Amazon have launched their own Smartphone handset called 'Fire' to compete more directly with Apple and Samsung. They base a lot of their appeal around their wide range of digital content and special apps to make it easier for users to buy books. While Amazon eyes a smartphone, Apple's 'Smartwatch' comes closer and closer to production despite some commentators' doubts about the wisdom of making such a niche product. In less competitive news, Tesla has decided to share all its technology in a bid to make collaborations and push forward the development of electric cars. Hopefully the successful expansion and development of electric car tech would reduce air pollution and oil dependence. Finally competition between the big tobacco firms over e-cigarettes is becoming more fierce. Big Tobacco is seeking to capitalise on e-cig sales even as governments begin to discuss moves to restrict advertising of the controversial devices.
Quite a short blog this week. Must have been a slow news week Hope you are enjoying the summer and not too stressed with deadlines
Friday 20 June 2014
Friday 13 June 2014
Weekly Round-up
Let's kick off this round up with something fun - the FT's writeup of the first game of the World Cup in Brazil. Are you all enjoying the football? Once you;ve read about the game you might also like to look into the impact of big sporting events on business and national economies. You can find some articles on Summon and they are quite fascinating. Followup articles looking at Apple's intention to make the iPhone a health hub where users can consolidate data from all their different apps and health measurement devices and the fascinating announcement that Apple has decided to open up bits of iOS to developers, making it easier for external developers to create and develop apps and techs for the iPhone. In a bit of cool news, Bloomberg are trialling their database on the Oculus virtual reality headsets, wouldn't that be more fun than using the Financial Markets Lab? Bloomberg is such a useful resource for anything from company and country research to understanding whole sectors and economies.
Finally some more (yet more?) articles looking at jobhunting, ettiquette and the work place. First up, one from the FT.com discussing how to prepare your online presence for the job hunt. It's not just a case of getting and maintaining a positive LinkedIn presence - a website used by many recruiters - but also making sure your private life is private. So be careful with those privacy setting on Instagram and Facebook, employers don't like to google potential employees and see photos of the their last drunken night out! The next article is a list of resources to help you prepare for job interviews, including dealing with unexpected questions! Definitely good to have a look so you are nice and prepared. Finally some tips on office etiquette, make sure you stay polite, answer emails politely and respect your colleagues. Presentation is so important and it can be a shock to adjust to after the informality of university.
Finally some more (yet more?) articles looking at jobhunting, ettiquette and the work place. First up, one from the FT.com discussing how to prepare your online presence for the job hunt. It's not just a case of getting and maintaining a positive LinkedIn presence - a website used by many recruiters - but also making sure your private life is private. So be careful with those privacy setting on Instagram and Facebook, employers don't like to google potential employees and see photos of the their last drunken night out! The next article is a list of resources to help you prepare for job interviews, including dealing with unexpected questions! Definitely good to have a look so you are nice and prepared. Finally some tips on office etiquette, make sure you stay polite, answer emails politely and respect your colleagues. Presentation is so important and it can be a shock to adjust to after the informality of university.
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