Technology

Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, etc. or it can be embedded in machines, computers, devices and factories, which can be operated by individuals without detailed knowledge of the workings of such things.

The human species' use of technology began with the c

onversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistoric discovery of how to control fire and the later Neolithic Revolution increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans to travel in and control their environment. Developments in historic times, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. The steady progress of military technologyhas brought weapons of ever-increasing destructive power, from clubs to nuclear weapons.

Technology has many effects. It has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of Earth'senvironment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of humanproductivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.

Philosophical debates have arisen over the use of technology, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism,anarcho-primitivism, and similar reactionary movements criticise the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, arguing that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such astranshumanism and techno-progressivismview continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition.

Until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but 21st century scientific studies indicate that other primatesand certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and passed their knowledge to other generations.

Computers

Sixty-five years ago,scientists called the frist computer 'Baby'.But it was huge.It needed a whole room to itself!A team of people worote three Maths problems and then waited 52 minutes for Baby to find the answer to just one of them.At the time,this was amazing.
Computers are now both much smaller,don't forget your smartphone is a mini comp

uter,and also more pawerful.Ther is more power in a smartpohne than  in all the computers on Apollo 11,the frist spacecraft on the moon!What's more,with new touchscreen technology,soon we won't need extra things like a keyboard or a mouse.So,how will computers change in the futures?A computer's 'brain' is in its chip and in the future  scientists will be  able to save  much more information on this.So,computers will be smaller  and even more powerful and they may even think like humans .In the future,we may not need to  tell computers what to do bascause they might decide for themselves.
FACT!Need a new hip,knee or face?Doctors can now use 3D printers to make some parts of the body.

Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba, English(commonly referred to as Toshiba, stylized asTOSHIBA) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, consumer electronics, household appliances, medical equipment, office equipment, lighting and logistics.

Toshiba was founded in 1938 as Tokyo Shibaura Electric K.K. through the merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho (founded in 1875) and Tokyo Denki (founded in 1890). The company name was officially changed to Toshiba Corporation in 1978. Toshiba made a large number of corporate acquisitions during its history, including of Semp in 1977, of Westinghouse Electric LLC, a nuclear energy company in 2006,of Landis+Gyr in 2011, and of IBM's point-of-sale business in 2012.

Toshiba is organised into four business groupings: the Digital Products Group, the Electronic Devices Group, the Home Appliances Group and the Social Infrastructure Group. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX indices, theOsaka Securities Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange. Toshiba is the seventh largest semiconductor maker in the world by revenue.

BlackBerry

BlackBerry is a line of smartphones and services designed and marketed byBlackBerry Limitwued (formerly known as Research In Motion/RIM).The very first RIM device was the Inter@ctive Pager 900, aclamshell-type device that allowed two-way paging, announced on September 18, 1996.After the success of the 900, the Inter@ctive Pager 800 was created for IBM, which bought US$10 million worth of them on February 4, 1998.The next device to be released was the Inter@ctive Pager 950, on August 26, 1998. The very first device to carry the BlackBerry name was the BlackBerry 850, an email pager, released January 19, 1999. Although identical in appearance to the 950, the 850 was the first device to integrate email and the name Inter@ctive Pager was no longer used to brand the device.

BlackBerry devices can record video, take photos, play music and also provide functions such as web browsing, email, instant messaging, and the multi-platform BlackBerry Messenger service. The BlackBerry line traditionally used proprietary operating systems developed by BlackBerry Limited known as BlackBerry OS. In 2013, BlackBerry introduced BlackBerry 10, a major revamp of the platform based on QNX operating system. BlackBerry 10 was meant to replace the aging BlackBerry OS platform with a new system that was more in line with the user experiences of modern smartphone operating systems. The first BB10 powered device was the BlackBerry Z10, which was followed by other all-touch and keyboard-equipped models; including the BlackBerry Q10,BlackBerry Classic, BlackBerry Passport, and the BlackBerry Leap.

BlackBerry was considered one of the major smartphone vendors in the world, specializing in secure communications and mobile productivity. At its peak in September 2013, there were 85 million BlackBerry subscribers worldwide.However, BlackBerry has since lost its dominant position in the market due to the success of the Android and iOS platforms; the same numbers had fallen to 23 million in March 2016.

In 2015, BlackBerry re-focused its business strategy and began to release Android-based smartphones, beginning with the BlackBerry Priv slider and then the BlackBerry DTEK50. However, BlackBerry COO Marty Beard told Bloomberg that "The company’s never said that we would not build another BB10 device."

On September 28, 2016, Blackberry announced it will stop designing its own phones.Plus it has made a first licensing partnership with Indonesian company to set up a new joint venture company called "BB Merah Putih". Indonesia is the biggest market for BlackBerry devices and will make the devices in Indonesia.

PlayStation

PlayStation is a series of video game consoles created and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The brand was first introduced on December 3, 1994 in Japanwith the launch of the original PlayStation console.It now consists of four home consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handheldsand a phone, as well as multiple magazines.

The original console in the series, the PlayStation, was the first video game console to ship 100 million units, 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.Its successor, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home consoleto date, having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28, 2012.Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013.Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale, becoming the fastest selling console in history.

The first handheld game console in the PlayStation series, sold a total of 80 million units worldwide by November 2013.Its successor, the PlayStation Vita, which launched in Japan on December 17, 2011 and in most other major territories in February 2012, had sold over 4 million units by January 2013.PlayStation TV is a microconsole and a non-portable variant of the PlayStation Vita handheld game console.Other hardware released as part of the PlayStation series includes the PSX, a digital video recorderwhich was integrated with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, though it was short lived due to its high price and was never released outside Japan, as well as a Sony Bravia television set which has an integrated PlayStation 2. The main series of controllers utilized by the PlayStation series is the DualShock, which is a line of vibration-feedback gamepad having sold 28 million controllers as of June 28, 2008.

The PlayStation Network is an online service with over 110 million users worldwide (as of July 2013).It comprises an online virtual market, the PlayStation Store, which allows the purchase and download of games and various forms of multimedia, a subscription-based online service known as PlayStation Plus and a social gaming networking service called PlayStation Home, which had over 41 million users worldwide at the time of its closure in March 2015.PlayStation Mobile(formerly PlayStation Suite) is a software framework that provides PlayStation content on mobile devices. Version 1.xx supports both PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV and certain devices that run the Android operating system, whereas version 2.00 released in 2014 would only target PlayStation Vita and (optionally) PlayStation TV.Content set to be released under the framework consist of only original PlayStation games currently.

7th generation PlayStation products also use the XrossMediaBar, which is an award-winning graphical user interface.A new touch screen-based user interface calledLiveArea was launched for the PlayStation Vita, which integrates social networking elements into the interface. Additionally,PlayStation 2 and original PlayStation 3consoles also featured support for Linux-based operating systems, though this has since been discontinued. The series has also been known for its numerous marketing campaigns, the latest of which being the "Greatness Awaits" commercials in the United States.

The series also has a strong line-up of first-party titles due to Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, a group of fifteen first-party developers owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment which are dedicated to developing first-party games for the series. In addition, the series features various budget re-releases of titles by Sony with different names for each region; these include theGreatest Hits, Platinum, Essentials, Favorites and The Best ranges of titles.

Our Future

E-society

What are you going to do today?Perhaps you'll email your friends, watch a DVD or listen to your MP3 player.It's likely that sometime soon you're going to surf the Net. Today, we take new technology for garanted, so you may be surprised to learn that 50% of the people in the world have still never even used a telephone!

There is a new gap between those who have access to new technology and those who don't.It is called the 'Digital Devide'.The truth is that fewer than 17% of the people in the world can actually use the Internet.

To go online, you need a computer, the right software, a phone line, a modem and a subscription to an Internet service provider.These aren't cheap and a lot of people, especially in poor countries, just can't afford them.
Then there's the language barrier. Four-fifths of all websites are in English and many people around the world cannot even read or write in their own language, let alone a foreign language.If people can't read, it will be hard to teach them how to use a computer.
The technology gap also exists simply because many people do not understand how  technology can help them.They have an old-fashioned way of thinking and cannot imagine the difference technology will make to their lives.
Education is the key.  Goverments,   IT industries and educational institutions should work together to educate people and train them and at computer usage.When we bridge the digital divide, then everyone will have equal opportunities and the power that technology brings.

Facts

• Only 3.6% of nearly a billion people in Africa have Internet access.
• 0.1% of these have broadband.
• Almost 70% of the people in North America have Internet access.
• Africa, parts of Asia, South America and the Middle East are the least connected.
• 77% of the world's population has access to a mobile phone network.

56.5% of the world's population live in Asia, but only 10% of them have internet access.             

Nokia

Nokia Corporation, stylised as NOKIA, is a Finnishmultinational communications andinformation technology company, founded in 1865. Nokia is headquartered in Espoo,Uusimaa, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area.In 2014, Nokia employed 61,656 people across 120 countries, did business in more than 150 countries and reported annual revenues of around €12.73 billion.Nokia is apublic limited-liability company listed on theHelsinki Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.It is the world's 274th-largest company measured by 2013 revenues according to the Fortune Global 500.The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50stock market index.

The company has had various industries in its 151-year history, originally founded as a pulp mill, and currently focuses on large-scaletelecommunications infrastructures, and technology development and licensing.Nokia is also a major contributor to themobile telephony industry, having assisted in development of the GSM and LTE standards, and was, for a period, the largest vendor ofmobile phones in the world. Nokia's dominance also extended into thesmartphone industry through its Symbianplatform, but was soon overshadowed by competitors. Nokia eventually entered into a pact with Microsoft in 2011 to exclusively use its Windows Phone platform on future smartphones. Its mobile phone business was eventually bought by Microsoft in an overall deal totaling $7.17 billion.Stephen Elop, Nokia's former CEO, and several other executives joined the new Microsoft Mobilesubsidiary of Microsoft as part of the deal, which was completed on 25 April 2014.

Since the sale of its mobile phone business, Nokia began to focus more extensively on its telecommunications infrastructure business, marked by the divestiture of its Here Mapsdivision, its foray in virtual reality, and the acquisitions of French telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent and digital health maker Withings in 2016.From late 2016, Nokia's name will return to the mobile phone market through HMD global

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