Sharon Dhinakaran

Nowadays, every smart phone comes with a wide variety of social networking apps. Some of the most common apps as mentioned in earlier posts are Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Viber and so many more. These social networking sites are now changing the world.  One of the main reasons for thier expansion are that they are easy available. For example, if you have a windows phone, accessing facebook is so easy as it can be placed on the home screen. Here's a link to their FAQ. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp7/people/facebook-on-my-phone-faq People become so lazy that they don't have to press multiple buttons to access this app. It's right there and makes it so fast for the people to connect. The easy availability of these apps make phone calls seem like more work.  Social networking on your phone has also grown to community building. I discovered this app. It's called motribe.  http://motribe.com/ You can connect with people in your community. Sa...

Now that the internet has taken over the world, social media has become an important part of communication. Applications such as facebook and twitter have boomed in the communication field. Other apps that dominate the communication world are flipboard, whatsapp, viber, pinterest and so on. Each app has its own purpose. Even though they are different from each other, all of them require the internet and are free. Although whatsapp requires a fee for new users, it is one of the major free texting service available in the app store. Flipboard, stumble upon are apps that give latest news in one page whether it is the news, technology, twitter, facebook, photography, youtube or anything else. In short, the app gives all the updates in one page. Whatsapp as mentioned earlier is a free texting service. Anyone can text anyone in the world. All they need is the internet, contact info and they can chat away. After the creation of whatsapp, sms has practically died. People used to spend money o...

For all you technology challenged  people out there. I found a website that had info on different computer networks and it is applicable to real life. http://www.wisebread.com/networking-basics-for-regular-people If you know how things run but are not familiar with the technical aspect of it, this website will give you the basic knowledge you need to have. It gives the important concepts and techniques to computer networking and answers all the frequently asked questions. It has info about routers, connecting teo computers, firewall, server, protocol and so on. Yea.. You have heard of these words but never known what they mean. Well, here is the easy way to know what they are.

"Competition for jobs is fierce but networking is one way of differentiating yourself as a stellar candidate. Recently, I read the e-book, "Stop Job Searching, Start Networking" from Job Bound , a career-services company. According to Job Bound, 66% of all jobs are won through networking, so much of your job-search time should be concentrated on spreading the word about your credentials, in addition to applying for open positions found through publicly available listings (a target company's website, online job boards, craigslist, etc.)." http://www.wisebread.com/networking-basics-for-regular-people Do you think you don't have enough contacts? This website has some helpful hints on how to connect with people and present yourself to the world. There is a way to saying that your out of a job and that your looking for one. In order to get a good job and be hired in style, there are a certain ways to present yourself. Present yourself to others, specially to the...

Another kind of networking that has taken over the world is social networking. It has changed face to face communication. Social networking has both pros and cons. One of the advantages would be that social networking helps spread news faster. A disadvantage might be that unwanted and personal information gets published to the world. What is social networking? "A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service, though in a broa...

There are different kinds of networks. It can be related to computer science, social media or even communication with people can be called networking. One kind of networking I read about today is Network backup. "A home network backup system maintains copies of your personal electronic data files in case of computer failures, theft or disasters. You can manage your own home network backups or choose to use an online service. Considering the impact of possibly losing irreplaceable family photos and documents, the time and money you spend on network backups is almost certainly a worthwhile investment." http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/a/networkbackup.htm This website has information about how to have a backup for your computer system incase of a crash or something. I am really not a techy person but this website had some useful info. It was easy to understand and at the same time had valuable information.