Communication

SMS Alerts
Moblie phones have grown in popularity over the years, hugely. Texting/ Messaging is used more often than phone calls to contact someone as takes less time and can catch up just as easily, some may argue.

I feel that the use by children has grown and is making them more lazy but it is also getting them more familiar with the language. Predictive text will create lazyness but at least it prevents typing errors. In a way, it could and studies have proved that it has helped teenagers spelling.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6005772/Mobile-phone-text-messaging-is-making-children-more-impulsive-claim-researchers.html

Instant messaging
Instant messaging, a new and quicker way to get in touch with people, slowly replacing email. It started off informal between friends, but it is increasing and populating offices now as well. Instant messaging improves communication throughout the world. Instant messaging was fun for a while, but more friends and some businesses as well have switched to Facebook instead.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8698174.stm

Facebook
Facebook is argueable the most popular social network site around now, but only in the past year. Like any social network site however, there are some dangers about Facebook, such as paedophiles. There are certain things that Facebook could do to help but it is mainly down to the users, and how private they want their profile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10796584

The overall safety has improved on Internet services and no doubt the popularity has increased enormously. These are new forms of technology that everyone is excited about and are replacements for phone calls and emails.