#symbian

[silk-s0nique]

I got an old secondhand Nokia from a woman in Helsinki, Finland, and saw this guy on the main menu of my Nokia...

Back again with another Joxter drawing, and thought it'd be silly to put him in an operating system that runs on most Nokias. And yeah, Nokia is finnish, so... in the Nokia he goesss

[archiveosorg]

Gem Drop X

Gem Drop X – a fast-paced puzzle one-player puzzle game using the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) libraries. It is a direct port of "Gem Drop," an Atari 8-bit game written in Action! https://archivegame.org/gemdropx/

[coffinsandroses]

If I were to buy, say, a Nokia C6 or E7, is there anything to do with that nowadays? Really wanna mess with a sliding qwerty phone but something like the fxtec pro 1 is too large and expensive

[agresivnayastaysi]

Maybe I can make a new aesthetic about vector phones and pc wallappers of 00s.

Imma name it.. Vector Tech Core - VTC

[homokeiju]

i keep hearin like older millenials say windows phone/nokia lumia type operating systems were good what the Fuck r u on n can i hve some?

[richdadpoor]

Facebook Userbase Is Apparently Unbothered by Canadian News Ban

Image: Pan Xunbin (Shutterstock) Meta’s decision to block news in Canada has seemingly been met with a shrug by its user base. Data shows that Facebook’s users have remained steady even though the social media platform has banned news links. Meta’s Apparent Firing Goof Canada’s Online News Act would force Big Tech to pay news outlets for content that is shared on its platforms—and Big Tech is…

[dasha-aibo]

Man, having opinions on outdated tech terms is interesting, let me tell you.

Nowadays nobody thinks about the definition of "smartphone", because, duh, everyone got one except old people.

But what exactly IS a smartphone is anyone's guess.

Some define it as any phone that has any internet-browsing capabilities, which actually includes a lot of old dumb phones, that just happened to have a browser.

My own personal definition was always "a phone with a dedicated OS that supported software installation as well as gave you access to its file system". Which would technically exclude the very first iPhone.

Some people will only consider phones with touchscreen capabilities as smartphones, even though it would exclude Blackberry and Palm and Symbian devices.

It's a mess, really.

What is a Smartphone, amirite?

[trackk-44]

Got a Nokia 7230 as a point and shoot camera

どこにいたって、人は繋がっているのよ

Shots from a Nokia 7230, a phone from 2010 featuring a 3MP camera. I miss Symbian OS

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[archiveosorg]

Symbian

Symbian - an operating system with its associated libraries, user interface solutions and specifications for utility programs produced by the Symbian consortium, which included the largest manufacturers of mobile phones (Nokia, Motorola, Siemens, Sony Ericsson). https://archiveos.org/symbian/

[otternalremnant]

Nokia in the early 2000s dominated the cell phone market with their nearly indestructible phones. In 2003 they decided to release the first fully gaming oriented cell phone. The N-Gage. In many ways it was ahead of its time and had many of the same features of PDAs and MP3 players of the time.

Launching in late October for $300 (not bad for a cell phone at the time) it tried its hand at competing with the GBA. Running on Symbian OS 6.1, many cell phone games would run natively on the unit.

64 games were developed with notable titles such as: Bomberman, Civilization, Crash Nitro Kart, Tomb Raider, Sonic N, Super Monkey Ball, and The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey. 25 other games were in development at one point but were canceled for various reasons.

The system received much criticism alleging defects in its physical design and layout, including its vertically oriented screen and requirement of removing the battery to change game cartridges.

The most well known criticism was "sidetalking" due to the placement of the speaker and microphone being on the side edge of the device, causing the user to appear as if they are speaking into a taco.

Despite Nokia giving the device a redesign that addressed the issues of the original it would be discontinued in 2005 after meeting only half of the projected sales goals.

It sold around 3 million units.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

NEXT WEDNESDAY (October 23) at 7PM, I'll be in DECATUR, GEORGIA, presenting my novel THE BEZZLE at EAGLE EYE BOOKS.

#20yrsago Interview with me on All About Symbian https://web.archive.org/web/20041209231331/http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/viewarticle.php?id=110

#10yrsago Canadian government threatens bird watchers for writing concerned letter about bee die-off https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/revenue-canada-targets-birdwatchers-for-political-activity-1.2799546

#5yrsago Design fiction, politicized: the wearable face projector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PoudPCevN0

#5yrsago Cable is bullshit, and so is 5G: give me fiber or give me death! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/why-fiber-vastly-superior-cable-and-5g

#5yrsago Relatives and cronies of Cambodia’s dictator have bought “golden passports” from Cyprus and exfiltrated millions https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/cambodia-hunsen-wealth/

#5yrsago Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban facial recognition technology https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/victory-berkeley-city-council-unanimously-votes-ban-face-recognition

#5yrsago Greta Grotesk: a font based on Greta Thunberg’s hand-lettered signs https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f6JdU9jG6J69mngi5-xYwbKXtCcnslJo/view

#5yrsago Leaks reveal how creepy, cultish monopolist Intuit lobbied Congress and the IRS to kill free tax-filing https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free#168905

#5yrsago 6 years after expose revealed docs taking millions from pharma companies, it’s only getting worse https://www.propublica.org/article/we-found-over-700-doctors-who-were-paid-more-than-a-million-dollars-by-drug-and-medical-device-companies#169337

#5yrsago Pacifica Radio ignores injunction, continues to play canned content on NYC’s WBAI https://gothamist.com/news/judge-rules-wbai-can-return-air-owners-refuse-comply

#5yrsago McSweeney’s: sure, Bernie is incredibly popular, but can he sway the “completely hateable assholes, who want what’s worst for everyone?” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/bernies-policies-are-good-but-how-can-he-appeal-to-the-absolute-worst-people-ever

#5yrsago The first book collecting the new Nancy comic is incredibly, fantastically, impossibly great https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/17/the-first-book-collecting-the-new-nancy-comic-is-incredibly-fantastically-impossibly-great/

#1yrago Deb Chachra's "How Infrastructure Works" https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/17/care-work/#charismatic-megaprojects

Tor Books as just published two new, free LITTLE BROTHER stories: VIGILANT, about creepy surveillance in distance education; and SPILL, about oil pipelines and indigenous landback.

[mamamittens]

Well Worth the Price +18

Here's my piece for the Boys, Boys, Boys Zine! And once it's been downloaded 569 times, I'll post the 'Unzipped' version from before I trimmed it for the zine.

Sabo X Unknown Man

Warnings: BDSM, Sounding, edging, overstimulation, anal sex, master/pet play, gag, anal toys, and symbian.

Art done by the lovely, lovely, Sabo loving Tiffany over on Twitter

Word Count: 2,815

Tonight wasn’t unlike any other before it. The room Sabo worked in as… an E-boy? Sort of? Had been thoroughly cleaned after his last session. A note on the bed detailing the beginning requirements for the night so Sabo could set up a little before it officially started. Prep himself and his toys if needed.

A returning customer (platinum level, requested title of ‘master’) requests you wear your white shirt.

Sabo felt a stab of elation. It was definitely his favorite customer. And they seem to have purchased new options Sabo hadn’t gotten to use before. Namely, the headphones and use of the motorized anchors above the bed. One on each corner and one in the middle. A pair of thick cuffs dangling from anchors on the end of the bed, but seemingly nowhere else. Interesting.

Sabo considered the array of items neatly organized on the bed.

Some were standard. A sybian with an attached dildo that widened into a bulb at the base with complementary ‘sensory lube’. Sounding rods. But the headset with a blindfold and an O-ring gag… Along with the cuffs?

All of this implied a personal session and Sabo couldn’t be more thrilled.

Then he noticed the note at the very bottom.

Don’t begin final preparation without the customer’s arrival in the accompanying room, they wish to oversee the process before joining.

Sabo pouted a bit at that. He was beginning to wonder if his favorite customer intended to ever reveal themselves. Still, they did pay for a show… Maybe if he gives them a really good one, he’ll finally get to see them properly.

Sabo stowed away his clothes and slipped on the button up shirt, keeping only the middle-most button on. It tended to fall off of him easily when he did this, but that never deterred his customer in the least. His ‘master’ always loved it.

The soft white light dimmed and shifted to a teal blue color. Casting the monochrome room into a slightly disorientating mess for several moments as a darker blue light pulsed steadily, though definitely faster than usual.

Sabo turned towards the mirrored wall and smiled.

“So, are you joining me tonight?” Sabo asked clearly, aware that the microphones in the room would catch his voice even if he whispered.

There was a faint buzz as a carefully moderated voice pitched in. Deep but coy with a distinct cadence to it formed in the way they pronounced their words that couldn’t be disguised as easily.

“All in good time, pet.” They said slowly, almost purring, the lights throbbing slowly between the two colors. “Put on the headphones. I’ll instruct you from there.” Sabo swallowed hard and picked up the device, carefully ensuring it fit comfortably.

The ambient sounds in the room immediately fell away. His heart thundering in his chest and ears as he turned back to the mirror. His own reflection staring back, eyes catching in the lights. Though Sabo knew it wouldn’t remain so for long.

“It’s on.”

“Good.” Sabo jumped, the voice now intimately whispering into his ears and trickling down his spine. “Prep the sybian on the floor and yourself, but don’t sit just yet.”

Sabo nodded, grabbing the lube, and carefully spreading it on the fake, inhuman cock. Already looking forward to it inside him as the lube made his skin tingle. When it gleamed in the lights, Sabo pressed his chest onto the bed and tugged his shirt up high, exposing himself. Fingers gliding between his cheeks, lighting sparks in their path as he teased his ass a little. Putting on a bit of a show as pleased huffs echoed in his ears. Sinking into himself slowly as he tried to relax against the rising tension, gently stretching out his fingers.

He was whining a little, small moans in the back of his throat as his cock dripped precum down his thigh where it burned. The lights pulsed faster as he fought the urge to press deeper and spill onto the floor.

“Stop.” Sabo froze, three fingers spreading himself open as he panted, shuddering as a breeze blew across his back. Abruptly, silk pulled around his eyes, tying behind his head. Deaf and blind to the room, Sabo could only feel as a firm, gloved hand gently pulled his hand free. Pulling him up to sit on the bed with his legs spread. “Finally, I knew it would be worth it to have you like this. Tonight is under my control, so you just have to be good for me, pet.”

Warm gloves gently wrapped around Sabo’s throbbing cock and he whined as the tip of a sounding rod, dripping with lube, was pressed to the tip. It slipped in with a soft gasp as Sabo fought to not grab his mystery customer. But his body still jerked as the thick metal abruptly widened around several bumps until the hooked tip bit into the head of his cock. Now stopped up, he trembled, true release denied him until his customer was satisfied.

“AA-aan~ h-hngh!” Sabo whined, feeling the gentle brush of leather against his thighs, trailing up his partially exposed chest. Something was pressed to his lips and he opened his mouth. Metal sliding into place as he was left to pant, tongue and drool sliding down to his chin. Leather pressing into his mouth as their thumb slipped inside, Sabo wished he could suck it. Tempt them to put something more substantial in his mouth instead.

“There’s those pretty sounds, pet. You know, that’s what drew me to you in the first place? I adore this little act you put on, pretending to be small. But put a little pressure in…” Sabo gagged as the thumb slipped deeper, whining as his tongue was pressed down for their own breath to seep in. “It becomes all too real~”

Their tongue drove into his mouth and Sabo whined, squirming as his head was forced back. Cock grinding against jeans that jostled the rod inside his own cock. And then they were gone, yanking up his arms and turning him around to shove his chest into the bed. Wrists pulled up into the cuffs that ascended until he was sitting up on the floor.

They slipped onto the bed, just between Sabo and the mattress, forcing his head into their lap where a distinct bulge pressed into his wet chin.

“Oh~ How pretty you look~” They crooned, petting his hair. “Arch that cute ass up—just like that, now lean back a bit.” Sabo jerked as the tip of the dildo pressed into his balls. Understanding what they wanted, Sabo leaned back until it caught and began to slip inside him. Pushing him open wider as he rocked back into it, arms just loose enough to brace on the bed.

All the while Sabo panted, drooling into their cock as they unzipped. Hot skin brushing across his face as they adjusted their position to press the soft tip onto his tongue. They grunted and sat up, leaning over him, and forcing their cock deep into his throat as the frame of the mounted dildo was pulled closer, Sabo whining sharply as he was penetrated deeper on both ends. Nose grinding into their pubes and tongue undulating against their cock and balls resting on his chin.

“Easy now, you’ll get it soon enough pet. Just needed to pull this closer.” They ordered sharply, sitting back down and giving Sabo a reprieve as their cock slipped mostly out of his mouth. Only for Sabo to jolt forward as the machine came to life, fucking up into him with slow thrusts. “There we are. What a good boy~ Show me why you’re my favorite pet.”

Sabo drooled onto their cock, sucking it down his throat like that would hide the moans as the dildo fucked him deeper in an unrelenting wave. A hand on the back of his head petting his hair. Pinned in place, he could only take so much of the machine’s cock even though he wanted to lean back for more. But that would mean releasing his master’s cock while they were praising him so well.

“Perfect, pretty pet. Sucking down my cock, you’ve been aching for this, haven’t you?”

“Look at you, drooling and making a mess. Tsk, what a sloppy slut you are—I love it. Choke a bit for me, don’t want you getting bored.”

“Want to hear my favorite noises? What makes me so hard when I see you, pet?”

A symphony of sounds started playing in his ears. Weak, stuttering whines and moans. Choked cries and soft begging. His own voice. Endless clips of himself on the brink. Likely what sounds he’d be making right now if his mouth wasn’t full of their thick, throbbing cock.

“Let me hear more, this is exactly what I paid for.” They hissed, shoving his head back and sending Sabo into the merciless rhythm of the cock behind him as it hilted and pulled free faster. Jerking him around as his hole clenched down sporadically, desperately trying to hold onto the thick mass. All the while Sabo cried out, drool dripping down his chin with every stuttering whine. Their cock brushing across his parted lips and limp tongue every time he was forced forward. “W-Wh-aht a fucking sight you are, p-pet. L-Like a bitch in heat, you want more. Don’t you?”

“A-Aahn~ Ahhs~ A-Ah-hhngh-ggg~ Aahhs ea-aahs ah-sser!” Sabo slurred with great difficulty as he tried to sit back and force it to hilt but the bulge at the base bounced off his ass. Hands pressed into his shoulders, forcing him back against the machine that took him inch by inch. Jerking into him and yanking out ruthlessly, rubbing his prostate with every thrust.

And Sabo kept echoing the desperate whines in his ears. Trying to outdo the moans and cries as he was asked. Anything to have more.

Until the dildo popped into him totally and could only shove him forward as he clenched down. Jerked roughly by the thrusting machine as his balls ached for relief that he belatedly realized wouldn’t come. Couldn’t come with the sounding rod still firmly lodged in his cock.

Sabo wailed, tears beading his lashes as he tried and failed to beg.

Just a pretty pet edged and crying for his master’s cock.

“Good pets ta-ake what they get. Sh-Show me how good you are, slut.” They surged forward and rammed their cock into Sabo’s throat. Pinning him between their crotch, tongue slathering their balls, and the uncaring machine fucking up into him. Both felt so deep inside Sabo he hysterically wondered if they’d touch inside his chest. Tips kissing as they fucked him open like a cocksleeve.

And Sabo’s own whiny voice still echoed in his ears, the only reprieve his master’s voice degrading him and complimenting him in turns.

“Is my pretty boy starting to feel it ache? Is my pet getting overwhelmed with how big it is? Oh, but you can take it. I know you can.”

Sabo whined, gurgling on their cock uselessly as he shuddered, held on the edge and breathless. Echoing whines ringing in his ears, though he couldn’t tell if they were his own or the recordings.

“Tsk, q-quitting already, slut? I thought that pretty, empty head could handle something more challenging than those little toys, but you seem to struggle taking it all in~” They chuckled darkly. “Just a poor little slut t-trying to be good, huh?” The cock throbbed and bulged on his tongue, their body jolting from the pleasure harshly.

There was a hiss and Sabo choked at the influx of hot cum down his throat that spilled out from his lips. Spurting out over his face as he gagged, the machine went faster with no sign of relief.

Fingers clenched in his hair as he struggled to breathe between the violent waves of denied orgasms as salty-sweet cum drenched his lips.

Finally, his master’s cock slipped free and Sabo gargled for air. Swallowing messily as more cum and spit pooled down.

“What a sloppy mess you are, pet. All that pedigree wasted because you’re too much of a slut to swallow properly. What do you have to say for yourself?” The gag was released and Sabo didn’t even try to lick his lips to clean the mess.

“M-Master~! Master, p-please~! I-I’m g-gooood~ S-Such a g-good p-pet, please~!” Sabo nearly wept, stuttering, and slurring his speech as he was jerked violently by the machine and cock.

“Oh, I love it when you beg, pretty boy~” Sabo wailed as his cock was grabbed and stroked gently, the sounding rod pulled free with every slow pump. And he came with a shuddering cry the moment it was out. Wet leather scooping up the mess on his face and sliding it into his mouth which he gladly suckled the salty slick, the machine finally slowing to a stop. “I’m such a good master, aren’t I? Taking care of such a messy pet~ I’m going to ruin that cute ass with a real cock and you’ll love every minute, won’t you~?”

“Y-Yes! I-I’ll love every inch, o-oooh~! Pl-ease, master~!” Sabo sighed, ears ringing now with his cries as he climaxed many times before. “I-I sound so pathetic, i-is this really what I sound like?” Sabo whined in disbelief as a particularly reedy cry rang out.

Lips softly descended onto his, licking his puffy lips and tongue.

“Absolutely fucking pathetic, pet. And I’m going to make you even more pathetic.” They chuckled, gripping his cheeks until his tongue rolled out. A heavy drop of spit pooling and dripping down his chin. “Can my pathetic pet keep making those pretty sounds for his master?”

Sabo swallowed hard and nodded furiously, licking his lips and brushing his tongue across his master’s. Whining into their mouth as the headphones looped back to pathetic moans.

“Y-Yes! I-I can make so many pathetic sounds for you, master~!” Sabo swore. There was a mechanical whirring and he was pulled up from the floor, arms stretched wide as he reflexively clenched onto the chains. His toes lifted off the floor as he scrambled to press his knees into the mattress, only to be raised higher.

It only stopped when he was kneeling on top of the mattress, front pressed against a clothed chest as they adjusted their position.

[SPOT ART HERE]

“Look at you, strung up like a needy bitch. I’m only getting started, pet.” They crooned, leather gloves grasping his ass and spreading them apart. “I considered this for hours, you know. How you’d finally earn your collar. The only thing you’d need to wear for me from now on. Remember, good pets don’t need anything but their master’s cock.”

Their hands slid over his waist and to his cock. Stroking it delicately, teasing his balls in their palm as they kissed down his stomach.

Sabo knew what was coming before it happened, already whining in protest as they drooled onto his cock.

“M-Master please, n-not again!” Sabo protested, attempting to squirm fruitlessly.

The cold metal of another sounding rod pressed to the tip. Forcing open his urethra in a gradual slide until it tapered off to the blunt cap that pressed over the head. Leather wrapped under his balls and a hood strapped into place over his cock. Keeping the cap of the sounding rod in place by force.

Wet lips kissed Sabo’s lower stomach, the muscles flinching as a hot chuckle breathed over his damp skin.

“Oh? Aren’t you going to be a good boy for me? Good boys don’t complain, pet. They get punished.” They sneered into Sabo’s ears.

“I-I’m sorry ma-ah~!—ster~!” Sabo quickly apologized.

“Hmmmm… I don’t believe you.” Sabo’s eyes watered as he trembled, feeling the warmth of his master leave him. The gag returned as they pulled out his tongue with a firm grip. Licking into his open mouth as they pulled back his hair. Looming over him and spitting onto his tongue. “Oh, what to do, pet? A disobedient slut needs to be punished. I should put that mouth to use, but that means missing out on those pathetic noises you make. At this rate you’ll never earn my cock, let alone a collar.”

Sabo choked out a sputtering whine, swallowing down the thick mixture of spit. It had never occurred to him that his master would want to collar him. But the prospect of being rewarded sent him spiraling. It had only just been brought up but at this point, Sabo would do filthy things to be collared by his master. Whatever it took to be theirs and all that entailed. Acting—no—being a pathetic slut was a small price to pay for his favorite customer’s praise and attention.

At this point, Sabo would do anything to be their good boy—their collared pet.

[tiresa-mae-villamor-alcuizar]

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

WRITTEN BY ALCUIZAR

SEPTEMBER 18,2023

TRENDS IN ICT

As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry has focused on several innovations. These innovations cater to the needs of the people that benefit most out of ICT. Whether it is for business or personal use, these trends are the current front runners in the innovation of ICT.

CONVERGENCE.

Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task. For example, besides using your personal computer to create word documents, you can now use your artphone. It can also use cloud technologies to sync files from one device to another while also using LTE technology which means you can access your files anytime, anywhere. Convergence is using several technologies to accomplish a task conveniently.

SOCIAL MEDIA

*Social media-is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange SM.jpguser-generated content. According to Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, Internet users spend more time in social media sites than in any other type of site. With this, more and more advertisers use social media to promote their product.

SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

*Social Networks-These are sites that allow you to connect with other people with the same interests or background. Once a use creates his or her account, he or she can set up a profile, add people, create groups, and share content. Examples: Facebook and Google+

*Bookmarking Sites-These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various websites and resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a tag that allows you and others to easily search or share them. Examples: StumbleUpon and Pinterest.

*Social News-These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and comments may also be ranked. They are also capable of voting on these news articles of the website. Those who get the most amount of votes are shown most prominently. Examples: reddit and Digg

*Media Sharing-These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music, and video. Most of these sites have additional social feature like liking, commenting, and having user profiles. Examples: Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram.

*Microblogging-These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates. Example: Twitter and Plurk

Blogs and Forums These websites allow users to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic. There are several free blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress, and Tumblr. On the other hand, forums are typically part of a certain website or web service.

MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES

The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years. This is largely because of the devices capability to do tasks that were originally found in personal computers. Several of these devices are capable of using high-speed internet. Today, the latest mobile devices use 4G Networking (LTE), which is currently the fastest mobile network. Also, mobile devices use different operating systems:

1.iOS – used in Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad

2.Android – an open source operating system developed by Google. Being open source means several mobile phone companies use this OS for free.

3.Blackberry OS – used in Blackberry devices

4.Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft

5.Symbian – the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices

6.WebOS – originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TVs

6.Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs

[khaysvelle]

"EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES"

TRENDS IN ICT_

1. CONVERGENCE

-Technological convergence is the combination of two or more different entities of technologies to create a new single device.

2. SOCIAL MEDIA

-is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users web users to create , co-create, discuss modify, and exchange user generated content.

SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA:

a. SOCIAL NETWORKS

- These are sites that allows you to connect with other people with the same interests or background. Once the user creates his/her account, he/she can set up a profile, add people, share content, etc.

b. BOOKMARKING SITES

- Sites that allow you to store and manage links to various website and resources. Most of the sites allow you to create a tag to others.

c. SOCIAL NEWS

– Sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and comments may also be rank.

d. MEDIA SHARING

– sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music and video.

e. MICROBLOGGING

- focus on short updates from the user. Those that subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates.

f. BLOGS AND FORUMS

- allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.

3. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES

- The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years. This is largely because of the devices capability to do the tasks that were originally found in PCs. Several of these devices are capable of using a high-speed internet. Today the latest model devices use 4G Networking (LTE), which is currently the fastest.

MOBILE OS

•iOS

- use in apple devices such as iPhone and iPad.

•ANDROID

- an open source OS developed by Google. Being open source means mobile phone companies use this OS for free.

•BLACKBERRY OS

- use in blackberry devices

•WINDOWS PHONE OS

- A closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft.

=Symbian - the original smartphone OS. Used by Nokia devices

= Web OS- originally used in smartphone; now in smart TVs.

= Windows Mobile - developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs

4. ASSISTIVE MEDIA

- is a non- profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.

CLOUD COMPUTING

- distributed computing on internet or delivery of computing service over the internet. e.g. Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail

-Instead of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log in to a Web e-mail account remotely. The software and storage for your account doesn’t exist on your computer – it’s on the service’s computer cloud.

It has three components ;

1. Client computers

– clients are the device that the end user interact with cloud.

2. Distributed Servers

– Often servers are in geographically different places, but server acts as if they are working next to each other.

3. Datacenters

– It is collection of servers where application is placed and is accessed via Internet.

TYPES OF CLOUDS

PUBLIC CLOUD

-allows systems and services to be easily accessible to the general public. Public cloud may be less secured because of its openness, e.g. e-mail

PRIVATE CLOUD

-allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization. It offers increased security because of its private nature.

COMMUNITY CLOUD

- allows systems and services to be accessible by group of organizations.

HYBRID CLOUD

-is a mixture of public and private cloud. However, the critical activities are performed using private cloud while the non-critical activities are performed using public cloud.

—Khaysvelle C. Taborada

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