Four Modern Technologies Used In Business Today

A Summary.

By Madeleine Alcock

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi (also spelled Wifi or WiFi) is a technology that allows a device (such as a smartphone or tablet) to exchange data wirelessly (using radio waves) over a computer network – including high-speed Internet connections.

Wi-Fi

A device that can use Wi-Fi can connect to a network via a wireless network access point (or hotspot). This hotspot has a range of about 20 meters indoors and a greater range outdoors.

Wi-Fi

McDonald’s and cafés are generally supporters of Wi-Fi, as customers who use Wi-Fi tend to stay around the business for longer periods of time, and therefore buy more products.

Apps

‘App’ is a shortening of the term ‘application’ – which is a software program that can run on smartphones, tablets, and computers. They are most famous from Apple’s ‘App Store’.

AppsApps are downloaded onto devices through providers such as the App Store and the Android Market, and can then be used to find information, organise tasks, order food, play games, and many other uses. Any business can develop an app.

QR Codes

QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is a type of matrix barcode consisting of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square grid on a white background.

QR CodesA QR code is read by an imaging device, such as a camera, and data is then extracted from patterns present in the image. These codes can be used for product tracking, item identification, time tracking, and general marketing purposes.

WebsitesA website is a set of related web pages served from a single web domain. It is accessible via a network such as the Internet through an address known as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). All publicly accessible websites together create the World Wide Web.

Websites

Websites can be used to find information, order goods and services, promote, and social network, among many other uses. There is hardly a business today that doesn’t have a website.