Our Technology section is here to provide everyone
with a look at technology from around the world. Past and
present technology is discussed and reviewed, along with history,
applications and individual products. Follow the categories
below to find the technology information you want.
There are approximately 600 million automobiles worldwide.
Of these 600 million, about 140 million are found in the United
States of America.
Computers is a very broad category. Anything
related to computers will be located in this
category. Hardware, software, the industry itself and many
other subtopics will be built up over time.
Digital Imaging is a field of computer science covering digital
images - images that can be stored on a computer, particularly
bit-mapped images.
Finance is all about money. In the business
world, finance covers the way companies raise and use money
over time. There are four main items that make up finance;
study of money and assets, management of the assets, managing
risk, or to provide funds.
GPS stands for Global Positioning System.
GPS is made up of a network of satellites orbiting the world.
The internet is a group of computers located worldwide
that are connected together through various networks. Data
traveling from one computer to the next may pass through multiple
mediums such as copper cables, fibre optics and even wirelessly.
There are two major aspects that marketing techniques
can be applied to. Firstly, the acquisition of new clients
and development of new business opportunities. Conversely,
marketing is used to retain current customers and expand the
opportunities with them.
Economics, psychology and sociology all have input into the
marketing techniques that a company may employ.
Historically most companies have taken a customer focus to
their marketing efforts, meaning that they selected
a target market and then developed products to fit that market.
With product focus companies develop a product and then look
for consumers to market that product to.
Mining and drilling is
the act of extracting materials, most often minerals or ore,
from the earth. Many other materials can technically be mined,
like water and natural gas. Mining itself dates back about
43,000 years.
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