Wired.com

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Wired.com
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• Kaitlyn Deutsch
• Becky Thompson
• Jordan Wright
• Joe Yosten

http//www.wired.com/
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Overview

• What is the focus of Wired.com?
• What are the technologies and related issues?
• How does the site relate to business managers?

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The Focus

• Technology
• Consumer technology (3-D television tech will hit
  the market soon)
• Historical analytics (a look back on the first
  computer models)
• Quirky discoveries (how a slime mold developed a
  network of growths, which look similar to the
  Tokyo railway system)
• Current events/News
• Cars, culture, entertainment, gadgets, gaming,
  how-to's, med tech, multimedia, politics, product
  reviews, science, software, business, and tech
  jobs
• Tweets save Haiti victims
• Nikes earbuds wont stay put
• Structure
• Analyzes how technology has an effect on
  virtually everything 
• The articles are much like a news site, where the
  information is current and of the moment 
• Targeted toward men (most of the Facebook fans
  were male)

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Tech and Related Issues

• Technology in the news
• Haiti life saving texts _at_ http//www.wired.com/dan
  gerroom/tag/haiti/
• Home page is featuring how technology is being
  used to help the Haiti recovery
• Automobile technology
• New hybrid cars _at_ http//www.wired.com/autopia/201
  0/01/nissan-leaf-2/
• Electric postal truck _at_ http//www.wired.com/autop
  ia/2010/01/ac-propulsion-mail-truck/
• New developments for portable devices
• New MP3 player _at_ http//www.wired.com/epicenter/20
  10/01/is-the-world-ready-for-the-successor-of-the-
  mp3/
• Wired.com seems to have its finger on the pulse
  on where technology is at, where its been, and
  where it may be going

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Importance to Business Managers

• Innovations for the workplace
• New software and portable devices for the
  workplace
• Increased access to information through wireless
  apps
• New technologies are shaping the World
• Managers need an understanding of international
  influences and how each can affect their industry
• A lot of articles and focus on China tech news
• Communication
• Technological advancements in wireless
  communication such as cell phones
• Internet tools such as blogging and social
  networks
• Investor relations are influenced
• New products and market release dates, like
  replacement MP3 players and better hybrid cars,
  may influence investing