With every problem there’s a solution, not a perfect one, but one with more pros less cons. Online Gambling started in 1994 on the small Caribbean island of Antigua when their government passed the Free Trade and Processing Act. This allowed for licenses to be granted to organizations who wanted to start their own online gambling company. That same year, Microgaming, the first online gambling software provider, was founded. With this came the first online poker room, Planet Poker, followed by the
Introduction The constantly increasing portability, and plummeting prices of powerful mobile computing devices have popularized a trend known as BYOT (Bring your own technology) policies, also known as BYOD(bring your own device), and in some quarters as BYOP (bring your own phone) [1]. While the trend has been around in one form or the other in the past two decades, it has seen a rapid adoption in recent times (Figure 1), [2, 5], and has had a significant impact on several industries
think back to my first computer, key words/phrases that jump out to me are: AOL, dial-up, big bulky computers, long loading times. Those days are long gone now with consistent new software and technology updates. Almost every household owns a computer or a device that can gain internet access. In addition, there are also many locations that offer free WI-FI access to connect. This era has become so technology driven. This is where new technology comes in and re-invents the wheel once again. Cloud
“Akamai® is the leading provider of cloud services for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere ("Akamai: Summary for," 2014).” Akamai Technology is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. CEO: Dr. Tom Leighton has co-founded Akamai Technologies in 1998, and served as Akamai’s Chief Scientist for 14 years before becoming Chief Executive. Akamai offers an accelerated course on digital delivery. Akamai’s mission statement is, “To accelerate
Social Media Pros Social media sites including Twitter and Facebook are in their infancy yet play an increasingly important role in the response to a disaster. After all, “one of the basic tenants of emergency management is mass communication and being able to deliver pertinent information to those who need it” (Gould, 2012). Social media offers an avenue to obtain up to the minute information on a given situation right in an individual's hands thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices. “Each disaster
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines domestic as “relating to or made in your own country”. The word surveillance is defined as “the act of carefully watching someone or something, especially in order to prevent or detect a crime”. Therefore, the term Domestic Surveillance in its simplest terms can be defined as the government’s ability to protect its interest by monitoring its residents. In this paper we will review the pros and cons of domestic surveillance as well as review the classical ethical theories
Throughout centuries, we as a society have come to realize American history's pros and cons. It has been both optimistic and unconstructive, throughout the late 18th century through the end of WWII. Politicians and business leaders showed us how our societies have eventually come together in the creation of modern society. It has been an extensive and tough struggle from the 1870's horizontal and vertical integration to the 1930s great depression and the ending of World War II. In this essay I will
Project Agency (DARPA) initiated an electronic communication project which led to one of the most advanced computer infrastructures of its time. The goal was to provide extremely quick and efficient methods of communication for military command. To bring the most talented minds together on the subject, DARPA opened up research and development to various universities within the United States in order to realize DARPA's infrastructure and full potential. Once universities had realized the technological
I Traded My Beauty for Yours: Cosmetic Animal Testing Cosmetic animal testing has been a controversial topic for decades but has recently gained more attention from the media due to oppositional organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Those in favor of animal experimentation make the argument that they are taking animals’ lives to save humans’, but is it really necessary to subject animals to torturous conditions or painful experiments in the name of science? Animal
1) Critically evaluate the competitive advantage that can be gained by companies through IS/IT outsourcing. Provide suitable example to support your answer. Introduction Outsourcing is an arrangement in which one company provides services for another company that could also be or usually have been provided internal. As we know, outsourcing is a development that is becoming further common in information technology or information system and other industries for services that have usually been regarded