Week 11 EOC: The Future of The Internet

The Internet being 40 years old has changed drastically over the course of the last ten years. In its beginning stages the Internet was not widely used or even heard of to many. In the past decade we have become more exposed to the Internet as companies and individuals have taken to the Internet to provide us with the ultimate shopping experience or communication portal. For the most part, the world is online. When the Internet first began there was no idea that we’d be able to pay our bills online, talk with a relative thousands of miles away or have to worry about our personal and private information being stolen from Internet databases. Our modern Internet has given birth to a fear for our safety and privacy paving the way for societies to adapt legislation geared at the virtual world. Today we are presented with the possibilities of the Internet allowing us to be virtually present in more places than one at any given moment. The Internet is allowing us to share information from all over the world to develop technology that would have once taken years to come to. "I think by accident we're going to stumble on conscious computers that have feelings and look at you and understand how you're doing," he said. "My iPhone has almost all the senses I have except taste and smell. It has an eye and an ear and it can feel when I am touching it and it can feel when it is being moved. It even knows where in the world it is from GPS. Even I don't know that. I wake up and say "am I home?"." says Steve Wozniak about the future of the Internet. (Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talks about future of the web during visit to Whistler: Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun). The future of the Internet will be grand but will call for a sacrifice of even more “old world ways” as it will allow for the digital age to flourish into something bigger.

Illicit: The Scope Of How The Internet Is Used For Illegal Activity

The internet has brought with it a tremendous amount of great advances in the way we're able to communicate and learn about what's going on in the other parts of the world. The internet has allowed us the freedom to have this world of information at our fingertips. It was to be expected that with such a great advance in our culture some bad would come along as well. While the average internet user is online for normal things like surfing, online game play, and social networking there is a vast amount of users online for the sole purpose of carrying on illicit activity. With all the great achievements the Internet allows comes with it a handful of things we wish the Internet would've never been invented for. Rule 34, if you can think it it exists in all shapes and forms. The Internet mirrors the real world providing a venue for thieves, pedophiles and drug addicts. With our personal information required on the majority of websites we provide the prize to an army of hackers who turn our information into stolen money and goods. Illegal drugs can be purchased on sites that can prove deadly buyers. "The International Narcotics Control Board also described North America as continuing to be "the world's largest illicit drug market" in 2010; parts of Europe as the homes of industrial scale cannabis factories; and growing poppy cultivation in West Asia." Illegal Drugs Sold Online Via Social Media: Huffington Post

Internet Security

We all know our basic internet security precautions of using firewalls, antivirus software and not opening suspicious emails. The big three of security. We take these precautions without even thinking anymore. They've become second nature. Yet, while we do this to protect ourselves against an attack on our personal information, what has also become second nature is our willingness to surrender critical personal information like email addresses, social security numbers, birthdays, and so much more for a chance to do things like toss a bird at another or manage our diets and bank accounts. The millions of internet users toss this information out through various sites and apps via their home computer, laptops, notepads and cell phones to a very delicate, lightly regulated entity called ambient dataland. The entering of personal data at sites like Facebook, Google, and Sony compromise our internet security by creating databases of our information that is up for grabs to hackers all over the world.

As companies take the steps needed to ensure our internet safety, another concern is rising. The future in which our government agencies can "spy" on us in our homes through built in technology in our tvs, monitors, refrigerators, and many other gadgets we would normally deem harmless. Can we trust our CIA will use this technology to protect us against possible threats to our safety? Will we as Americans willingly give up our right to privacy and allow our government to invade even our homespace?

"You know how sometimes you hunt for an item that you have misplaced? A really cool aspect of the 'Internet of Things' could allow you to ask, What did I do with my remote control? The computer could tell you precisely where it is. What did I do with my book? You might get an answer like, It's at Tom's house on his coffee table. Now think about the bigger picture and combine the Internet of Things with smart meter data. What time does your alarm wake you up? When do you turn on your TV and the lights in various rooms of your house? How often does your doorbell ring? Individually these pieces of information may not seem overly important, but connect the dots and it gives a very detailed snapshot into your private life. In the not-too-distant future, household appliances and web-connected devices will offer the government unfettered access to spy on citizens."(CIA Wants To Spy On You Through Your Appliances by Ms. Smith: Network World)

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GarageBand

To keep up with the constant demand for a designer that's hip with the times it's mandatory for creative professionals to be software savvy. As a Web Developer, coding alone can only take you so far. Audio and visual appeal is a requirement if you're gonna be competitive.

A crash course introduction to Apple's Garageband proved to be yet another push into keeping up with
technology. Garageband's user friendly interface makes it easy to create infringement free tracks for use on websites, video edits and slideshows. If you're willing to learn the program you'll find it amazing at how easily you can customize an audio clip to enhance the appeal of your project without having to deal with all the read tape of copyright infringements.

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Week 6 EOC: There's An App For That!!!

We have an app for everything these days that cater to everything from organization to banking to news to entertainment. Even healthcare has crept it's way into the app world. Many of which are free and affordable. Apps have become a great part of our daily digital life. Some ideas may seem to be straight up ridiculous and serve no purpose at all. That may be the most wonderful thing about apps. There's a freedom to build an app. And as quirky as one might seem it may be the one most purposeful in the life of one person out there.

The Sitter. An app created by a mother of five who knows the importance of having a sitter at her disposal in times of crisis at her her fingertips. This app pre-screens it's database of highly qualified babysitters and provides the security of video surveillance. Customer's sense of comfort in utilizing the Sitter services accompanies the high standard of security and ongoing training.