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• ICT deals with the use of different

  communication technologies

  such as mobile phones,

  telephone, and internet to

  locate, save, send, and edit

  information.
• Several international companies dub

  the Philippines as the “ICT Hub of Asia” because of huge

  growth of ICT-related jobs.
• According to

  the 2013 edition of Measuring the Information Society by

  the International Telecommunication Union, there are 106.8

  cellphones per 100 Filipinos in the year 2012.
• In a data

  gathered by the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and

  Industries, NSO in 2010, the ICT industry shares 19.3% of

  the total employment population here in the Philippines.
• Time Magazine’s “The Selfiest Cities around the World” of

  2013 places two cities from the Philippines in the top 1 and

  top 10 spots.
• Web 1.0 is a static/stationary page means users can't interact. (ex: mp3, wikipedia, etc.)
• Web 2.0 is a dynamic page wherein users can interact with the page (ex: social networking sites, video sharing sites, etc.)
• Features of Web 2.0 are folksonomy, rich user experience, user participation, long tail, software as service, and mass participation.
• Folksonomy allows user to categorize and classify/ arrange information using freely chosen words. Also referred to as hashtag.
• Rich user experience refers to content is dynamic and is responsive to user's input.
• User participation refers to the owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put content.
• Long tail refers to services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase.
• Software as service refers to users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather than purchasing them.
• Mass participation refers to diverse information sharing through universal web access.
• Trends in ICT are convergence, social media, and mobile technologies,
• Technological convergence is the synergy of

  technological advancements to work

  on a similar goal or task. It is the use

  of several technologies to accomplish

  a task conveniently.
• Social media is a

  website, application, or online channel

  that enables web users to create,

  co-create, discuss, modify, and

  exchange user-generated content.
• 6 types of social media: social networks, bookmarking sites, social news, media sharing, microblogging, blogs and forums
• IOS is used in apple devices
• Android is an open-source operating system by google
• Blackberry is used in blackberry devices
• Windows Phone OS is a closed source and proprietary operating system developed by microsoft
• Symbian is the original smartphone; used by nokia devices
• WebOS is now used for smart TVs
• Windows mobile is developed by microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs
• Assistive media is a non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments.