1. Convergence
Technological Convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task
2. Social Media
Social Media is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content.
There are six types of social media:
1.Social Networks – these are sites that allow you to connect with other people with the same interests or background. Once user creates his or her account, he or she can set up a profile, add people, create groups, and share content.
Examples: Facebook and Google+
2.Bookmarking Sites – these are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various websites and resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a tag that allows you and others to easily search or share them.
Examples: StumbleUpon and Pinterest
3.Social News – these are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and comments may also be ranked. They are also capable of voting on these news articles on the website. Those who get the most amount of votes are shown prominently.
Examples: Reddit and Digg
4.Media Sharing – these are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music, and video. Most of these sites have additional social features like liking, commenting, and having user profiles.
Examples: Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram
5.Microblogging – these are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates.
Examples: Twitter and Plurk
6.Blogs and Forums – these websites allow users to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic. There are several free blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr. On the other hand, forums are typically part of a certain website or web service.
Examples: Reddit and SitePoint
3. Mobile Technologies
The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years. This is largely because of the device’ capability to do tasks that were originally found in personal computers. Several of these devices are capable of using high-speed internet.
largely because of the device’s capability to do tasks that were originally found in personal computers. Several of these devices are capable of using high-speed internet.
Mobile devices use different operating systems:
iOS – used in apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
Android – an open source operating system developed by Google. Being open source means several mobile companies use this OS for free.
Blackberry OS – used in Blackberry devices.
Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft®.
Symbian – the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices.
WebOS – originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TVs.
Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft® for smartphones and pocket PCs.
4.Assistive Media
Assistive Media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user. You may visit this link for several of their audio recordings.
It Has Three Components:
1. Client computers – clients are the device that the end user interacts with cloud.
2. Distributed Servers – Often servers are in geographically different places, but the server acts as if they are working next to each other.
3. Datacenters – It is the collection of servers where an application is placed and is accessed via the Internet.
5. Cloud Computing
Distributed computing on internet or delivery of computing service over the internet.
e.g. Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail
-Instead of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log in to a Web e- mail account remotely. The software and storage for your account doesn't exist on your computer - it's on the service's computer cloud.
TYPES OF CLOUDS:
1.Public Cloud - allows systems and services to be easily accessible to the general public. The public cloud may be less secured because of its openness, e.g. email
2.Private Cloud - allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization. It offers increased security because of its private nature.
3.Community Cloud - allows systems and services to be accessible by groups of organizations.
4.Hybrid Cloud - is a mixture of public and private clouds. However, the critical activities are performed using a private cloud while the non-critical activities are performed using the public cloud.
