networking sites such as Friendster‚ Twitter and Facebook all vary slightly‚ yet one of the main feature they have is that they enable users to create a profile within the website to represent themselves and interact with other users using emails‚ instant messaging and other integrated communication channels within the site. The popularity and growth of social networking sites over the years has been colossal. Today‚ there are almost 1 billion active users and over 500 million mobile active users in Facebook
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The Effects of Modern Technology on Kids Modern technology‚ such as video games‚ affects brain development‚ social relationships and health. Like it or not‚ we are a digital society. In the age of cellular phones‚ video games‚ and computers‚ it is important to explore whether this abundance of technology has helped or harmed children’s mental and emotional development. Experts disagree on the answer. While some argue that modern technology has had negative effects on children in some areas of their
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games or searching the Internet. Time away from the computer or game causes moodiness or withdrawal. When a person spends up to ten hours a day or more rearranging or sending files‚ playing games‚ surfing the net‚ visiting chat rooms‚ instant messaging‚ and reading emails‚ that easily can reach up to seventy to eighty hours a week on-line with the computer and will result to major disruptions from work‚ school‚ and in social life. Backgrounds of the Study Technology today is very
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services”.Tencent strived to achieve this goal with its core competencies on the internet platforms to fulfil users’ needs of communication‚ information‚ entertainment‚ shopping and purchasing.Well-known names of such services included QQ for instant messaging; QQ.com -portal; QQ Games –online games; SoSo online search engine; and Tenpay –payment platform. Qzone‚ PengYou‚ Weibo and Weixin offering social network services; PaiPai and Mall/Shop/Buy.qq.com as a e-commerce site. Using SWOT analysis‚ evaluate
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2010‚ the time people dedicate to socializing online increased 43%. This increase is particularly associated with two forms of connection. Firstly‚ SNS offers multiple media for users to communicate with their current friends‚ such as email‚ instant messaging‚ public and private bulletin boards‚ and even internet phone services (Kim et al‚ 2010:219). This means it not only allows young people to stay in contact with a wide range of offline friends and relatives cheaply and efficiently‚ but also positively
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Introduction Communication is one of the most important factors in any organization or relationship. It is “the process of people sharing thoughts‚ ideas‚ information and feelings with each other in commonly understandable ways” (Hamilton‚ 2011‚ p. 3). When you can communicate properly in a business then it runs smoothly without communicational mistakes and misinterpretation. The main purpose of efficient business communications is to generate a positive‚ reliable and consistent reputation with
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The Impact of Internet on Our Society Wong Yiu Cheung The emergence of the Internet allows people in all over the world to share the information by connecting computers together. Its development has reached to carry the large numbers of data that we have not imagined before. It also brings impact on the real life by creating brand new tools‚ platforms‚ and attempts to satisfy people’s wants only when they are holding a device that can access to the Internet. The impacts are both positive and
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Technology – Trendy Communication XCOM/285 05.22.2014 Technology has paved the way to a new and exciting life. Since technology has become such a major part of our modern day lives‚ there is much speculation on how fast we are actually accruing new technologies. According to Moore ’s Law‚ we double our technology every two years. This number has actually been updated to 18 months recently‚ and we can only expect that new to become smaller and smaller. (Greene‚ para. 1-6‚ 2011) In
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Are we too dependent on the internet? Introduction Internet refers to a global network of interconnected computers and the infrastructure through which applications such as e-mails‚ chat rooms and instant messaging operate. Internet was developed many years ago in the early sixties with the inputs of many professors‚ the likes of R.P Palaiya‚ Al Gore and many others. Points for: With technology enhancing to the next level‚ majority tends to explore and grow with it as they depend on it. Internet
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Globalization What’s Globalization? “Globalization is an unstoppable and potent force that impacts every life” says Patricia Mohr‚ a reporter specialized in international commerce and very interested in Globalization. We do agree with her. Globalization is known as the process of international integration originating from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas and other aspects of culture. As Patricia says‚ it’s impossible to stop this process. You see the consequences of Globalization
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