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Article by Robert R Norris
Using Technology to Stay Connected
Perhaps technology is too general a term. The “internet” would be a more specific term. When the Internet was in its infancy, we could only read text in the form of static web pages or email. But that was a long time ago. The Internet rapidly maturing. There are a plethora of applications that are freely available for download. These applications allow internet users to connect with one another for free.
The birth of instant messengers and chat applications.
Those who have been surfing the Internet for the past decade or so will be familiar with instant messengers and chat applications. In the early days, the popular chat application was IRC (Internet Relayed Chat). To chat with others, we had to connect to a chat server, and join a “chat room”. Once there, we could either chat with everyone else, or click on a nick and start a personal chat. Chatting in this context simply means typing messages that are relayed to the server, which it turn appear on the other party’s screen. The process is almost instantaneous. It was a lot of fun to chat and make friends in IRC chat rooms.
Shortly after that, someone came up with the idea of instant chat, but without having to login to chat rooms. We saw the first instant messenger taking the world by storm – ICQ. In just a few short years, ICQ gained millions of users all over the world.
Technology Reviews: Helping Music Buffs to Stay in Tune
300 PhD scholars were divided into two groups in the premises of North Texas University and given the task of memorizing vocabulary. One group was taught the meaning with the help of music and the second without it. The result showed that the group that learned vocabulary with help of music outscored the second one by a huge margin.
The findings of the scientific experiment has a relation with the real life experience of a Russian captain. He was worried and exhausted in trying his best to rescue 3000 beluga Whales trapped in the narrow strait of Bering sea. All his efforts were going in vain as the noise of the rescue ship was frightening and confusing the whales. Suddenly a thought of playing Beethoven’s music came to the mind of the Capitan. He played it in all its capacity. To the surprise of others on the ship, the whales followed the music and swam through the narrow channel to freedom.
These two instances testify the fact that music contains much more than what we hear to soothe our aching soul.
Thanks to the technology. It has redefined the territory of music and the way we enjoy it. Technology has enabled music to follow you anywhere you go. New audio equipments are getting added to the list of wonders on a very regular basis. Latest technology has opened the floodgate of options to explore music in all its ramifications.
