Online Services

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• use: talking to friends on skype or video conferencing to clients across he world or usin social networking to chat and exchange info Benefits: instant response, no cots, saves time and travel, sociallising  

1. email messaging
2. news groups
3. social networks
4. video conferencing
5. vlogs,blogs

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• uses: checking sports updates or airport times

1. Timetables
2. times
3. sports updates
4. Weather reports
5. Beneifts: provides up-to date information when for e.g. pickin people up from airport

1. Uses: selling something through a service such as ebay or amazon
2. Banking
3. auctions
4. online sales
5. purchases and publishing
6. Benefits: allows users to cary out transactions seamlessly (without the need of using physical money) and globally

1. Tax returns
2. E-voting
3. applications for grant and benefits
4. Benefits: Saves time and is more convinient, saves you a visit to the post office and means that you can spend your time filling in forms and correcting any mistakes
5. Example uses: applyin for your first provisional driving license

1. Online learning
2. Online training
3. Manufactures
4. Online tutorials
5. Benefits: Allows you to do the training from the comfort of your own home and at your own pace
6. Example uses: Using the microsoft

1. VLE'S such as Moodle
2. Example uses: Your school or collegemay use a VLEor you to access lecture notes and assignments, and for you to submit assignment work
3. Benefits: cost effective for the school/college and allows the school/college to trackthe submissions of learners work

1. Business networks
2. collabrative working
3. video conferencing
4. Example uses: using a price comparison website is anexample where you touchon business usage
5. Benefits: allows you to get best prices on purchases

1. Multi-user games
2. radio
3. Tv players
4. video streaming
5. Example uses: Playing a game with other people around the world
6. Benefits: Enhances the gaming experinece by allowing you to play againstpeople you may not know

1. Music
2. films
3. new software
4. software upgrades
5. games
6. Examples uses: downloading music from a service such as itunes or amazon.
7. Benefits: makes purchasing moe easier and more affordable