The Psychology of Evolving Technology: How Social Media, Influencer Culture and New Technologies are Altering Society

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R. OkunevThe Psychology of Evolving Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8686-9_2

2. History of the Internet, Search Engines, and More

Rhoda Okunev¹  

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Tamarac, FL, USA

 

This chapter will review the internet and the WWW, search engines, email, word processors, Wi-Fi and texting. After the invent of the computer many inventions were developed that made life easier while using them. The internet, WWW and Wi-Fi enabled computers to speak to each other and share information. Search engines allowed users to see details of facts and figures that were on the internet instead of having to search through encyclopedias. The word processor made writing, computing ...