Pandora Radio (Links to an external site.) - This music radio website allows you to sign up to enjoy 40 hours a month of free music of your own choosing. You set up your radio stations and Pandora supplies songs in the same genre or songs programmed to match your choices.
Veoh (Links to an external site.) Hulu (Links to an external site.)- These are TV apps. Connect to these networks and you can enjoy your favorite TV shows. Classics, horror, comedy, Sci-Fi, you name it; they have it.
There are so many different types of social networks. If you are launching a college career or entering the work force, you do not want to missLinkedIn and Twitter. Post popularity drives the posts on the Delicious Website.
LinkedIn (Links to an external site.) - By signing up, you join or you are virtually "linked in" with 60 million other professionals. You will find your colleagues, classmates, and experts on LinkedIn. Connecting with other individuals with similar professional backgrounds is a great networking tool for the workforce and creates job opportunities.
Twitter (Links to an external site.) - Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what you find interesting.
Delicious (Links to an external site.) - This social bookmarking tool does not have the usual hierarchy of classifications. Individuals tag bookmarked items on the website. These tagged items form the "hot list, popular, and recent" pages. The more tags an item receives, the higher up it goes on the list. Readers see the top of the list first.
Online applications such as Pandora Radio and Hulu introduce a whole world entertainment as the social networks mentioned, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Delicious provide new ways to connect.
For discussion, comment about your experience with any two of these online applications. If you have not used any of these previously then be sure to spend time to get familiar with at least two. If you have used them all, then select another similar resource. How is their usability? What impact do they have upon society? Education? Communication? Business? What types of online applications are you hooked up with for your own entertainment, education, or business interests?