they scooped the youtube buyout. other bloggers seeing this halo effect are looking to have their own youtube scoop moment. the funny thing is that the yahoo merger rumor was fueled by the NY post, rather than the blogsphere.
the best way to get this video's popularity to pop is to ban it. you would think that an advisor to the monarchy would have some sophistication regarding media/publicity.
the concept of free speech we take for granted is obviously not the same globally.
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Prior Art
My company GetQuik has offered mobile food ordering for consumers since May 2007. We offer a J2ME and WAP solution and we do have a patent filed for the process (non-disclosure request on our doc). The Apple announcement and entry may be the catalyst to really kick mobile food ordering into high gear. The market for restaurant revenues in the US is over $500 billion, of which over 2/3rds of those transactions are for casual and quick service dining (the rest being fine dining). So with over $300 billion in addressable market size, we expect the market to product more than one winner. Apple certainly has a great chance to be secure their place in the market. Should be an interesting year for the sector.
nuclear arms race for test cheating
Since the dawn of time, there have been test cheats and those trying to stop them from cheating. Mirrors, photocopy machines, mobile phones, etc. are technologies that have ushered in new cheating innovations.
The idea of a 360 camera system seems pretty difficult to beat. The privacy concerns and the cost and maintenance for such systems will likely limit the adoption of these cheat prevention systems.
Much of the time, grades are based on how well the class as a whole performs. In classes where cheating is rampant, the grades in general will be higher. Since there is typically a grading curve, mostly the stronger students will still come out on top. However, if the test is really difficult and cheating is easy, a better student may be penalized against the curve. Being the one clean cyclist in the Tour de France, or trying to catch up to a Roger Clemons fastball will put this player at a disadvantage.
Where was I going with this? Cheating - no bueno. Roids - no bueno.
blog arms race
the media landscape is changing due to the strength and speed of blogs. in the race to scoop, unconfirmed rumors will be leaked via blogs. techcrunch got a nice deal of street cred when they scooped the youtube buyout. other bloggers seeing this halo effect are looking to have their own youtube scoop moment. the funny thing is that the yahoo merger rumor was fueled by the NY post, rather than the blogsphere.
the best way to get this video's popularity to pop is to ban it. you would think that an advisor to the monarchy would have some sophistication regarding media/publicity.
the concept of free speech we take for granted is obviously not the same globally.