Communicating on the Web - From Email to Twitter

1. EMAIL
This is the original application killer; one that has been a staple of the Internet since the start. Internet Vendor email accounts have been supplanted in part by free web-based email from either Yahoo, Google or , less frequently Microsoft’s Hotmail (Live mail). Like many Internet applications, the trend has been towards more mobile email access, with iPhone type devices and small notebooks - NetBooks.

2. CHAT
“Chat is a bit like e-mail in real time. Users have conversations via the keyboard in "Chat rooms" with other users. Chat has been criticized for being addictive as well as concerns over unsuitable contact between children and adults. To join a chatroom you usually have to give your e-mail address and this can lead to spam.”
http://www.smallbizonline.co.uk/glossary_of_internet_terms.php

3. INTERNET MESSAGING
This is a form of chat, often using a client software such as ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Microsoft MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger.

4. INTERNET TELEPHONES (VOIP)

Voice Over Internet Protocol programs enable phone-type communications across a broadband Internet connection. Skype is one such service. Although low cost per call, broadband access costs need to be considered. There may be additional hardware devices to purchase or rent. It can be via a computer or to a phone handset.

5. TWITTERING
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends who can receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS, or through applications such as TwitterMobile, Tweetie, Twinkle, Twitterrific, Feedalizr, Facebook, and Twidget.

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