World Wide Web

With the innovations of the World Wide Web, there are a number of upgrades to the Internet, but not in the way that they have it with the Internet in the show 'Futurama', even though we may be able to do that in the future. One of the many things that the World Wide Web is being augmented is the use of cloud-based email. In the article 'The Windy City Teams with Microsoft on Cloud Strategy', Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (or I think that's how it's spelled) has announced to allow 30,000 employees to work with the new Microsoft Office 365. This way, employees would be able to use a cloud-based system to enhance many features like collaboration and security.

The Cloud, or 'cloud computing' is a system in which different softwares and hardwares are delivered to different computers via the Internet. The term got it's name because the system was abstractly drawn to represent a cloud with the applications that are transferred through the Internet are contained inside this 'imaginary cloud'. Within a cloud, a number of features, including documents, videos, games, music, etc. are shared by other computers instantly as long as the computers are connected within the cloud.

Networks and Communications

In today's technology, there are advantages and disadvantages with the network and electrical communication. Let me focus on how email has these advantages/disadvantages. The advantage of having email is that it allows you to send messages to people in seconds, and you will be able to contact friends that are in another part of the world, of which it would take too long to send a letter. The disadvantage is that email accounts can leave your content open for other people to see, which may include private information, like address, phone #, zip code, etc. In an article called "New Wave of Phishing Scams Uses Facebook Info for Personalized Spam", they talk about how people are sending you random links that might cause your computer to catch a virus. The highest recommended advice I would give to prevent this. First of all, if the person who sent you the email with the link is either someone you don't know or if the link sound suspicious, do not (under any circumstances) open up the link. If you do, immediately open up a virus scanner and scan the computer to see if it caught a virus.