Tuesday, April 19, 2011

In Responce To: Do you think intellectual rights and actual products are just as important? Do you think it is right to use someone elses idea without them knowing or giving them any credit for it? - Jackie Bunker

Do you think intellectual rights and actual products are just as important? Do you think it is right to use someone else's idea without them knowing or giving them any credit for it?

The intellectual rights are important for all companies, how is one company suppose to get a competitive advantage from their hard work if it can just be stolen? I completely agree that the creator has not only the right to get credit for it but also whether or not the product can be mimicked.

Why you should care about the iPhone location-tracking issue - CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/25/iphone.tracking.wired/index.html

Why you should care about the iPhone location-tracking issue




The article duscusses the issues involving the permanent data storage. The storage area in your phone stores your location up to 10 months. The device can be then be plugged into a geographical representation software and you can see the results above. What does this mean? Advertisers can track were we spend our time and thus target us accordingly.


How do you feel about the permanent data storage capabilities and their obvious ability to help advertisers?