Exercise 2: Answer

Web Quest to find 5 sites offering different business options:

1. Online shopping

• Umart Online is where I purchased the parts for my PC.
• Dell is where I purchased both of my laptops.
• CitySoftware.com cater predominantly computer industry items
• Amazon.com Purveyors of anything and everything. See Previous answer for further details.
• CORPSOFT.COM.AU

2. Electronic payments

• Australia post
• Commonwealth Bank
• eziwebpay
• ElectronicData Payment Systems
• EPS electronic payment systems

3. Database access

• EBSCOhost Online Research database
• US national library of medicine
• FamilySearch. Family Tree research database
• European portal on research infrastructures' services
• CSU library

4. WAP sites for mobile phones
I have a mobile phone that is used for only one thing, making phone calls. And I might make about 1 or 2 of those a month. So I am not what you would really call mobile phone savvy. Having said that, my plan will be up for renewal soon and I am thinking about application development in the work environment. So this may become much more relevant to me in the future.

• Freewarepark
• boltblue love your mobile
• mega-mobilegames.com
• partymob.com
• Cool

Exercise 2: Technology and the evolution of business options

1. Web quest: Find a range of five sites each offering different business options: online shopping, electronic payments, database access, WAP sites for mobile phones. Key words for your search engine: M-commerce, T-commerce and E-wallet.