Online services 1.1

 

There are five different services in which I will be studying these are:

  • Communications
  • Commerce
  • Entertainment
  • Download services
  • Real time information

Communications

Communications is a way in which people can talk or have a conversation with another person using the internet. Using communications saves you many so that you don’t have to spend money buying credit on a phone. It is a very easy and free way to interact with people all over the world. I will be going into detail for two methods in which you can communicate with other people through the internet. These will be Windows live Messenger and Newsgroups.

Instant messaging

Instant messaging is a program in which you download from the internet this allows anybody who has internet do download the program for free. Instant messaging

 Is a program which allows you to talk to people all around the world instantly which means they have to be online for you both to talk to each other free of charge and when you write a message they can read it in like a second after you sent it. Also you can meet friend on msn as many people use this method of talking. Also if you have a webcam you can also let the person who you are talking to have visual contact with you through the webcam. In addition instant messaging allows to sent files to the other people and you can receive files. E.g. you can send a song or a word file.

Advantages of using Instant messaging

  • It is absolutely free so you don’t pay to download it or you don’t pay to use it.
  • You can chat with friend and family all over the world and you can even make new friends.
  • It is very simple to use so a huge percentage of people would find it easy to use.
  • You can send many different kinds of files using instant messaging
  • When you write a comment people receive very fast no matter where they are

       Disadvantages of using instant messaging

  • You can’t always chat to a person because they might be offline so that means you have to wait till they come back online.
  • Also people who you don’t know might have your contact and might want to talk to you.
  • People can send you files that have viruses

Finally I think that instant messaging is a very useful because it is cheap and it saves money and it can be used at any time. I use it myself so I use it to talk to friend who live far away from me. Furthermore I find it useful because it allows me to send my friend the latest songs.

The only reason that put me off Msn is that I can’t always talk to my friend because they might not have internet which means they can’t use It or they might not internet. Also they might not be online which means you have to wait for them to come online, would recommend people o use instant messaging.

Email

Email is not a program which is downloaded but it is used when you are on the internet. Email is used to send messages to other people all around the world, also email is free all you have to do is just sign up and make an email address. To send people messages you have to have their email address. Also you can attach files which allow you to send photos, music, work, etc. This is very useful as you don’t have to meet up with the person you can just simply send them the work.

Advantages of using email

  • Managing email is very easy and simple and often the email company you are using like hotmail often teaches you how to use email.
  • Email is very fast so as soon as you send it the other person receives it this is an advantage for sending important messages.
  • Email is free unlike using a phone, or using a fax machine.
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Disadvantages of using email

  • People can send viruses to your email address and when you open the file your computer get infected with a virus.
  • Also you can’t really get into detail using email as when you are on the phone you can go into detail in a conversation

Commerce

Online shopping

Online shopping is when you buy products using the internet. In the modern society many people buy things online as they find it easier and less depressing, as going out wasting time looking for things to buy. To buy products ...

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