Trends in

ICT
Information and Communication
Technologies

Prepared by: ICT Department

 As the world of ICT
continues to grow, the
industry has focused on
several innovations. These
innovations cater to the
needs of the people that
benefit most out of ICT.
 1CONVERGENCE
Technological Convergence
– is the synergy of
technological advancements
to work on a similar goal or
task.
– is using several
Trends in ICT
technologies to accomplish a
task conveniently.
 2SOCIAL MEDIA
– is a website, application,
or online channel that
enables web users to
create, co-create, discuss,
modify and exchange
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user-generated content.
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1 - Facebook 6 - YouTube
2 - Tumblr 7 - VK
3 - Instagram 8 - Pinterest
4 - Linked-In 9 - Google+
5 - Reddit 10 - Twitter
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“Internet users
spend more time in
social media sites
than in any other types of site.” Nielsen
 SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
A. Social Networks
These are sites that allow
users to connect with other
people with the same
interests or background.
Once a user creates an
account, the user can set
up a profile, add people,
create groups and share
content. FACEBOOK
GOOGLE+
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B. Bookmarking Sites
These are sites that allow
users to store and manage
links to various websites
and resources. Most of
these sites allow user to
create a tag that allows
user and others to easily
search or share them. PINTEREST
STUMBLEUPON
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C. Social News
These are sites that allow users
to post their own news items or
links to other news sources.
The users can also comment on
the post and comments may
also be ranked. They are also
capable of voting on these
news articles of the websites.
Those who get the most amount
of votes are shown most REDDIT
prominently. DIGG
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D. Media Sharing
These are sites that allow
users to upload and share
media content like images,
music, and video. Most of
these sites have additional
social features like liking,
commenting, and having
user profiles. FLICKER
YOUTUBE
INSTAGRAM
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E. Microblogging
These are sites that
focus on short
updates from the user.
Those subscribed to
the user will be able to
receive these updates.
TWITTER
PLURK
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F. Blogs and Forums
These websites allow users
to post their content. Other
users are able to comment
on the said topic. There are
several free blogging
platforms like Blogger,
Wordpress, and Tumblr. On
the other hand, forums are BLOGGER
typically part of a certain WORDPRESS
website or web service. TUMBLR
 3MOBILE
TECHNOLOGIES
The popularity of smartphones
and tablets has taken a major
rise over the years. This is
largely because of the device’s
capability to do tasks that were
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computer.
 4G
Networking
(LTE)

THE FASTEST
MOBILE NETWORKS
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EVOLUTION
Long-Term Evolution (LTE) is a standard
for wireless broadband communication
for mobile devices and data terminals,
based on the GSM/EDGE and
UMTS/HSPA technologies. It increases
the capacity and speed using a different
radio interface together with core
network improvements.
Mobile Phones Operating Systems

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• iOS • Symbian
• Android • WebOS
• Blackberry OS • Windows Mobile
• Windows Phone OS
 4 ASSISTIVE
MEDIA
A nonprofit service designed to
help people who have visual
and reading impairment. A
database of audio recording is
used to read to the user.
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www. Assistivemedia.org