Technology is changing so fast that most of us don’t even recognise these changes. Many people have yet to realise just how rapid and profound the current digital revolution is. The pieces are in place to completely change the face of products, technologies, organisations, and entrepreneurship. Below is a list of 20 Fascinating Technology Facts which I find are pretty… Read more →
When Douglas Engelbart and Bill English (within Stanford Research Institute) invented the first pointing system in the early 60s, the X-Y location indicator (with relation, of course, to the X & Y axis) had been named. It was first used with the Xerox Alto computer and demonstrated by Engelbart in 1968 (check it out on YouTube) in what is considered… Read more →
This implies that much of the money you receive, deal with, use to buy goods/services, etc., is only available on computers and hard drives. Just an estimated 8% of the currency is physical money globally. All the piles of black money come from inside this 8%. This is a reasonable estimation to which economists seem to agree, not an exact… Read more →
QR codes are a technology that desperately wants our attention. They appear everywhere from supermarket shelves and magazines to hiking trails and tombstones. QR (Quick Response) code is the trademark name for the two dimensional barcode system. It was originally invented in 1994 by Denso Wave, a Toyota subsidiary, as a way to track vehicles as they were assembled, and… Read more →
Ransomware is malware that locks your keyboard or computer to prevent you from accessing your data until you pay a ransom, usually demanded in Bitcoin. The digital extortion racket is not new, it’s been around since about 2005, but attackers have greatly improved on the scheme with the development of ransom cryptware, which encrypts your files using a private key… Read more →
Mobile phone has slowly become the main internet device that is owned by majority of individual. So the first and foremost role that mobile phones play in our lives is that they provide us an easy and fast way of communication. Go wherever you want, whenever you want; your mobile phone will stay you connected with all. It also as… Read more →
OPERATING SYSTEM An operating system is powerful, and a usually main program that controls and manages the hardware, resources manager, and other software on a computer (OUM, 2014). An operating system is a fundamental component of any computer system. Application programs need and operating system to function accordingly. Objectives of an operating system are: Execute user programs and make solving… Read more →
There are many of other examples of ICT that affect our personal life, education and our social lives; these can be in many forms. Our Wi-Fi powered gadget have changed the manner in which we work, play, and even bring up our kids. The present workplaces environment would be unrecognisable to workers of the past thanks the advancements ICT that’s… Read more →
INTRODUCTION If an organisation has a competitive advantage over its competitors, it will maintain their returns and will definitely surpass the average in its industry. This advantage is in result from the characteristics of a product that make it superior to competitive products (Multidisciplinary European Research Institute Graz, 2009). This competitive advantage can be applied in an Information Technology applications… Read more →
INTRODUCTION Generally multimedia is the combination of audio and visual representations that could include elements of texts, graphic arts, sound, animation, and video (OUM, 2014). However, now in the 21st century, multimedia is not only restricted in that form but digitally and is processed by a computer. Many multimedia applications are already being developed on World Wide Web for easy… Read more →
