Sunday, April 11, 2010

Future of the internet

We have gone through so much change since the World Wide Web began in the 1990s. Web has evolved from Web 1.0-Web 3.0, and even Web 4.0, but what will the future of the internet be?

There are predictions on the future of the internet and I will share some interesting ones here. Firstly, with the smart phones and netbooks readily available that allows easy access to the Web, we might just anticipate for our cars, refrigerator, TV, and other appliances to be connected to a global network, communicating wirelessly! I read an interesting article that tells of an Internet refrigerator that manages the pantry and sends a shopping list to local supermarkets and sets a convenient delivery time for the consumers! Imagine that happening, we would be freed from the traditional grocery shopping and everything will be hassle free!

Enough of talking about predictions that are a step away from future to present! I shall share some amusing and quirky predictions that I’ve found.

Check this out!



I think this is good! Especially if content shown is relevant, like cooking shows or cookbook that lists down ingredients and cooking methods for dishes. This can trigger homemakers who are not so tech savvy start to get involved with the internet and the powerful search engines!

There are of course endless predictions of the future of the internet but we’ll never get them right until they happen! I guarantee it won’t be a long wait!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Social Networking Sites




Needless to say, we all know what the logos stand for!

If you know, you must have come from mars and you don’t own or don’t know what a hand phone or computer is!

Answers (Left to right):

Facebook, Twitter, Friendster



With so many new social networking sites, we are spoilt for choices! But I believe that the current trend now is Facebook. Everyone I know has a Facebook account, even my father has one! The plus point for Facebook is the never-ending applications and games that we can use or play for free! We can also check out on how our friends are doing by looking at their wall and profiles! I bet many of us spend at least a couple of hours of Facebook daily.



Besides the fun social networking sites on the Internet, we also have online communities that usually voice their opinions in forums, or find people of the same interest or hobbies there. I find online forums very useful, especially before I travelled to Bangkok in Mid-March. There were news of protests and chaos in Bangkok and I went to the TripAdvisor Forum to check out on the news. Travelers that were there, as well as Thais who reside in Bangkok gave assurances and updates on the protests which I find very helpful and true, unlike the exaggerated news we see on TV and on the newspapers.



Okay, bejeweled time in Facebook for now!

:D