GROUP POST!
iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple, and globalization has resulted in these players being distributed all over the world. Apple is based in the United States but the iPods are available for sale in many different countries all around the world, Singapore included. Ask anyone on the streets and almost everyone will know what an iPod is and so many people own one themselves. It was announced on 9 April 2007 that the one millionth iPod had been sold, making it the biggest selling digital music player of all time, and it was announced in April 2007 as well that 32% out of the US$5.2billion made from the second quarter earnings came from the sale of the iPods. Globalization has allowed iPod to be available in stores worldwide and thus boosted the sale of the media players because it is sold on such a large scale and it is so commercialised.
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Vivian
Globalization is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange. It is the result of
This increasing global connectivity can be seen from the vending machine in TJC! It sells
Evian bottled water from the
French Alps. We can see the increasing levels of trade between different parts of the world and that even a product from the West can reach our tiny island. The liberalization of world markets together with advancements in technology and communcations results in globalization!
Zuoqi :)
