Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Demo Video

In this video, we show some basic features of Hive. Many features are not developed due to the time limitation. For example, the automatic tag system (When user types tags, the system can suggest the related tags). The link of … Continue reading

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Diffusion of innovations

The success of our idea depends on the acceptance of the target market. We believe the value that we are offering is quite attractive andĀ fulfillsĀ an existing need of Web users. But in order to attract people to enjoy our new … Continue reading

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Possible Revenue Models

Basic Advertising Hive could offer advertisers the chance to advertise their brands/products on the website. It could be a basic service, with no audience specific targeting. Advertising may not be a very good source of revenue in a social networking … Continue reading

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People and Online Social Networks – Survey Results and Analysis

To help better understand our target audience, and to better design Hiveā€™s features, we have conducted a survey on a group of 71 young adults. Below are the results and our analysis: People prefer to use fewer online social networking … Continue reading

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Overview of pitch to dragons den panel

Here is a brief explanation of our plan for the Dragonā€™s Den presentation. First, we will have to make sure that the audience will understand what Hive is about and why a social network like Hive is needed. We have … Continue reading

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Testing Data

In this post, we show some testing data that we used on our prototype. Based on every task we show the input and the expected behavior of system’s output. This is just a small sample of testing data that should … Continue reading

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The Technologies behind Hive

In this article, we will briefly introduce the backend technologies behind Hive. Current web development adopts different development methodologies from approaches in the traditional software engineering field. The development process is much faster than it was before. User requirements can … Continue reading

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Our arrangements to combat the privacy threats in Hive

Before reading this post, we suggest you read the following posts to become more familiar with Hive and how it works: “what makes Hive different?” and “The features of Hive” Information we receive from user Users provide all information voluntarily. … Continue reading

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Hive is against crimes

Hive considers itself responsible for the safety of users. Therefore, we would attempt to control the safety of our network in two main ways: Creating and making the option to report abusive or offensive content available to users. Use machine-learning … Continue reading

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Privacy concerns

Hive, like other social networking sites, allow users to create a profile, connect with other people, express their interests, and browse other user profiles. Users are free to disclose their information via their profile to others. Specifically, in Hive, users … Continue reading

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