Communication

Human beings survive on communication.Once an individual has access to the Internet, there are a wide variety of different methods of communication and information exchange over the network.

These methods of communication and information retrieval are constantly developing.Most of these methods of communication can be used to transmit text, data, computer programs, sound, or visual images.

These are some of the most famous online communication methods used:

1. E-mail

Electronic mail, also known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks.

     The first e-mail message was sent in 1971 by an engineer named Ray Tomlinson.

    Emails are easy to use. You can organize your daily correspondance, send and receive electronic messages fast and save them on computers.

    When you reply to an email you can attach the original message so that when you answer the recipient knows what you are talking about. This is important if you get hundreds of emails a day.

    It is possible to send automated emails with a certain text. In such a way it is possible to tell the sender that you are on vacation. These emails are called auto responders.

    Emails can also have pictures in them. You can send birthday cards or newsletters as emails.

    Emails may carry viruses. These are small programs that harm your computer system. They can read out your email address book and send themselves to a number of people around the world.So be very careful. 

            A few email services:

                   1. Yahoo

                   2. Gmail

                   3. Hotmail

                   4. Outlook

                   5. Zoho

    2.  Blogs

    A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A,breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

     Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

      Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journals reveal inner thoughts.

              A few options for free online blog services:

                        1. Blogger

                        2. WordPress

                        3. TypePad Micro

                        4. Tumblr

                        5. Jux

   3.  E-commerce

     Electronic commerce or ecommerce is a term for any type of business, or commercial transaction, that involves the transfer of information across the Internet.

    It covers a range of different types of businesses, from consumer based retail sites, through auction or music sites, to business exchanges trading goods and services between corporations.

    The procedure of buying and selling is faster and this service has access 24 hours a day and through out 7 days of the week.

            Websites you can look at for online shopping:

                         1. FreeWebstore

                         2. Entrepreneur

   4.  Chat and Instant Messaging

    E-mails are fast but Chat and Instant Messaging is faster and a more accurate way to communicate.

    With  Chat and Instant Messaging(IM), you can keep a list of people you interact with. You can Instant massage with anyone on your buddy list or contact list as long as that person is online.

    You can not only chat with one individual but you can create a chat room containing group conversations with anyone you prefer.

    You can share information,you can share links of your favourite websites,you can send and view videos,you can have a face-to-face video conversation with your friends,look at images stored in your friends computers,share files by sending them directly to your friends,look into real-time or near real-time stock quotes and news.

            Totaly web-based,totaly free online instant messaging services:

                                1. Facebook

                                2. Ebuddy

                                3. Meebo

                                4. Nimbuzz