Week 13 The Internet Things

What is The Internet Things?

Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpbbrpgwu2I

This video gives an idea of what is the Internet Things about.

From what I understand from the video, The Internet Things means objects is connected via the Internet. For example, one day your house table is talking to my house's table. This might happen one day in the future. 

The video gives figure shown in 2010, shown there are 5 million of objects are connected, and in 2020, there are 50 millions of objects are connected. That's object not human being!

A decade ago, I remember my uncle brought a new house, and one day his and his family went to a trip, no one was stay in the house for that week. The first day of his trip,  his neighbor was about to call the police, because he thought someone is in the house and the TV is on. My uncle had installed system to control his house electronic and electric via his phone, which better known as Smart House. Luckily the neighbor called my uncle first before he report to the police. 

The Internet things is just something like this but it is connected another way round. Smart House in ten year back is still passive. Like what we can observe in our surrounding- Everything need to be interactive able!

Iphone 4s

    

Iphone 4s is just the beginning of the Internet things!

In my opinion, I happy the new technology, but I prefer alone sometime. Objects definitively don't know how human think, or even they can sense it, but they do not know it some how. If one day I want to be alone but I was surrounded but these objects, and they are observing...   it's kinda irritating.... 

     

Week 12 Google Android versus I

Google, the big brother of Search Engine and also my very "good friend" when I am doing my assignment now.  The reading for this week 12 is the story related to Google and Android, from here I realize Android is from Google. I though Android was just launch this two year. However, it already exists since 2005. Anyway I am not to repeat the same things as what the articles said. But I would like to talk about my personal experience.

VERSUS

Android Operating System and iphone Operating System

I begin to use this operating system recently and I do experience to used Iphone Operating System (iOS). 

My mobile phone model is Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson, which is using Android OS. As compare to iOS, I prefer iOS, because Android is suck. The article had mention point related to Android Operating System might be influence by the mobile devices itself. Like what my case. Maybe is not because of the OS, but the phone, user like me might have the perception of Android OS is not good. 

My phone always lag. My friends is using Android OS and they never face this issue. If I am not taking this subject and I wouldn't know my phone is lagging not because of the OS but the model itself.

Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrngoZYyNlw

Something need to pay must be in good quality

Compare Android Apps and IPhone apps, I prefer Iphone apps. Most of the Android apps is free and most of Iphone apps need to pay, unless you jail break your iphone. I think is always better and more chooses than Android apps. There are Android apps but most of the are useless. Or I would said is RUBBISH!

Last, I was happy that Android is from Google. For now, Android to me is not good as iOS, but not for future, I believe under Google, Android will be better than iOS in the future. Google gives confident. 

Week 12 reading:

Roth, D. (2008) 'Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web'. Wired, June 23. [URL: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-07/ff_android]

  

Facebook and Twitter is for everyone

Now, social networking website is not only for friendship or keep in touch with others. Politician like Obama use Twitter, Najib had his account in Facebook, it is not a new topic anymore. In Arab, Facebook and Twitter had become the medium for Cyber-Utopian. According to Morozov, Facebook and Twitter became the tools for freedom of expression and resentful towards the government, and this happens not only in Arab, but also Dubai and Egypt. 

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"Never ever say anything happens in virtual world  would not be impact to the the reality."

This statement could be very  adamancy  support by everyone. However, after this incident this statement is  overthrow and is not  support anymore. As evident in Arab, everything happen in virtual world, they bring to the real world and they are successfully achieved what they are want. 

Internet is DemocracyThis three word always appear in current world. How Democracy is Internet? Let's talk about something is relevant to current society of my country.

Image URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html

The fourth Prime Ministry of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad urged the citizens to take part in Cyber when he is reign. Today, as we can see the Internet development is rise up luxuriantly, especially social networking site. From Friendster for past and now for Facebook and Twitter, it is slowly becoming the daily essential of Malaysia's citizen. 

Image URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/25/focus/21335477&sec=focus

In the eyes of outsider, Malaysia is a democracy country. However, the development of Internet had expose a numbers of politic scandal. Malaysian political was forever stick with ethic group, no one was dare to talk about it openly. The citizen not dare to voice out, although they know, they had been treated in unfair condition.  Especially those who are living in rural area without proper education,  some of them don't even know who is Najib. 

Image URL: http://www.twittnot.com/word-google-facebook-founder.html

The Internet is democracy. Thanks to the Tun Dr Mahathir brought in the Internet. Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg develop Facebook. Facebook became the tools that people use to communicate everyday. Facebook is for everyone, not only Generation X & Y, also Baby Boomer are now active in Facebook. To spread a news in Facebook is effective and reachable. Facebook is not only for Urban, also Rural! Don't forget, those who are did not have  chance to be educated, they are more concern about their next generation to get proper education. And, they are easily get the news from their daughters and sons. This must thanks to the development of education, which apply multimedia or known as media convergence.

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