Chapter 6 (Facts and Notes)
(6.1 Video) In 2013, Netflix accounted for about how much of all internet traffic?
30%
(6.4 Email basics) What is SMTP?
SMTP is an Internet protocol for sending email.
(6.1 Video) What dominates Netflix's revenues?
Streaming dominates the company's revenues.
True or False: A Wikipedia article is often among the first results of a web search.
True
True or False: In the past, students would commonly go to a local library or school to gain access to a encyclopedia.
True
(6.3 Social networking) Who was Twitter created by?
Twitter was created in part by new York University student Jack Dorsey.
(6.5 Email issues) "Knowledge workers" make up nearly what amount of U.S workers?
"knowledge" workers make up nearly half of U.S. workers
(6.1 Video) By associating a Google AdSense account with a YouTube account and activating a video for "monetization," a video poster can earn about how much money per 1,000 views?
$1 to $3 per 1,000 views
(6.3 Social networking) What was Facebook's revenue for the year 2014?
$12.5 billion
(6.6 Text messages) In 2014, monthly text messages number over ...
500 billion.
(6.3 Social networking) According to Twitter.com, about how many tweets were sent per day in 2015?
500 million tweets were sent per day in 2015.
(6.6 Text messages) A text message containing characters from other alphabets, such as Chinese, Arabic, or Cyrillic is limited to how many characters?
70 characters
(6.3 Social networking) How do users socialize via facebook?
A Facebook user creates an account, and then asks existing users to become friends (and accepts other users' friend requests), after which the user can post items for friends and can see friends' posts.
What is a backup?
A backup is a copy of a file kept in case the local version is accidentally damaged or lost.
(6.7 Blogs) What is a blog?
A blog is a website organized into entries with the latest entry at the top.
(6.7 Blogs) What is a blogger?
A blogger is a user who writes a blog.
(6.7 Blogs) Who is Jason Kottke?
A blogger that maintains the blog Kottke alongside occasional guest editors.
What is a wiki?
A wiki is a website that enables collaborative development of content.
(6.3 Social networking) In 2013, about how much of LinkedIn's revenues came from advertising to users?
About 25% came from advertising to users.
(6.3 Social networking) What made up the majority of Facebook's revenue in the year 2014?
Advertising to users
(6.3 Social networking) Compared to the past, how popular are Friendster and Myspace today?
Both sites have only modest popularity today.
(6.1 Video) How do video posters make money of the videos they post?
By associating a Google AdSense account with a YouTube account and activating a video for "monetization," a video poster can earn a certain amount of money per the amount of views their video gets.
What are some popular backup services?
Carbonite and iCloud.
F(6.6 Text messages) or what occasions did cell phone service providers originally create text messages for?
Cell phone service providers originally created text messages for assumedly rare occasions. However, text message popularity grew tremendously, taking many service providers by surprise.
What is cloud storage?
Cloud storage is the storage of files on remotely-located servers, with those files being managed by apps via the web.
Describe the cost of cloud storage services, and their difficulty to set up.
Cloud storage services are relatively easy to set up and usually low-cost, often starting free for an initial amount of storage, then charging for additional storage.
(6.3 Social networking) What are some of LinkedIn's primary sources of revenue?
Companies paying to have access to lists of users, for recruiting purposes. Advertising to users Upgrading users from a free account to a premium account that yields special privileges and information access.
(6.3 Social networking) How do companies, politicians, celebrities, and others use tweets?
Companies, politicians, celebrities, and others use tweets to make public announcements or to respond to news events.
What is crowdsourcing?
Crowdsourcing is an approach to developing content that involves having the users (the "crowd") be the contributors, rather than using highly-paid professionals.
(6.5 Email issues) (Table 6.5.1: Guidelines to effectively manage email.) Guideline: Consider the most appropriate format Description: ?
Description: A phone call or an online meeting can be more effective and save time compared to a long email discussion.
(6.4 Email basics) (Table 6.4.1: Basic parts of an email message.) Part: Auto-signature Description: ?
Description: An email auto-signature is text automatically added to the end of an email, typically including a person's name, position, company, and/or contact information.
(6.3 Social networking) What was Facebook's original purpose?
Facebook was initially developed for connecting Harvard students.
(6.1 Video) Besides Netflix, what are some other movie/TV-show streaming services, and how are they priced?
Hulu Plus (mostly TV shows, about $8/month), Amazon Instant Video (about $99/year, or per-item purchases), and Apple's iTunes (per-item purchases).
(6.5 Email issues) How many text messages are sent per month?
Hundreds of billions of text messages are sent per month.
(6.4 Email basics) What is IMAP?
IMAP is a common protocol for retrieving email messages via the Internet.
(6.3 Social networking) How did Facebook change in the year 2006?
In 2006, Facebook became available to anyone over age 13 with an email address.
(6.3 Social networking) In 2006, what was the most visited website in the U.S?
In 2006, myspace.com was the most visited website in the U.S. (source).
(6.5 Email issues) In 2012, U.S. teenagers sent how many messages per day?
In 2012, U.S. teenagers sent over 60 text messages per day on average.
In 2012, Wikipedia had articles that appeared in how many different languages?
In 2012, Wikipedia had articles that appeared in more than 280 different languages
(6.6 Text messages) In 2012, the average teen sent around how many text messages per day?
In 2012, the average teen sent around 60 text messages per day.
(6.3 Social networking) In 2013, how much of LinkedIn's revenues came from companies paying to have access to lists of users, and why?
In 2013, more than 50% of LinkedIn's revenues came from companies paying to have access to lists of users, typically for recruiting purposes.
In 2013/2014, Wikimedia's fundraising efforts raised how much?
In 2013/2014, the fundraising efforts raised $51 million (USD).
(6.1 Video) In 2014, streamed video accounted for about how much of all internet traffic, and what were the main websites that generated this traffic?
In 2014, streamed video accounted for more than half of all Internet traffic, mostly from Netflix and YouTube.
In 2015, how did Wikipedia rank among the most popular websites in the world?
In 2015, Wikipedia was the 6th most popular website in the world.
(6.4 Email basics) What were the most popular email systems in 2015?
In 2015, the most popular email systems included Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, and AOL.
(6.3 Social networking) In terms of users, how is Facebook rank in terms of growth?
In terms of users, Facebook is one of the fastest growing large companies in history.
(6.3 Social networking) What is myspace, when was it started, and why?
Inspired by Frienster's success, another early large social networking site was started in 2003, called myspace, with an emphasis on music.
(6.4 Email basics) IMAP is short for ...
Internet Message Access Protocol
(6.4 Email basics) What is Internet Message Access Protocol?
Internet Message Access Protocol is a common protocol for retrieving email messages via the Internet.
How many articles did Nupedia put out by the end of its first year?
Nupedia published only 21 articles in the first year
What is Nupedia?
Nupedia, a free online encyclopedia, is considered the predecessor to Wikipedia.
(6.1 Video) What is the largest movie and TV show streaming company in the world?
The largest movie and TV show streaming company in the world is Netflix.
How was the name Wikipedia created?
The name Wikipedia is based on a combination of the words "wiki" and "encyclopedia".
(6.5 Email issues) What is becoming a problem for many "knowledge" workers today?
The number of email messages received per day is becoming a problem for many workers.
True or False: In past decades, encyclopedias were expensive items costing hundreds or thousand of dollars.
True
True or False: Wikipedia is usually among the top-ten most widely-visited website in the world.
True
(6.6 Text messages) Service providers may differentiate between how they charge for SMS and MMS text messages.
True Ex: A cell phone plan may contain unlimited SMS text messages, but limit the number of MMS text messages. However, many plans today include unlimited texting.
(6.3 Social networking) What is Twitter?
Twitter is a social network site whose users send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets."
How is Wikimedia different from many free websites in terms of sustainability/finances?
Unlike many free websites, Wikimedia does not rely on ads for revenue and instead relies on annual fundraising campaigns. Fundraing banners are posted each year asking users for donations.
(6.6 Text messages) What is MMS short for?
multimedia messaging service
(6.7 Blogs) Some blogs focus on a theme, such as ...
news, finance, electronics, or lifestyle posts.
(6.3 Social networking) In 2014, Facebook reached how many monthly users?
over 1 billion monthly users
By 2012, Wikipedia had how many articles?
over 35 million articles
(6.3 Social networking) Today, tweets can include ...
photos and other media, beyond just text.
(6.7 Blogs) WordPress.com, Blogger.com, and Tumblr.com are ...
popular websites that provide services to users to create and share blogs.
(6.6 Text messages) A user is capable of sending a longer message (past the 160/70 character limit) by ...
sending multiple text messages.
(6.7 Blogs) Individuals often create blogs to ...
share particular life experiences with family and friends, such as a person sharing thoughts during the first year of raising a baby, or a woman sharing a personal journey after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer.
(6.5 Email issues) What is SMS short for?
short message service
(6.6 Text messages) What is SMSC short for?
short message service center
(6.4 Email basics) An SMTP server's name commonly starts with ...
smtp, as in smtp.gmail.com.
(6.5 Email issues) Some emailing has been replaced by ...
text messaging.
(6.6 Text messages) An SMS-based text message is limited to ...
text.
(6.4 Email basics) If a sender specifies a reply to an email address, which can differ from the sender's email address, and the receiver replies, then the reply will be addressed to ...
that reply to address.
(6.1 Video) One of the most powerful evolving features of the Internet is ...
the ability to easily share videos.
(6.6 Text messages) A text message is transmitted via ...
the cellular network.
(6.6 Text messages) Service providers may charge users for text messaging based on ...
the number of user-originated messages or based on the total number of messages sent and received.
(6.4 Email basics) Normally, a reply goes only to ...
the sender.
(6.5 Email issues) Given the importance of email and an expectation of receiving replies, a person who will be away from email during normal work days (or whose responses may be slow, perhaps if at a multi-day conference) may wish to ...
turn on a vacation message.
(6.4 Email basics) In order to avoid having his/her emails be grouped when sending multiple emails, the user should ...
vary the subjects.
(6.1 Video) When was YouTube purchased from its original owners?
late 2006
(6.1 Video) How much was YouTube purchased for from its original owners?
1.65 billion in stock
(6.5 Email issues) (6.6 Text messages) A text message containing characters from the Latin alphabet is limited to how many characters?
160 characters
(6.1 Video) In 2013, YouTube accounted for about how much of all internet traffic?
18%
Wikipedia released how many articles in its first year?
18,000 articles
(6.3 Social networking) In 2013, about how much of LinkedIn's revenues came from user's upgrading from a free account to a premium account that yields special privileges (like sending a message to a user to whom one is not yet connected) and information access?
20% came from user's upgrading from a free account to a premium account that yields special privileges (like sending a message to a user to whom one is not yet connected) and information access.
Wikipedia released how many articles in its first month?
200 articles
When was Wikipedia founded?
2001
(6.3 Social networking) Friendster was started in ...
2002
(6.1 Video) Vimeo was started in ...
2004
(6.3 Social networking) When was Facebook developed?
2004
(6.4 Email basics) When was Gmail started?
2004
(6.3 Social networking) When was Twitter created?
2006
(6.1 Video) When did Netflix account for about 30% of all internet traffic?
2013
(6.1 Video) When did YouTube account for about 18% of all internet traffic?
2013
(6.3 Social networking) Facebook achieved over 1 billion monthly users in what year?
2014
(6.5 Email issues) What will a common email filter do?
A common filter looks for a particular user or subject, and automatically archives the email into a folder or applies a category label. Ex: Sue might create a filter that automatically applies a "Family" filter to emails coming from her siblings or parents. Most email systems have spam filters that automatically archive email into a spam folder.
(6.4 Email basics) What is a common mistake when trying to send a message to a number of recipients?
A common mistake is to fail to use reply all when all recipients should have received the reply. Ex: A manager emails five workers asking for a volunteer to do a task; Stan replies that he will start the task, but doesn't use reply all so his coworkers remain unaware that he has started the task.
(6.1 Video) What is a digital video disk?
A digital video disk is a physical disk that can store a movie and is played using a special DVD player
In the past, how were encyclopedias often bought by families?
A family might save for an encyclopedia set, often buying one volume at a time (ex: buying one volume/book whose topics start with "A", then the next month "B", etc.), keeping the set of many years.
(6.5 Email issues) What is a vacation message?
A form of filter many email systems support, wherin any incoming emails will automatically receive a reply containing a user specified message, such as "Auto-reply: I am away from email until July 23."
(6.3 Social networking) On Twitter, what is a hashtag?
A hashtag (ex: #GlobalWarming) labels a tweet as belonging to a particular discussion topic, such that users can receive tweets on that topic.
(6.7 Blogs) What is a plugin?
A plugin adds a feature, such as a discussion board or social networking. Users can expand their blog's functionality by adding plugins.
What is Carbonite?
A popular backup service.
What is iCloud?
A popular cloud storage and backup service.
What is Dropbox?
A popular cloud storage service.
What is Google Drive?
A popular cloud storage service.
(6.6 Text messages) What is MMS?
A popular method used to send multimedia-based text messages containing text, pictures, video, and audio.
(6.6 Text messages) What is multimedia messaging service?
A popular method used to send multimedia-based text messages containing text, pictures, video, and audio.
(6.7 Blogs) What is a post?
A post is an entry in a blog.
(6.7 Blogs) Who is Heather B. Armstrong?
A professional blogger, and author of the blog Dooce.
(6.4 Email basics) What is a reply?
A reply is a response to an email message.
(6.6 Text messages) What is a short message service center?
A short message service center is responsible for storing and delivering text messages.
(6.5 Email issues) (6.6 Text messages) What is a short message service?
A short message service is a short message sent among cell phone users
(6.3 Social networking) What does a social networking site do, and what does it provide its users with?
A social networking site connects people, via common interests, backgrounds, real-life connections, etc. Such sites typically support ways for a user to add new connections, to post information for a user's connections to see, to see information posted by a user's connections, and to contact connections individually.
(6.5 Email issues) (6.6 Text messages) What is a text message?
A text is a short message sent among cell phone users
(6.4 Email basics) What is a thread?
A thread is a group of emails having the same subject.
(6.3 Social networking) How do users use LinkedIn?
A user creates an account and then connects with other users. A common LinkedIn usage is for a user to search their network of connections for contacts at a particular company of interest (perhaps for a business deal), or for people with particular skills (perhaps as a potential hire).
(6.4 Email basics) What does an IMAP server's name commonly start with?
An IMAP server's name commonly starts with imap, as in imap.gmail.com.
(6.5 Email issues) (6.6 Text messages) What is an SMS?
An SMS is a short message sent among cell phone users
(6.6 Text messages) What is an SMSC?
An SMSC is responsible for storing and delivering text messages.
(6.5 Email issues) What is an email filter?
An email filter is an automatic tool that monitors incoming email and takes a specified action.
(6.4 Email basics) Why would an email replier select "reply all" (or group reply)?
An email replier can select reply all (or group reply) to ensure all recipients on the To and cc list receive the reply.
(6.4 Email basics) What is a common mistake when trying to send a message to a single recipient? How might someone reduce the chance of this mistake happening?
Another common mistake is to use reply all when the reply should have only gone to the sender. Ex: A department accountant emails 10 employees asking for monthly salary information. Fred replies with his monthly salary amount, but used reply all, thus unintentionally sharing his salary with his coworkers. Note: The accountant might have used bcc to reduce the chance of such an unintentional reply to all.
Who is allowed to create, edit, or improve a Wikipedia article?
Anyone can create, edit, or improve a Wikipedia article.
(6.1 Video) As streaming grew in popularity, small inexpensive boxes to stream movies from home WiFi to a TV became popular. What are some examples?
Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, and Amazon Fire.
(6.1 Video) Since streaming has grown in popularity, what are some new streaming methods that have since been developed/become available?
As streaming grew in popularity, small inexpensive boxes to stream movies from home WiFi to a TV became popular. Furthermore, smart TVs have evolved that can connect to a home's WiFi network and thus directly stream movies.
(6.5 Email issues) Despite the fact that many people recommend not spending much time manually archiving messages into folders or applying labels, what may help?
Automated filters that archive or apply labels may help.
What do backup services to?
Backup services automatically copy files from local to cloud storage.
(6.5 Email issues) (Table 6.5.1: Guidelines to effectively manage email.) Guideline: Unsubscribe to infrequently read lists and newsletters Description: ?
Description: Deleting infrequently read lists and newsletters consumes time. Unsubscribing requires just a few seconds and can reduce the daily number of emails that need attention. Most mass-sent emails contain an unsubscribe link at the bottom.
(6.5 Email issues) (Table 6.5.1: Guidelines to effectively manage email.) Guideline: Check email less frequently Description: ?
Description: Email notifications and alerts can be distracting. Turning notifications and alerts off, and instead setting aside one or two time slots a day to process email can help workers to improve productivity and limit distractions.
(6.5 Email issues) (Table 6.5.1: Guidelines to effectively manage email.) Guideline: Choose a consistent method to organize email Description: ?
Description: Some professionals advocate the use of well-organized, hierarchical folders to quickly find email. Other professionals believe that folders are less productive because workers spend a significant amount of time later on searching through folders for old emails. Workers should choose an organization system that best suits the worker's preferences and work style.
(6.4 Email basics) (Table 6.4.1: Basic parts of an email message.) Part: bcc Description: ?
Description: The bcc (blind carbon copy) email field indicates additional recipients whose email addresses will not be revealed to any other recipients (neither the To, cc, or bcc recipients).
(6.4 Email basics) (Table 6.4.1: Basic parts of an email message.) Part: Body Description: ?
Description: The body of an email contains the main content. Tip: A short body is more likely to be read. Tip: Putting key points first helps ensure key points are read.
(6.4 Email basics) (Table 6.4.1: Basic parts of an email message.) Part: cc Description: ?
Description: The cc (carbon copy) email field indicates additional recipients: People to whom the email isn't directly intended, but who may want/need to see the email anyways. (*cc) When letters were handwritten, carbon paper was sometimes sandwiched between two sheets of regular paper. Wherever writing pressure was applied on the first sheet, carbon would print on the second sheet, thus creating a carbon copy of what was written on the first sheet.
(6.4 Email basics) (Table 6.4.1: Basic parts of an email message.) Part: To Description: ?
Description: The main recipient or recipients.
(6.4 Email basics) (Table 6.4.1: Basic parts of an email message.) Part: Subject Description: ?
Description: The subject email field summarizes an email's topic. Tip: Subjects should be precise. Ex: "Question regarding Nov. 14 visitors" is preferred over the imprecise "Question" or "Visitors". Tip: Distinct topics should be in distinct emails, to avoid topics being overlooked or hard to find later.
(6.1 Video) What does DVD stand for?
Digital video disk
(6.7 Blogs) What is Dooce, and who is it written by?
Dooce is a blog written by Heather B. Armstrong, who posts about her life.
(6.7 Blogs) What are some popular blogs?
Dooce, Kottke, and LifeHacker.
What are some popular cloud storage services?
Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud.
How did the extensive reviewing process of Nupedia affect their article output?
Due to the extensive reviewing process, Nupedia published only 21 articles in the first year (Source).
(6.4 Email basics) What is Email?
Email is a message sent via computer from a user to other users, containing mostly text but sometimes containing additional items like images or attached documents.
(6.4 Email basics) How old is email?
Email predates the web and even predates the Internet, with early forms in the 1960's and 1970's.
(6.3 Social networking) What is the most widely-used social networking site today?
Facebook is the most widely-used social networking site today.
(6.3 Social networking) What is Facebook?
Facebook is the most widely-used social networking site, focused on connecting friends who share items like photos, videos, thoughts, invitations to events, and more.
(6.3 Social networking) What were some of the first institutions that were included into Facebook's network of users?
Facebook was initially developed for connecting Harvard students. Additional universities were added during the subsequent two years, first Stanford, Yale, and Columbia, then most U.S. and Candian universities, and then more international universities.
(6.1 Video) Sites other than YouTube and Vimeo where users share video include ...
Facebook, Vevo, Instagram, and Twitter.
(6.5 Email issues) True or False: Email no longer plays a key component in modern work.
False Email is a key component of modern work.
(6.4 Email basics) True or False: Most email systems aren't capable of grouping emails into thread yet.
False Most email systems can group emails into threads.
(6.5 Email issues) How do filters help with email?
Filters can help a user deal with large volumes of mail.
(6.1 Video) Where did Netflix rank in terms of all internet traffic generated in the year 2013?
First
(6.3 Social networking) What is Friendster?
Friendster was one of the first large social networking sites, mostly for gamers.
(6.4 Email basics) Among Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, and AOL, which is the "relative newcomer".
Gmail
(6.4 Email basics) Which email system had the largest number of users in 2015?
Gmail
(6.4 Email basics) What was a big reason for Gmail becoming so popular?
Gmail became popular in large part due to boasting large amounts of storage (so users would not need to delete emails to avoid using up available storage), due to excellent email search, and a good spam filter.
(6.1 Video) Who purchased YouTube from its original owners?
(6.3 Social networking) Who was Facebook developed by?
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg
(6.5 Email issues) Knowledge workers commonly receive and reply to how many emails per day?
Knowledge workers commonly receive and reply to more than 100 emails per day.
(6.7 Blogs) What is Kottke?
Kottke is a blog with posts about interesting links and articles on topics such as product and graphic design, film, music, art, and sports.
(6.7 Blogs) Who maintains the blog Kottke?
Kottke is maintained by Jason Kottke with occasional guest editors.
(6.7 Blogs) What is LifeHacker? [Two Answers]
LifeHacker is a blog with posts that contain useful tips and guides on various topics: exercise, personal finances, home improvement, and cooking. Lifehacker is a company/blog with numerous contributors and editors.
(6.3 Social networking) What is LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a social networking site intended primarily for professionals to share background and qualifications with other professionals and with companies, akin to an online resume.
What are some advantages cloud storage has over storing files solely on a local computer drive?
Local storage is limited. Moving lesser-used files to cloud storage, such as large video files, can make room in local storage for more regularly-used files. Files on cloud storage can serve as a backup. Files on cloud storage can be accessed by various user devices and from various locations.
(6.4 Email basics) Where do modern email systems store messages, and from where can users access these stored messages?
Modern email systems keep messages on a server; a user can then access those email messages from various devices.
(6.3 Social networking) Where does most of Twitter's revenue come from?
Most revenues come from advertisements shown to users.
(6.1 Video) When did Netflix start?
Netflix started in 1997
(6.1 Video) What did Netflix originally start as?
Netflix started in 1997 as a DVD rent-by-mail company.
(6.1 Video) Netflix's traffic accounts for how much of all internet traffic?
Netflix's traffic accounts for over 30% of all Internet traffic
(6.3 Social networking) What type of connection(s) does Twitter provide its users that makes it so popular?
Part of Twitter's popularity stems from short connections with people throughout the day, including not just with friends/family but with celebrities like Ashton Kutcher (an early and avid tweeter), who tweet on what they just did, how they feel, etc.
What were some popular encyclopedias?
Popular encyclopedias included the World Book and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
(6.3 Social networking) Prior to social networking site growth, how was connecting people via the internet primarily done?
Prior to social networking site growth, contacting other people via the Internet was primarily done via direct email between individuals, emails sent to larger mailing lists, or posts to public "discussion boards" or "newsgroups". Sharing photos or videos was especially cumbersome.
(6.3 Social networking) How have social networking sites changed the way we contact people via the internet?
Prior to social networking site growth, contacting other people via the Internet was primarily done via direct email between individuals, emails sent to larger mailing lists, or posts to public "discussion boards" or "newsgroups". Sharing photos or videos was especially cumbersome. Today, people's daily life activities, photos, videos, thoughts, job experiences, and more are readily "published" to friends or the world via social networking sites, as well as being searchable by Internet users (subject to user-configured privacy settings).
(6.6 Text messages) Which came first, SMS, or MMS?
SMS (limited to text) Later protocols were developed to provide support for text messages with images and sound.
(6.1 Video) Where did YouTube rank in terms of all internet traffic generated in the year 2013?
Second
(6.4 Email basics) What is SMTP short for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(6.4 Email basics) What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet protocol for sending email.
(6.1 Video) What are some examples of the types of ads that video sharing sites like YouTube display on their website?
Some ads are text ads placed near videos. Others are short videos that play before the actual video plays.
What is the quality of these crowdsourced articles from Wikipedia?
Some people question the quality of articles developed by the crowd. Generally, articles on widely-read subjects seem to evolve into good quality articles via refinement by the large number of users (Study: Wikipedia vs. Britannica). However, for some articles, especially lesser-read articles (which likely would not have had entries in a professional encyclopedia), quality can indeed vary tremendously, and such articles are often incomplete also.
(6.3 Social networking) What types of connections do social networking sites focus on?
Some sites focus on connections between friends, others on connections between professionals.
(6.1 Video) What was Netflix's revenue for the year 2014, what dominated/ made up the majority of this revenue, and how was it earned?
Streaming dominates the company's revenues of $5 billion in 2014, earned largely through a monthly subscription fee (about $9/month in 2014)
(6.1 Video) What is streaming?
Streaming means to play video directly from the Internet in a web browser or other app without ever storing the video on a device.
(6.1 Video) Streaming video has become a serious competitor to what?
Streaming video has become a serious competitor to traditional, cable, and satellite TV.
(6.3 Social networking) Where did Twitter's 140-character limit originally come from?
The 140-character limit came originally from that limit imposed on cell phone text messages, where early tweets were sent/read.
How many articles did the Encyclopedia Britannica have in the year 2013?
The 2013 Encyclopedia Britannica (now available free online) had 40,000 articles.
What is the Wikimedia Foundation?
The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization known for hosting Wikipedia.
What have been the results of Wikipedia's crowdsourced approach to articles when dealing with newsworthy events?
The approach has also led to articles that essentially summarize news events as they happen, serving as a complement to news stories that tend to only cover the most recent unfoldings of an event. Ex: The article on the 2011 Japanese Tsunami evolved as events unfolded, and is now a thorough summary based on over 350 news stories that are referenced at the article's end.
(6.3 Social networking) In what years did social networking site growth start?
The early 2000's
Why did popular encyclopedias often cost so much?
The high cost was due to the thousands of paid authors and editors needed to research and develop the encyclopedia's articles.
(6.6 Text messages) Describe the process a text message goes through from being sent to being received.
The text message is sent from the user's cell phone to the nearest cell tower, and then to an SMSC. The SMSC forwards the text message to the cell tower nearest to the recipient and delivers the text message to the recipient's cell phone (keeping a copy at the SMSC).
(6.4 Email basics) How are some of the most popular email systems, which are mostly free to users, typically supported?
They are typically supported by advertising that appears alongside emails.
(6.3 Social networking) True or False: Such persistent connectivity with a network of people was not available before Twitter.
True
(6.3 Social networking) True or False: Unlike many Internet companies, LinkedIn's revenues are not primarily from advertising.
True
(6.3 Social networking) True or False:Twitter's user base is large but thus far revenues are not as big as other Internet companies.
True
(6.4 Email basics) True or False: Email systems usually use a server separate from the server they use to store emails to send emails.
True
(6.4 Email basics) True or False: Most email systems allow a sender to specify a reply to email address, which can differ from the sender's email address.
True
(6.4 Email basics) True or False: The more popular email systems (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, and AOL) are mostly free to users.
True
(6.6 Text messages) True or False: MMS enabled cell phones are backwards compatible and support both MMS and SMS text messages.
True
(6.6 Text messages) True or False: Some people (especially teenagers) may send hundreds of texts per day.
True
(6.6 Text messages) True or False: Unlike email, users must pay for text messaging.
True
(6.7 Blogs) True or False: Sites other than WordPress.com can run WordPress software, and the software can be run on a local computer too.
True
(6.3 Social networking) On Twitter, what can users "follow"?
User can choose to follow other users, or to follow specific discussion topics.
(6.7 Blogs) How do users interact with WordPress?
Users apply themes, which contain predefined color palettes and text formatting, to give the blog a consistent look. Users can also expand the blog's functionality by adding plugins.
(6.1 Video) In 2010, how was most movie and TV show streaming done?
Using a computer like a desktop or laptop PC.
(6.1 Video) What is Vimeo?
Vimeo is a popular video-sharing website that tends to host more professional-looking videos, as compared to YouTube.
How were articles written/processed for Nupedia?
Volunteers wrote articles, which were then peer-reviewed by experts to ensure only high-quality articles are published.
Wikimedia hosts a number of additional sites, including ...
Wikibooks (textbooks), Wikimedia Commons (images, videos, sound), Wikivoyage (travel guide), Wikiversity (tutorials and courses), among others.
What is Wikimedia's mission?
Wikimedia's mission is to support wiki-based projects to provide free educational content.
Wikipedia had about how many volunteers in 2012?
Wikipedia had about 2 million volunteers worldwide
In the year 2013, how many articles did Wikipedia have?
Wikipedia had over 4,000,000 articles in the year 2013.
What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a free, online encyclopedia composed of crowd-sourced articles.
When was Wikipedia formally launched?
Wikipedia was formally launched in January 2001.
Why why Wikipedia originally introduced?
Wikipedia was introduced to enable the development of collaborative articles via a wiki, which would then be peer-reviewed by experts and published by Nupedia.
What are the benefits of Wikipedia's crowdsourcing approach?
Wikipedia's crowdsourcing approach not only enables Wikipedia to be free, but also has led to far more articles than found in professionally-produced encyclopedias.
How does Wikipedia's wiki-based model differ from the traditional encyclopedia's method of generating articles?
Wikipedia's wiki-based model is very different. A community of users write and refine Wikipedia's content; users do not need to be an expert in a particular area to contribute. Crowdsourcing
(6.5 Email issues) Why do many people recommend not spending much time manually archiving messages into folders or applying labels?
With email search tools being very powerful today, many people recommend not spending much time manually archiving messages into folders or applying labels.
(6.1 Video) When did Netflix introduce streaming, and why?
With the rise of faster Internet access in homes, Netflix introduced streaming in 2007.
(6.7 Blogs) What is WordPress?
WordPress is common software for generating the underlying source code for displaying and managing blogs.
(6.7 Blogs) What is WordPress.com?
WordPress.com is a website that runs the WordPress software and provides hosting services for blogs, providing a URL like YourBlogsName.wordpress.com.
(6.7 Blogs) What are some popular websites that provide services to users to create and share blogs?
WordPress.com, Blogger.com, and Tumblr.com
(6.5 Email issues) Workers spend nearly what amount of time writing and reading email?
Workers spend nearly a third of time writing and reading email. (applies to "knowledge" workers, as opposed to manual labor or service workers like store clerks, waiters, mechanics, etc.)
(6.1 Video) What is YouTube?
YouTube is the most widely-used video-sharing website, which allows users to upload videos, supports easy search of videos, and suggests other videos related to a watched video.
(6.1 Video) Who was YouTube started by?
YouTube was started by three former PayPal employees.
(6.1 Video) When was YouTube started?
YouTube was started in 2005.
(6.1 Video) YouTube's ad revenues were about how much in 2014?
YouTube's ad revenues were about $1 billion in 2014.
(6.5 Email issues) What do the younger generations use instead of emails?
Younger generations use text messaging or other messaging systems rather than emails.
(6.7 Blogs) A blog may be written by ...
a single person, a small group of people, or by a company.
(6.1 Video) Video sharing sites earn much of their revenue through ...
advertising.
(6.1 Video) Previously, most videos recorded by an individual would be viewed by just a handful of friends and family. Today, ...
an individual might create a video that becomes viewed by millions of people.
(6.4 Email basics) When replying to an email in a thread, a user should avoid ...
changing the subject.
(6.4 Email basics) What is Email short for?
electronic mail
(6.1 Video) Vimeo was started by ...
entrepreneurs Jake Lodwick and Zach Klein.
(6.4 Email basics) Another name for "reply all" is ...
group reply
(6.4 Email basics) What is electronic mail?
is a message sent via computer from a user to other users, containing mostly text but sometimes containing additional items like images or attached documents.
