excitements of Internet

Internet has became an indepensable part in my life. But even now, I would sometimes be shocked by the strong ability of the Internet. And, as a student major in Arts, I am so curious how were these magics completed by the technical experts.There are some exciting moments still fresh in my mind.
1) Google
Google is absolutely a powerfulsearch house. I gain most of my information from Google. However, I was still shocked when my friend put my Chinese name as the key words. The eightpage results were all about me. These results included all the articles or words I ever published on the newspaper or online, all the name lists I was on and all the prizes I received,etc. My friend immediately knew my past quite well as soon as she
clicked on the "Search" button. At that time, I was astonished at the plentiful information about myself, some of which even I could not remember, feeling I was naked publicly.


2) Instant message

Almost everybody in China has a QQ account. 2011, QQ launched its new software Weixin (Which is similar to Talkbox). You could not imagine how satisfied and grateful my mum was when she knew she could send and receive voice message instantly with me via Weixin. As I would go to U.S.A, mum was quite worried about the usual communication difficulty with me due to the difference of telephone operators and the time zones. But Weixin made these obstacles disappear. She was greatly released after I taught her to use this tool. I could still remember my mum's big smile on that day.



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3) Online mapping tools

When I put my uncle's U.S.A address into Google Map, I could not only see the drawn map,but also the satellite images. The clear picture of sky, houses, garages and the road let me know in advance about the real place I will go to, though I was still in China. Also, I could click on the map to have a detailed view of houses or cars. The feeling of reality is very strange, but fantastic!



4) Spireware

I never took the Spireware seriously until one day my computer crashed. My friend forced me to install a Spireware. Then it found and killed more than 100 virus in my computer. I was quite shocked, and fully realized our computers would truly get contaminated and ill just like human beings. Then every time, the spireware warned me of the attack or the suspicious virus, I could not stop wondering how could it recognize the good or the bad. What a powerful and patient doctor!


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5) Taobao
Americans have Ebay, we have Taobao. It's amazing when you find something which you don't expectto be sold online on Taobao. Now I don't doubt the fact that Taobao sells almost anything, including poison I think.Just joking. I was always surprised at the creativity of the sellers and the vitalityof the whole virtual market.



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Link: http://www.taobao.com/