Online Services Introduction

Online services over the years have changed in the way we can now do many things online without having to physically do it. We can access these services through the internet on our phones, laptops and computers whenever we need to. The internet changes the way we think in our day to day lives from how we communicate to how we chose to manage and spend our money. The online services are divided into different categories:

Communication

The way in which we communicate has change significantly, as now we can communicate with others around the world through many ways, for example, texting and Skype, allowing us to talk to others and even use live webcam viewing. There are many more social networking sites in which we can show anyone where we are and what we are doing.

Real Time

Real time information can provide us with the current weather for now and the next few days, inform us on the latest news stories and check when your bus or train will arrive even when there are any delays involved.

E-Commerce

E-Commerce includes the way we shop online and deal with different payments and banking situations. There are many ways in which we can check on our banking and make payments just from an app on your phone. E-Commerce also includes the government gateway which allows us to be able to pay our car insurance and tax online.

Business

Businesses can connect worldwide to take part in conferences without having to travel and also having a network to connect to others.

Education

We are now able to be included in different online education lessons for multiple subjects. Similarly we can submit our UCAS applications and have access to our schools W: Drive and personal accounts.

Entertainment

There are many different ways to access entertainment through different websites and apps like YouTube and spotify which is an efficient way to listen to the music when connected to the internet.

Download services

Download services allows us to download software onto our devices in which we can watch videos or movies and listen to music wherever you are. This also includes updates such as Microsoft downloads.

Cloud Archiving

Cloud Archiving is when we have data that is stored and backed up onto a cloud storage service provider.