Business Driven Technology
Business Driven Technology
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780073376905
Author: Paige Baltzan Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 1OC
Program Plan Intro

Pinterest:

Pinterest is a mobile and web application technology company which is used to obtain information from internet using images and on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos.

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Use of Wireless Business applications by Pinterest:

Wireless business applications use satellite technologies. The three type of wireless business technologies are:

  • GPS- GPS stands for Global Positioning system and it is a satellite based navigation system that provides extremely accurate information on position, time and speed.
    • Pinterest uses GPS to know the user’s location and informs user about various pins and threads trending in their location and shows advertisements related to the user’s location.
  • GIS- GIS stands for Geographic Information System and it is a system designed to store, analyze and manipulate spatial or geographic data.
    • GIS on Pinterest is location information that can be shown on map and is used to track user’s statistics based on geographical location.
  • LBS- LBS stands for Location Based Service and it is a software application that requires knowledge about where the mobile device is located.
    • Pinterest uses LBS to use location information to provide a service used by both GPS and GIS.

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