List all the online technologies you have used in the last three months. Consider the purpose of the tecnnology, who it is targeted at, to what extent it is being enhanced by being online, what are the current limitations and, overall, to what extent it fulfils its potential. Write this up in your blog.
List of online technologies.
1) PC Online gaming.
2) itunes.
3) Video streams.
Online gaming is an extremely fast growing industry, its purpose is to provide entertainment for all ages. Video games stimulate the brain, and can create a realistic virtual experience like no other. Now technology has made it possible to play these games online, against other players across the world. Part of the huge success of video games has to do with its huge target audience. Gaming isn't just restricted to children, or adults, but is something that is aimed at everybody, with games that appeal to different age groups. Gaming is enhanced by being online as it can give a game a whole new dimension. A game that was boring after all the challenges complete, and all the achivements earned, has just gained endless hours of playability by having an online mode. Online gaming is still stifled by the various connection speeds of different users, this can sometimes cause the online experience to be laggy. Overall, video games are a very popular and fun form of online entertainment.
itunes & itunes store - something any internet user can't be without, as the music industry is now so huge due to its extremely big fan base. Again, itunes doesn't really have a target audience, as anyone who likes any genre of music and has a computer would be interested in itunes. itunes is enhanced enormously by being online, because of the addition of the itunes store. This allows anyone with the internet to buy music online, and listen to it on their itunes. One limitation to itunes is: sometimes it is difficult to find a certain song you want to buy from the itunes store, this could force you into buying this certain song else where. However itunes is still one of the most frequently used forms of online entertainment and is invaluable to any internet user.
Video steams are something I very often. Whether I want to catch up on some missed television, or just relax and watch something on youtube, video streams are a great form entertainment. Like online gaming and itunes, the scope of video streams is amazing. Anybody can search for a particular topic or television program they like on a video streaming website (such as youtube) and watch the video for free online. However the fact that it is free online is not the only enhancement, it also saves the journey of going out to watch or rent a particularly movie or television series. A downside to online video streaming is the fact that a slow internet speed can cause the stream to take a very long time, whereas if you simply bought the DVD, you wouldn't have to wait as long. Seeing as this isn't a problem for most people with decent or fast speed internet, video streaming fulfils its potential very well.
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