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Mobile Business Case Study/Exam Preparation
As described in the module guide this module is examined using a Case Study that you must develop before the exam. You will create a report and take that with you into the exam. We have not yet covered... [Mar 1, 2007]
Week 4 Activity: Exploring presence
Read these articles Article about presence from Boxes and Arrows Recent article in the Herald Tribune Here are the questions you should consider… 1.How would you define presence? 2.Give a couple of... [Feb 24, 2007]
Tracking me with Follow Me
The following are mobile tracking results from a service called Follow Me which will be demonstrated during today’s session. These notes will allow people who missed the session to view the information... [Feb 23, 2007]
Location Based Services (lecture 4)
Let us start by considering the following results from last week’s activity. You were asked which of the following applications could make use of the tracking technology described in the articles provided... [Feb 22, 2007]
Week 3 Activity: Tracking your mobile
This week's activity begins to explore location based services and some of the privacy issues involved. It should take less than an hour to complete. Make notes as you work through the activity and... [Feb 18, 2007]
What can I do with a mobile? (activity feedback)
Over 120 of you completed this exercise. A big thanks for that. Below I have provided an edited list of links to the places you found. I have tried to remove duplicates and anything that did not make... [Feb 16, 2007]
WiFi, Bluetooth & Satellite: Alternatives to Mobile (lecture 3)
Objectives of this session * Describe the technology * Help you see what they share * Help you separate these technologies * Help you understand their applications Bluetooth * Designed for... [Feb 15, 2007]
Omniphone launches mobile MusicStation at 3GSM
This week sees the major mobile conference and exhibition, 3GSM, held in Barcelona. There is likely to be plenty of coverage in the papers and the first story that grabbed my attention is in today's... [Feb 12, 2007]
Wonderful stage set for National Theatre production of Happy Days with Fiona Shaw - excellent!
[Feb 12, 2007]
Week 2 activity: what can we do with a mobile? (65 ideas and counting...)
This activity is bigger than the last one and might take you 2 hours to complete. I want each student to research the most interesting applications they can find... How is a school using mobile phones... [Feb 9, 2007]
Mobile phones and networks (lecture 2)
Radio spectrum * Radio spectrum is a finite resource and divided into different uses by national and international agreements * Mobile and other wireless technologies have been granted permission... [Feb 8, 2007]
Feedback on first activity
Thanks to all of you who filled in the first survey. This will help me keep in contact with you and helps me understand what you are interested in and what you know. I though you would be interested... [Feb 8, 2007]
Mobile Questions and Answers
As well as being able to add comments to individual postings you can ask questions here. I will aim to answer them as quickly as possible. Questions can be about the course, the technologies or the... [Feb 1, 2007]
The mobile information systems industry (lecture 1)
This first session will survey some of the issues from the mobile technology market and try to highlight why it is an important sector of the information technology industry. What do we mean by mobile... [Feb 1, 2007]
First Mobile Business Activity
Here is the first activity for this module and it won't take you more than 20 minutes. You must complete it by midnight on Thursday 8th February. I will provide feedback and compare some of the results... [Feb 1, 2007]
Mobile Business Module Guide 07
Goals of the Module * To provide students with an overview of the applications, opportunities and impacts of mobile information systems. * To explore the current and emerging technologies that create... [Feb 1, 2007]
Ecommerce: Final Revision Checklist
By now you should have prepared your case study. How well have you prepared? Here are 10 questions that I think you should be able to answer which may help. I have been through your answers to the previous... [Jan 8, 2007]
Trends in Ecommerce
In this final session we will look at some of the trends in the industry that will affect ecommerce in the next 3 years. 1. Analytics - Understand your customers 2. Watch what Google does next 3. Consider... [Dec 6, 2006]
The economics of ecommerce (lecture 10)
It is clear from your answers to the mock exam questions that some of you have little real idea of what things cost in the world. As we saw last week when we discussed profit margins on products it... [Dec 5, 2006]
Preparing for the exam (activity)
Here are some test questions that will give you an idea of the sorts of things asked in the second part of the examination. Of course in the exam you would have fewer questions and you would go into... [Dec 2, 2006]
