August 8, 2010

CASE NO. 3

Facebook is a social network founded in February of 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. Originally a social network for students of Harvard University, it became a hit on campus and expanded to other colleges. In 2005, Facebook opened itself to high schools, and in 2006, it was open to everyone. Since then, it has experienced tremendous growth, by passing MySpace in terms of global popularity.

In 2007, Facebook launched the Facebook Platform, which allowed developers to create applications on the network. Rather than simply being badges or widgets to adorn on a Facebook page, these applications allowed friends to interact by giving gifts or playing games, such as chess. In 2008, Facebook launched Facebook Connect, which competed with OpenSocial and Google friend Connect as a universal login authentication service.


1. What is Facebook?

Answer:

Facebook is a social networking website intended to connect friends, family, and business associates. It is the largest of the networking sites. It began as a college networking website and has expanded to include anyone and everyone. It is the most popular website in the whole world. It is also a great way to meet friends and keep up on what they are doing. It enables you to make your website more personalized and social. Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you. Everyone can use Facebook. Facebook is an example of Social Networking Site (SNS) that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, post photos, share links and exchange other information. Facebook users can see only the profiles of confirmed friends and the people in their networks.


2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of facebook?

Answer:

The advantages of facebook are the following, first users are able to search for friends and acquaintances by e-mail address, school, university, or just by typing in a name or location for search. And it is the ability to share photographs uploaded from a phone, camera, or hard drive. As with other private information, users have the option to allow only friends to see their pictures or anyone. There is an unlimited amount of storage available, which is a major advantage of Facebook's photograph sharing capabilities. The disadvantage Facebook is the availability of your personal profile on the Internet for many people to see. It Affect Relationships because when we talk about long distance relationships, Facebook would be the one answer can count on. Though conducted on a distance, the system can still connect relationships right that very moment. But because relationships are built and strengthened just because of an Internet site, it tends to become weaker and it supports less emotional and most especially physical contact. Some relationships tumble down due to facts like these. It also affect Industry because the program is considered as a negative diversion especially to the schooling industry, affecting students to divert their attention.


3. What are the characteristics of Facebook why many people engage in this site?

Answer:

One of the characteristics of facebook is that theirs an unlimited amount of storage capabilities so that it easy for us to upload music, videos and photo it lessen the time to spend in uploading. It has its own chat room it easy for us to communicate. It also connects the people even though the distance is a hindrance for them. There are lots of application such as games like farm ville, cafe world, treasure island and etc., information like news that being posted by your friends or the administrator of facebook. Its ability of sharing and gathering relevant information. The people engage in this site because of the popularity of the site, it also considered the capabilities of a site. The application of Facebook is easy to follow or learned because the software they used is friendly user's.


4. Can you use Facebook in E-commerce? How and Why?

Answer:

Facebook can be used in E-commerce because facebook is a part of Social Networking. In creating website their are lots of options to be considered personal website or social website, and business website. And facebook have its own advertising page it easy for the buyer's and the seller's to have a connection, communication and transaction to a particular business. You will need to have basic business information ready before creating the Page decide on a page name and find any images you want to upload. Remember that your company logo is best for the profile picture. When you create the page you will need to include a description of your Web site, product, brand, or company. For them to have an effective and productive communication to their consumers and costumers and also their merchants.


5. How important Facebook in the society today?


Answer:

The importance of Facebook in the society today it lessen the time to spend in communicating other people. It helps us to keep in touch with our friends, family, relative, classmates and co-workers. It also shared relevant information that being posted. It also helps us to developed our Socializations character. It broaden our knowledged and expost us to the modern technology. It helps us to find and meet more friends. It also allow us to know the flow of the technology now a days. Facebook is the popular way to discover something in this world. We can gain more intructions and how to follow the diretion or the flow of the applications. It developed our potential to designed and to explore the application to make it effective and good.