New+Technologies+Mariafernanda

=__New Technologies Exercises__ =

__1.1 What were two unexpected uses of social-networking sites?__

Facebook and Myspace are examples of the development of these sites. Unexpected uses of these social-networking sites are for example:
 * the creation and organization of events in these spaces or
 * the accurate and unbiased news reports that attract more readers than the local newspapers.

__1.2 What are two ways free services on the Web are paid for?__


 * By the companies which seek, through a popular web page, to advertise their company and
 * By selling better versions of some free service to the public. Example a better online enciclopedia.

__1.3 Describe two applications of speech recognition__


 * The learning of a foreign language
 * Air traffic control

__1.4 List two applications mentioned in this chapter that help ordinary people do things for which we used to rely on experts.__


 * Medication, we are now more aware of the disease we may have just by searching on the web and consulting which disease matches our syntoms.
 * Moreover, the matching of fingerprints on a crime scene. An expert is no longer needed, for a machine with a well taught person behind can obtain the exact ID of the person´s fingerprint.

__1.5 List four kinds of software that helped expand use of the web__


 * Social Networking
 * Increase communication via e-mail
 * Online stores
 * Attachments
 * Easy to use softwares which make the web a more accessible tool for everyone.