WHAT IS ONLINE SHOPPING? Online shopping (sometimes known as e-tail from "electronic retail" or e-shopping) is a form of electronic commercewhich allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. HISTORY English entrepreneur Michael Aldrich invented online shopping in 1979. His system connected a modified domestic TV to a real-time transaction processing computer via a domestic telephone line. his enabled ’closed’ corporate information systems
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its surveillance in protecting our country and people from attacks. Some say that they have not done enough to protect us. I feel there are some things the NSA should absolutely do‚ and then there are others I feel do invade people’s privacy. But do we really have privacy as it is? Anyone can hack into our computers‚ phones‚ bank accounts‚ and more as long as they have the brains to do it. I’m not completely against the government watching what we are doing‚
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Digital communities are now omnipresent in modern society. People craft and showcase their identity through the expression of their interests‚ opinions and principles in their profiles or interactions with their online friends when they join communities of their interest or social networking sites like Facebook. Many comment that identity production through digital communities is a vivid representation of identity production in the real world hence equipping one with the skills needed for networking
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higher probability of finding better prices on the internet than in shopping malls. Many internet companies operate as online retailers only which means they don’t have to pay any intermediaries such as distributors and they don’t have to hire sales people. Thus‚ they can pass some of the savings to the customers by offering reduced prices. Internet also enables the customers to do price comparisons in an instant‚ thus‚ they can buy from the online retailer that offers the best prices. Internet companies
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Introduction Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-web-store‚ e-shop‚ e-store‚ Internet shop‚ web-shop‚ web-store‚ online store‚ and virtual store. An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping
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Online Education Education is an important part of people’s lives; it will either make them or break them in the future depending on the careers they choose. Education is greatly diverse today in comparison to the 1950s because of advancements in teaching and other great inventions that provide easier techniques of teaching. One major issue that has been raised is distant learning courses and online education. Distant learning could be any format from VHS videos‚ DVDs‚ or internet courses online
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ONLINE SAFETY: Technology has changed our world By Kristin Judge Guest Writer Kristin.judge@msisac.org Chances are you are not a cyber security expert. Well‚ neither am I. The last computer class I took was DOS programming in 1987. But my family and I do spend much of our time online‚ as I’m sure many of you do‚ and I now work for a computer security organization - the national not-for-profit Center for Internet Security. I spend my days spreading the message about staying safe online‚ and I’m thrilled
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Native Son - The Metamorphosis of Bigger Thomas Native Son - The Metamorphosis of Bigger Thomas In the turn of the century‚ the time of Bigger Thomas‚ the roles of black men and women in America were heavily restricted compared to the white population. Black people were also still treated unequally and dealt with as ignorant fools. Richard Wright ’s novel‚ Native Son‚ embraces this knowledge and follows the reaction of one angry man as he manages the delights of his exploits and the consequences
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Online Auctions Jermaine Allen Xbis 219 January 25‚ 2013 Julia Kennedy Online Auctions E-bay is an online marketplace where people come together to purchase and sell merchandise. Th3e way that it works is that the seller places an item on e-bay and it is up to the seller to accept bids only another thing that they can do is offer the Buy It Now option‚ which is basically a price that is set in place from the seller. The seller can have a choice to choose both options if they like.
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According to the online Merriam Webster dictionary‚ a blog is a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections‚ comments‚ and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. The word is an abbreviation of “weblog‚” a term coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger‚ who was popularly known as the editor of a famous early weblog‚ Robot Wisdom. The American blogger said that the term weblog‚ from the words “web” and “log‚” was used to describe how he “logged the web” or recorded his internet wanderings
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