Societal Topics

Andrew McCauleyCSC 101-07NSpring 2013

Showrooming

Showrooming consists of physically going to a store and browsing for a product, without making a purchase, and then using an online source such as Amazon to purchase the product at a much lower price. I personally have showroomed many times before and after reading up, I realize that it can actually stores bottom line.

How I Learn Best

I am a very visual learner. I have found that I struggle to keep focus when a professor is speaking, but if I am reading notes I grasp material better. If I am confused about something, I will google it and read some articles about that something. At times I can also be a kinesthetic learner. Writing notes reinforces my reading of the notes.

Digital Wildfires

Basically, a digital wildfire is either a rumor or untrue and hurtful information that spreads through media.

It spreads very rapidly and most times appears to be very true.

Example of a Digital Wildfire

In a political campaign, one of two opponents releases a youtube video making false accusations against the other opponent.

The youtube video gets 4 million views in the span of a week, and the false accusations against the opponent are now believed to be true

MOOC

A MOOC is a Massive Open Online CourseMOOC’s are usually free classes and do

not require admission to a collegeHowever, this class does not usually

transfer as a credit to a traditional college or university

Intellectual Property

The concept of intellectual property is a hot topic in today’s world.

Intellectual Property: is a legal concept that ideas are owned by someone and have rights that cannot be infringed upon

Innovation

Definition of INNOVATION1) the introduction of something new 2) a new idea, method, or device

Innovation is important especially in technology because it keeps the field on the cutting edge

Week 4

Week 4 Assignment 4.2

Open Source Textbooks

An open source textbook is becoming very popular. The concept basically is that many authors now publish their writings online. This allows students to download the texts without spending any money. This is a growing idea that many professors are now starting to employ.

Access

Access is a product of the Microsoft company and is a database management system. It can be used to develop application software.

Human Rights

Human rights can be defined as “commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

jQuery Mobile

This is a mobile framework, or a web framework, developed by the jQuery project team. The idea is to create a framework compatible with tablets or smartphones.

jQuery Mobile is compatible with iOS, Android, Blackberry, WebOS, Symbian, and the Windows Phone 7.

Internet Governance

Internet governance is considered to be the application of shared ideals, rules and procedures that govern the advancement and evolution of the internet

Google Applications

Google Apps is a service provided by Google, which provides customizable versions of Google products under custom domain names that any individual can use. It boasts several Web applications quite similar in nature to Microsoft Office

Geolocation

“Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar, mobile phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation

Net Neutrality

This can also be referred to as Internet neutrality, and is a concept or principle that government as well as service providers should treat all data on the Internet equally

Spam

Spam is a form of mass messaging usually used for advertisement. Spam is an electronic message sent in large numbers to an indiscriminate amount of individuals.

Office Live

Office Live is an outdated and discontinued application that was web based from Microsoft. The two components, Office Live Workspace and Office Live Small Business, were superseded by SkyDrive and Office 365 respectively. Office live was mainly used to remotely store and access documents online

Security

Internet security is a branch of computer security. It’s main concern is the protection of browser security as well as network security. Internet security fights against internet fraud or phishing.

Standardization

Standardization is the development as well as the implementation of technical standards. The purpose is to create a baseline that all can use and know is correct. An example of standardization is that all dvd players read discs the same way even though they have different brand names slapped on them.

Zillow.com

Zillow.com is a website founded in 2005 and is an online real estate database.

Zillow allows people to browse for houses for sale without ever visiting them in person

Privacy

Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, providing to third-parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_privacy)

iPhone 5S

It's more likely that the iPhone 5S will hit stores in the latter part of 2013, following the trend set by the iPhone 5 and 4S. It's even possible that Apple will skip the iPhone 5S and hop right on to the iPhone 6, though there is little suggestion that this would be the case

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/iphone-5s-release-date-news-and-rumours-1111911

Instagrok.com

Instagrok.com is a fun way to do research on anything imaginable

All information regarding any number of topics is linked to a main point.

The information creates a spider web effect with related information to the topic

Essay Grading Software

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Above is an article analyzing the use of essay grading software.

The software can analyze a paper and assess plagiarism levels

Ushahidi

A swahili word meaning testimonyAn open source project which lets people

crowdsource crisis information via mobile phone.

The site was created in the aftermath of Kenya’s 2007 presidential election