Key-less entry is something that has swept modern people off of their feet, OK, this is overly exaggerated; the truth is that people are loving to enter their cars without using their keys, but to enter a hotel room key-less, is this on the map at all? In this report here, it suggests that some hotels are testing out two new systems where people can forgo their hotel room’s swipe cards and still be able to enter their rooms. How? The first system is using iPhone/iPod Touch which has a specific application that can be downloaded to allow people unlock their hotel rooms. The second system uses RFID technology which can be embedded inside a key in whatever form to unlock the hotel room whenever the key is near the door. The latter is similar to key-less entry keys of modern cars. Source.
Experiment Aircraft Flies Six Times Faster Than Sound
Not to say unnecessary things to make a post longer for no reason, in short, it’s a jaw dropping advancement in aircraft technology as a headline on Yahoo describes an experiment aircraft flew for 3 minutes at Mach 6, a speed that is six times faster than sound. To be honest, I don’t know how fast is that exactly, and a commentator who wrote a comment under this Yahoo’s article surmises that it’s the speed of a flying bullet. For all I care, it’s six times faster than sound, and we all know breaking sound barrier is already fast! Am I wrong? What’s next? Source.
Yahoo Is Irrelevant?
Yahoo has been here since the very early days of the infamous Internet, although you must have been expected me to use the word famous for Yahoo and the Internet itself, unfortunately, Yahoo is on a downward momentum in terms of visitors and time spent on website, and the Internet itself is infamous for privacy matter (as social networks grow like weeds) and spams and a host of other uncool things. On that perspective, Yahoo and Internet are on the same page, but on the other, Yahoo is slipping away in popularity while the Internet has becoming scarier for the traditional environment where businesses depend on traditional tactics and strategies to churn out cold cash. A perfect example of how Internet invades other markets would be Google. Google has real interest in invading the Television advertising market; the company has partnering up with few players to release a new product known as Smart TV in an attempt of bringing the Web closer to Television.
I point out Google’s expansion to further demonstrate how influential Internet has become as it slowly spreads its popularity and tentacles toward all industries. The main actor in this very post is still Yahoo! Internet is just a side thing that keep you interest in what I’m writing, but probably it’s more like a distraction and yawning moments, for boring moments I apologize. To make long story short, Yahoo finds itself in a spot that is not so favorable as people compare it to others. This is actually a good thing for consumers like us! It can be a bad thing for Yahoo in a short run, but if Yahoo is vibrant enough to bring forth new innovations to entice the more, I’m sure Yahoo can make a big comeback, but it’s still an if. All of us have to wait and see as Yahoo is wooing all of us with their future innovations.
With so many speculations about Yahoo’s fading popularity, Carol Bartz who is now the current president and CEO of Yahoo — is out to defend Yahoo as in not so fast yo, Yahoo is still very innovative as it’s moving forward. Just recently, Carol Bartz is proudly defending Yahoo against all skeptics on TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York City. The video below is the chat that she had with Michael Arrington for the event.
What do you think about the future of Yahoo? How important Yahoo is to you? Let fictionalize the current situation, what if Yahoo is going away in a week or two, will you be sad, super sad, as in missing an important, irreplaceable part of you?
I had watched a documentary about the amazing brand Coca-Cola on CNBC not too long ago, forgive me for not remembering the documentary/interview/presentation title, and it was very interesting as one of those Coca-Cola people mentioned that when the company changed the taste of the all too familiar beverage Coke, a very old woman called the in-charged person up and told him that the company was being rude for destroying a part of her. That in-charged person of Coca-Cola asked the lady why she loved Coke so much, it turned out that she hadn’t drank a wee amount of Coke for years, but the company still ruined her by changed the taste of the original Coke. This very story demonstrates to us that the Coca-Cola brand is so well branded throughout its history that people see Coke as an important part of their memories.
People relate to the Coke brand so tightly may have been a mystery, but it can be explained in an assumption. The assumption is that many people who love Coke cannot forget theirs good moments and unforgettable moments for they who have had many Cokes in those amazing times.
What an amazing accomplishment for a soft drink that mainly has only few secretive ingredients in a combination besides water. What’s even better about Coca-Cola is that the company has now becoming so popular around the world to a point that it’s a large contribution to a growing economy of certain parts in Africa (forgot exactly where to be honest, but around there).
Coca-Cola is a very different company from Yahoo, and it is not an Internet darling, therefore it’s wrong to compare the two. Agreeably, I’m not trying to compare the two, I just merely pointing out the fact that Coca-Cola is so effective in its marketing that in a way Coke should not have been so popular (even though it’s only a drink) if not for Coca-Cola’s ingenious marketing plans; the question is, can Yahoo be able to achieve such a level of marketing to a point that it isn’t need to be so innovative to survive and thrive in today hyper Internet environment?
Everyone knows that technology companies must come out with new products, new technologies, better services and the likes for them to be competitive, but many people are not so sure about Yahoo in this respect. The question remains for the commentators, can Yahoo be competitive without bringing out new products? Isn’t this obvious? Not so fast folks, as Coca-Cola has told us that with amazing marketing, things can go very far. The problem is that Yahoo isn’t Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola isn’t an Internet company, Yahoo is a web service mostly, you probably see where I’m trying to get at already… Source.
Vinh Nguyen
