Entertainment

Entertainment

Games online

With online gaming there’s two types of gaming online theirs free to pay and theirs one which cost money to own an account. Most of the free games to play online are very simplistic and easy for the users, however while the pay to play are more complex and very much down to the very little detail. These games allow the user to connect to the world while playing these games. Two major mmorpgs are Eve online and WoW (world of warcraft) both of these games is very big on the internet as both have a wide range of communities. I have played both of these games and I do believe that do exceed what would be call the grade mark for a good Mmorpgs and is highly respected in the game community. I can see why many people would come play games online as it give them the sense of community and a belonging in the game.

The other form of online games is via game consoles this has also become widely popular. From this it has allowed the user to chat and hang out with friends or people the meet online, which allows them to play with each other online. Some of the most popular games played on Xbox liver of psn is either the Fifa games or the call of duty series which have became popular. With both of these gaming types becoming more and more popular it a likelihood that we will see more people using online gaming.

Videos

This is another form of entertainment on the internet which gain a rapid increased its popularity in the few last years, leading some websites and company to success with the ability to watch videos.

 There are three types of videos online, the first one is movies this allows the user to watch movie online two of the big companies which allow you to do this is lovefilm and Netflix the user has to pay a small cost from having this privileges but is much cheap than buying all the blu rays or Dvds making it more popular to download movie than rather buying them.

The other service is catch up t.v which allows the user to re watch the recent t.v which have benign on t.v and use missed the show. A good example for this website is BBC I player, itv player and 4od. BBC I player was the first channel to set this up however once this other broadcast networks did the same. There is a disadvantage to this, as all the t.v programs on there are only are available for a set time whoever they are still very popular with the British public

The last form of videos on the internet is short clips which are available to the use. One of the most famous website to do this is YouTube. The popularity is down YouTube is down to be wide range of videos which satisfied everyone likes of videos. From first day YouTube started it has over 72 hours of video footage on YouTube and has had about four billions hour of the YouTube is watch each month.  Due to YouTube success it has allow many other people to become famous from YouTube and they have became viral videos. However YouTube does have a down side to it which is many people can and do get trolled on the internet from a spiteful comment to a long harassment letter in someone inbox  lead has leads to it have cyber bullying issue.

Music

Online radio has become a big popular form entertainment online as many people listen to the radio while at work. This service allows the user to access the radio services while at a computer. Due to it being on the internet it has made it very easy to access any radio station over the world. When in was created in 1994 it was very popular however it is still gain popularity. One of the many big website from making your own music radio station is 365 live this service allow to listen to all different types of music on radio which specialized in a certain type of music genre or you can find the radio station you listen on the internet as most stations are on the internet.

Now you can find apps for iPhone and Xbox which allow you can listen to the music while on your iPhone or Xbox one of the many website to do this is absolute radio. This service can now reach more people who didn’t listen to the radio on the computer.

Download services

Download services

Entertainments service

One of the major download which people use is downloading music on to the computer, mp3 and iPod or iPhone, this is when a company share’s it file while other people for there to download it one of the many website which does this is iTunes or Amazon. People have to pay for this service however it is a little cost, there is one problem with this as it can lead to illegal file download and this is when someone has paid for the music but has illegal download it. This has lead to laws being made to try and stop this.

Another form of download is where someone downloads games or apps. This is when someone downloads a game and installs it to them computer or an iPhone if it’s an app. This has lead to people playing a lot of games being played online, just like the music this can lead to hacking games or jailbreaking them. Many game have laws to stop be from, being in a  third person party while running the game and this can be lead with a banned in the game to being arrested.

Movies have become another thing to download off the internet. This is similar to the music download as it allows the user to access file to download or you can watch the films on the internet. Some of the big website which offers these is lovefilms and Netflix. However just like gaming and music online there are people who break the law when watch moves illegal, many people would watch a movie over the internet rather than going to see it in the cinema making the cinema lose money.

Information downloads

One of the big download of information now is newspaper and magazines as being away of people getting their information, with more people on the go is has became a lot more convenient to have the app on your smart phone rather than buying a newspaper. The has been made easy to read by the e book as it formats the newspaper or magazine in to a size which is read able. This have became both good way of people getting information on the go, rather than having a newspaper.

With technology always advancing it has became much easy to download software from the internet rather than buying it from the store. It has become more convenient to download the software on to the computer. This has allowed people to stay up to date with the latest technology. However, some website can be misleading buy to use their website which in the data can have a hidden virus or malware and install it on to the computer if there not careful enough.

Advantages and disadvantages

One of the advantages has became that it is much easy to download stuff from the internet rather than going out to buy if from the shop as download have became much quicker. This has become more convenient to the user the download services have spread on to the Smartphone and making it easy to download apps for the phones.

One of the major disadvantages it that people can download illegal which is against the law. Another thing which is a disadvantages for downloading is that more people are on the internet make the speed go slower with everyone on at the same time it would make the download reality slow. This could annoying and angry to some of the people of the internet with the download speeds.

Online banking

Online Banking

One of the first electronic banking was ATM or hole in the wall, one of the first ATM in England was made by Barclays back in 1968 in London and these have become one of the most iconic thing with banking.

One of the first ways which allowed people to using bank at home was home banking which allowed people to access to their, via using the phone to call the banking to enter the details. This started at about the early 80s and became very popular by the late 80s. The first home banking set up in England was in 1983 and was set up by the bank of Scotland it was very basic and it allowed you to view statements, bank transfer and bill payments. The first bank to have an online baking website was Stanford federal credit union which allowed all of it member to have access to the online bank. Nowadays many banks have become only online banks just like many of the business today one good exmaple of this is egg.

Direct Debit

The service online us used to pay for the user account to the other people account by taking a set amount of money each time, the Debit card is used for paying rent or your mortgages as it only take a set amount of money for the person bank account, with using it online it can make it much easy for the user.

Apps for banking

Nowadays with people always on the move, and not near a computer, bank have start to have apps with do the same job as the service online has. These apps have the same purposes as the online service but are more freely used as your can send with a standing order or check how much you have in the bank, they have prove to be a popular app.

Disadvantages

There are two many disadvantages to the online banking service which are older people , skilled workers who work for the bank and people who like the communications at the bank.

Many older don’t user the internet or have difficult using the internet so having online banking service will not be much use to the older who will still prefer to use the bank to deposit and withdrew money. Also the might not use it for security reasons as there is a lot of new feature security details. Some people do not feel safe to share their personal details online.

The other group of people which would be effect by online banking service is skilled works, as computer would replace them as the can do a quick job and would cost less them using a real person to do the job. This could be a many disadvantages to skilled work as a threat of unemployment.   

Many people still use the bank as away of communication to talk with other humans but with many banks now online people would not have the communications as the would if they will at a actual bank.

E-government

E-Government

The internet has help with the government as it has allowed them to post plan and stuff your find in a newsletter on the internet making it cheap and less time consuming then printing and handing out newsletters

Direct gov

This is a website which allows the public to find out information about the government and local council. The range of audience varies from children to adults; the service also gave information on local council such bin days to renewing a book from the library. Direct gov also help children to show them the key building in the area which the live in such as town hall police stations. The aim of the website is to get people more invore with the community. They also help a disable section to help disable people with the needs.  

 Government gateway

This has allowed many people to register the license plate and pay for their income tax, this works for business and people who have to pay taxes. The site was launch in 1999 as a way for the government to collect the taxes, also with registering the number plate online it makes it easy for the government to keep control of the date as it couldn’t get lost in the post. This has made it easy for people to pay and registered the number plate, thanks to the government using online services.

NHS direct

The NHS has a service which allows you to find out what to do if you are ill, this also included help the pregnancies. One of the main features which the website gives to the user is advice on want to do if you’re ill. As it is 24 hours it cans give advice all day. To know what illness you have the have a symptoms check which allows seeing in your have any on the symptoms. The website also offers a service which allows you to see how close the gp is to you. The website also offers a form on other topics which a debatably.