Convergence of technology
- 2. May also called Technological Convergence which can be defined as the process by which existing technologies merge into new forms that bring together different types of media and applications.
- 3. CONVERGENCE Means the union of merging of two or more things to make a new entity.
- 4. HISTORY AND REASON OF CONVERGENCE On 1691 the verb convergence was created, during the 20th century. The word convergence become broader and primarily started with the emergence of computers, the internet and mobile technology;
- 5. REASONS: The rapid advancement in the field of internet along the emergence of a various products ad series and digital space. The availability of career technologies with high bandwidth. The need for devices that will not only interact with media but are capable to handle a large number of other formats .
- 7. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Is the design & construction of computers to better help people of school, in business & at home.
- 8. CONTENT TECHNOLOGY Mixing of different media (text, sound, video, etc.) on the same screen (computer, tv, etc.) in an interactive mode.
- 9. COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY The capability operate maintain & upgrade communication equipment forms part of every technology convergence.
- 11. DIGITAL CONVERGENCE Refers to the various types of data, such as text, voice, video, and graphics into digital form.
- 12. MESSAGING CONVERGENCE Groupings of services that integrates SMS with voice ex. of this are voice SMS, SPIN, VOX, IVVE, MMS etc. Concept in which old and new media intersect. It is basically the convergence of several media channels through digitization.
- 13. TECHNOLOGY Such as smart phones, tablets, & internet made it a lot easier for users to get access to media text.
- 14. INDUSTRY Merging industry leaders and players the opted to increase or diversity of their interest in the market.
- 15. SOCIAL AWARNESS The rice in popularity of social media sites also mean as an opportunity for wider mainstream net based communication such as social media sites.
- 16. CONTENT CONVERGENCE Defined as the portability of content which means that the content can be mixed and matched to fit new content.