Business Driven Technology
Business Driven Technology
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781259567322
Author: Paige Baltzan Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 5CCT
Program Plan Intro

Uber:

  • Uber is a transportation service that bought a great change in taxi business all over the world.
  • Customers have to connect to the network and locate their location via their mobile phones. Once their request is done, the cab arrives at the specified location in a very short time.
  • It completely depends on wireless technology, which is also one of the disadvantages. If mobile phone services are down, then customers are unable to connect with the Uber drivers.

LBS:

  • Location based services is abbreviated as LBS that uses real time geo-information form a mobile device to provide data, security, etc.
  • It provides more services like delivering products (Example: Pizza and products from e-shopping).

Usage of LBS in business: LBS provide various applications through which people gets benefitted. Example: Parking spot locators.

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