Chapter 6 questions

1.) Tamago --> "Built by artists for artists, Tamago connects its members' into one big network, giving each member the power to buy & sell what they create making money as fans or friends.

Tamago ensures the publisher of a file receives a royalty every time it is sold."


Nextag --> "Expert deal-hunters since 1999, we make it surprisingly easy for you to find everything from tech to travel to tiki torches all at the price, place and moment that's right for you. Browse, review, share, get the 411, get the deal: with Nextag, you'll love the way you shop.

30+ million people consult us each month to make their online purchases, and we use our best-in-class search technology and proven expertise to ensure that each and every one of those shoppers is a happy one. This focus and commitment benefits our partners as well, delivering impressive sales volume and ROI for merchants and a streamlined user experience for search providers.

Our employees and investors also feel the love. Nextag has been named one of the 50 Best Websites 2008 by TIME magazine, and listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500/Fast 50, Red Herring Top 100, San Francisco Business Times Fast 100, and the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Fast 50. The company operates sites in the US (Nextag.com ), the UK (Nextag.co.uk ), France (Nextag.fr ), Germany (Nextag.de ), Spain (Nextag.es ), Italy ( Nextag.it ), Australia ( Nextag.com.au), and Japan ( Nextag.co.jp ). Nextag is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in London, Tokyo, and Gurgaon."


2.) e-larningcentre-co.uk is an European website and won't load.

elearnmag.org --> "The Rock Stars of ELearning" & 7 Student Myths of the Online Classroom"

elearningpost.com --> "Learning By Design" & "10 Damaging E-Learning Myths"


3.) Some of the tools that i found on Adobe were Adobe Access, Adobe Connect, Creative Cloud, Digital Editions and Type Products.

4.) My question that I posted on linkedin.com is the following: " Why do companies all new "employees" to work at there business BEFORE completing there background check? If the results come back as not being what the employer wants, then the person gets fired after only being at work for a couple days.


5.) (Found on Wikipedia) "Blackboard Inc. is an enterprise software company with its corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C.^[4] and is primarily known as a developer of education software, in particular learning management systems. Blackboard was founded by CEO Michael Chasen and chairman Matthew Pittinsky in 1997 and became a public company in 2004. The company provides education, mobile, communication, and commerce software and related services to clients including education providers, corporations and government organizations. Blackboard's seven platforms are: Learn, Transact, Engage, Connect, Mobile, Collaborate and Analytics. The company has been a leader in the development of Internet-based education software. As of December 2010^[update], Blackboard software and services are used by over 9,300 institutions in more than 60 countries."


6.) I typed in "E-Government" on the OECD website and pulled up over 28,000 stories. Some of the ones that I found interesting are the following: "Public Sector Inovattion & E-Government", "Checklist for E-Government", "Measuring & Evaluating E-Government in Arab countries", "E-Government In Finland" and "Publications on E-Government"


7.) I typed in "E-Government" on the FCW website and the latest story displayed was from February 2013, titled,  "Revamped government websites boost citizen satisfaction". I coulnd't find a B2G corner on the website.

Neither GCN.com or estrategy.gov had a B2G corner on there websites.

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11.) Amazon.com --> the Kindle Paperweight seemed like the best deal to me. For $119.00 (plus shipping & handling), you get a 6' e-reader that has built in glare resistance,  8 week battery life, Wi-Fi capability and over 180,000 titles that you can't find anywhere else.

Sony.com---> well considering that the products on there weren't listed by there manufactuer name but instead by there product number. Why they have it set up like this I don't really understand it. The one that I thought was best is the following: Product #PRST2HBC. For $129 (plus shipping and handling), this e-reader has wireless public library downloads, various book titles and great screen display.

12.) When i went to wi5connect.com and typed in "products" in the websites search box, it listed no entries.

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