Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Week 7 BOC: Privacy issues on the Web - Two Companies that can Spy on You
Week 7 BOC: Privacy issues on the Web - Two Companies that can Spy on You
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Week 6 EOC: There's An App for That!
I have the next great idea for an "App", and I owe it all to my roommate, Jana. We have known each other for about 6 years now, and have been good friends through thick and thin. Over that time, I've come to learn a lot about her but it wasn't until 6 months ago, when we made the decision to live together, that I realized how much time she spends every day trying to find things that she has misplaced! Often times it's either her keys with the alarm for her truck, the remote for the garage door opener, or some other device that is easily misplaced. The one thing that I did notice in all of this, is that despite losing all of her other electronic devices, the one that she never loses is her cell phone which never seems to leave her hand. This gave me an idea... what if I came up with an app that was somehow able to trigger an audible alarm in these electronic devices that would help her find them! This is my idea for the app. Now, to make it work I suppose you might need some additional hardware that would communicate wirelessly that you would have to install in whatever you would like to work with the app, but any hassle this may cause would be well worth not losing your important items anymore!
Week 6 BOC: Parking Panda
www.parkingpanda.com
- “Have a driveway or other parking spot? List it for rent and let it earn you
extra cash whenever you're not using it. Set your spot's price and availability
to suit your schedule, and change this anytime. We'll notify you whenever
someone books your spot, and a check will be on its way to you! Parking
Panda users are daily commuters, concert-goers, art aficionados, foodies,
shoppers, and most importantly Ravens and Redskins fans. Everyone needs
parking. We have stringent standards to verify that every user of our site is a
real live person (or panda) with up-to-date contact info on file so that we can
ensure every transaction goes smoothly.”
www.techcrunch.com - “The other part involves working with parking garage owners in major cities on yield optimization for their own empty spaces. When lots are empty, garages can massively discount the lots to fill them up. When the lots again approach full, garages can begin to charge more. As for which model dominates, it depends on the time of the year. As co-founder Nick Miller told us, when Parking Panda launched its beta in Baltimore, it arrived during football season. At the time, around 70% of its bookings were via the so-called “collaborative consumption” model where individual space owners would rent out their spaces to other drivers. After football season ended, however, the garages began to dominate, with individual space owners’ rentals dropping to 15%-20% of company’s total bookings.”
www.mashable.com - “The startup has raised an undisclosed amount of funding and is still in the process of raising more, Miller tells us. Parking Panda has helped more than 1,000 people park in Baltimore, he adds, and has recently begun working with parking garages to increase its inventory. ParkWhiz, another online startup in the parking space, focuses on helping people find parking in major commercial lots.”
www.techcrunch.com - “The other part involves working with parking garage owners in major cities on yield optimization for their own empty spaces. When lots are empty, garages can massively discount the lots to fill them up. When the lots again approach full, garages can begin to charge more. As for which model dominates, it depends on the time of the year. As co-founder Nick Miller told us, when Parking Panda launched its beta in Baltimore, it arrived during football season. At the time, around 70% of its bookings were via the so-called “collaborative consumption” model where individual space owners would rent out their spaces to other drivers. After football season ended, however, the garages began to dominate, with individual space owners’ rentals dropping to 15%-20% of company’s total bookings.”
www.mashable.com - “The startup has raised an undisclosed amount of funding and is still in the process of raising more, Miller tells us. Parking Panda has helped more than 1,000 people park in Baltimore, he adds, and has recently begun working with parking garages to increase its inventory. ParkWhiz, another online startup in the parking space, focuses on helping people find parking in major commercial lots.”
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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