Final+Reflection

=Final Reflection=

The main issue of the topic is global functionality. The apple devices being able to use Apps all over the world, Geocaching that can be done anywhere by anyone with a receiver, and GPS enabling people to navigate globally. Apps work as a 'flattener' for global opertunity because they can serve as anything from a phrasebook to a polygraph in any country from Argentina to Vietnam. GPS works as a flattener because it allows anyone to determine where they are, where they need to be, or how long it will take them to get there. Geocaching works as a flattener because it is a game that can be played anywhere by anyone with any GPS receiver. All three of these topics are important, but GPS is what binds the others together, especially given the fact that both use GPS. GPS is present in many Apps (Urbanspoon, Google Earth) and it is what Geocaching requires in order to function.