1、 Unit 7 Unit 7 Future of communicationHe mingxiu&Li baoyi PARTPART ONEONE words importment Search Engine CampanyPARTPART TWOTWO GooglePARTPART THREETHREE Intel Developer ForumPARTPART FOURFOUR World Famous Social Networking websitesPart 1Part 1 World s important search engine company Google is the w
2、orlds most popular search engine,with a market share of 80.52 percent as of March,2017.In some East Asian countries and Russia,Google is not the most popular search engine.In Russia,Yandex commands a marketshare of 61.9 percent,compared to Googles 28.3 percent.In China,Baidu is the most popular sear
3、ch engine.South Koreas homegrown search portal,Naver,is used for 70 percent of online searches in the country.Yahoo!Japan and Yahoo!Taiwan are the most popular avenues for internet search in Japan and Taiwan,respectively.The worlds most popular search engines(with 1%market share)are:Search engine Ma
4、rket share in March 2017Google 80.52%Bing 6.92%Baidu 5.94%Yahoo!5.35%AFormerly known as Ask Jeeves,A receives approximately 3%of the search share.ASK is based on a question/answer format where most questions are answered by other users or are in the form of polls.It also has the general search funct
5、ionality but the results returned lack quality compared to Google or even Bing and Yahoo.AOL.comAOL(formerly a company known as AOL Inc.,originally known as America Online,and stylized as Aol.)is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.According to netmarketshare the old time famo
6、us AOL is still in the top 10 search engines with a market share that is close to 0.6%.The AOL network includes many popular web sites like and the .WordsimportantsearchenginecompanyWordsimportantsearchenginecompanyMicrosoft Development Center Norway(before 2010 known as Fast Search&Transfer ASA(FAS
7、T)is a Norwegian company based in Oslo.FAST focuses on data search technologies.It had offices located in Germany,Italy,Sri Lanka,France,Japan,the United Kingdom,the United States,Brazil,Mexico and other countries around the world.The company was founded in 1997.On April 24,2008,Microsoft acquired F
8、AST.FAST is now known as Microsoft Development Center Norway.AlltheWeb was an Internet search engine that made its debut in mid-1999 and was closed in 2011.established on July 16,1997.It was used primarily as a showpiece site for FASTs enterprise search engine.According to FAST,AllTheWeb once rivale
9、d Google in size and technology.AlltheWeb never became as popular as Google,though,and its userbase declined after it was bought out by Overture in 2003.Closure In February 2003 FASTs web search division was bought by Overture.In March 2004,Overture was taken over by Yahoo!.Shortly after Yahoo!s acq
10、uisition,the AlltheWeb site started using Yahoo!s database and some of the advanced functions were removed,such as FTP search and direct image search.In March 2011,Yahoo!stated on the AlltheWeb website that they intend to close the engine.Starting on April 4,2011,the site redirected to Yahoo!Search.
11、Part 2Part 2Google GoogleInc.GoogleInc.isanAmericanmultinationaltechnologycompanythatspecializesinInternet-relatedservicesandproducts.Theseincludeonlineadvertisingtechnologies,search,cloudcomputing,software,andhardware.Googlewasfoundedin1998byLarryPageandSergeyBrinwhiletheywerePh.D.studentsatStanfor
12、dUniversity,inCalifornia.TheyincorporatedGoogleasaprivatelyheldcompanyonSeptember4,1998.Aninitialpublicoffering(IPO)tookplaceonAugust19,2004,andGooglemovedtoitsnewheadquartersinMountainView,California,nicknamedtheGoogleplex.Reorganization In August 2015,Google announced plans to reorganize its vario
13、us interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet Inc.Google,Alphabets leading subsidiary,will continue to be the umbrella company for Alphabets Internet interests.Upon completion of the restructure,Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google;he replaced Larry Page,who became CEO of Alphabet.some service
14、s,softwares and websites The companys rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products,acquisitions,and partnerships beyond Googles core search engine(Google Search).It offers Gmail,and the newer variant Inbox,for email,Google Calendar,Google Maps,Google Drive for cloud storage of
15、files,Google Docs,Sheets and Slides for productivity,Google Photos for photo storage and sharing,Google Keep for note-taking,Google Translate YouTube for video viewing and sharing,and Google+,Allo,and Duo for social interaction.Google News,Google Wallet,Google Shopping Express,Google Alerts.Google d
16、evelops the Android mobile operating system,as well as its smartwatch,television,car,and Internet of things-enabled smart devices variations.It also develops the Google Chrome web browser,and Chrome OS,an operating system based on Chrome.Google Labs was a page created by Google to demonstrate and te
17、st new projects.Google Developers is Googles site for software development tools,APIs,and technical resources.GoogleSearch,commonlyreferredtoasGoogleWebSearchorsimplyGoogle,isawebsearchenginedevelopedbyGoogle.AsofFebruary2016,itisthemostusedsearchengineintheUSwith64.0%marketshare.Googlesearchconsist
18、sofaseriesoflocalizedwebsites.Thelargestofthose,site,isthetopmost-visitedwebsiteintheworld.GoogleSearchprovidesseveralfeaturesbeyondsearchingforwords.Theseincludesynonyms,weatherforecasts,timezones,stockquotes,maps,earthquakedata,movieshowtimes,airports,homelistings,andsportsscores.Therearespecialfe
19、aturesfornumbers,dates,andsomespecificforms,includingranges,prices,temperatures,moneyandmeasurementunitconversions,calculations,packagetracking,patents,areacodes,andlanguagetranslation.Googles homepage includes a button labeled Im Feeling Lucky.Prior to a change in 2012,when a user typed in a search
20、 and clicked on the button the user would be taken directly to the first search result,bypassing the search engine results page.The idea was that if a user is feeling lucky,the search engine would return the perfect match the first time without having to page through the search results.According to
21、a study by Tom Chavez of Rapt,this feature cost Google$110 million a year as 1%of all searches use this feature and bypass all advertisingImfeelinglucky.Imfeelinglucky.Part 3Part 3 Intel Developer ForumIntel Developer ForumIntel Developer Forum(IDF),is a gathering of technologists to discuss Intel p
22、roducts and products based on Intel products.The first IDF was in 1997.There is usually a Spring IDF and a Fall IDF.To emphasize the importance of China,the Spring 2007 IDF was held in Beijing instead of San Francisco,and San Francisco and Taipei shared the Fall IDF event in September and October,re
23、spectively.Three IDF shows were scheduled in 2008;with the date of IDF San Francisco notably moving to August rather than September.In previous years,events were held in major cities across the world such as San Francisco,Mumbai,Bangalore,Moscow,Cairo,Sao Paulo,Amsterdam,Munich and Tokyo.On April 17
24、,2017,Intel announced that it would no longer be hosting IDF.As a result of this announcement,IDF17,which was scheduled for August in San Francisco,was canceled.Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems operated by Nielsen Media Research that seek to determine the audience size and compos
25、ition of television programming in the United States.Nielsen Media Research was founded by Arthur C.Nielsen,a market analyst whose career had begun in the 1920s with brand advertising analysis and had expanded into radio market analysis during the 1930s,culminating in Nielsen ratings of radio progra
26、mming,which was meant to provide statistics as to the markets of radio shows.In 1950,Nielsen moved to television,developing a ratings system using the methods he and his company had developed for radio.That method has since become the primary source of audience measurement information in the televis
27、ion industry around the world.NielsenPart Part 4 4World Famous Social Networking websitesWorld Famous Social Networking websitesFacebook is an American for-profit corporation and an online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park,California.The Facebook website was launched on
28、February 4,2004,by Mark Zuckerberg,along with fellow Harvard College students.Facebook is an American for-profit corporation and an online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park,California.The Facebook website was launched on February 4,2004,by Mark Zuckerberg,along with fell
29、ow Harvard College students.Facebook may be accessed by a large range of desktops,laptops,tablet computers,and smartphones over the Internet and mobile networks.After registering to use the site,users can create a user profile indicating their name,occupation,schools attended and so on.Users can add
30、 other users as friends,exchange messages,post status updates and digital photos,share digital videos and links,use various software applications,and receive notifications when others update their profiles or make posts.Additionally,users may join common-interest user groups organized by workplace,s
31、chool,hobbies or other topics,and categorize their friends into lists such as People From Work or Close Friends.In groups,editors can pin posts to top.Additionally,users can complain about or block unpleasant people.TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online news and social Twitter is an online news and soc
32、ial networking service where users post and networking service where users post and interact with messages,interact with messages,called called tweets,tweets,restricted to 140 characters.Registered users restricted to 140 characters.Registered users can post tweets,but those who are can post tweets,
33、but those who are unregistered can only read them.Users unregistered can only read them.Users access Twitter through its website interface,access Twitter through its website interface,SMS or a mobile device app.Twitter,Inc.is SMS or a mobile device app.Twitter,Inc.is based in San Francisco,Californi
34、a,United based in San Francisco,California,United States,and has more than 25 offices around States,and has more than 25 offices around the world.the world.TwitterTwitterTwitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched in July of that yea
35、r.The service and launched in July of that year.The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity.In 2016,rapidly gained worldwide popularity.In 2016,Twitter had more than 319 million monthly active Twitter had more than 319 million monthly active users.users.Myspace is a social networking website off
36、ering an interactive,Myspace is a social networking website offering an interactive,user-submitted network of friends,personal profiles,blogs,user-submitted network of friends,personal profiles,blogs,groups,photos,music,and videos.It is headquartered in groups,photos,music,and videos.It is headquart
37、ered in Beverly Hills,California.Beverly Hills,California.It It was acquired by News Corporation was acquired by News Corporation in July 2005 for$580 million.From 2005 to 2008,Myspace in July 2005 for$580 million.From 2005 to 2008,Myspace was the largest social networking site in the worldwas the l
38、argest social networking site in the world.Myspace.Myspace had a significant influence on pop culture and music13 and had a significant influence on pop culture and music13 and created a gaming platform that launched the successes of created a gaming platform that launched the successes of Zynga and
39、 RockYou,among others.14 Despite an overall Zynga and RockYou,among others.14 Despite an overall decline,in 2015 Myspace still had 50.6 million unique monthly decline,in 2015 Myspace still had 50.6 million unique monthly visitors and has a pool of nearly 1 billion active and inactive visitors and ha
40、s a pool of nearly 1 billion active and inactive registered users.registered users.MySpacelTencent QQ,also known as QQ,is an instant messaging software service developed by the Chinese company Tencent Holdings Limited.QQ also offers services that provide online social games,music,shopping,microblogg
41、ing,movies,and group and voice chat software.The logo of the software is a small penguin wearing a red scarf.lAs of April 2014,over 200 million simultaneous online QQ users were recorded.At the end of June 2016,there were 899 million active QQ accounts.uWindows Live Spaces was Microsofts blogging an
42、d social networking platform.The site was originally released in early 2004 as MSN Spaces to compete with other social networking sites,and re-launched in 2006 as a part of a shifting of community services away from the MSN brand.It received an estimated 27 million,unique visitors per month as of August 2007.Despite being considered a useful messaging and communication tool,it has been criticized as not being as powerful as some of its alternatives.It was shut down in 2011 due to low viewership.THANK YOU