Criteria B

The IT Background of the Issue

The World Wide Web functions using HTML code and other features. It’s a big network and is powered by impersonal routers, servers, browsers and computer codes; it's fundamentally a tool for connecting people and information. It does not depend on any regions. It allows information to run through international and local social directories. This could be defined as globalization (Howstuffworks.com)

Figure 1

The widespread of computers has allowed the internet to be more accessible and used by many. By July 2007 Facebook had the largest number of registered members with over 34 million users worldwide. Facebook’s popularity increased greatly from September 2006 to September 2007, ranking in at 60th to 7th place on the list of most visited websites (Wikipedia.org). This number increased over the years because the internet has become speedier and more accessible and offers more features [Figure 1] (http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/msfbbo.png).

A profile has personal information that allows people to learn more about you and vice versa. To find a friend you must type in their name in the search browser [Diagram 4]. In seconds similar names [Diagram 3] will appear on your screen along with their network and matches [Diagram 1]. You can either poke, send a message add to friends or even view their friends [Diagram2] in some cases. That person will automatically be informed on their home page the next time that they login, but will not be notified about who has viewed their friends.

In the future the internet could be accessed anywhere and anytime, using any electronic device. Facebook will continue to grow and offer more advanced features and applications such as video conferencing and in the end might even outnumber users of Myspace [Figure 1].