ZaireMuhammed

ProfessorManeetSarai

CSIT101

26February2015

Assignment1:InformationLiteracy

1.Thearticleiscalled
Mobileappstransformingthefutureofparking
.Thearticlewasabout
thedifferentmobileappsthatarecomingouttohelpdriversfindparkingspaces.Oneofthe
appsmentionedwascallHaystack,inwhichdifferentuserswillofferuptheiropenparking
spacesforaprice.Expertssupporttheuseoftheapps,goingontosaytheuseoftheseapps
willallowforlesssearching,andultimately,lessdriving,whichwilldecreaseourcarbon
footprint.Ontheflipside,however,othersareawareofthethreattheseappscancause,
specificallytheissueoftextinganddriving.TheUnitedstateswasusuallybehindEuropein
termsofpopulationdensityinurbanareas,butitiscatchingupfast.Thefutureofparkingis
lookingquitebright.Itisproposedthatcarswillonedayhaveparkinglocationservicesbuilt
intotheirsystems,activatedbythedriversvoice.

2.IsearchedformobileappsnewsinBingandYahoo.Theybothproducedthesamekind
ofresults,whichwerenotasvariedasGoogle.

Yahoo:
FireEyeStudyIdentifiesTopMobileApplicationSecurityIssues

Bing:
WantthoseIBMiOSapps?Youllneedtospendbigbucks

3.IchosetheBingarticle.

Time:Feb27,2015,hasnotbeenupdated.

Relevance:Itdefinitelyrelatestothetopicofmobiletechnology,namelyapps.Thearticletells
youthestatusoftheappsApplehasproducedinconjunctionwithIBMfortheiPhoneand
iPad.

Authority:GalenGruman.Heisdefinitelyqualifiedtowriteaboutthistopic.Heisthe
executiveeditorof
InfoWorld
,andhaswrittennumerousarticlesaboutITandmobile
technology.

Accuracy:Theinformationistrustworthy.Grumanprovidesnumerouslinkstoothernews
eventsthatarementionedwithinthearticle.Alloftheinformationseemsveryaccurate,
thoughIamnotsureifithasbeentested.
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Purpose:Thepurposeofthisarticlewastoinformpeople.Theredidnotseemtobemuch
biaseither,asidefromtheauthorsbeliefthattheseApple/IBMappsshouldbemadeforthe
public,andnotjustbigcorporations.

4.IsearchedmobiletechnologyintheScienceDirectdatabase.ThetwoarticlesIpicked
wereAutonomousMobileUniversityRobotsAMUR:TechnologyandApplicationsto
ExtremeRoboticsbyVladimirF.Filaretov&ValentinE.PryanichikovandMobiletechnology
inNursingEducation:WheredowegofromHere?Areviewoftheliterature

5.Easeofaccess:Theinternetarticleswerefareasiertoaccess,andtheyweremore
informative.

Timliness:AllofthearticlesseemedtobequiterecentexceptforAutonomousMobile
UniversityRobotsAMUR:TechnologyandApplicatonstoExtremeRoboticsbyVladimirF.
Filaretov&ValentinE.Pryanichikov,whichwaswrittenin2012.

Authority:Allthesourcesdidhaveplentyofsupport,evidenceandcitationtobackup
whateveritwasabout.

Bibliography

Gruman,Galen."WantThoseIBMIOSApps?You'llNeedtoSpendBigBucks."
InfoWorld
.
InfoWorld,27Feb.2015.Web.28Feb.2015.

Inc,FireEye,."FireEyeStudyIdentifiesTopMobileApplicationSecurityIssues."
Yahoo
Finance
.Yahoo,27Feb.2015.Web.28Feb.2015.

Raman,Janet."MobileTechnologyinNursingEducation:WhereDoWeGofromHere?A
ReviewoftheLiterature."Rev.of
NurseEducationToday
.
MobileTechnologyinNursing
Education:WhereDoWeGofromHere?AReviewoftheLiterature
(2015):110.Print.

Filaretov,VladimirF.,andValentinE.Pryanichnikov."AutonomousMobileUniversityRobots
AMUR:TechnologyandApplicationstoExtremeRobotics."
VladimirF.Filaretov
(2015):19.
ScienceDirect
.Web.28Feb.2015.

Friedman,Jordan."MobileAppsTransformingtheFutureofParkingCNN.com."
CNN
.Cable
NewsNetwork,23Feb.2015.Web.28Feb.2015.