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THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

In this modern world of technology today, everything has changed remarkably at the tip of our fingers. Everywhere around us, the presence of it has made our life easier, effective and efficient. Everyone uses their mobile phones daily which speeds up communications faster where they have been hooked up with the applications, electronic mails, the speed and ease of use which is way faster than writing a letter and putting it into a regular mail, the tills used in shops, the surveillance cameras in any business territories, GPS used all the time for routing, supermarkets, Airline control systems, traffic systems and the like. Our lives have been surrounded by technology. Communications and Technology changes the way people interact in our daily lives.

THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE

Since the creation of Facebook, everyone has been attached to it, spending most of their time reading posts, to the extent that we have been immune to the reactions and developments around the world. Unfortunately, the privacy has gone off to individuals, selfie-ing and bragging, not everyone knows the privacy settings and they’re so vulnerable to view their profiles and accounts. The privacy settings on Facebook can limit your profile like you can choose who you want your posts to be seen. The increasing use of the technology has led to new levels of crimes publicly. Some people’s public profiles are being hacked, gaining access to steal money through personal details, intellectual property, they have been stalked, kids being kidnapped and the like. Also, institutions be it public or in private sectors, schools have used so much of the technologies specially in dealing with records, file management and use of tools for managing computer resources, like the way we students are learning using the Virtual Learning Experience (VLE). The ICT educational experience brings benefits to the students and the teachers as well, making all schools smart, it helps the students to do their projects by saving a lot of time and there isn’t any limit in the amount of information we get. Its beneficial in improving their works and software programs are being applied to various administrative work at any levels. And as mentioned earlier, in businesses, the most significant impact of ICT had been related to the creation of sales channels, selling their products and services online through networking sites so therefore their levels of sales have increased.