Week 11 EOC: Final

The future of the Internet is like anything else in the world. Nothing is ever guaranteed.  Big shots like Facebook who were once thought to be Internet juggernauts are now losing money in the stock market almost hourly. Its almost as if the dot com boom and crash happened all at once to the same company. Future Shock was a book written by Alvin Toffler. While the book is more than 30 years old, it still brings up valid points. The title of the book refers to when people are no longer able to keep up with the pace of change. Former powerhouses like AOL are barely ever mentioned anymore as Internet service providers. Nothing is ever certain about the internet. Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, talk about how he thinks the internet will take over physical items such as mail. “Somedayit would be great if instead of being e-mail, it would just be called mail.Instead of being e-commerce it will just be called commerce, just because it isso ubiquitous that it is just taken for granted, much as we take for granted electricityor water or other kinds of utilities.” I think this quote holds more truth than anything else about the Internet. Over at lest the next ten years, I see the future of the Internet somewhat staying as it is. The changes are not going to be about the Internet, but how you use the Internet. With cell phones, computers and tablets, there are so many ways to browse the Internet. All people seem to really want these days are more bandwidth, faster download speeds and faster browsers. “That's an enormous gap between what'scurrently possible and what's commercially available. But as time passes, thecosts of producing ultra-high-speed networks will decrease. Eventually, theaverage consumer will be able to download a high-definition movie in a secondor play cloud-based video games without a hint of lag.” The Internet has evolved a ton during the last decade. And again, I don’t think the Internet will change drastically over the next 10 years like it has, but how the user experiences the Internet.

EOC Week 10: Illicit - Dark Trade

The Internet has made communication around the world extremely accessible to anyone. The Internet can be use for business transactions or just simple e-mail exchanges between friends. One of the problems that have skyrocketed from the Internet boom is the black market. Human trafficking, drug sales and counterfeit items are being sold every day online. China is the main source that feeds this ever-expanding lucrative market. The even scarier part is that most of the pharmaceutical items sold over the black market are not even the similar product. The products for the most part a completely different chemical compound that can harm or even kill you. Recently an Adderall knock off has been making news according to CBS News. “Fake Adderall pills that contain the wrong ingredients are being sold online to unwitting consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday.The FDA's lab tests of counterfeit versions of Teva Pharmaceutical's Adderall 30 milligram tablets that were purchased on the Internet revealed that the pills contained the painkillers tramadol and acetaminophen instead of its normal amphetamine-based active ingredients.” Here is a side tip to making sure you are buying safe meds. “Ordering online? Some online pharmacies may claim to be credentialed, but the credentialing agencies may be fake, says Bate. The NABP also provides a list of legitimate web-based pharmacies consumers can check. You can also visit LegitScript.com as another resource.” And that’s just one part of the market that’s causing an issue. Human trafficking has also been and issue for a long time and will continue to be a problem. Human trafficking is a problem for numerous reasons. Sex slaves, cheap labor and mules are just a few of the jobs people get thrown into. While this is on the lighter side, Europe is staffing extra offers for the up coming soccer games.” The European Union's external border agency has deployed dozens of officers to Poland's eastern border and various travel hubs across Europe to fight human trafficking and other forms of smuggling during the European football (soccer) championship. Frontex expects more than 1 million people to enter Poland and Ukraine during the tournament that runs Friday through July 1, a huge increase compared to normal times, the agency's deputy director, Gil Arias Fernandez, said Tuesday.” While the games might not be the problem, it’s the illegal activity all the people will bring.

EOC Week 9: Free Website

Making a website is now easier than ever. Numbers websites now offer the option with templates to create a site within minutes. After that process, all it takes is a domain name purchase to get it started. While the process is fairly simple and easy, you get what you pay for. The ui is simple and very easy to use, but gives a all to basic feel with the final product. Long story short, if you want a website to stand out from the rest, you need to hire a professional or learn coding. http://onepagerapp.com/tu63

EOC Week 8: Privacy

Tracking users on the internet is nothing new, nor is it illegal. But it gets to a point that has you wondering if companies are crossing the line to gain this information. The more time that goes by, the more open people are about personal information on the internet. Social networking sites a massive reason for the increase of public information on the internet. Companies have various reasons for doing such activity. The reasons for doing such actives can range from all over the board. Getting your e-mail for a mailing list, marketing directly to your personal searches or even hacking your accounts is all plausible reasons. Facebook is one of the companies that are getting flack for tracking its users. The reason for the controversy is, not only do they track while users are logged into Facebook but also while logged out. “Facebook officials are now acknowledging that the social media giant has been able to create a running log of the web pages that each of its 800 million or so members has visited during the previous 90 days. Facebook also keeps close track of where millions more non-members of the social network go on the Web, after they visit a Facebook web page for any reason.” Google is also no stranger to controversy either when it comes to tracking. “Google will soon know far more about who you are and what you do on the Web. The Web giant announced Tuesday that it plans to follow the activities of users across nearly all of its ubiquitous sites, including YouTube, Gmail and its leading search engine. Google has already been collecting some of this information. But for the first time, it is combining data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait of users. Consumers won’t be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company’s privacy and competitive practices. The move will help Google better tailor its ads to people’s tastes. If someone watches an NBA clip online and lives in Washington, the firm could advertise Washington Wizards tickets in that person’s Gmail account.”  One way around this is to protect yourself with a variety of option!

EOC Week 8: Garage Band

Beat 15 Seconds 5 Seconds Garage band is overall the experience was effective for learning a new program. While it is effective, Ill leave this kind of work for sound effects engineers like my brother. To get a solid effective sound takes a lot more than just 5 minutes in Garage band screwing around. The program is effective and very user friendly, but its a very basic program with built in generic free sounds.

EOC Week 7: Tumblr

EOC Week 6: Youtube Video