How Computers Have Changed Lives

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This paper discusses that, although modern day technologies have impacted on our lives, the social change and the need for more and more communication devices is driving the change in technologies.

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"The undercurrent that is transforming every aspect of technology, influencing educational approaches, the economy, the political landscape, personal and professional, is he growing need for higher levels of collaboration and social networking between individuals, within groups, and between groups of common interests. The exponential growth of the Apple IPod, MP3 players, personal computers, wireless capabilities, anti-virus programs, and smart phones all are related to the need for connecting and communicating with one another. These technologies are used for accomplishing these collaborative aims of individuals and groups, in addition to personalizing entertainment and also having the option of sharing musical and entertainment preferences with each other. The technologies mentioned in this paper are not driving the social change; the social change is driving the change in technologies (Bernoff, Li, et.al.). The collection of technologies that are predominately Web-based comprised Web 2.0 (Snow, 35, 36) and serve as the foundation for the technologies included in this paper. Without these underlying means of collaboration and information sharing, including music and entertainment, the collection of technologies included in this paper would be largely irrelevant. It is in moving closer to the creation of social networks, and in the case of the iPod, the continual growth of musical and entertainment content on iTunes that keeps all these technologies relevant. Even anti-virus software addresses the need for communicating, with high levels of security and trust, verifying the identity of persons online."

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