(MIS) Management Information System - Web 2.0 Review
Individually work on the next assignments based on
Chapter 4 “Enabling Commerce Using the Internet” and Chapter 5 “Enhancing Collaboration using Web2.0”
1. Identify at least 9 blogs related to each of the following trends.
2. Collective intelligence.
3. Research about web-based collaboration tools and choose at least three collaboration tool
4. LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) has become one of the most important connecting tools for professionals. For the following task, you will create an account on LinkedIn and complete your profile.
5. Create a blog using any blog tool such as wordpress.com
6. Register for free and explore the different features of Shopify https://es.shopify.com/. Capture some screens and create a presentation about Shopify main features.
7. Create a unique presentation containing all your assignments.
8. Create an account on Slideshare (www.slideshare.net) Upload your final presentation to slideshare.
3. gigaom.com
• GIGAOM offers the latest in tech
news, emerging technology analysis,
and opinions on startup companies.
With topics ranging from the latest in
mobile technology, to the cloud, to
artificial intelligence.
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•GIGAOM is excellent for keeping up
with the latest and upcoming events in
the technology industry. GIGAOM also
has experienced analyst that review and
write about startup companies
providing vital information for potential
investors. Furthermore GIGAOM
provides reports with information on
the latest and predicted trends in
different fields of technology.
4. Techchurch.com
• TechChurch is an online publisher
of technology industry news primarily
covering the business side of
technology. TechChurch reports
breaking tech news, opinions on new
products, along with analysis of new
tech trends and popular new tech
related business.
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•TechChurch contains imports
information for a start up tech business
that would like to keep up with the
most reason news in the industry.
TechChurch can also act as a laugh
point for a startup tech company which
has an superior product which can be
reviewed and compared to existing
technology.
5. mashable.com
• Mashable is an online publisher of technology
news, entertainment, lifestyle, digital, social media
and business related news and was named as one of
the 25 best blogs for 2009. Mashable provides
entertaining reporting on the latest technology and
from electric cars to the latest equipment used by
NASA.
•As a result of its entertaining content, Mashable has
a significant following world wide of 28 million
Social Media Followers, and 45 million Monthly
Unique Visitors. Mashable can be a great place for a
story to break for a technology company so many
people can learn about your brand and innovations.
7. Cnnmoney.com
• Financial news and information website
operated by CNN news network reporting
on the latest in the Economy,Companies,
and current international stock markets.
•CNN money is an important finance blog to
follow because it has the latest stories on
economic news around the world, developing
business companies with projected sales
growth and investment suggestions based on
market trends. CNN money also hers you
keep track of current stock market prices and
reports.
8. businessinsider.com
• An American news website which
operates with editors from major
countries around the world and different
languages providing and analyzing
business news and averages 70 million
unique visitors monthly.
•Business Insiders is an important blog
and business tool in that it helps to
explore emerging business models and
can provide an entrepreneur with insight
on data as well as analysis on the mobile,
payments,eCommerce, social, and
digital media industries. All this can help
further develop your business model in
today marker.
9. blogmaverick.com
• A direct link to the mind of a successful entrepreneur of our time.
Chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban
blogs about his educated opinion on how to do business, the the U.S
economy, and business strategy.
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•This blog is especially important to me because it inspires me with the rich
story of an entrepreneur who created an industry and invests in other
business around the globe, promoting innovation, determination, and
superior business strategy.
11. buzzfeed.com
• Buzzfeed is a social news and
entertainment company focusing on
digital media. It was founded with the
focus on tracking viral content .It
provides coverage on topics such as
politics, do it yourself projects and
business.
•Buzzfeed is a trending entertainment
blog with a variety of news and media on
current events in business, politics and
everyday life. This blog provides
entertaining coverage on current events.
12. reddit.com
• Reddit is an entertainment, social
networking, and news website where
registered members can submit content and
based on popularity registered users can vote
submissions positions on site.
•Reddit can provide a glimpse of the most
current and trending social updated with blog
entries from multiple sited and multiple users.
Stories and media is then filtered by users to
list the most popular entries based on
popularity. This Entertainment blog can be
used as a social media tool to understand
what is trending online.
13. attn.com
• ATTN: is a media company that was
founded with the mission to inform
people to make a social impact and
promote greater participation from
individuals to their communities by
informing them of the political process
and the world around them.
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•ATTN: is an important social tool
because it uses entertainment and media
to bring to the foreground important
topics about the world and the society we
live in today. It promotes a social
consciousness so individuals can be
educated on social topics and more
involved in their community.
15. Collective intelligence is important for companies and people because a wealth
of knowledge can be gathered from individuals around the world in a relatively
short amount of time. Experts in different fields can share information with
other experts at great distances leading to the acceleration of learning and
advances in science, technology, and education.
17. Evernote
• Evernote is changing the way we organize our
lives by creating a cross-platform app designed for
taking notes, organizing, and archiving. The Web too
works together with your mobile app to allow you to
achieve web pages, photographs, file attachments,
create notes and reminders to schedule and keep
track of appointments and to-do lists. The app sends
you notifications and has functionalities with
minimal steps to let you add events and information
while on the go. These include voice memos and
handwritten notes. This can prove an essential tool
for the busy individual who is constantly on the
move.
18. Google Drive
• Google drive is a file storage
synchronizations service that
allows users to store files on the
cloud to later have access to
them from any computer with
internet connectivity. Allowing
users not only to share files
instantaneously with other users
around the world but also
limiting the amount of storage
on your hard drive, at the same
time being able to access it
anywhere you go. This enables
users to have instant access to
their personal or work related
files on their mobile devises,
portable computers, or personal
computers, speeding up the
exchange of information.
19. • Office 365 is an excellent tool for
students and business owners who
require access to web based office
suites. It provides a range of services
like spreadsheets, word processor tool,
and task manager. One of my favorite
qualities is that it allows the user to
operate Microsoft Office on different
operating systems like macOS, iOS,
android and Windows 10 Mobile. This
provides a vast amount of versatility in
the moderns ever changing mobile
environment.
21. LinkedIn
• LinkedInisa significanttoolin today's
worldbecausea providesa networkof
companiesandindividualsin the same
field thatinterestyou. Thistoolcan
develop yourprofessionalcareer by
helpingyoupromoteyourselfandyour
skillsetin the search for higherpayingand
more satisfyingjob positions.
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•A professional networkssuch LinkedIn
can connectyou with individualsaround
the world.Thistoolcan openup a range
of internationaljobopportunities.
LinkedInalsomakes it easier for business
to findemployeeswith specific job
qualifications.Linkedinalso providesa
new dynamicfor entrepreneursto
networkin theirfieldandconnect with
other professionalsto develop their
business.
23. https://es.wordpress.com
• In today's digital world a blog can
propel you into a new social realm. Many
leaders of industry have blogs and provide
advice to their followers on topics ranging
from business, health, fitness, and even
you love life. I blog can boos you digital
presence by diverting you expertise,
personal experience and sometimes just
your opinion to the digital masses. In my
very first blog post I dispersed some
philosophical ideas about life and an
indirect description of myself and interest,
in order to capture the reader and
hopefully in the future add more content to
evolve my digital presence.
25. • Shopify is an excellent complete eCommerce
solution for merchants who would like to sell a
product and would like a place to start, making it
easy on them to develop and economize and online
storefront for a small monthly fee. Users can
manage and track orders, catalog and categorize
different products in their online store. Shopify
users also have analytics capabilities to understand
this sales and customer trends and can instantly add
discounts with customers having access on the
Shopify mobile app. Best of all online customers
can purchase products with credit card payments
making the eCommerce experience easy both for
the merchant and the customer.
26. Special thanks to Microsoft Office 365 for
being such an excellent web based tool
essential to helping me create this presentation.
