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WEEK 2

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECH Trend in ICT 1.CONVERGENCE – TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE US THE SYNERGY OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS TO WORK ON A SIMILAR GOAL OR TASK 2.SOCIAL MEDIA – SOCIAL MEDIA IS A WEBSITE,APPLICATION, OR A ONLINE CHANNELS THAT ENABLE WEB USER TO CREATE, CO-CREATE, DISCUSS MODIFY ,AND EXCHANGE USER-GENERATED CONTENT. TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOCIAL NETWORKS-THESE ARE SITES THAT ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME INTEREST OR BACKROUND FACEBOOK AND FRIENDSTER BOOKMARKING SITES – THESE ARE THE SITES THAT ALLOWS YOU TO STORE AND MANAGE LINKS TO VARIOUS WEBSITES AND RESOURCES. MOST OF THESE SITES ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE A TAG THAT ALLOWS YOU AND OTHERS TO EASILY SEARCH AND SHARE THEM. STUMBLEUPON AND PINTEREST. SOCIAL NEWS – THESE ARE SITES ALLOW USER TO POST THEIR OWN NEWS ITEMS OR LINKS TO OTHER NEW SOURCES. THE USER CAN ALSO COMMENT ON THE POST AND COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE RANKED REDDIT AND RAPPLER MEDIA SHARING – THESE ARE SITES THAT ALLOW YOU TO UPLOAD AND SHARE MEDIA CONTENT LIKE IMAGES MUSIC AND VIDEOS. MOST OF THESE SITES HAVE ADDITIONAL SOCIAL FEATURES LIKE LIKING COMMENTING AND HAVING USER PROFILE FLICKER AND INSTAGRAM MICROBLOGGING – THESE ARE SITES THAT FOCUS ON SHORT UPDATES FROM THE USER. THOSE SUBCRIBED TO THE USER WILL BE ABLE TO RECIEVE THESE UPDATES. TWITTER AND PLURK BLOGS AND FORUMS – THESE WEBSITES ALLOW USER TO POST THEIR CONTENTS OTHER USER ARE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE SAID TOPIC BLOGGER WEBPRESS 3.MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES – DEVICES THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO TASKS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY FOUND IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS. Android-an open source operating sysatem developed by google Black berry OS Used in blackberry devices Symbian – the original smart phone os; used nokia devices WebOS- ORGIBALLY USED FOR SMARTPHONES NOW USED FOR SMART TV’S WINDOW MOBILE- MOBILE OS DEVELOPED FOR SMARTPHONES BY MICROSOFT ASSISTIVE MEDIA- DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH VISUAL AND READING IMPairMENTS. AUDIBLE- IS A SELLER AND PRODUCER OF SPOKEN AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION. AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING ON THE INTERNET. AUDIBLES SELLS DIGITAL AUDIOBOOKS RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS. AND AUDIO VERSION OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPER