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3 - Online Systems, Functions, & Platforms

This document discusses different types of online platforms. It defines online platforms as digital services that facilitate interactions between users via the internet. Some key platform categories mentioned include social media, search engines, communication services, payment systems, advertising, and outlets for creative content. Search engines are specifically defined as software systems that search the world wide web for information. The top 10 search engines of 2016 are listed. Communication services allow outsourced enterprise communication solutions. Payment systems enable the transfer of monetary value for financial transactions. Advertising platforms allow users to create and manage ad campaigns. Creative content outlets need to translate topics into creative presentations. Finally, examples of specific online platforms are provided across tools for presentations, newsletters, photos, videos, maps,

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3 - Online Systems, Functions, & Platforms

This document discusses different types of online platforms. It defines online platforms as digital services that facilitate interactions between users via the internet. Some key platform categories mentioned include social media, search engines, communication services, payment systems, advertising, and outlets for creative content. Search engines are specifically defined as software systems that search the world wide web for information. The top 10 search engines of 2016 are listed. Communication services allow outsourced enterprise communication solutions. Payment systems enable the transfer of monetary value for financial transactions. Advertising platforms allow users to create and manage ad campaigns. Creative content outlets need to translate topics into creative presentations. Finally, examples of specific online platforms are provided across tools for presentations, newsletters, photos, videos, maps,

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PLATFORMS

If you can program it, then it’s a platform.


If you can’t, then it’s not.”

- Marc Andreessen
Online Platforms in ICT

is a digital service that uses the Internet to facilitate


interactions between two or more separate but
interdependent users (whether they are companies or private
individuals).

It makes it easier for users to interact, to collect, and use the


data from the user’s interactions for their own particular needs.
Online Platform Categories

• Social Media
• Search Engines
• Communication Services
• Payment Systems
• Advertising Platforms
• Creative Content Outlets
PLATFORMS
Web Search Engines
It is a software system that is designed to search
for information on the World Wide Web (WWW). The
search results are generally presented in a line of
results referred to as Search Engine Results Page
(SERPs).
The information may be a mix of webpages,
images, and other types of files.
Top 10 Search Engines (2016)
1. Google
2. Bing (Microsoft)
3. Yahoo (No. 1 email provider)
4. Ask.com (Ask Jeeves)
5. AOL.com (America Online)
6. Baidu (China)
7. Wolframalpha (Computational
Knowledge Engine)
8. DuckDuckGo (simple)
9. Internet Archive (histories of a
domain)
10.ChaCha.com (similar to
Ask.com)
PLATFORMS
Communication Services
These are outsourced enterprise communications
solutions that can be leased from a single vendor or
provider.
A Communications Service Provider (CSP) is a
provider that transports information electronically and can
encompass public and private companies in telecom,
internet, cable, satellite, and managed services business.
Telecom & Internet Cable
PLATFORMS
Payment System
It is any system used to settle financial
transactions through transfer of monetary value, and
includes the institutions, instruments, people, rules,
procedures, standards, and technologies.
PLATFORMS
Advertising Platforms
It allows users to create and manage advertising
campaigns, generate reports, and retrieve information
about the ads, campaigns, and organizations that are
associated with an account.
PLATFORMS
Creative Content Outlets
It is content that needs to be translated
creatively.

Topic/concept → Creative presentation it


ONLINE PLATFORMS
1. Presentation Tools – Prezi, Zoho Shows, MS PowerPoint.
2. Newsletter, ICT Content Platforms – Dropbox, Tumblr, Wix
3. Photo Editing Tools – Picasa, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP
4. Video Editing Tools – Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie
Maker, Adobe Premier Pro
5. Photo uploading and hosting Tools – Dropbox, Flickr
6. Online Collaborative Tools – Google Drive, Viber, Facebook
7. Cloud Computing – Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft One
Drive
ONLINE PLATFORMS
8. Blog Tools – Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal
9. Mapping Tools – Google Maps, Waze, Wikimapia
10. Music Production – Sony Vegas Pro, Audacity, Virtual DJ
11. Survey and Forms – Google Forms
12. ICT Projects and Content Publishing and Uploading
Platforms – WordPress, MS Office Project Server, File
Manager
13. Web Design Platforms – Wix, Weebly, Adobe
Dreamweaver
14. Web Management Platforms – Drupal, WordPress, Joomla
Activity 2: Reflect on the following questions and answer them briefly on
your activity sheets

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