Question

5. What technology changes that affect local businesses are taking place in your community? Think of ways that technology can make businesses more productive. Give examples of changes and improvements that you have observed in some of the businesses with which you are familiar. How are they affecting your life? How are you using the Internet and changed time?

Answer 1

Over the years technology changed the way we lives , in another way it revolutionized the lifestyle of everyone.

Nowadays just with a click on smartphones/ Iphones we can see or know things happening throughout the world.

Some of the key areas/changes how technology impacted is:-

* How we pay/ transfer money to friends/business purposes etc..,

* How we communicate.

* How we watch TV / Listen Music.

* How we pay bills.

* How we shop for products or services online.

* How we date.

* How we can contact to everyone throughout the world.

Some of uses of technology are:-

* For Senior citizens, there are some devices/ apps to help them to stay fit and helpful in peace of mind viz.., fitbit, meditation apps etc..,

* For Students to access to various courses throughout the world and to do online certification courses from reputed universities.

* To learn various skills and even learn from own by using YouTube or online streams.

* To apply for jobs online instead of travelling for long distance or sending documents through postal services.

* To watch live streaming sports like football, cricket, tennis etc..,

Not only technology is helping it is also destroying to some extent:-

* Creating new additions to mobile phones.

* Spending more time on social media dramatically effecting personal and social life.

* By improving technology, humans also increasing greed towards money.

* Accessing to various other types of sites like porn, drug trafficking hugely effecting youth life.

* Our critical thinking skills are almost dead.