An influential way that computers and the Internet promote happiness is through the ability to provide rapid worldwide information. One way people use the Internet is to get the daily news. Newspapers and magazines have suffered recently as more people use the Internet because it is much faster. Also, in sports, people use online websites to keep track of their team’s rankings.
Similarly, the Internet provides a vast amount of information; as much as a library. But it is habitually used more now because it is so easy. For example, research can be done through the Internet immediately without going to a library and if the website is a reliable source, the research can also be approved on its accuracy. No wonder most people consider using this advanced technology because of its ability to meet their needs quickly.
Almost as important, tourists gather information through the Internet’s ability of providing detailed worldwide geography of countries. For instance, before computers and the Internet were prevalent, people essentially had to travel to their vacation to see the actual environment of the place. But now with the Internet’s help, photographs of country’s sites are available online for people to see. Using computers and the
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