The flatteners 8th, 9th and 10th

Firedman talks about other things in the 8th, 9th and 10th flatteners:

8. Insourcing: Firdeman uses UPS as a prime example for insourcing that the company's employees perform services- beyond shipping for another company. For example, Fedex and UPS not just sending packages, but they harmonize global supply chains small and large. like if you own a Toshiba laptop under warranty, and it breaks and you call Toshiba to have it repaired, it goes to a UPS workshop dedicated to computer repairs at their Louisville hub.

9. In- forming: google and other search engines are the prime example. "Never before in the history of the planet have so many people - on their own - had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people," writes Friedman. The growth of search engines is tremendous

10. The steriods: Personal digital devices like mobile phones, iPods, personal digital assistants, instant messaging, and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Also, digital mobile, personal and virtual.

·         The first steroid: Computing power. in 1971, the Intel 4004 microprocessor contained 2,3000 transistors. Intel's Tianium processor has 1.7 billion transistors in 2006.

·         The second steroid: Breakthroughs in instant messaging, peer-to-peer networks and file sharing.

·         The third steroid: Breakthroughs in making phone calls over the Internet (VOIP) -- Skype.

·         The fourth steroid: Videoconferencing -- people can collaborate, "communicate their thoughts, facial expressions, feelings, ire, enthusiasm, and raised eyebrows."

·         The fifth steroid: Advances in computer graphics. "Video games are particularly important in this regard, because in addition to their very realistic visual images and great sound, they are highly interactive and increasingly collaborative." (p.194).

·         The sixth steroid: Wireless technologies and devices. In Japan, you can get uninterrupted wireless internet service on your computer or cell phone while traveling on the bullet train at 150 mph. According to Tamon Mitsuishi, senior VP at DoCoMo, the Japanese cellular giant, " the mobile phone will become the essential controller of a person's life. For example, in the medical field it will be your authentication system and you can examine your medical records, and to make payments you will have to hold a mobile phone. You will not be able to lead a life without a mobile phone, and it will control things at home too. We believe that we need to expand the range of machines that can be controlled by mobile phone.

* Also, in my opinion, the second steroid is the most popular in Suly because messaging peer ro pper networks and file sharing is more popular in Suly nowadays.  I think it doesn't have bad effects because the use of network is popular almost everywhere nowadays.