Internet and its advantages
Over the year the World Wide Web has dominated American society. You are now able to use the internet for just about anything. Many businesses have opened store fronts so you never have to leave your home to shop. Online Education has also jumped aboard. Is their anything that you can do online? You can shop; take classes, work, play games, meet other people, and watch movies all on the Internet. With Papa John’s you place Pizza Orders Online, you would never really have to leave your home. The internet has brought so much to homes and business. No matter who you are or what you like you can find something online to meet your interests.
Small Business as-well-as Large Corporation are also using the internet
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Hotspots allow people to browse the internet during their daily routine. Coffee shops have become a hotspot favorite. Enjoy a cup of Coffee while checking you email.
Photoleap, is the newest way to share photo online. The new software, Photoleap, is designed to shrink photo 5 to 15 times smaller to help with internet connection. The software is available as freeware, plus, or professional. Each one allowing you more space and mega bytes for the number of pictures you can send. The software itself acts as its own gateway to email pictures, but does not replace your current email services. So that anyone can use this service to send photo and save disk-space and speed up the slow internet connection. Now anyone is able to share photo’s instantly online.
But the internet is NOT without flaw in a recent Webcast meeting Microsoft and partners discussed plans to update/”fix” Microsoft Internet Explorer. The reasons for theses “fixes” is due to other current web browsers taking from Microsoft’s market. Microsoft’s IE current biggest threat is Firefox. Although these upgrade are currently not being released until Microsoft releases its new version of Windows. Since Firefox’s release it has taken about 20% of the internets market. "We should spend more time making the Web better…” say current Internet customers. Not concerned about “fixes and updates”
Also each day more and more virus is passed over the internet, most though emails. So how are we to prevent this? Well
We can shop for clothing, vehicles, music, and home accessories on the web. We watch movies, television shows, and listen to music over the web.
Because of this and Microsoft not allowing the installation of other web browser the rivals of Microsoft said that they were forcing their customers to use Internet Explorer (“Bill Gates”). In the mid-90s, Microsoft was selling millions of copes each months and Gates’ fortune had once again ballooned on the strength of other developers’ ideas (Stevenson).
Today, first-world countries have information and communication all within the tap of a finger. 'How?' people from times long past might ask. Engineers have created one of the most important inventions ever: the internet. Now, people from around the world communicate instantaneously provided they have the internet. However, our use of the internet has drawn us in so that we depend on it all too much. Whether just checking the news or keeping an eye on the weather, we now use the internet for almost everything, necessary or not. Our internet overuse might not only addict us but may also impede our ability to complete simple tasks when we lack access to it. In addition to these other mental pitfalls arise cyber attacks, such as hacking. Millions of people suffer from online ailments such as identity theft or other cyber crimes. Although an integral part of society today, we should try to rely less on the internet in the future.
The internet is a global network of physical cables that connects millions of computers and electronic devices worldwide. The internet is linked in many ways e.g. wireless connection like wi-fi, 3G/4G or fibre optic cables and so many other ways that allows us to accesses connection to the internet. The worldwide web provides accesses to sites through the internet. The web is not the internet. The web represents a platform for anything such as advertisement, sharing information, educational purpose, news, shopping, managing your accounts, learning new skills and so much more. (1: Goodwill Community Foundation, 1998-2017)
Growing up and being raised during the time when the internet was becoming popular and easily useable has given me a huge respect and admiration for those who created it, maintain the knowledge within and continue to make it as widely available to as many people as possible. That is the right thing to do given all that can be accomplished with an Internet connection. It is invaluable in today’s world to say the least. The access to unlimited knowledge and learning capabilities, the ability to instantly communicate and share anything you can imagine, and endless entertainment possibilities just scratch the surface of what is possible with access to the World Wide Web.
The Internet is a revolutionary tool that people utilize on a daily basis. People can easily research and communicate on the Internet efficiently and effectively. The efficiency and accessibility of the Internet improves learning in classrooms and communication. It allows people to communicate with others around the world. The Internet can be useful in the classroom by allowing students to learn comfortably, learn at their own pace, express their creativity in different mediums for projects, and access an infinite amount of information at their fingertips. This useful tool is used by all people such as students conducting research, people living abroad or in the military, and businessmen or women. People may argue that the Internet is dangerous or untrustworthy, but I argue that the Internet improves communications, learning, and overall quality of life.
The world has come a long way when it comes to the speed at which one can browse the internet. Just as the new millennium came about, the world was introduced to broadband (or high-speed internet). Compared to dial-up, broadband operated at a rate that was 10 to 20 times faster than dial-up. Nowadays, most people cannot imagine going back to dial-up speeds and sometimes refer to use of the technology as “caveman days”. With that said, dial-up is still around as some have remained loyalty to the service. But with speeds around the world as high as 17Mb, dial-up does not cut it if an individual or company wants to keep up with the world, especially from a business aspect. The pros of being connected through broadband far outweigh the cons of dealing with dial-up.
World Wide Web— a phrase that has revolutionized our period of time; without the internet there would be no place where we would get to watch videos, look at images of cats, and most importantly cry on the stylish clothes that one may never get. Many individuals tend to stay at home on this phenomenon for more than eight hours straight, visiting numerous of sites. However, imagine those services being on one platform which means everything one enjoys doing on multiple websites: watching movies/videos, viewing images, or buying clothes. Amazon, a multimillionaire private company, happens to solidify this imagination. The corporation believes the internet is evolving towards a greater good of every individual doing everything online; mainly shopping. They believe technology has made it easier for many people to access an online store through the World Wide Web. However, Amazon has become an empire in such a short amount of time and will not stop growing. Due to the contrary, Amazon is obviously becoming too powerful.
Today’s society lives online. People of all ages around the world use websites like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Youtube, along with countless other sites that encourage the use of digital sharing. Almost everywhere, people are glued to their phones or computers, communicating with friends and family via the Internet. With all of the different social media outlets and communication-based websites that are available in today’s world, it’s no surprise that people are inclined to share their opinions mainly on the world wide web. But other forms of sharing exist too, just to not as great of an extent. Some more common examples would be newspaper articles, television shows, and radio. Sometimes, these opinions mentioned can be worthwhile and foster continuous learning. Other times, these opinions can be deleterious because they fall victim to many fallacies and ignorance. While the ability for people to state their opinions whenever and wherever can be beneficial to society, it is generally detrimental and causes more harm than good.
Millions of people across the globe now have the advantage of access to the Internet. With the diverse collection of people who peruse the inter-webs comes an even wider range of things left to be observed. People flood sites with information about themselves, their friends and family, and many activities and hobbies that they may be interested in. Regardless of the promised anonymity of many sites, or the tensions over net neutrality, everything that is posted on the Internet will remain forever, in some shape or form. Many people are reckless with their access to the Internet and they post inappropriate content or use the digital facades to harass and bully people. Because of the permanent nature of the Internet, many employers search for what their potential employees have posted, and these employers then judge the people's characters from their digital footprint.
Wherever we go all over the world the internet is being used. It is something that is worldwide and it is another form of communication. Many kids all over the world struggle with internet abuse. It has a way of consuming them and taking them off track of what is really important in their life. There are a lot of negative and positive aspects of internet use, but it has to be used wisely. No matter where they are kids are always on their phone roaming the internet making it hard for them to interact with others. Kids should reduce their internet use because they spend too much time online and do not have a proper social life.
The internet is something most everyone in the first world uses on a daily basis, some where their livelihoods depend on it. The internet in America is provided, created and updated by two distinct groups, with another group overseeing and regulating the entire cyberspace. Internet Service Providers and websites comprise the private sector aspect of the internet, creating content and allowing access, while the government regulates many aspects such as taxing, shutting down illegal sites and ensuring all legal webpages are granted access. This last trait is called Net Neutrality, the rule that “all internet service providers must allow equal access to apps and content, regardless of the source” (Fortune). This rule was first established by the Obama Administration, but recently the Federal Communications Commission, the main government body that regulates the internet, has announced its plans to rescind the rule. This has led to people taking sides, but this time it is not as clear as Democrats vs. Republicans, or libertarians vs. authoritarians. Each side still has their arguments and thus communication strategies, but it is not as simple as party loyalty or what each side sees as the best solution for the country.
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During the latest two decades the Internet has become an integral part of our life. It is difficult to find a person who does not use the Internet regularly. Years ago only younger people used to surf the web mainly for entertainment and curiosity. Nowadays, the situation has changed because both young and mature users study, work, communicate and entertain with the help of the Internet. As far as the phenomenon of the World Wide Web is very fresh, it is difficult to evaluate its actual impact on human life. According to the way people treat the usefulness and importance of the Internet, it is possible to divide them into two groups: the ones who consider the web as a blessing and the ones who treat it as the biggest threat. One can like or dislike the opportunities provided by the Internet but he cannot be indifferent about it because human life is gradually moving to the web. Communication, business, education, mass media, entertainment, shopping and mostly everything exists in the digital format today. On the other hand, it can scare because human life more and more resembles science fiction. Is the Internet a blessing or a threat in the 21st century? It is vital to observe this issue from different sides to answer this question objectively. With the help of numerous arguments, this will try to prove and attempt that the Internet is a blessing and one of the greatest inventions of the previous century. It is a new step in the development of the human civilization.
The advancement of the internet is witnessing its positives and negatives today. As many positives there are, it also has its negative sides. We read daily about hackers looting money online from banks which we used to consider safe till date. They also trick people by providing fake websites which pretend to be a legitimate website. Inexperienced people enter their details in it, which reaches evil hands and causes them to lose their money.