Activity 1: ICT - Now and Then

There are three differences of ICT NOW and THEN

NOW:

1.  Dial-up internet has been phased out and the minimum accepted transmission speed in b.  developed countries is 1 Mbps.  Internet has evolved and considerable volumes of data is being published outline. 

2. Social Media encompasses a broad range of features and capabilities including blogs, microblogging (twitter), social networks (Facebook), podcasts and photographs/images and video sharing platforms (Youtube, Flickr)

3. Almost 35% of the world population or more are using the internet. 

THEN:

1. The internet existed during the 80's were not necessarily built for speed-using dial-up Internet connecting speeds at 14.4 or 28.8 Kbps or lesser. Any data transmitted would have been relatively small and take a considerable amount of time to be successfully transmitted. 

2. Social media did not exist in 1970-80's. However, there were user networks, bulletin board systems, chat rooms, Internet Relay Chat and Instant Messaging

3. Internet initially existed as a relative