The power of high-tech companies

Ever wonder how big companies can actually affect your lives? or better said, ever realize that a big company, especially high-tech co. can influence how a town, or a city look?

Well, here is an example. As everyone know Nokia, based in Finland, is the leader in cellphone technologies. And one way the company influences the town where they based at, is to give out cellphone to all its employees according this this news from the globe and mail.

Another example about how big high-tech companies can affect a city is San Jose, CA, USA. It's considered as one of the most high-tech cities in the world, just because giant companies like Microsoft, Intel, Google, AMD are all based there, providing cheap and available access to cutting-edge technologies for the community.

So, next time you buy something, you may wanna consider the geographical location of the brand name that you are supporting. Who knows, if you support them enough to make them big, they may give something back to the community in the future!