EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY

(Lesson 1: Introduction to Information & Communication Technologies)

ICT – deals with the use of different communication technology such as mobile phones, internet to locate, save, and
save information.
WEB 2.0 (Dynamic Web Page)
Features:
1. Folksonomy - allows users to categorize and classify information using words.
2. Rich Users Experience - dynamic user input
3. User Participation – others can put like comment, review, etc.
4. Long tail - services offered on demand rather than one time.
5. Software as a service – subscribe to software.

WEB 3.0 (Semantic Web)

- coined by Tim Berners-Lee (WWW 1989)
- allows data to be shared across application, enterprise, and community boundaries.

LIMITATIONS
1. Compatibility – HTML doesn’t support Web 3.0
2. Security – saves preferences
3. Vastness – WWW billion of web pages
4. Vagueness – words are user dependent
5. Logic – machines are logic

Trends in ICT
1. Convergence – synergy of technology advancement to work on a similar goal/task.
2. Social Media – website/application/online channel enables users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange
content.

6 Types of Social Media

1. Social Networks – connects people with the same interest or background

2. Bookmarking Sites – stores and manage links to various resources and websites
3. Social News – own news items or links to new sources
4. Microblogging – focuses on short updates
5. Media Sharing – upload and share media content
6. Blogs and Forms – users can put content based on a subject

ITU-R – International Communication Union-Radiocommunication

Low mobility (stationary) – 1Gbit/s
True 4G
High mobility – 100mbits/s

Mobile Technologies

1. iOS – Apple 5. Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft

2. Android – development by Google 6. Symbian - OS for Nokia
3. Blackberry OS – use in Blackberry phones 7. Web OS – OS for Smart TV
4. Windows Phone OS – discontinued 2015
Assistive Media – non-profit service to help people with visual and reading impairments.

Terms
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
PHP (Hypertext Processor)