On cell phones they have maps. They are creating a new one that shows the many stores that are in New York, and where they are specifically located. Another feature is by touching the stores name it show tweets from each store that promote their sales. They will be charging people to have these privileges. This relates to the course because it shows how technology is evolving.
This article is about NYC launching a better map app for tourist. The new app is going to be a big improvement so that tourist can find specific stores better.
This article explains how the co founder of twitter believes spending too much time on the site will is "unhealthy." I agree that spending unreasonable amounts of time on the computer is unhealthy in general. I think the purpose of twitter is too update people on issues that interest them or express random ideas or thoughts on their mind. however, it is important that we limit the time we spend on twitter and other social networks in order to keep up with real life social activites.
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Twitter has announced it will start its own URL shortening service for tweets from its official apps. Twitter CEO Evan Williams made the announcement Wednesday night at Chirp, the Twitter developer's conference. It happened casually, during a Q&A session with attendees.