Responses

-Revolutionary innovation of this age

Multi-touch computing technology is the greatest innovation of this age and it was patented by Apple in 2007. Although Apple claims to have invented multi-touch another company; Taiwanese chip maker Elan Microelectronics, took offense to their claim and filed a law suit against Apple with a patent they were granted in October 1998. The patent calls for a "method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device". This innovative device none the less is a genius innovation which allows small devices to zoom and be manipulated by the tips of your fingers, this further grants user control over their actions and intentions. This also allows small devices to view large photos or scan through websites and read text. This technology, which grew after the release of Apple's IPhone in 2007 has since been implemented into other company technology, such as Samsung's and other competing company's phones and other touch screen brands and devices. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/22/apple-wins-wide-ranging-patent-on-iphone-user-interface/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch#The_first_devices_to_support_multi-touch

-What is Web 3.0

The web is constantly expanding as new content is added and new ideas are created. This occurs everyday as trends appear and change overnight. Some important concepts about the web are personalization, interactivity and accessibility. These are concepts that have shaped the web in the past, and still do in the present. These concepts that define the web as it began as an information database, it evolved into a more interactive commodity in a sense that people could state their opinions, as well as access the opinions of others, eventually becoming more personalized with Facebook and twitter. This technology is not only restricted to opinions though as information and research can be sought through search engines. The way information can be obtained immerses its users into it's environment connecting user and technology. As web 3.0 is the future of the web I believe that it will incorporate all of these concepts as it evolves, Allowing the computer to understand our speech and communicate with us. In this i am saying that technology is already smart, through programing it evolves everyday, eventually it could even become smarter than us. Super computers can beat the grand chess master in chess, so who is to say this evolution won't happen in the near future. My belief states that Web 3.0 will allow us to communicate with computers, we could ask the computer to search something or access a site, allowing for further interaction with the web.

-What impact has social networking had on your life?

Social networking is an internet tool which allows you to stay in touch with and communicate with friends and family. There are many types of social networking websites and programs; Facebook, Twitter, Skype, MSN, Myspace, Blogs(such as Tumbler) and even email websites such as Hotmail. These are all useful devices which have shaped and changed our world dramatically, as people have a need to be connected, and these networking sites do just that. Each different social networking site (lets just call it SNS for short) poses a different use to the user. Twitter is a website which allows users to post messages about "hot news" and whats trending, most users also like to post information about what they are doing, or about themselves which almost makes each profile a diary. This allows you to gain information about any topic you wish (celebrities, sports, weather, news...ect). Facebook on the other hand is an SNS for keeping in touch with friends and family through casual short messages, is a hub for games, and an easy tool for making and planning events.While you can use SNS to keep in touch with people you know, it is also an easy tool for making new friends through sites such as blogs, where you can learn about new things, and discuss topics you enjoy with people worldwide. Although being connected is common and an important part of this generation I have found that it has helped me learn new things, keeps me up to date on news sports and music as well as helped develop relationships with my friends and family in a different way then if I was with them in person, this has made these SNS's invaluable to me.

-Deep Packet Inspection

Deep packet inspection is essentially the monitoring of data one accesses through the internet. This can easily be seen as the invasion of ones privacy as nobody has the right to invade ones personal life, or has the right to control the internet.Through DPI two different standpoints can be made. One side believes that you shouldn't be doing anything wrong on the internet anyways, so who cares if people monitor what sites you visit. The other may be scared of the fact they are being monitored which can 'impact' their lives. I personally believe it is wrong, nobody owns the internet, we have a right to our own privacy, and it should be illegal to monitor us. If people can monitor what sites we go on who's to stop them their? This could scare people from using the internet to shop, as personally I wouldn't want to put my debit or credit card information somewhere which may not be safe. This is also an issue of the fact that people could wrongly get into trouble over the sites they go on as nobody physically can see you go on the websites, who would know if your laptop was stolen? Or if somebody else was using it? Through this I believe no good is to come from DPI as it posses too many questions and problems.