Online Entertainment
Online Entertainment Technologies Used Recently:
· Streaming Internet Radio
· Online Multiplayer Gaming
· Online Flash Gaming
· Watching Online Videos
Purpose of This Technology:
To provide a wider choice of entertainment for those people who don’t have a large choice of entertainment activities.
Target Audience:
Online entertainment is targeted more at the younger generation, like teenagers, and young adults, than others since they are more likely to use the internet for entertainment purposes than others.
Enhancement by Being Online:
By taking entertainment online it makes sure that the newest trends are known to everyone & the latest music is heard by everyone.
Current Limitations:
Online Entertainment is limited at the moment by the fact that not everyone has access to, or is interested in online entertainment, and so will turn to more traditional forms of entertainment.
Fulfilment of Potential:
Online Entertainment has not completely fulfilled its potential, it can involve more people in it, & improve the services offered by it, i.e. create new forms of online entertainment that everyone will be interested in & will use.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Download Services
Download Services
Different Types of Items Downloaded:
· Music
· E-Books
· Software
· Games
· Movies
Reason for Downloading Rather Than Buying:
· Music: Fastest Access to Latest Music
· E-Books: Not Available In Bookstores
· Software: Not Available in Store
· Games: Lack of Availability
· Movies: Fastest Access to New Movies
Purpose Fulfilment:
Gives fast & easy access to information and latest music, movies, software & games.
Problems Faced:
· Download speeds vary from very fast like: 50kbps to very slow like: 2kbps.
· Occasionally the link to the file will be broken, and you will not be able to download the file.
Different Types of Items Downloaded:
· Music
· E-Books
· Software
· Games
· Movies
Reason for Downloading Rather Than Buying:
· Music: Fastest Access to Latest Music
· E-Books: Not Available In Bookstores
· Software: Not Available in Store
· Games: Lack of Availability
· Movies: Fastest Access to New Movies
Purpose Fulfilment:
Gives fast & easy access to information and latest music, movies, software & games.
Problems Faced:
· Download speeds vary from very fast like: 50kbps to very slow like: 2kbps.
· Occasionally the link to the file will be broken, and you will not be able to download the file.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Educational Simulations
An important part of online education is simulation. Using simulation you can check whether or not you have understood the theory provided on the site.
Net Frog Dissection: Set-Up 1: Materials
Netfrog is useful to help you practice the theory of dissecting the frog before the actual dissection, but it is better to do the physical dissection, as it gives you a more hands-on and in depth experience than simply doing it through a simulation
Net Frog Dissection: Set-Up 1: Materials
Netfrog is useful to help you practice the theory of dissecting the frog before the actual dissection, but it is better to do the physical dissection, as it gives you a more hands-on and in depth experience than simply doing it through a simulation
Online Education
Making the Modern World Online is a groundbreaking initiative in web learning, based on the Science Museum's landmark gallery “Making the Modern World”.
The site aims to engage people in a dialogue to create meanings from the past, present and future of human ingenuity, including science, technology, medicine, transport and media. It aims to inspire, educate and involve visitors.
One of the best parts of the site are the “Learning Modules”.
Making the Modern World - Learning Modules
They provide helpful information on a number of subjects, including; Biology, English, Chemistry, Math and Psychology.
The site aims to engage people in a dialogue to create meanings from the past, present and future of human ingenuity, including science, technology, medicine, transport and media. It aims to inspire, educate and involve visitors.
One of the best parts of the site are the “Learning Modules”.
Making the Modern World - Learning Modules
They provide helpful information on a number of subjects, including; Biology, English, Chemistry, Math and Psychology.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
E-Commerce
E-Commerce
Major Purpose of EBay: eBay is the number one international market place for all types of products over the Internet. EBay is an online retailer or ‘e-tailer’ that offers people the opportunity to sell and buy goods online. The site charges a commission on sales as well as a charge for listing. EBay typically works through an auction model – i.e. items are auctioned to the highest bidder. The seller can also specify a price below which the item cannot be purchased. You can find almost anything on eBay, and a large proportion of online shoppers know about this website.
Target Audience: eBay is used mostly by small start up businesses, many of which operate from home. There are a number of success stories on eBay, since it enables people to set up a small business and grow it into an online shop. There are actually businesses making millions of dollars, all through their eBay store.
Auction Process for Buyers:
Auction-Style Listings
1 Search or browse to find an item you're interested in buying.
2 Review the entire listing and decide if you wish to compete in this auction. Some things to note are:
· When it ends (always in Pacific Time)
· How many bids have already been placed on the item
· Amount of the current high bid
· The description (and possibly picture) of the item
· Payment methods and shipping costs.
3 Enter your bid with the highest amount you'd be willing to pay for the item. EBay will automatically raise your bid only as much as is needed for you to remain the high bidder. This means that you may win an item for less than your maximum bid, but you can also be outbid if someone else enters a higher maximum bid
4 If you are the highest bidder when the auction ends, you win the auction. As the winner, you are obligated to buy the item for the winning bid price.
Reserve Price Auction
Some auction-style listings have a reserve price, a hidden minimum price, on their item.
How it works:
· A reserve price is the minimum price a seller is willing to accept for the item.
· As a buyer, you are not shown the reserve price, only whether or not the reserve has been met.
· The seller is not obligated to sell the item if the reserve price is not met.
· The winning bidder must meet or exceed the reserve price and have the highest bid.
· When there is a reserved price, bid as usual, entering the maximum amount you're willing to pay for the item.
· Watch the label next to the current price to see whether the reserve price has been met. Until you see that the reserve price has been met, there have been no successful bids in the auction.
· Once the reserve has been met, the item will sell to the highest bidder when the auction closes.
· If your maximum bid is the first to meet or exceed the reserve price, the effective bid displayed will automatically be raised to the reserve price.
The following illustrates a reserve price listing. Although the item has received a bid (see arrow B ) the bid did not reach the seller’s reserve price (see arrow A) before the listing ended. Therefore the seller is not obligated to sell their item to the highest bidder.
Auction Process for Sellers:
A typical auction-style listing works this way:
1. The seller offers one or more items and sets a starting price.
2. Buyers visit the listing and bid on the item during the online auction's duration.
3. When the auction-style listing ends, the high bidder or bidders buy the item from the seller for the high bid.
Usefulness of EBay: Millions of collectibles, appliances, computers, furniture, equipment, vehicles, and other miscellaneous items are listed, bought, and sold daily. In 2005, eBay launched its Business & Industrial category, breaking into the industrial surplus business. Some items are rare and valuable, while many others are dusty gizmos that would have been discarded if not for the thousands of eager bidders worldwide.
Major Purpose of EBay: eBay is the number one international market place for all types of products over the Internet. EBay is an online retailer or ‘e-tailer’ that offers people the opportunity to sell and buy goods online. The site charges a commission on sales as well as a charge for listing. EBay typically works through an auction model – i.e. items are auctioned to the highest bidder. The seller can also specify a price below which the item cannot be purchased. You can find almost anything on eBay, and a large proportion of online shoppers know about this website.
Target Audience: eBay is used mostly by small start up businesses, many of which operate from home. There are a number of success stories on eBay, since it enables people to set up a small business and grow it into an online shop. There are actually businesses making millions of dollars, all through their eBay store.
Auction Process for Buyers:
Auction-Style Listings
1 Search or browse to find an item you're interested in buying.
2 Review the entire listing and decide if you wish to compete in this auction. Some things to note are:
· When it ends (always in Pacific Time)
· How many bids have already been placed on the item
· Amount of the current high bid
· The description (and possibly picture) of the item
· Payment methods and shipping costs.
3 Enter your bid with the highest amount you'd be willing to pay for the item. EBay will automatically raise your bid only as much as is needed for you to remain the high bidder. This means that you may win an item for less than your maximum bid, but you can also be outbid if someone else enters a higher maximum bid
4 If you are the highest bidder when the auction ends, you win the auction. As the winner, you are obligated to buy the item for the winning bid price.
Reserve Price Auction
Some auction-style listings have a reserve price, a hidden minimum price, on their item.
How it works:
· A reserve price is the minimum price a seller is willing to accept for the item.
· As a buyer, you are not shown the reserve price, only whether or not the reserve has been met.
· The seller is not obligated to sell the item if the reserve price is not met.
· The winning bidder must meet or exceed the reserve price and have the highest bid.
· When there is a reserved price, bid as usual, entering the maximum amount you're willing to pay for the item.
· Watch the label next to the current price to see whether the reserve price has been met. Until you see that the reserve price has been met, there have been no successful bids in the auction.
· Once the reserve has been met, the item will sell to the highest bidder when the auction closes.
· If your maximum bid is the first to meet or exceed the reserve price, the effective bid displayed will automatically be raised to the reserve price.
The following illustrates a reserve price listing. Although the item has received a bid (see arrow B ) the bid did not reach the seller’s reserve price (see arrow A) before the listing ended. Therefore the seller is not obligated to sell their item to the highest bidder.
Auction Process for Sellers:
A typical auction-style listing works this way:
1. The seller offers one or more items and sets a starting price.
2. Buyers visit the listing and bid on the item during the online auction's duration.
3. When the auction-style listing ends, the high bidder or bidders buy the item from the seller for the high bid.
Usefulness of EBay: Millions of collectibles, appliances, computers, furniture, equipment, vehicles, and other miscellaneous items are listed, bought, and sold daily. In 2005, eBay launched its Business & Industrial category, breaking into the industrial surplus business. Some items are rare and valuable, while many others are dusty gizmos that would have been discarded if not for the thousands of eager bidders worldwide.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
South-East Asia Tsunami
Instead of using the newer & supposedly better methods of communication, like email, if the US monitoring station had just used the telephone, many lives might have been saved. Because of their lack of newer technology, many of the South-East Asian countries were completely unprepared & they didn't even know that a Tsunami was coming their way. If they had had access to email or even the internet, they could have found out about the Tsunami and maybe even have escaped from the danger zone completely. But as a result of having older technology & therefore less access to information, the death & injury toll was enourmous.
This is why we need technology, to prevent injury, and death.
This is why we need technology, to prevent injury, and death.
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