Working styles:
Ever since the creation of computers working styles have changed dramatically .The communication in the working world has increased but only over computers .People in the working world are hardly working face to face with other people.For instance, say you wanted to send a message to America. It could take anything up to 2 weeks but if you send it via email it would be there in a matter of seconds.People are now working from home which can come across lazy as you have all your home comforts at work.There are many benefits of this though. An example of this is, if you have children but need to be at work you can manage your children whilst working saving you money for childcare .
Also another benefit is you can save money and time by not having to drive to work .This relives stress and money issues.
Communication:
Communication has rapidly increased since the creation of today’s technology.More and more people are communicating through means of technology such as mobile phones, next gen game consoles, computers and PDA’s ,Technology for communication is the foundation for most life on this planet. If it wasn’t for computers and the internet how would we communicated to people all around the world in a matter of seconds? Or what about talking to someone with out being with them using mobiles phones?There are so many advantages of communication such as being able to send emails to people from around the world in seconds were as communicating through mail is a lot slower, Ringing people via a mobile or land line phone also is a big advantage as you don’t have to travel to the person you wish to talk to .There are also disadvantages of communication, such as postal workers being useless and out of work because all letters are sent via email ,Communicating over any means of technology like phones and computers cost us money, were as if you just walk to see the person you don’t need to spend money .
Employment opportunities:
Without the help of online services such as monster.co.uk, millions of people would struggle to get employed. Because monster.co.uk is a service that provides you with the means to sell yourself to a company indirectly, so it wouldn’t matter if you were a shy person or not because you would only need to post your C.V. on to monster, and if a job place props up that suits your C.V. then you mite get a phone call.
These types of online services could affect your professional life because first of all it could get you a job as a sales person selling people’s C.V.s to a recruitment company. Also these types of services could affect your personal lives because before these services were available you would have to go out and try to get yourself a job.
I think that these services are very good, because they not only save time but running your C.V. through a service such as monster.co.uk, allow you to get seen by a lot of companies who may be interested in recruiting you. So I think that these services are an advantage to our personal and professional lives.
Banking and shopping:
Banking and shopping services are widely available and easily accessible via the internet in this new and exciting technological age.
Many banks such as HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Nationwide all have their services readily available online, especially designed for you to use at home, the services that they provide include, the ability to do money transfers, direct debit and check your bank balance.
Online shopping services are an important part of the modern world’s economy, as these online shops produce millions if not billions of pounds in profit per annum. Shops such as Argos, Comet, PC world, Sony etc have online shops to increase their sales and subsequently their profits each year.
Online banking services have a positive impact on our professional lives because they make things so much quicker and easier, and nowadays “time is money”. They also have an impact on our personal and social lives, because you could waste hours of time just going down to the bank to pay in a cheque or to do a money transfer, whereas now you can just do it online, and you could play world of war craft for an hour instead. It also affects our social lives because it means that we get to spend more time with friends and family.
Online shopping services are a great advantage to our lives, because it makes it easier to browse through the stock lists of many different shops at the click of the button, saving time and effort. Leaving you with more time on your hands to do the things that you want to do.
If you have more people shopping on line, it means that less people are going out in their cars, thus reducing the impact on global warming and reducing congestion in towns and industrial estates. Increasing the quality of people’s personal lives and social lives.
Also there are a lot of online deals that you can get on a wide range of products which will improve your professional life because you can save money on the products you buy.
Education:
Online services that provide an online learning experience are now widely available, internet sites such as bitesize.co.uk and s-cool.com, are great education sites that provide tutoring for all levels of study.
These services can affect your professional life because with the extra study that you do online, you will most probably get a better grade in your exams, which would mean a higher paid job and a better quality of personal and social life.
There are other types of education sites that are devoted to a very specific study and level of work; these are called VLE’s or Virtual Learning Environment. These sites are setup by a school for a specific subject that is being taught at that school, for example engineering, and these sites are designed to educate a student to a specific level such as a level of distinction in engineering.
These sites also have their benefits to our lives, because it means that you can study in your own time, instead of only being able to study while at school.
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Wednesday 12 September 2007
Stage 1-Oline Services
Communication:
MSN Messenger is a freeware instant messaging client that was developed and distributed by Microsoft between 1999 and 2005 for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, and aimed towards home users. It was renamed Windows Live Messenger in February 2006 as part of Microsoft's Windows Live series of online services and software.
MSN Messenger is often used to refer to the .NET Messenger Service (the protocols and server that allow the system to operate) rather than any particular client.The target Audience in normally found between the ages of 10 and upwards.The reason for it targeting starting ages of around 10 is because children like to interact with the fellow friends when not physically with them.
The reason why I have not set an older age limit is because ,Computers have become part of our everyday routine and as time goes by the older generation are becoming custom to the concept of everyday computing including instant messaging .
The benefits of having instant messaging are that you can interact and connect with friends, family and work colleges from any wear in the world, considering they have access to a computer and internet. There have already been many enchantments added to many Instant messaging services such as voice conferences ,Visual chat and games but with the technology growing today in this civilization there are no reasons why we could not find new ways of interacting with each other over instant messaging such as webcam gaming or maybe having voice enchantments.If you do not have access to the internet at a point in time and need to instant message, there is now a new alternative.Microsoft has introduced live messenger mobile.If you have a compatible hand set you can download the java based program and instant message over your handsets network.The most common used network for this is 3; this is because they offer the program free along with free messages inbound and outbound for contract users.
Commerce:
The internet has, many sites used for commercial sale such as Online shopping such as Play.com or Amazon, Online banking such as HSBC.co.uk or Nationwide.co.uk or even Auction websites.
EBay is an online auction and shopping website where people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in several other countries. eBay Inc also owns Pay Pal, Skype, and other businesses.
The target audience for eBay is 18 and up.The reason for it being 18 and up is because eBay only allows 18 + to register due to it being an auction site, handling money.
There are many benefits to eBay such as, you can get products cheaper, it’s online so it’s quick and easy and you get a huge variety of products for sale.Another benefit of eBay is that you can sell your unwanted goods to make some money.As with any web site you use your card to buy products over the internet with, you are always at risk with computer hackers obtaining your card details and using them.Also another drawback could be untruthful sellers. This could be a big effect on your purchase as the seller may say the products in good condition but when you receive it the product could be faulty or not the conditions you were told.This can be sold by looking for similar products in your local area to make sure your getting what you’re paying for.There is always room for improvement on any website, but such enchantments as 3d viewing or webcam viewing of the product with the seller could be adding as enchantments to eBay.There are no current non-internet ways to access eBay as it is officially and online auction site.Some mobile handsets can access eBay but they are using mobile internet.
Entertainment:
The internet is one of the key entertainment factors in the world. It holds gates to online gaming such as the service X box live from Microsoft or Playstation Home from Sony.
Also there are websites with flash games such as miniclip.com or flashgames.com.
Also there are online gaming websites which allow players from around the world to compete against each other.
Also there are websites were you can watch film clips and movies.YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in mid February 2005 by three former Pay Pal employees. The San Bruno-based service uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video bogging and short original videos. In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for 1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal closed on November 13, 2006.
Unregistered users can watch most videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Some videos are available only to users of age 18 or older. Related videos, determined by title and tags, appear onscreen to the right of a given video. In YouTube's second year, functions were added to enhance user ability to post video 'responses' and subscribe to content feeds.There are many benefits of YouTube such as viewing movie clips and sharing your own clips with people around the worlds.There are a few drawbacks such as slow loading times depending on your internet speed and if opening YouTube page using Google your logging account won’t work.There are many possible enchantments that YouTube could use such as video competitions or maybe a web client to chat to fellow YouTube users.There are currently no non-Internet alternatives to using YouTube as there are mass amounts of data needed to be transmitted In order to view the contents of the page.
Download Services:
The internet holds key to millions of files such as images music, documents and many, many more.There are certain services that offer direct file downloads. There are different services that offer different types of download.Such services as Napstar and Amazon offer music downloads.Other services such as walmart.com offer video downloads.iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple on January 10, 2001 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the recently introduced iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store (provided an internet connection is present) in order to download purchased digital music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, various podcasts, and feature length films.
Version 4 of iTunes introduced the iTunes Music Store (later renamed to the iTunes Store) from which iTunes users can buy and download songs for use on a limited number of computers and an unlimited number of iPods. Many songs purchased from the iTunes Store are copy protected with Apple's FairPlay digital rights management (DRM) system.In the years since, movies, television shows, podcasts, and video games have been also added to the extensive iTunes Stores catalog.The target audience is normally around the ages 11 and upwards because more and more people are using iTunes to download music direct to there computer instead of going out and buying the single from a store. People also do this because it is a lot cheaper online.The benefits of having ITunes is that you can download your track in a matter of seconds and it is easy payment also as you can pay through a debit card or you can go to any good electrical store and buy I vouchers which are priced at £15 and £25.Apple are always adding updates to ITunes in order to make downloading music as easy as possible .Possible enchantments could be downloading full length movies or maybe uploading your own videos or music like YouTube.At present there are no online download services as of yet.
Real time Information:
In today’s world we are always thriving for information being it times or traffic reports or news.The internet is bursting with information we all use in every day life.Real time Information doesn’t have a set age as everyone old enough the read and write is on the internet these days.
The benefits of having real time information is we can find information that is at present and you can have the information you need in a matter of seconds.The drawbacks of having Real time information over the internet is it can put people out of a job such as weather reporters, News readers even traffic reporters.Possible enchantments for real time information has no limits.We can now receive real time information to our mobile phones but a downside to this is that it will incur a charge. We could also receive real-time information, over out television sets, such as cinema times and prices, Train timetables and much more.There are many non-internet solutions to receiving real time information such as the news and weather on television and on teletext, football scores to your mobile phone and now you can receive real time information on next-gen consoles such as Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
MSN Messenger is a freeware instant messaging client that was developed and distributed by Microsoft between 1999 and 2005 for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, and aimed towards home users. It was renamed Windows Live Messenger in February 2006 as part of Microsoft's Windows Live series of online services and software.
MSN Messenger is often used to refer to the .NET Messenger Service (the protocols and server that allow the system to operate) rather than any particular client.The target Audience in normally found between the ages of 10 and upwards.The reason for it targeting starting ages of around 10 is because children like to interact with the fellow friends when not physically with them.
The reason why I have not set an older age limit is because ,Computers have become part of our everyday routine and as time goes by the older generation are becoming custom to the concept of everyday computing including instant messaging .
The benefits of having instant messaging are that you can interact and connect with friends, family and work colleges from any wear in the world, considering they have access to a computer and internet. There have already been many enchantments added to many Instant messaging services such as voice conferences ,Visual chat and games but with the technology growing today in this civilization there are no reasons why we could not find new ways of interacting with each other over instant messaging such as webcam gaming or maybe having voice enchantments.If you do not have access to the internet at a point in time and need to instant message, there is now a new alternative.Microsoft has introduced live messenger mobile.If you have a compatible hand set you can download the java based program and instant message over your handsets network.The most common used network for this is 3; this is because they offer the program free along with free messages inbound and outbound for contract users.
Commerce:
The internet has, many sites used for commercial sale such as Online shopping such as Play.com or Amazon, Online banking such as HSBC.co.uk or Nationwide.co.uk or even Auction websites.
EBay is an online auction and shopping website where people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in several other countries. eBay Inc also owns Pay Pal, Skype, and other businesses.
The target audience for eBay is 18 and up.The reason for it being 18 and up is because eBay only allows 18 + to register due to it being an auction site, handling money.
There are many benefits to eBay such as, you can get products cheaper, it’s online so it’s quick and easy and you get a huge variety of products for sale.Another benefit of eBay is that you can sell your unwanted goods to make some money.As with any web site you use your card to buy products over the internet with, you are always at risk with computer hackers obtaining your card details and using them.Also another drawback could be untruthful sellers. This could be a big effect on your purchase as the seller may say the products in good condition but when you receive it the product could be faulty or not the conditions you were told.This can be sold by looking for similar products in your local area to make sure your getting what you’re paying for.There is always room for improvement on any website, but such enchantments as 3d viewing or webcam viewing of the product with the seller could be adding as enchantments to eBay.There are no current non-internet ways to access eBay as it is officially and online auction site.Some mobile handsets can access eBay but they are using mobile internet.
Entertainment:
The internet is one of the key entertainment factors in the world. It holds gates to online gaming such as the service X box live from Microsoft or Playstation Home from Sony.
Also there are websites with flash games such as miniclip.com or flashgames.com.
Also there are online gaming websites which allow players from around the world to compete against each other.
Also there are websites were you can watch film clips and movies.YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in mid February 2005 by three former Pay Pal employees. The San Bruno-based service uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video bogging and short original videos. In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for 1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal closed on November 13, 2006.
Unregistered users can watch most videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Some videos are available only to users of age 18 or older. Related videos, determined by title and tags, appear onscreen to the right of a given video. In YouTube's second year, functions were added to enhance user ability to post video 'responses' and subscribe to content feeds.There are many benefits of YouTube such as viewing movie clips and sharing your own clips with people around the worlds.There are a few drawbacks such as slow loading times depending on your internet speed and if opening YouTube page using Google your logging account won’t work.There are many possible enchantments that YouTube could use such as video competitions or maybe a web client to chat to fellow YouTube users.There are currently no non-Internet alternatives to using YouTube as there are mass amounts of data needed to be transmitted In order to view the contents of the page.
Download Services:
The internet holds key to millions of files such as images music, documents and many, many more.There are certain services that offer direct file downloads. There are different services that offer different types of download.Such services as Napstar and Amazon offer music downloads.Other services such as walmart.com offer video downloads.iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple on January 10, 2001 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the recently introduced iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store (provided an internet connection is present) in order to download purchased digital music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, various podcasts, and feature length films.
Version 4 of iTunes introduced the iTunes Music Store (later renamed to the iTunes Store) from which iTunes users can buy and download songs for use on a limited number of computers and an unlimited number of iPods. Many songs purchased from the iTunes Store are copy protected with Apple's FairPlay digital rights management (DRM) system.In the years since, movies, television shows, podcasts, and video games have been also added to the extensive iTunes Stores catalog.The target audience is normally around the ages 11 and upwards because more and more people are using iTunes to download music direct to there computer instead of going out and buying the single from a store. People also do this because it is a lot cheaper online.The benefits of having ITunes is that you can download your track in a matter of seconds and it is easy payment also as you can pay through a debit card or you can go to any good electrical store and buy I vouchers which are priced at £15 and £25.Apple are always adding updates to ITunes in order to make downloading music as easy as possible .Possible enchantments could be downloading full length movies or maybe uploading your own videos or music like YouTube.At present there are no online download services as of yet.
Real time Information:
In today’s world we are always thriving for information being it times or traffic reports or news.The internet is bursting with information we all use in every day life.Real time Information doesn’t have a set age as everyone old enough the read and write is on the internet these days.
The benefits of having real time information is we can find information that is at present and you can have the information you need in a matter of seconds.The drawbacks of having Real time information over the internet is it can put people out of a job such as weather reporters, News readers even traffic reporters.Possible enchantments for real time information has no limits.We can now receive real time information to our mobile phones but a downside to this is that it will incur a charge. We could also receive real-time information, over out television sets, such as cinema times and prices, Train timetables and much more.There are many non-internet solutions to receiving real time information such as the news and weather on television and on teletext, football scores to your mobile phone and now you can receive real time information on next-gen consoles such as Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
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