Cloud Computing & Bits and Bytes

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Entrepreneurial Idea:

As stated in the "Entrepreneurial Idea" post, the unsend app is an app that "unsends" any unread message that you no longer want the recipient to read. The unsend app has already been created, but only for the blackberry email accounts and gmail. By making the app accessible for texting (on most phones) makes the app more sufficient because people text everyday and some people throughout the day regret sending a text message to someone.

Lecture: Cloud Computing & Bits and Bytes

Cloud computing relates to the unsend app because the data that makes the app work would be stored on a cloud computing site, such as dropbox. Cloud computing will help the unsend app by updating the program without needing someone to manually click update. Cloud computing allows the unsend app to work with wifi, since cloud computing only works when it is connected to the internet. The unsend app would use cloud computing "platform as a service" (PAAS). 

The unsend app also relates to the lecture about bits and bytes because text messages can be computed in bites and bytes. So depending how many bytes a message is, it might take longer for a longer message to "unsend" because there are more bytes of space being occupied. Bits & bytes take up space in storage, so in order to "unsend" a message those bits & bytes have to disappear.

Competitive Analysis

As stated in the "Entrepreneruial Idea" post, the unsend app is an app that "unsends" any unread message that you no longer want the recipient to read. The unsend app has already been created, but only for the blackberry email accounts and gmail. By making the app accessible for texting (on most phones) makes the app more sufficient because people text everyday and some people throughout the day regret sending a text message to someone. 

Competitor 1: Undo Send Gmail http://email.about.com/od/gmailtips/qt/undo_send.htm
 Google mail has a setting just like the unsend app, where you can "unsend" an email up to thirty seconds after you have sent it. The setting is very easy to access, a person would have to go to their settings in gmail and enable the "undo send" setting under the "lab" section of the settings. In the settings a person can also change the time limit from 10 seconds to 30 seconds after the email is sent it can be "unsent." This setting is very useful for who made a grammatical error in their email or even forgot to attach a document to the email. The gmail "undo send" setting is different from the unsend app because the " undo send" setting is only for email and there is a time limit on when you can "unsend" an email. The unsend app "unsends" any unread text message, so as long as the message is still unread the person will be able to "unsend" their text message. Another thing that is different, is the procedure of "unsending" an email in gmail, with the unsend app the option would automatically be in the texting menu once the app is downloaded. 

Competitor 2: Unsend Email Blackberry http://www.getempower.com/product.php?appid=149&n=Unsend-Email-for-BlackBerry
The blackberry app store: Empower sells the unsend email app, where a person can "unsend" any email up to 15 seconds after it has been sent. This app only works on certain blackberry's, the app delays the email that you want to unsend then you have to recall the email so the email can be fully "unsent." When the app delays the email it just pauses the email being sent to the recipient. The unsend app email is used for people who made a mistake on an email and want to unsend the email. This app is different from the unsend app for text messages because the unsend app for text messages works on Iphones and Androids. The unsend app for text messages will also be free, unlike the unsend email app for blackberry's which cost $.99. Also there is not a time limit for the unsend app for text messages, just as long as the message is still unread, the message can be unsent. 

Both of the competitors have the same purpose as the unsend app, which is to be able to "unsend" a message/email you regret that you sent. Competitor 1 only works in google mail, but is free and the time limit is up to thirty seconds after you sent the email. Competitor 2 only works in emails on certain blackberry models, and you have to buy the app from the app store. The unsend app I came up with works with text messages on Iphones and Androids and it's free. The unsend app does not have any time limit, any message can be "unsent" as long as the message is unread it can be "unsent."

Computer Forensics

As stated in the "Entrepreneruial Idea" post, the unsend app is an app that "unsends" any unread message that you no longer want the recipient to read. The unsend app has already been created, but only for the blackberry email accounts and gmail. By making the app accessible for texting (on most phones) makes the app more sufficient because people text everyday and some people throughout the day regret sending a text message to someone.

Computer Forensics is the art and science of applying computer science to aid in the legal process of evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The unsend app applies to the lecture about computer forensics because unlike most deleted messages on cellular phones, the unsend app doesn't keep any information that anyone "unsends." Even though, this app would not help computer forensic scientists, the app will help the users by not exposing their "unsent" messages and their messages will not be traceable or able to be found by investigators, if necessary.

In order to make the unsend app have the feature of untraceable sent messages, some concepts of computer forensics would have to applied. The unsend app would have privacy settings that would secure the user's "unsent" messages from the process of file carving, which is used to reconstruct deleted messages. This feature might cause problems with future court cases, because investigators will not be able to trace the deleted information. I think this feature is efficient because people do make mistakes, whether it's an act on impulse and a person recognizes their mistake once they decide to "unsend" a message, so letting the "unsent" messages disappear forever benefits the user's life.