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How technology has changed the world since 2008 up to now

Posted on June 25, 2019 Written by 12editor1

Many people will ask why the 2008 is the time of a new leap in the technology market? It was a year after the first iPhone was released and it was the first time that the Android smartphone was released, changing the smartphone industry, and the industry’s rapid change and development world technology.

It is not so much to say that the change of smartphones has opened the big change of the technology market, since before that mobile phones were familiar and attached to many people. Since the iPhone and Android appear on the smartphone market, this market has experienced a rapid growth, when in 2008 only about 139 million smartphones were used, this figure increased to 2.6 billion devices suffered in 2016.

Having a smartphone has changed the way we communicate with each other, how to take pictures, read books, shop … and now it’s not too much to say that smartphones have become an integral part of people nowadays.

In 2008, Facebook only had 100 million users and Twitter was newly established. Now Facebook has 1.79 billion registered users and Twitter has billions of shares daily. Now, like smartphones, social networks have become an integral part of many people’s lives.

Not simply using social networks as a tool to connect and make friends like before, social networking has become a place to provide information to users, when the number of people who exploit news from social networks is still large. More from the big newspaper pages.

With its pervasive power, social networks have created great trends and trends all over the world and even affected important issues such as the recent US Presidential elections, when the links ended. Research results indicate that many American voters have changed their decision to vote in the end thanks to social networks.

With the development of smartphones and social networks, dating is now not only a face-to-face meeting for chatting, but also surfing on smartphones or clicks on computers. The online dating apps launched are more and more popular, helping those looking for a love affair to have more choices for themselves.

Libra’s number money – Zuckerberg’s expansionist scheme

Posted on June 21, 2019 Written by 12editor1

On June 18, Facebook announced it would release electronic currency Libra in early 2020. It allows Messenger, WhatsApp users to trade online. Libra will also be used on Spotify, Uber, Paypal … and backed by VISA and US financial tycoons.

Governments in many countries like France and G7 countries immediately expressed concern about the expansion of the Facebook empire. International media questioned whether a well-known platform with monopoly, data scandals could lead monetary projects that affect the world’s finance?

In many ways, Facebook is more like a government than a communications technology company, Mark Zuckerberg told media.

According to The Guardian, this country is operated by algorithms considered by Facebook to be transparent and free. Thanks to algorithms, people work together to build relationships, speak and do what they want based on the so-called community standards.

In fact, Facebook is operating in a chaotic order, rules overlap. Facebook monitors users, checks everything. Above all, Facebook can view users as white mice, items to test new features or exchange data at any time.

From the first day of building his own empire, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook boss always took the spirit of hacker inspiration. Facebook headquarters is at address 1, Hacker Way.

In that office, a large square with the word HACK was engraved on the concrete floor. Also at this office, there is an open space meeting room named Hacker Square. The hacker spirit was absorbed into Mark Zuckerberg’s blood. In the 2017 Guardian article, Franklin Foer correspondent wrote that Mark Zuckerberg was a hacker. Therefore, building a virtual empire is always the ambition of the hacker group, Guardian wrote.

Today, Facebook owns 2.7 billion monthly users. This helps Facebook hold a huge power. In simple terms, Facebook is a country with 2.7 billion people, unlimited territory, a law and its own way of operating. Because it is impossible to collect taxes, this national source of finance comes from the private life of citizens. They sell to advertising packages that reach people.