Tuesday, October 15, 2013

     The internet has not always had all the information one would want at their fingertips.  When the internet first started to become popular it was mostly used by the military.  The Department of Defense needed to be able to exchange information between multiple people.  Two years later, the precursor of the internet, ARPAnet was born.  This connected four colleges together.  This way, the colleges could work together and collaborate on their work much faster than sending letters back and forth.  In 1972, a breakthrough happened: the first email was sent.  This sent the internet into an uproar making it much more popular.
     The internet, as we know it today, is one of the most important things one needs to go about their daily routine.  If you need to know a random fact, Google it on your smart phone.  If you need to email someone, pull out your tablet and send someone an email in a matter of seconds.  The internet now has all information about anything and everything.  The internet has gone from communicating from four colleges to the whole entire world.  Sites like Facebook or Twitter now let us communicate with anyone who has access to the internet.  The internet may seem like it has reached its capacity of information but I believe that we have much more information to share on the internet.
     We all know the internet will grow.  Nobody knows how the internet will look and work like in ten years but we all have an idea.  Some think that all computers will be shrunken down to a small tablet with unlimited collaboration data, after all, collaboration is what started the internet in the first place.  More and more companies will join the internet, increasing competition.  Networking sites will become bigger, with more information.  More and more information come into the internet everyday, and with all this information, the internet could go in any direction in the future.  I can't wait to see what the internet will look and function like in a couple of years.

http://business.time.com/2013/03/20/google-fiber-expanding-superfast-internet-service-to-olathe-kansas/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/27/3696652/european-parliament-opposes-itu-internet-regulations
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2013/08/21/diplomatic-zuckerberg-speaks-about-expanding-internet-access/