What comes in your mind hearing the word trends?

Well, trend means a direction in which something is changing or developing. In real life,
trend or developing is always present, from childhood upto adolescence, there is always
change and development, psychologically,physically or even emotionally. In the world of
ICT, there is what we call trend. Meaning to say, as time goes by, new inventions are
appearing especially in communication technology. Let,s have our smarth phones as
example. Before, phones are only intended for texting and calling but now, we can
install different applications in our smart phones. Now smart phones are actually a look
like of computers. That’s how ICT evolve. But as we go along this topic, we will
encounter and know many developments in ICT.
TRENDS IN ICT
As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry has focused on several
innovations. These innovations cater to the needs of the people that benefit most out of
ICT. Whether it is for business or personal use, these trends are the current front
runners in
the innovation of ICT.
1.
Convergence
Technological Convergence
is the synergy of technological
advancements. Or the cooperation and interaction of two technological advancements.
to work on a similar goal or task. For example, besides using your
personal computer to create word documents, you can now use your
smartphone. It can also use cloud technologies to sync or reconcile files from one
device to
another while using LTE technology which means you can access your files
anytime, anywhere. Convergence is using several technologies to accomplish a
task conveniently. As what I’ve said kanina, smart phones are nowadays are look like of
computers, we can now make documents through our phones. We can download pdf
files like our learners material and curriculum guide in our phones diba? That’s
technological convergence in ICT.
2.
Social Media
Social Media
is a website, application, or online channel that enables
web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated
content. According to Nielsen, a global information and measurement
company, Internet users spend more time in social media sites that any other
type of site. With this, more and more advertisers use social media to promote
their product. This is very common to us, especially to the generation of the new
millennium. We just spend money for load, and spend time for this. Social media is a
platform for us just to communicate with our friends online. We post, status’ pictures
publicly just for people to know what are the happenings in our daily lives. But some’
social media becomes their ground in influencing, and advertising some services and
product. Social media for others are place for voice outing, but some they use social
media just to see and hear gossips. Charoot. Why is social media considered to be part
of the evolution of ICT? Its because it ease the flow of communication. Now, we can see
and chat live or video call in messenger which a social media app. But before, there is
only calling which we can only hear the voice and talking to someone in the phone.
Indeed social media is one of the product of ICT evolution.
There are six types of social media:
a.
Social Networks
– these are sites that allow you to connect with other people
with the same interests or background. Once user creates his or her account,
he or she can set up a profile, add people, create groups, and share
content.
Examples: Facebook and Google+
b.
Bookmarking Sites
– these are sites that allow you to store and manage links
to various websites and resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a
tag that allows you and others to easily search or share them.
Examples: StumbleUpon and Pinterest
c.
Social News
– these are sites that allow users to post their own news items or
links to other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and
comments may also be ranked. They are also capable of voting on these
news articles of the website. Those who get the most amount of votes are
shown prominently.
Examples: Reddit and Digg
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d.

Media Sharing
– these are sites that allow you to upload and share media
content like images, music, and video. Most of these sites have additional
social features like liking, commenting, and having user profiles.
Examples: Flickr, Youtube, and Instagram
e.
Microblogging
– these are sites that focus on short updates from the user.
Those subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates.
Examples: Twitter and Plurk
f.
Blogs and Forums
– these websites allow users to post their content. Other
users are able to comment on the said topic. There are several free blogging
platforms like Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr. On the other hand, forums are
typically part of a certain website or web service.
3.
Mobile Technologies
The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the
years. This is largely because of the device’ capability to do tasks that were
originally found in personal computers. Several of these devices are capable of
using high-speed internet. Today, the latest mobile devices use 4G Networking
(LTE), which is currently the fastest mobile network. Also, mobile devices use
different operating systems:
a.
iOS
– used in apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
b.
Android
– an open source operating system developed by Google. Being open
source means several mobile companies use this OS for free.
c.
Blackberry OS
– used in Blackberry devices.
d.
Windows Phone OS
– a closed source and proprietary operating system
developed by Microsoft
®
.
e.
Symbian
– the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices.
f.
WebOS
– originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TVs.
g.
Windows Mobile
– developed by Microsoft
®
for smartphones and pocket PCs.
4.
Assistive Media
Assistive Media
is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have
visual and reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read
to the user. You may visit this
link
for several of their audio recording