Wide receiver

Blown to Bits Chapter 4 was all about the organization of bits, and how the internet is organized. After all, there is simply so much data on the internet, one must wonder exactly how search engines such as Google can pull up websites from this virtual sea of chaos. Well, at first, the internet was mainly a repository for information. Websites were browsed in a hierarchical order, with the websites of most precedence appearing before those with less prominence, which makes a lot of sense if you…

Raheeb Chowdhury 12/19/17 Mr. Ajit Pai I strongly disagree with your opinion that net neutrality should be destroyed. Here are a few reasons why I disagree with you. For one thing, Net Neutrality provides equality for all on the internet by making internet speeds equal, this makes it so ISPs (Internet Service Providers) can’t fiddle with the speeds to make a certain program slower so they will use the program for the same purpose that is provided by their ISP. Another reason why Net Neutrality…

The product I chose to do for my topic is to create a Website and social media campaign. I used wixsite.com to create my website. In addition, I decided to create an informational blog website. The purpose of this website product is to identify a real-world audience who need resources about my topic. In my case, my audiences are aimed toward teenagers and young adults. My website include a “Home”, “How Does Social Media Affect Body Image?”, “Organizations”, “Share”, “About/Contact”, and…

Why Wikipedia Should Be Allowed in Schools By Pedro Torres Wikipedia is used by everyone. It is the 7th most used site in the world, with an average of around 800 million views per month (as of March 2016). The site has what is one of, if not THE largest database of information available to mankind. Yet, in most schools across the country, it’s not allowed to be used for research in an essay or project. Why? Many teachers claim that Wikipedia is “unreliable and factually incorrect”. Since…

As I dive deeper into this world in which technology plays a core role in development I started to ask myself whether the world is becoming a robotic entity ruled by machines and virtual intelligence. This piece of writing will discuss this very matter and will explain the effects of being controlled by the internet and technology. Nicholas Carr, an American writer who has published books and articles on technology, business, and culture, discussed this issue in his article "Is Google Making Us…

The government regulating the internet seems to be the question of the year. Throughout the years, laws and regulations on internet usage have gone back and forth and changed drastically when Net Neutrality, which prohibits the government from censoring the internet, was set into place. The debate has been going on since the beginning of the internet days. Now with the uprising of major social networking sites, the issue has escalated with even more at stake on the internet. Even though many…

Nicholas Carr “Is Google Making Us Stupid” suggest through cause and effect and anecdotes that the internet is making the human brain less effective. The author has a strong opinion that technologies such as the internet are negative for the brain capacity. He uses cause and effect to convey the idea that the internet is altering our abilities in a way that we can no longer master the intellectual skills that we used to control. When the author explains how different his reading became with the…

The advent of the Internet in the 1990s and the subsequent advances in communications technology has provided a new way for people to access millions of pages of information and a new, quick, and efficient means to communicate with each other. The use of this modern technology has changed the way society communicates, shares information, and how merchants market their products and how consumers purchase those products. However, these advances have also made it easier for people to commit crimes,…

Hazardous Cookies When you go on to a site did you ever wonder if you were being watched. Even on your own personal device. Well with cookies you are. These cookies aren't the ones you eat they are “used to track users internet surfing, record their online purchases, and greet them by name when they visit a Website” says Patrick Cunningham the author of the article “Are Cookies Hazardous to Your Privacy?” He also tells us that “a cookie is a piece of information passed between an internet…

The choices are abundant when a company decides to investigate which Web Analytics tool to invest in, from simple reporting tools to advanced multi-layered analytical systems. The tendency to believe that the best systems cost vast amounts of money and offer the maximum number of features leads to bloated and over-budget implementations that ultimately hurt their adaption and utilization. Determining the appropriate feature set and budget are important to choosing the correct Web Analytics tool…