Monthly Archives: February 2013

Technology as a Bridge in Today’s Society

Technology is such a powerful force in society, there are so many uses and applications for the technology being invented that it’s so easy to get overwhelmed. With so many ideas on how technology can or should be used it …

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Is New Technology Helping or Impairing Literary Archives?

There are many benefits that come with the digital age.  We can send emails, text messages, pictures, and make phone calls from basically anywhere on the planet.  One of the greatest benefits we have seen from the new media age …

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Are We Too Dependent on Google as a Society?

In terms of accessing and finding information our society has it incredibly easy.  With the click of a button we can access whatever our hearts desire.  Having a health issue? Simply type in your symptoms and self diagnose yourself.  Need …

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Married to the Technology, For Better or For Worse

It’s hard to picture life without being connected; connected to the internet, phones, something… anything. In today’s society, our culture has become one of relationships as “friends on Facebook” instead of friends in real life. A culture in which people …

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The Internet, the Web and the Threats Against Net Universality

It’s hard to imagine what the Internet didn’t make easier. It revolutionized communication and the transfer of information, it gave every user a voice and a medium through which to communicate ideas and knowledge and it serves as one of …

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Tricycles vs. Technology: A Generational Difference

As I look back to more than a decade ago life seemed so simple. I remember coming home from school and having a snack and then going outside to play with friends or neighbors. We would ride our bikes, practice …

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Google Should Not Need a Subscription

Do I think there should be subscription fees in order to use Google? No! Google is so commonly used every day by billions of people that the world, as a whole, would be extremely upset if you had to subscribe …

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Would You Like a Side of Google, Sir?

Google. Google. Google. My lovely friend, Google. You have made life so much easier for myself and the rest of the world. You’ve provided me with countless pages of information: some extremely helpful and others filled with pointless entertainment. Sometimes, …

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The Internet Has Made It Impossible For People To Stay Safe

As new stories continue to unfold in regards former LAPD Officer Christopher Jordan Dorner going on mass killing spree out of retaliation, it makes me wonder how safe we all really are, especially with billions of people having access to …

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Is Tim Berners-Lee the New Lorax?

“Tim Berners-Lee” was one of the answers to an exam that we took recently in one of my RTV courses here at UCF. He is credited as the first person to pioneer what we know as today’s Internet using HTTP …

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