How Big is the E-commerce Industry? infographic

Geocache container leads to bomb scare at I-5 rest stop - KPTV - FOX 12

Geocache container leads to bomb scare at I-5 rest stop - KPTV - FOX 12

Samoa Air charging passengers by the pound. Oh my!!!

23 Most Unfortunate Advertising Placements - Imgur

Sometimes it's not what your ad says, but where it ends up. Here are some unfortunate placements. Some deliberate, some merely coincidental) 23 Most Unfortunate Advertising Placements - Imgur

T-Mobile to eliminate phone subsidies

One can only hope this starts a trend!

http://www.zdnet.com/t-mobile-usa-kills-traditional-cell-contracts-in-subscriber-boost-bid-7000013107/?s_cid=e589

Order taking goes Digital at MSP

Concourse G at Minneapolis St. Paul airport (MSP) has one of the largest deployments of free public use iPads outside of the Apple stores. Every seat in the waiting area has an iPad. Every table in the food area has an iPad.

Every seat in the bar also has an iPad. As with most Delta flights, the system is 100% cashless, and requires a credit card.

There were some interesting sandwich choices, including the Swedish inspired "Sven and Ole," the Korean inspired "Sloppy Ko,"and the Japanese "Katsu Sub."

I ordered the "Sven & Ole" which was quite tatsy!

While you're watching Netflix, Netflix is watching you!!

Here's a very interesting interview with Kenneth Cukier about Big Data. Here's a link to the book on Amazon.com.

Brainz...?

I am worried about my grade

Disappeared News: Taxpayers should be vexed as Honolulu spends money to light up the sky

Disappeared News: Taxpayers should be vexed as Honolulu spends money to light up the sky

4G Wireless is a Waste of Money

Most used Inflight devices

Despite Android’s dominance in smartphone marketshare, iOS (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad) accounts for 78% of mobile devices on Gogo’s WiFi network with Android accounting for 15%. BlackBerry OS accounts for a mere 4%.

Location-Based Mobile Ad Spend to Quadruple by 2015 | ClickZ

Location-Based Mobile Ad Spend to Quadruple by 2015 | ClickZ

iOS most popular at mobile hotspots

47% of mobile devices used at hotspots in Burger King and Starbucks are iOS devices.

http://t.co/f73dco3

Google unveils mobile wallet service

This has the potential to be really huge... or it could be the e-commerce Orkut.

Google unveils mobile wallet service

China First to Reach 900 Million Mobile Phone Users - SocialTimes.com

The first choice for developing telecom infrastructure seems to be mobile.

China First to Reach 900 Million Mobile Phone Users - SocialTimes.com

The Evolution Of Best Practices In Hospitality And Tourism (part 1 Of 2) | Dr. John Hogan

The Evolution Of Best Practices In Hospitality And Tourism (part 1 Of 2) | Dr. John Hogan

If I were writing a paper about geocaching

I think I might be very interested in reading this article. I wonder how many active geocaches there are in the world right now? I'm betting an enterprising soul could find the answer to that question.

Aloha TIM302 students

If you found this blog, then you know how easy it is to create your own blog... and by extension a podcast.

You can see that this is really not so difficult. If you create your own blog, then you have completed the first step. If you need a place to store your audio files, don't forget your UH user account. You can find more information on your account at http://www.hawaii.edu/personalhp/. You can use FTP software like SSH (Windows) or Fugu (Mac) to upload files to your account.

Geocaching and Tourism

If you are thinking about doing Geocaching for your group project, you might want to check out the options at http://www.geocaching.com for some ideas about how and where to hide your cache. Remember the location of your cache should be Latitude and Longitude coordinates which are hidden in a puzzle.

As an example I will be hiding a cache in a place familiar to most of you... watch this space for the puzzle. :o)