is called “Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing’ by Tamar Lewin. It was taken from the New York Times in November 2008. It talks about how teenagers are socializing online‚ which can be a good thing. The articles audience is mainly to the parents of teenagers‚ and their children‚ because its telling the parents not to be afraid if their children are ‘wasting time’ on the internet. The opinions expressed by the researchers in this article regarding Internet socializing‚ unlike what
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Why the internet is addictive and how we can overcome internet addiction? There are four main factors related to internet addiction. First of all‚ multimedia content found online makes a mental stimulation like to that created by television. A second reason‚ the internet is always there‚ 24 hours as of their time day‚ seven days a week and any time of the day or night. Moreover‚ it is easy to access and use. The final reason‚ the possibilities are almost boundless. The users can go anywhere online
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CGS1060 7/2/2012 Anonymity on Internet The Internet has is growing rapidly and is a very useful tool‚ but the Internet is also dangerous. Many people ranging from all ages use the Internet not only for surfing the web but also for email‚ buying items off eBay or other online stores. Now for the topic that I will be discussing is chat rooms‚ and not just chat
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Internet Risks and Our Response 1)Introduction As our society becomes more urban‚ and life becomes hectic and busy for both parents and youth‚ the youths face more issues of modernity than before. Alienation‚ loneliness‚ depression become more prevalent. Many youths also have access to the internet. With the ready availability of broadband‚ and generally an improvement in the telecommunications industry‚ especially in the urban areas (partly due to the government’s push to attract investments
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Cash Connection Case Analysis Abstract Recent years and hard economic times have led to a boom in payday advance lending services. These services are a great option for quick cash for a few people. However‚ in general these companies pray on those who cannot afford their high interest rates. Cash Connection The current United States economy is and has been in a slump for several years now. This added financial pressure continues to take its toll on Americans who live pay check to pay
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What would happen if the Internet completely disappeared? We seldom feel how much internet has affected our lives as it has become almost a daily routine to use it. Imagine if your connection at home has been down for a few days. It would be a bit difficult to manage. Life without the Internet is an everyday scenario for most of the world. To me‚ life without the Internet is fine and of course‚ livable‚ but not much informative. Information are everywhere around us. The developed whole world
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People can get lots of things done through the Internet‚ chatting with friends through MSN‚ shopping on Amarzon.com‚ settling the credit card bill‚ making new friends through the Facebook‚ reading newspaper on appledaily.com‚ etc. Besides‚ when we want to search for information‚ we can simply “Google” it‚ and we get what we want. It is no doubt that the Internet has greatly sped up the flow of information. In Hong Kong‚ the popularization of the Internet leads to the formation of different forums‚
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Today’s corporate world faces challenges of globalization and the Internet. Globalization is “the integrated internationalization of markets and corporations” (Wheelen & Hunger‚ 2010‚ p. 8). Wheelen and Hunger (2010) describe Thomas Friedman’s belief that because of globalization‚ “jobs‚ knowledge‚ and capital are now able to move across borders with far greater speed and far less friction than was possible only a few years ago” (p. 8). Some examples of globalization’s impact on the corporate world
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The French Connection‚ written by Christopher Dickey‚ published on Newsweek‚ May 28‚ 2012‚ is about the importance of the French mathematicians in the financial world‚ how they are made and trained‚ how they work‚ and how they’re judged every time there’s a recession or loss in a company they’re working with. In financial world‚ they are known as the quantitative analysts‚ or simply‚ quants. They are responsible in creating mathematical models for financial products that the “structure guys”—as called
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com/locate/fgcs Internet of Things (IoT): A vision‚ architectural elements‚ and future directions Jayavardhana Gubbi a ‚ Rajkumar Buyya b‚∗ ‚ Slaven Marusic a ‚ Marimuthu Palaniswami a a Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Vic - 3010‚ Australia b Department of Computing and Information Systems‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Vic - 3010‚ Australia highlights • • • • Presents vision and motivations for Internet of Things (IoT). Application
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