Technology and its positives !

Advancements in technology have changed the world around. From social networks to the internet and then to our very own phones. Technology keeps changing day after day and nothing seems to be slowing it down. We’re in an era where technology has honestly taken over our lives. If you go to a party or any event what is the most common thing that people are doing? If you don’t have the answer, I’ll tell you. TAKE PICTURES! We are always snapping pictures everywhere we go. Where have you gone and have not seen a smart phone taking a picture or a digital camera on site. Let’s be real we all probably take a few pictures a week. So if everyone is taking pictures where are all these pictures ending up? Well the rate of printing pictures has dropped because of the use of social networks, so there you go. You are on the World Wide Web without you even knowing. Don’t complain about your privacy because you chose to be in that picture; not the website, but that is not for you to decide anymore. You could be tagged or not but Facial recognition software are so advanced now that you could be caught in a picture without you knowing. There are great reasons for using this software such as www.myheritage.com this website tracks down relatives and connects you to people that you may want to find out about. This website is one of the world’s first services to apply advanced face recognition technology. Another good reason for facial recognition software in the DMV or security services. The Oregon DMV or www.oregon.gov is trying to use this facial recognition program for actual privacy reasons. This way if a person needs a duplicate of their identification card the camera will recognize them and identity theft will be extremely hard to do. So there you go. Technology working for the best.

READ PRIVACY SETTINGS <3

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/news/cards_facialrec.shtml

http://www.myheritage.com/

Myspace me? Not today!

When I was in 9th grade myspace was the thing to have. I am 22 years old now and in college. Lostremote a social media website reports that myspace slashed 47% of its employees and is now considering selling myspace.com. I have not logged on to my myspace account for about 3 years now and I can’t say I miss it. Meanwhile, social networking has become the center of attention to everyday life. The main social networking site is Facebook and yes I know you are just as addicted as I am to this social networking site. Myspace is not the same as it used to be. In 2005 Myspace was on top and it was purchased for 580 million dollars but in today's world I wonder what it will sell for? Myspace is 100% differernt from what it used to be.  When you first go on to the main page of myspace what you get is a bunch of celebrities and music pages. Myspace changed throughout the years and its users have declined so much in the past years. What can myspace do to save itself from this self-destruction? Well it can definitely start by really figuring out who they want to target to. Is it high school, or college students, maybe even an older crowd? Right now it seems like they aren’t a social network, more like a music fan only network. According to a blog from Wordpress myspace is less than half the size of its younger rival, Facebook, and now officically in decline. They are saying that within the next five years who knows if myspace will even be around. Not only that but they saying that myspace “tried to hard” meaning that they updated the site over and over and nothing good came out of it. It’s true. When I was a myspace user things looked simple. The website today changed its logo and its looks a little funny. My________. Not very appealing. Sometimes traditional appeals to most people and most do not like change. This is also happening to Facebook but I speak in behalf of most Facebook users, please Facebook stop changing the site, and don’t make the same mistake as myspace. Forbes was definetly wrong when it said that the purchase of Myspace was "the purchase of the century.”

http://www.lostremote.com/2011/01/13/myspace-considers-sale-did-news-corp-stiffle-the-social-net/

http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/29/microsoft-myspace-newscorp-in_cc_0330soapbox_inl.html

http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/what-happened-to-myspace/