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Wild Card: Streaming Competition

iPHONE MUSIC Probably one of the most demanded features of a cellular device is some sort of music application (preferably free). I remember graduating from my MP3 player to my iPhone and having to record music from the radio as voice memos just to avoid giving iTunes any money. I craved music so badly that I would stream YouTube until my allotted data was used up. A few years later, iPhones offered third-party options for music downloads, but if you had 8-16GB of storage like I did, this freedom did not last long. iPhone’s “Music” application only recently adapted the affordable music streaming service called Apple Music . Because of its slow maturation, it left a 9-year window open to what is now known as the “ undisputed king of on-demand streaming music”: Spotify . Spotify is service originated from Sweden in the April 2006 that helped pioneer the current online market and has tens of millions more paying subscribers than the competition. It recently surpassed 100 million su...
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Position Paper 3: First World Expectations

Even though they say there’s nothing like the present, I’m sure we all want to know what the future has in store for us. The internet has a unique way of attracting and inspiring new victims to learn, create, and experiment. Before, we relied strictly on text or word of mouth to form judgement and to learn history. Everything was regional until it wasn’t. Today, I might find myself saying “Hey Siri! Where did the title of the Pope originate?”, and within a few seconds (after some possible verbal miscommunications and a little frustration) Siri will have the answer without a finger lifted. It is amazing what humans have created and made a normality or even a necessity in some cases. The exciting part is, the internet shows no indefinite limitations! Within nearly 20 years the internet has gained over 4 billion users and occupies around 56% of the world’s population according to internetworldstats.com . If you still consider the internet a new phenomenon to the history of communication...
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Position Paper 2: Data Breach Prevention

Although the internet has shown to be stable enough to hold large and steadily increasing amounts of data, the access to this information is based on a cloud system, a non-physical means of storage, that could become corrupt, lost, or even stolen at any time. When dealing with large, tech-dependent companies, the need for strong data security is imperative. To provide protection over your personal information, both retailers and consumers are often required to provide pseudonyms, more commonly known as usernames, and a password that you will use to gain access each time. Unfortunately, the idyll dream for this concept does not involve that time you accidentally forgot to log out of an account, when you answer that anonymous phone call that recorded your voice, or the guy who peaked over your shoulder while you were typing in your password. There is also little to no insurance for the infamous hacker whose evolution has proven to be a profession. According to Malwarebytes , “hacking...
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Position Paper 1: The Way of The MONQ

Recently , the act of creating your own business has become so simple that practically anyone at any age can become an owner. But a business on the rise takes a little bit more contribution than displaying a picture of a product or service with slightly reasonable price. There is a huge difference between a startup business and a small business. According to Forbes , “the biggest difference between these two company types is in their top objectives. Small businesses are driven by profitability and stable long-term value, while startups are focused on top-end revenue and growth potential”. The internet has become a leader in the game of advertising because of its large audience and fast-pace foot traffic, and in this day and age, start-up businesses are popping up all over the world thanks to the expanding usage of social media and to the increase in internet connection.  One company that has targeted a couple of growing  markets is MONQ . MONQ, which is an acronym for ...
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