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Question1: Write down all the topics of the class presentations and a brief description


 * **Skype:** Is a program used to communicate with people all around the world through a computer or smart phone to a phone or computer. You can talk to other Skype users through a computer for free or you can have video chats with more that one user at a time no matter where you are, as long as you have access to internet. If you want to call a phone number, you have to pay a small fee for the charge.
 * **Apple:** Company that created the first personal computer. It is the competition of Microsoft. Apple II had great success as the first personal computer and Apple Computer Co. was the greatest computer company back in the 80's. They developed Apple I, Apple II, LISA, Macintosh computers, and then continued to develop desktops and laptops, afterwards; iPods, iPhones and iPads. The Macbook Air is another computer that have released, which is innovative and useful, followign Apple's principles. Steve Jobs founded it and around the 90s was fired by John Sculley, whom he had hired before. He returned some years later after developing neXT and earning a lot of money in Pixar.
 * **Wikipedia:** A web page that has articles on almost ever topic you could think of. It is not very reliable to most of the people because since its nature is to colaborate towards common knowledge it can be easily edited by anyone. However, administrators double check every bit of information that is posted. It is the widest online encyclopedia and there are many gendres for almost any relevant topic. Its name is an portmanteau from the words wiki- quik in hawaian and pedia.
 * **Kingston:** Kingston is the greatest company that produces storage devices as flash memories, USB and hubs as well. It is characterized because 100% of their products are tested, so that there are no factory mistakes and it makes Kingston the greatest company speciallized in memory devices.
 * **X-box Live:** It is a social network designed for Xbox players in which they can download games, edit their profile and avatar, interact with other users around the world, access Messenger, download movies, have videochat with other people and access the net. You can buy cards with points that represent money. You can create an Avatar.
 * **Social Networks:** These are networks where you create your personal web page, and that keeps you in contact with your friends are family that have one too. It is really easy to make one because normally what it asks for is your name and an email account. There are many examples of these, like Facebook, Hi5, Friendster, Black World. Some of the networks are used to identify a certain religious, cultural, ethnic gropu or simply to share common interests. There is a debated topic about social networks because some people share personal information which exposes them to be threatened and even kidnapped.
 * **Touchscreen**: It was not developed by Apple but it was perfected when the iThouch was released. However, Palms also used touch screens that required a special pen and couldn't be used just with fingers. Some touchscreens were not so accurate with instructions