It is not surprising that an awful lot of time we spent trying to figure out how the Internet works and how it will change our lives in the future, but sometimes we forget just how far this revolutionary technology has taken us already.
Here, then. is a look at ways the Internet has made an impact on us on a practical level in the past decade.
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In pre-Interenet days, finding the answer would have involved looking through reference books, scanning a newspaper or even a making a trip to the library - all without guarantee of finding that factual nugget. Now, Google, the Internet search engine, can deliver even most obscure info to your desktop computer within a matter of second.
Everyone can get a breaking news.
Previously, the average person had to wait until the media decides what information supplied by the wire services or their own reports they would pass on via television news or radio. Now, you have a direct access to news via the web: my favourite is www.reuters.com or cnn.com
My favorite usage of Internet is:
Cheap, near-instant communication.
To those who have grown up in the era of the @ symbol, it's easy to take electronic mail for granted, but the ability to flasf messages around the globe with documents, images or applications attached is revlolutionary.
Everyone can be a publisher.
The ability for everyone to publish their thoughts online is a tremendous change. Last time publishung used to be concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy people and organisations that could afford the expansive infrastructure to print and distribute newspapers and magazines or broadcast television
Music
The internet has revolutionised the distribution of masic. Taking up the running now is Apple's iTunes, which sold more than 70 million songs in its first year alone. The ability to grab a tune you want, then sort, store and play them is amazing.
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