Nt1330 Unit 3 Assignment 1
THE SOCIAL WEB
LIAM SANDERS
INF 103 COMPUTER LITERACY
JOHN SHIPLEY
AUGUST 10, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. THE SOCIAL WEB: WHAT IS IT?
2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF OUR POPULAR SOCIAL SITES
3. WHAT ARE THE SITES USED FOR?
4. REGISTERED USERS
5. CONCLUSION
6. REFERENCES
The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. It enables people to connect with old friends, family, and classmate. Social networking 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. I am going to take a look at a few of the many different social sites that I have used and when they began.
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 …show more content…
This is a money transfer Web site founded in 1998 for what is known as C2C (consumer-to-consumer) transactions. It enables anyone with an email address to send money safely and securely to anyone else in the world who has an email address. These transactions might be as simple as paying a neighbor’s kid to rake your leaves, or it might be something more substantial, such as collecting payment from the buyer when you sell your car. PayPal can just as easily be used for transferring money for services or goods. To use this service, simply open a PayPal account and then transfer money into it through a bank wire or a credit card transaction. Now you are ready to give the money to anyone with a PayPal account. Essentially this payment method allows anyone with an email address to accept credit card payments (Friedman, 2007, p. 86). PayPal is also important because it enabled the rise of another e-commerce giant known as
LIAM SANDERS
INF 103 COMPUTER LITERACY
JOHN SHIPLEY
AUGUST 10, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. THE SOCIAL WEB: WHAT IS IT?
2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF OUR POPULAR SOCIAL SITES
3. WHAT ARE THE SITES USED FOR?
4. REGISTERED USERS
5. CONCLUSION
6. REFERENCES
The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. It enables people to connect with old friends, family, and classmate. Social networking 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. I am going to take a look at a few of the many different social sites that I have used and when they began.
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 …show more content…
This is a money transfer Web site founded in 1998 for what is known as C2C (consumer-to-consumer) transactions. It enables anyone with an email address to send money safely and securely to anyone else in the world who has an email address. These transactions might be as simple as paying a neighbor’s kid to rake your leaves, or it might be something more substantial, such as collecting payment from the buyer when you sell your car. PayPal can just as easily be used for transferring money for services or goods. To use this service, simply open a PayPal account and then transfer money into it through a bank wire or a credit card transaction. Now you are ready to give the money to anyone with a PayPal account. Essentially this payment method allows anyone with an email address to accept credit card payments (Friedman, 2007, p. 86). PayPal is also important because it enabled the rise of another e-commerce giant known as