America's Tech Boom: Change And Revolution In The 1980s

Technology is the becoming the new universal language, a country without it virtually wouldn't exist. Technology has changed America and is continuing to evolve. Americans in particular have invented many technological devices that have moved the world. A remarkable invention was the telegraph invented by Samuel Morse in 1832. The telegraph sent messages through electric signals across wire, this was the most effective way for information to be spread across America during that time. The telegraph drastically changed communication, instead of taking weeks or months to pass along data or a time sensitive military letter, a message could be sent in minutes. It was truly a huge leap for the world, “Prior to the telegraph, politics and business

The internet has been the rise and fall of many entrepreneurs. For example, the rise and fall of the DOT-com. The DOT-com in a business whose main sail and advertisements are on the internet. DOT-coms are businesses like Yahoo.com and Ebay.com. In the early 1980’s the commercialization of the internet started. This allowed and promoted the DOT-com bubble. The reason so many thought that the DOT-com was a superior way of doing business is because the startup was lower, the rent space was less and you could do business easily with in America and worldwide. There were many other advantages that appealed to startup companies to help finance the DOT-com phenomenon.

Present day has its perks, but the evolution of it all came from many years ago. Technologies and media have expanded so much in only a short period of time. The 1990s were the beginning of many different things including text messaging, Google, the Nintendo 64, the Tamagotchi, and so many other revolutionary products. While some can say that the Columbine shooting and Los Angeles riots made the decade a horrible time to live in, the changes the United States experienced in the 1990s had an overall positive impact on the future of the country due to new technologies of the internet being introduced, the economic boom that allowed society in the US to grow and the fashion and arts industry with media began to quickly escalate. One thing

Could you live without the technology we have today? Without the 1980’s, you would not have any of your cell phones or computers. You also would not have most of the medical things we use in the medical field today. The 1980’s played a huge role in the creation of recreational, medical, and other technologies we use today.

Businesses are discovering the Internet as the most powerful and cost effective tool in history. The Net provides a faster, more efficient way to work colleagues, customers, vendors and business partners- irrespective of location or operating system harnessing this powerful resource gives companies strategic advantages by leveraging information into essential business asset. The "technology of the future" here today. This is a fact. Businesses making the transition will, and are prospering; however those that do not will most certainly suffer the consequences.

An increase in Internet maturity, correlates with an increase in real per capita GDP on average of $500. Looking back to the Industrial Revolution, it’s growth took 50 years to achieve these same results. This demonstrates both the magnitude and impact the internet delivers to all levels of society. In the French Economy, the internet had reported to have destroyed 500,000 jobs over the past 15 years, but has also over those same amounts of years has created 1.2 million new ones. For every job the internet has taken away, it’s created twice the amount. It’s safe to the internet has been able to increase the worlds GDP bringing great growth to the

During the time period under discussion from the Regan Revolution to our current President Obama, one major historical turning point was the creation of the Internet. This vast network of linked computers that allowed information to be shared easily and instantly, propelled the information technology of personal computers and cell phones forward at high speed. (Schultz, 2011) The ways that the Internet has changed life in the United States over the past two decades is vast. The economy has widely changed in this new age of technology, American companies reached overseas

The sources of the American economic recovery during the 1980’s and 1990’s were several different factors. President Reagan had an economic plan based on “supply side” would cut taxes, promote investments and encourage a longer workday. Deregulation by benefiting working class in making air travel and the telephone use much cheaper. The Technological growth of these two decades changed daily life for all Americans, as information was now readily available through the Internet and World Wide Web. Personal computers, cellphones, videocassette recorders, compact disc players and facsimile machines are readily available to the public.

As the Internet can be accessed all over the world, advertisements can easily spread awareness of a product, opening the possible market to not just local customers. At the same time, the Internet has changed the productivity of business and helped to create many jobs. The field of business requires a quick stream of communication, with Email, companies can easily and quickly speak to their employees and associates, allowing for more productivity and efficiency. The way the Internet made jobs were from the increasing amount of people integrating the Internet into their “everyday routines, and as a result, employment blossomed in information retrieval services,” said the bureau of labor statistics. According to their record, “ the increased popularity of pagers and the Internet helped raise employment levels, ” also helping create over a million careers in computer and data processing, making it the second highest growing industry from 1989 and 1999. By creating over a million jobs, helping productivity, and allowing businesses to spread advertisements over the world, the Internet has positively influenced the way business is conducted and helped the United States in its

Today’s technology advance America that the military have control over most countries. They fight on their soil to keep peace in America. That puts us ahead against many countries. Technology is used for good and bad, it should be put away sometimes it shouldn’t be given to anyone they shouldn’t have been arrested for using technology they shonden’t be able to use it. I believe that media cad should let low status people should let them do what they need to do. I believe in America that does not keep secret prisons for torcher

In the winter of 1954-55 America was in an economic, social, and cultural interregnum. One style of life, one mood — like Victorianism or Edwardianism — was giving way to another. The industrial age based on the mechanical exploitation of coal and iron was giving way to electronics, computers, automation — with all the social and intellectual results such a basic revolution implies — but as yet few indeed understood what was happening.

By improving means of transportation and communication in the young nation, change began in the way Americans lived their lives accompanied by the technological advances this allowed Americans to produce a surplus of goods to contribute to the new flourishing economy. Americans were brought together by carrying pride for their innovations as, “[a]mericans became known around the world for their ‘practical’ inventiveness” (Shi & Tindall 2015 p. 273). As these advances improved many aspects of living such as housing, sanitation, and machinery, it motivated many Americans to participate whether it be through unskilled/skilled labor. As cities flourished and technology began to dominate the economy it promoted factory produced goods shifting away

Technology changes at an ever-increasing pace in today's world. One of the technologies that has rapidly changed and has impacted the United States the most, is telecommunication. Telecommunication is the exchange of information between two or more parties through the use of technology. From the invention of the telegraph to the Internet, our country has seen a rapid cultural change from the use of such technologies.

The keys to America’s economic boom were technological processes and increased consumer demand and resulted in industrial production with an increase of America’s Gross National Product (GNP) from $78 billion to $103 billion. It was clear that the economic boom affected society. Jobs were easy to find and were better paid than before. There was a clear link between prosperity and social change. For example, as middle-class women became better off they enjoyed greater social freedom - they wore make-up, shorter skirts and smoked in public. Above all, the motor industry (automobiles) grew rapidly. As the cars poured off the production lines there was a need for more rubber to make tyres, glass for windscreens and leather for

Another positive aspect, that business and government sectors are using the internet communication service. This service have allowed business to work and invest via internet networking .For instance, currently many business companies are sold or advertise their products using networking technology to contact their costumers or other commercial sectors . This is because of the consideration that the time and the cost could be less . In fact the communication network is the main factor of any successful business in today world market . According to ONS: The internet purchases by businesses rose 64.6 per cent, from £37.9 billion in 2003 to £62.4 billion in 2004.(the office for National Statistics ).