Typing Options for Smartphones

What typing options are available on smartphones? Differentiate between predictive text input and a swipe keyboard app.

Smartphones is an internet-capable mobile phone with an advanced operating system. It usually includes a calendar, an appointment book, an address book, a calculator, a media player, a GPS and other features like send and receive messages, conduct live video calls and it even function as a camera phone.  Most have a touchscreen. Some have a built-in mini keyboard or a keyboard that slides in and out from behind the phone.

A variety of typing options are  available on a smartphone.  Some phones use predictive text input, where you press one key on the keyboard or keypad for each letter in a word. Another option is the  swipe keyboard app, wherein the users enter words by tracing a path on an on-screen keyboard with their fingertip or stylus pen from one letter to the next in a continuous motion. An on-screen keyboard is use by pressing keys on the screen using a fingertip or a stylus. Another option is a virtual keyboard that projects an image of a keyboard on a flat surface. 

Cybersquatter

What is ? What is the goal of the Anticybersquatting Consumer protection Act (ACPA)?

Cybersquatting is buying and registering unused or lapsed domain names belonging to someone else or existing businesses so that they can profit from selling them. Some cybersquatters take advantage of people trying to reach a more popular website and redirect to a website for their own business.

Anticybersquatting Consumer protection Act’s goal is to protect the consumers and trademark owners from being forced to pay a cybersquatter for a domain name that includes their trademark. ACPA authorizes a trademark owner to sue an alleged cybersquatter in federal court and obtain a court order transferring the domain name back to the trademark owner. In some cases, the cybersquatter must pay money damages.

Online Social Networks

Define an online social network. Differentiate among Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

An online social networks is a websites that allow users to be part of a virtual community that share interests, photos, stories with other registered users. Some of the most popular sites are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Each websites provide users with tools to create a custom profile. Profile includes basic information about the user and one profile picture. Social networks site has different tools and online application based on their audience.

Facebook has no specific audience and has advanced profiles setting that may include photo albums and videos.  Users focuses more on an online community wherein a registered user can add friends, send messages to other users, and leave comments directly on friends' profiles.

Twitter enables registered users to read, and send short 140-character messages called "tweets". Only Registered users can read and post tweets, and unregistered users can only read them. Tweet keep the user to stay updated with the daily activities.

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service, mainly used to share professional interest, education and employment history. It allows the registered user to add coworkers or college to their contact list. The online information in LinkedIn is consider an online resume. Employers can post a job and hire possible job hunter.  

Social networking is a community of people from different places that provide an opportunity to keep in touch with old friends and to meet people you don't know from across the world. Strangers can be able to get personal information from a friends profile page. It is a good idea to review the privacy settings of your account. Be responsible for your own safety and integrity and always remember to think first before posting.