Posts Tagged ‘communication’

The Growth of Social Networking Websites

Posted in Social networking websites on October 16th, 2010 by Ian – Be the first to comment

social networkingIt has not escaped scrutiny that social networking websites have in the recent past been growing at a very high rate. This has seen them attract lots of followers and currently billions of people of the world’s entire population are active members in these sites. Some of the sites that are widely successful include the all famous Face book, Twitter, Myspace, Yahoo 360 and Classmates. There has been a noted high level of enthusiasm among lots of internet users in regard to their involvement with social networking sites. From the look of things, this trend is not in any way about to end as more people are gaining access to the internet.

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Understanding “switching”—how data gets transferred in a network

Posted in IT on August 31st, 2010 by Ian – Be the first to comment

InternetBe it the Internet spread over millions of computers across the world, or the local area network of your workplace, networks form an integral part of the IT technology today—enabling people to exchange information not only at a convenient speed, but also in a reliable way.
But how does the data you send to your friend on the other side of the world, or to your senior in the next cabin reach where its correct destination? Have you wondered what’s really beneath that network that you called the “Internet”, and how does “communication” actually happen?

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Chat with Miranda IM (a universal instant messaging platform)

Posted in Software on August 20th, 2010 by Ian – Be the first to comment

Miranda IMWhen the Internet was first developed in 1969, its aim was mostly to enable university and government engineers to research and work from any location in the network of United States’ Department of Defense. But since 1989 when the World Wide Web was introduced, making it possible for various users to access different resources on the Internet, continuous advancements in this particular technology have made it possible for friends, families and people from all parts of the world to communicate with each other in real time!

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