Society Moves Online

I would have to say that I really enjoy how our society today has morphed completely online.  There are many things that individuals are doing online that haven’t been done before. Some of the IT & E-Commerce Forecasts that I speak of are the following:

1)      Wireless

2)     Biometrics

3)     Web 2.0

4)     Entertainment-on-Demand

5)     Global Access

6)     Artificial Intelligence

7)     Virtual Reality

8)    Optical Computers

9)     Quantum Computers

10) Thought Power

These elements are just a fraction of what we can actually do online. Many diabetics can track their blood sugar online via using mobile application markets that they have downloaded on their smart phones.  Thousands of college students at one time or another have taken online classes and benefited from joining the group of college graduates.  Therefore, there are many telecommuters that work from their home office and log in “virtually” to get the job done, that they were hired to do.  Moreover, there has also been a surge in the mobile/ online banking market.  This is something that users are able to do, especially if they are too busy to deposit checks or manage their accounts by physically going to the bank.   In addition, IT/E-Commerce has proven to be very beneficial and useful to thousands across the globe.  Technology promise has given us the results of how our society’s internet usage will increase 30% during the next decade.  It also gives us the idea of how information technology changes everything. (Halal, 2008 pgs. 43-59).

Reference Cited:

Halal, W. (2008). Technology’s Promise: Expert Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Inc.