threats and issues. 2. What are the main phases in the evolution of the internet? Briefly describe each. The internet connects computers, businesses and consumers, educational institutions, government agencies, and individuals. It links countries, cities, and people around the world. The internet is a global medium of communication that is segmented into three phases: the innovation, institutionalization, and commercialization phase. The outlines are about to develop the different phases of the internet. The innovation is the primary phase of the internet that starts from 1961 to 1974. The technological revolution starts with the packet-switching hardware, the protocol communications TCP/IP, and client/server computing. This period was driven by pure and applied research that links computers from different college campuses. The innovations of this phase are the followings: packet switching, global computer, killer app, client /server computing system, and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet…
(McLaughlin, 2011). But one of the brands that many people may have not heard about is “BLU”. BLU is an innovative mobile device company that was founded in 2009. BLU designs and manufacturers attractive and affordable mobile phones with…
From Bell to Cell: The History of the Telephone After Alexander Graham Bell successfully spoke the first words over an electric current to his assistant, Thomas Watson, in 1876, he wrote to his father about a future where “friends converse with each other without leaving home” (“The First Telephone Call”). Could he have imagined that the technology he developed would one day strip the restrictions of staying indoors, and open up a world where a friend could be on a beach in San Juan, Puerto…
Technology in the 21st Century Computers, and technology in general, have undergone tremendous changes since the turn of the 21st century. Computers went from blocky chunks of hardware, to sleek and streamlined laptops and handheld paper thin tablets, which have revolutionized education. Whereas mobile phones have also slimmed down, losing their keyboards and making every aspect of daily life more convenient, however have had caustic effects as a result. However, the advances in technology do…
dependence on a “do it all” gadget the size of a wallet at our disposal at all times, our technology shapes us just as we shape it. In the wake of this constant evolution of questions and answers in the internet age, web sites, and by extension web designers and developers are tasked with keeping up with demand. So when one considers that “in early 2014, the landscape in which businesses operate changed forever when Internet usage on mobile devices exceeded PC usage,” (Murtaugh, 2014) it becomes…
partnership, and the issues each company’s CIO needed to address to support the venture. On February 11, 2011, according to a press release from Microsoft, "Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and…
Technology is rapidly developing and is a significant role in our life. Design is affected by technology as it is essential need for people. My motivation of this topic is to dig in the relationship between technology and design, not only what technology inspires design but also the issue that technology makes. The changes have been made over time in terms of material, society and culture. A design is given vary meanings in different ages, environment and culture. This paper discusses how…
purchases of the same brand. A brand is a name, term, sign, symbol or design or a combination of one seller or a group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competitors. BRANDING…
When the iPhone was launched, BlackBerry had a better quality phone on the market and had larger sales in the market and great brand reputation but soon they were falling due to the lack of marketing. BlackBerry spent and continues to spend significantly lower amounts ($41.3 million) on marketing, about 10 times lower than Apple ($400 million) and 8 times lower than Samsung ($334 million) in 2012 (Bennett, 2013). While BlackBerry shares something in common with Apple that their devices are ran…
Should Genetic Engineering be used to add Intelligence Genes to Humans? If you have the ability to design your own child, what kind of genes would you add? Would it be genes associated with attractive physical appearance, strong immunity, or great intelligence? In the article Future Humans: Four Ways We May, or May Not, Evolve, James Owen gives four predictions regarding the future of humanity, one of which predicts that in the future, the path of artificial selection would be directed by…