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viernes, 27 de diciembre de 2013

Who are QR Codes?

QR Codes are the trademark for a type of matrix barcode first designed for the automotive industry in Japan.
The QR code has became popular outside automotive industry due to its fast readability and greater storage capacity compared to standard UPC barcodes.

Storage: the amount of data that can be stored in the QR code symbol depends on the datatype and on the error conection level. The maximum storage capacities occur for 40-L symbols.
Here are some examples of QR code:

                                   
                                   


Uses: originally designed for industrial uses, QR codes have become common in consumer advertising. Typically, a smartphone is used as a QR-code scanner, displaying the code and converting it to some useful form.

Who is phubbing?

Phubbing is a term that appeared in 2007 next to the intelligents mobile phones that refers that the use of itself with others person. The term apperared in the United States with the mix of the words phone and snnubing.

Causes: actually is common to see little children with a mobile phone, and by the abscense of any type of education about this item,  there is no way to erradicate this problem.


Stop Phubbing Campaign: it is part of an elaborated public relations effort designed to promote the Macquerie Dictionary of Australia. In the media, the website was originally credited to an Australian college student called Alex Haigh, who had been interning at MacCann an was subsequently hired.

This are photos of examples of phubbing:


jueves, 26 de diciembre de 2013

Who is a selfie?

A sefie is a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand held  digital camera or camera phone, and it´s usually in a slightly tilted manner. Selfies are often asociated with social networking.

Its history: Robert Cornelius, an american pioneer in photography, produced a daguerreotype of himself in 1839 which is also one of the first photograph of a person. As the process was slow he had to cover the lens, run into shot for a minute or more than it, and then replace the lens cap. He recorded on the back " The first light Picture ever taken.

Its popularity: the term "selfie" was discussed by the photographer Jim Krause in 2005, although photos on the elfie genre predate the widespread use of the term. In the early 2000´, before Facebook became the dominant online social network, self-taken photographes were particullary common in MySpace.

Its sociability: the appeal of selfies come from how easy they are to create and share, and the control they give self-photographers over they how they present themselves. Many selfies are intended to present a flattering image of the person, especially to friend whom the photographer expects to be supportive.

This is the first selfish ever taken.

    

viernes, 20 de diciembre de 2013

CPU: PORTS, BIOS AND CHIPSET

This is the third job, we do it in groups and I have to do ports, BIOS and chipset into the CPU
Ports: a USB port is a standard cable connection interface on personal computers and consumer electronics.
USB port allow stand-alone electronic devices to be connected via cables to a compute sleep-and-charge USB ports can be used to charge electronic devicen even when the computer is swittched off.

BIOS: The Basic Input Output System(BIOS) , is software stored on a small memory chip on the motherboard.
BIOS is sometimes

Chipset: a chipset is a set of electronic
A chipset is a set of electronic components in an integrates circuit that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals. It is usually found in the motherboard of a computer.
Chipsets are usually designed to work with a specific family of microprocessors.




TIMELINE ABOUT COMPUTERS

This second work is about the timeline about computers.
I´m going to explain you some of the inventions of the computers:

In 1642, Blas Pascal invented the Pascaline.


In 1883, Charles Babbage devised the analytical machine.


In 1941, Conrak Suze invented the electromagnetic programmable computer


In 1944, the first electromagnetic computer was created by Howar Eiken.


In 1974, Microsoft 1 was created by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.


In 1976, Apple 1 was invented by Woznak and Jobs.


In 2000, Sony release the PlayStation2.



2009: Microsoft launches Windows 7 .


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

This is my first work, it´s about IT
Tic´s are the specifics terms that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.

Some of their advantages are that it causes interest, motivation, interaction, development of the initiative...
Some of their disanvantages are that it causes distractions, dispersion and it is loss of time.

Tic´s offer some tools to have civil competitions: informed citizens, skills of investigation and communications and responsables skills for participations and actions.

It have some irresponsable actions, like comercial, sexuals, embarrasings and ethics situations.