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                                                                    Yard Sale App

Yard sales can be fun, but they are often tedious and can take long to track down. There are many apps out there that can lead you to local yard sales and some even gives you hints as to what it is they are selling. Yard Browse is going to change the game by working as more of a location based, yard sale catalog. In establishing the app I will establish an interface that will be seamless in every way and that will be completely immersive. It will start out by creating users who can log on as buyers and sellers and change when needed. The app will allow users to view yard sales around them based how far they are willing to travel­–something that it hardly new. It is after this feat where the magic will begin. If the user is a seller he or she will be able to upload everything they are selling and create an online catalog. Buyers will then be able to view every item from the comfort of their own home or wherever they may be and will then be able to message the buyer directly. This will allow both users to save time and will allow them to talk prices, quality and even reserve items. The app will also allow users to review one another. This will create an online community where the customer and customer service is key. Users will be able to determine if as seller is trustworthy, known for selling good items or just plain cheap. It is through this app that we will make yard sales more convenient and make all other yard sales obsolete by creating a direct link between seller and buyer.

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Snapchat is a free app where you share a story and direct messages with contacts on your phone. Which can provide 10 second videos and pictures of all kinds of activities you do during your day. It will only stay up on the app for 24 hours and after that it will automatically delete itself from your story. Snapchat has come a long way from adding all kinds of filters, and also different videos off events that are happening around the world as well. Not everyone is allowed to see your story only if you add them to your contacts unless the stories are being shared on the general story which the app give you the option to do depending on where you are located.

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The market I am focusing on is transportation by researching the Uber car service application. Uber has made car services accessible to all who have a smart phone. Car services tend to be a luxury for most while taking a cab is more common. Having made a service that was simpler and less expensive, it became a hit in large cities. Uber became known in March of 2005 in the city of San Francisco as UberCab that allowed one the opportunity to text for a car. Uber changed its name a few months after their debut due to licensing issues with the city of San Francisco. Dropping the Cab suffix dropped the scandal. Uber currently operates in 58 countries and is estimated to be worth at over $10 billion. Uber has made several advances such as offering UberX which markets rides at 35% cheaper. The app also offers a food delivery service to a location and a Rush service for deliveries of any sort. In some cities, like New York, Uber has a Cargo service that transports larger sized goods for the customer to another location. 

Uber has had some difficult times throughout the past 6 years. They have been sued a staggering number of times with 50 cases in 2015 alone. There has been suits within cities and states for taxicab licensing issues which have been dropped according to sources. The ultimate trial has been deaths and assults that occur while Uber is around. A number of unfortunate circumstances have occurred but Uber has stayed quiet about most incidents. Not publicizing any events besides those that are virally known, Uber has kept a nice image. While researching, http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents provided a list of all incidents since Uber has been in service. 

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     Metro.net is a webpage used for determining what time your bus comes or gives you information on TAP cards, Maps, Mobile, Code of Conduct, and Nextrip. Metro.net exists for people like me who aren't the app type and just would like to look up when the bus is arriving on the web. Or one could text them your bus code and they will text you back within seconds the time your bus is arriving. "A directional line serving a stop influences the number of passengers boarding the line at that stop, controlling for various other established factors affecting demand. This cross-sectional analysis of the variation in line boardings across about 1300 sample schedule time point bus stops served by about 300 directional bus lines over a six-month period uses a historical archive of real-time geo-referenced vehicle location data, and focuses on five different time periods, peaks and off-peaks, of a typical weekday," quotes Chakabarti, Sandip. My bus stop for example, is quite randomly put there and it's in front of a busy street so most of the time when a bus is coming, they will either miss me or stop and realize a block away that there was a person standing there (usually they keep going). The bus may not stop due to the fact that my stop doesn't attract many people because of its location and usually there isn't people at the stop at any time of the day which would explain why the buses usually don't look twice at the stop. My websites purpose is in case one doesn't have the metro app, people can look up the website and if they have the code, they can input it in the Stop # and fill in the rest of the information to access the time your bus will be arriving. 
     Metro.net's Nextrip is usually unrealiable. Dozens of people who rely on the bus to get them places know how important it is for the buses to come at a good time without them being an hour and thirty minutes late as well as how frustrating it is having buses pass a group of people for no apparent reason. While on the bus, I've heard complaints of various people, usually older women on how late the buses come. Most of them do have smart phones or at least a flip phone that is able to send text messages so it would be really fantastic if the Metro system provided each stop or at least every other stop a little plaque of information on how to access the timetables of the  bus they are taking. That way they won't have to  wait for their bus for an hour or more. Sandip says that depending on how reliable Metro is, it will affect how many people will continue to ride the bus in the future. What he says it true. Others will look for alternate ways to get to their destination like Uber or Lyft but older women who don't know how to navigate those kind of things and little kids who also rely a lot on the bus, will have a hard time getting to their designated destination if the buses keep coming late. 

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                Netflix is a great alternate to those who watch television. Netflix is mostly a TV streaming service, but it also offers DVD rental service options as well. When the company first started out in 1997, it was the other way around. It offers many titles to choose from, and gives the viewer a great experience. The application or site is always ad free, and personalizes the users like and dislikes. With Netflix’s growing success, the company has made enough money to create their own original series, such as Arrested Development. “Netflix deliberately positions itself as similar, but also decidedly different from other media, by looking specifically at the case study of Arrested Development season 4, the concept of independent scheduling and binge watching” (Jenner 2).

                  Netflix’s main purpose was to share older media with the public in and easy way. Netflix does so by using the U.S Postal service for their DVD Rental service. The user just has to make an account to make a que of DVDs they would want to see. There was no return date for the DVD’s which gave the consumer less pressure. There was a limit to how many DVDs could be checked out at a time, so if the watcher wanted something else they would have to send a disc back. It further has the more popular streaming service which allows the users to watch any movie in their library instantly.” The majority of its business is still to stream content that was previously shown in cinemas or on television. As such, Netflix has always been more associated with the medium of DVDs and the internet (as the name already suggests) rather than broadcasting and original programming” (Jenner 6).

Blogger Entry #6

Due: Wednesday 4/20 

In-Text Citations & Weaving Sources 

Review the In-Text Citations and Weaving Sources handouts and then complete the following.  Respond using information that you will use for your research project (these paragraphs should be able to work in your research paper).  All should be MLA formatted.

1. Contextualizing
1. Introduce the market you are focusing on according to one of your sources.  Here you are to paraphrase and include 1 direct quote. Use this to build a context for your readers to understand what your market is, why it exists, etc.  (1 paragraph 8-12 sentences).
2. Defining Key Items 
1. Using direct quotes & the summarizing technique, introduce
1. your application's purpose
2. 1 major accomplishment/milestone 
3. brief history
3. Supportive Source 
1. Create a paragraph that is either highlighting the successes or critiquing the failures of a specific event or service your application has provided.  This paragraph needs to include at minimum 1 source supporting your claim (direct quote, paraphrasing, or summarizing).  

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Ticketmaster

I was online to purchase tickets for a concert, I selected the seats and price and when I was up to check out I was told there was a problem with the order. I was banned and when I went back in the tickets were twice as much. How can this happen? It was so frustrating since the tickets were the only thing my 12 year old daughter asked for her birthday and I couldn't afford the new price.

I would improve the online purchase by having an online chat, many online consumers want help from a live person while they are shopping online; in fact, online consumers say that having questions answered by a live person while in the middle of an online purchase is one of the most important features a Web site can offer.  People want to feel secure and at the same time want the web page to communicate effectively.