I thought this group's presentation was interesting because they talked about Google, iPhones and drones. All of these things are relatively new and change the way we communicate.
Google was founded at Stanford University, which isn't necessarily surprising. It was created by two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin who actually met when Page was touring Stanford for grad school. It is interesting to think about the moment they met because they had no idea what would become of the idea of a search engine. 70% of people in the world use Google via YouTube, Gmail, Google Chrome, etc. I expected this number to be a little bit higher but taking into consideration the people who didn't grow up around this social media, that number makes sense.
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The first iPhone was brought around in 2004. This was Steve Jobs's "Project Purple". In 2007, the first iPhone was released. The first weekend of sales, over 270,000 copies were sold. IPhones changed the way we communicate and browse. It is crazy to think that the idea of not having iPhones today stresses a lot of people out. We can't imagine life without it. This is a major setback of Iphones. They cause dependency on technology for memory, communication, etc. Sometimes people even lose social communication skills because they are so dependent on their phone to communicate.
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Drones are a newer technology. They are used for military, cinematography, firefighting and journalism purposes. The group said that drones are used for "communication purposes" which I thought was interesting but also true. Drones allow reporters to get more of a "bird's eye view" for bigger, more dangerous scenes. However, it does cause hazard to civilians' property, and has the potential to be hacked and used for malicious purposes.
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