3. Voice Communication
• Cell phones
• Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
• Advantages:
– Increased efficiency
– Wider choice of service providers
– Useful in emergencies
– VOIP is generally free
• Disadvantages:
– Cell phone can distract attention
– VOIP is not fully regulated hence quality may be poor
4. Blogs and Wikis
• A blog is an informal website consisting of
time-stamped articles or posts.
• A Wiki is a collaborative website that
allows users to create, add to or modify
the website content via their web browser
5. Social and professional Networking
• Social networking sites like facebook,
myspace, orkut, bebo etc
• Chat rooms are now losing popularity and
are now mostly used for targeted
discussions.
• Online learning, consumer networking are
also tools of communication
6. Multimedia content sharing
• Rapid growth in use of digital cameras has
led to multimedia sharing by home users
– Youtube
– Flickr
• Sharing of useful documents,
spreadsheets, presentations etc
7. Multimedia content sharing
• Rapid growth in use of digital cameras has
led to multimedia sharing by home users
– Youtube
– Flickr
• Sharing of useful documents,
spreadsheets, presentations etc
