Habbo Hotel a social networking service operated by Sulake Corporation that is set up as a virtual world. Targeting English speaking teenagers between the ages of 13 and18 (2009, TechCrunch), this world consists of lobbies, lounges, and party rooms where Habbo citizens can socialize and lead an alternate life. The initial user experience in this virtual utopia may seem perfect at first, but certain things like product placement and theft can sway users’ ultimate experiences in this virtual community
Technology is among the major developments of the 21st century. Technological applications have been used extensively in almost every sector of the society. The education sector is among the most benefited in this regard. Technological applications are used widely in education through research and innovation to steer development prospects in different disciplines. Despite the tremendous developments in technology and its worthy applications to the education sector, profound negative effects have
Anonymous Anonymous is not an organization. Anonymous is an idea, and when people come together and believe in an idea they become a group, or a movement. Everybody can be “anonymous”, whose members are often called “Anons”, and there is no leadership. Anonymous fights for freedom of speech and are often against the government. As an Anon said "We stand for freedom and for freedom of speech, for the power of the people and for their ability to demonstrate against the government, we stand for non
Computer Graphics Design has changed in many ways over the years. In the beginning there were 2-Dimensional shapes such as you would see in the game “Pong.” Many years later, graphics improved, changing from 2-Dimensional shapes into 3-Dimensional characters, which are standard in video games, movies, and television today. There are many different image types for graphics: 2D computer graphics, pixel art, vector graphics, 3D computers graphics, and computer animation. Over the years, computer graphic
Erich Igel Dr. Kohn English 21 November, 2014 “In Before Banned” By the time you are finished reading this sentence, an elite hacker could have identified your IP address, and along with it, your exact latitudinal location, the make and model of your device, who you are, and what you do. This is the power of Anonymous, a secretive organization consisting of bored teens and twenty-somethings who have nothing better to do than practice their art, and carry it out against those who dare to question
“We are #Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget #ExpectUs #MillionMaskMarch #OpVendetta #UK”. That message is from the many tweets off of Twitter that the group Anonymous. That message has been one of their many slogans. In Anonymous’ case how do you have an all-encompassing slogan when you have no structure or hierarchy? When you are just a loosely aligned group of internet users how do you become an international group that is an example of an alienated counter-culture