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1. Todd Nappi And Brian Cobbol

   CSC 101Assignment 2_1

2. Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. The network is operated by a company called Skype Limited, headquartered in Luxembourg and partly owned by eBay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
3. Twitter is a social networking and micro blogging service, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., that enables its users to send and read other users' messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page. Tweets are publicly visible by default, however senders can restrict message delivery to their friends list. Users may subscribe to other author tweets—this is known as following and subscribers are known as followers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
4. A Blog is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
5. Google Talk is a no-charge Windows web-based application for instant messagingand voice over internet protocol (VOIP) client offered by Google Inc. The first beta version of the program was released on August 24, 2005. Instant messaging between the Google Talk servers and its clients uses an open protocol,XMPP, allowing users of other XMPP/Jabber clients to communicate with Google Talk users. VoIP in Google Talk uses an older version of what would later become the Jingle protocol. The technology used within the Google server network however is not publicly known. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk
6. Podcasts A podcast is a digital media file of either audio or video that is not streamed live. Podcasts are acquired from downloading from the internet using a web application or ITunes. The high rise in use of podcasts in the past years it attributed to the use of Apples IPods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast
7. Zillow is a real estate price estimation web site The site can bring up any house by address. It uses an algorithm called zestemate that calculates the price of the house by taking into account the value of the surrounding houses, bedrooms and bathrooms, lot size and other factors. www.zillow.com
8. Kayak is a end to end travel site. It instantly will find you the best flights and hotel accommodations for the cheapest price. Also rents cars http://www.kayak.com/?gclid=CMjj_urH9aMCFZxo5QodEzag2g&kw=kayak&ci=803-527-2209&brand=kayak
9. Sleepinginairports.net Sleeping in airports is aweb page devoted to those who don’t want to spring for a hotel. The main topic is about witch airports have the best terminals to sleep in. It also compiles the worst airports to sleep in www.sleepinairports.net
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