Social+Computing

**Social Computing** Sunday, December 11, 2011 <>

===**Topic overview: ** === One of the most notable (and surprising) advances in computing over the past decade has been the emergence and broad adoption of //social computing// technologies. These are computing technologies whose primary purpose is to allow people to communicate, interact and share their digital creations over the internet. Facebook is, perhaps the most obvious and widely used of these technologies but the realm of social computing extends far beyond social networking software. Other examples of social computing technologies include blogs, wikis, micro-blogging (Twitter), recommendation systems (customers who bought _ __also bought__ _), tagging systems (Digg.com), Foursquare, Flickr, prediction markets, and YouTube.

In class today we will discuss a variety of different social computing technologies and select one or two of them to look into in more depth with the emerging IT analysis framework. By the end of class you should be able to:
 * Describe and explain the key characteristics that make something a //social computing technology//.
 * Provide examples of social computing technologies from a variety of different categories.
 * Apply the Emerging IT Analysis Framework to current and emerging social computing technologies.

**Preparation for class:** There is no required reading prior to class today. Use your preparation time outside of class to complete the pre-class exercise (described below) and to work on your technology report.

If you need some help getting going on the pre-class exercise, I suggest looking up and reviewing the Wikipedia entries for "Social Software" and "Social Computing".

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**Pre-class exercise:** Prior to class, practice using the Emerging IT Analysis Framework on a social computing technology with which you are familiar. To do so, select a specific social computing technology, name and describe that technology, and then answer at least two of the six core questions from the analysis framework about that technology. The technology you select should fit into one of the categories listed in the Wikipedia entry for "Social Software".

Note: no two students may select the same combination of technology and questions. For example, if one person has already selected Facebook and answered the questions "what does the technology do?" and "what does the technology NOT do?", then nobody else may pick Facebook and answer those same questions. You may, however, then select Facebook and answer the questions "what problems does the technology solve (and for whom)?" and "what problems does the technology cause (and for whom)?".

[Bob Monroe] **Social computing technology**: Wikis is a social computing technology that allows groups of people to create and edit websites as a community.

**What does the technology do**?
 * Allows users to quickly and easily create web pages and publish information
 * Allows users within a wiki community to edit and update the web pages created by other people
 * Allows users to link the information in their wiki to other pages in the wiki, or any other URL on the World Wide Web
 * Allows users to search for information within the wiki
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Keep an audit trail history that tracks all changes to the wiki, who made them, at what time, and in what order.

**What does the technology NOT do**?
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Provide the ability to make 'rich media' web sites (such as flash animations or javascript programs). The website content is generally limited to text, links, images, and basic text formatting. Sometimes videos may be posted, but not on all wikis.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wiki technologies usually do not provide sophisticated access control and permissions (who can edit what), though many wiki tools provide basic permissions and access control.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The technology does not generally provide a way to track 'conversations' between wiki users the way that a bulletin board or forum might (such as the forum feature in Blackboard). That is, you are only easily able to see the current state of each wiki page, not the conversation or series of changes that brought the page to its current state. You can look through change log history, but that is very different from a conversation trail.

[M Hammad Abbasi]
 * Social computing technology:** Facebook is a social computing website that allows people to connect and interact with each other.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * Allows users to create profiles of themselves and fill profiles with personal information such as name, number, university, relationship status.
 * Allows users to generate 'statuses', a few lines for all their friends to see.
 * Allows users to see statuses of their friends and like/comment on these statuses.
 * Allows users to create 'community pages' for causes which the public can like and comment on
 * Allow users to post pictures and videos on their profiles
 * Allow users to 'tag' said media with friends
 * Allow users to use Facebook applications.


 * What does the technology NOT do?**
 * Allow users to fully customize what friends can see or not see.
 * Allow users to create 'rich media' websites. Users can only use text and images on their pages, and even then functionality is limited.
 * Allow users powerful privacy settings. Data is still public to use and manipulate by other companies
 * Allow users to keep an offline record of their data
 * Allow users powerful search functionality to find people. Still limited to if you know the person's mail or email.


 * [Dua'a Althabatah]**


 * Social computing technology**: Tumblr is a social computing technology that allows groups of people to create and edit web pages as a community.


 * What does the technology do**?
 * Allows users to quickly and easily create blogs and publish information, pictures, videos and articles.
 * Allows you to change the style, font type and color and sizes of the pic in your Tumblr.
 * Allows users to link the information in their Tumblr to other pages in the Tumblr, or any other URL on the World Wide Web
 * Allows users to search for pictures, videos, articles and posts within the Tumblr and other's Tumblrs
 * Allows users to add rich media websites such as flash animations and javascript programs in their Tumblrs
 * Provides high security, no one can edit or change anything in your Tumblr, Also no one can see you blogs unless they follow you.
 * Keeps a history that saves posts, pictures, videos ..etc in the tumblr, who post them, who liked them, who reblog them, and at what time.


 * What does the technology NOT do**?
 * Users within a Tumblr community are unable to edit and update the web pages created by other people
 * Keep track on the visitors and viewer of your Tumblr
 * Accurate search results; because anyone can tag anything with any word which can sometimes be inaccurate
 * maintain full privacy of all posts and pictures, one anyone follows you, they can review and se everything.
 * Control who's following you and who's not, everyone randomly can follow your Tumblr

[Walied El Hag Ali]:
 * Social computing technology**: Youtube is a social computing technology


 * What does the technology do**?
 * Allows users to search and view videos
 * Allows users to upload videos
 * Allows users to comment on videos
 * Allows users to subscribe to channels
 * Allows users to create personal profiles
 * Allows users to connect with other members on the site


 * What complements the technology**?
 * PC, laptops, iPads etc.
 * Internet connection
 * Flash Player

[Maryam Al-Subaie]
 * Social computing technology ** : LinkedIn is a social computing technology that offers various career opportunities by connecting people to jobs and business partners.


 * What does the technology do ** ?
 * Allows users to easily create and manage their professional identity online.
 * Allows users to establish //connections// with people they formally know.
 * Allows users to post their resume online.
 * Allows users to control the privacy of their profile page (ie who can/can’t view the page).
 * Allows users to join groups that are close to their experience and interests.
 * Allows users to join open networking groups.
 * Allows users to search job vacancies.
 * Allows companies to establish profiles, which eases the selection and recruitment process.


 * What complements the technology ** ?
 * PCs, iPads/tablets, smartphones
 * Wi-Fi connection
 * Web browsers (e.g firefox, safari, internet explorer, google chrome)

[Maryam Al-Thani]
 * Social computing technology**: Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to interact with each other and keep up-to-date with news and topics that interest them.


 * What does the technology do**?
 * Allows users to quickly send a thought or a 'tweet' in 140 characters or less
 * Allows users to follow friends, news agencies, newspapers, magazines and celebrities
 * Allows users to search tweets
 * Allows users to search for trending topics, or popular topics that many users on twitter are discussing, using a hashtag.
 * Gives users suggestions on who to follow based on the current users they follow
 * Allows users to re-tweet or share a tweet they like with their followers


 * What complements the technology?**
 * Web browsers
 * Computers
 * Internet access
 * Smartphones/mobiles
 * IPads/Tablets

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[Hussain Hejji]


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Social computing technology **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Gmail is a social computing technology that helps in sending and receiving emails


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What does the technology do **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allows users to send safe messages to one another by using Google cloud computing service
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allows users to share pictures and files by attaching it into an email
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allows users to chat with each other live whenever they are available
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allows users to have a video conference with each other and exchange information
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allow users to group the emails they have in different categories


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What complements the technology? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Internet browsers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">iPhones, Blackberries and other smartphones
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">iPads and other tablets
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cloud computing service

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[Nasser Al-Khori] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Social computing technology**: Skype is a social computing technology that allows voice and video calls, as well as chat with friends/family over the internet.
 * What does the technology do?**
 * Allows users to create a profile, add their date of birth, picture, and contact details such as phone number and email.
 * Allows users to post and update their statuses for others to see
 * Allows users to chat with other users
 * Allows users to see who is online from their contact list and users can see their status
 * Allows users to send/share files, pictures, documents, etc.
 * Allows user to call (voice or video) others on his/her contact list
 * Allows user to search and add friends or colleagues to his/her contact list


 * What does the technology NOT do?**
 * Does not allow users to customize what friends can see or not see (profile, phone number, email)
 * Does not allow users to keep an offline record of their data, phone call records and chats
 * Does not provide users with a better search engine to find others.
 * Does not accommodate the ability to conference a call or video with more than one user.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[Abdullrahman Al-Muftah] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Social computing technology**: Flickr is a social computing technology which allows users to share images.
 * What does the technology do?**
 * Allow users to create a "hub" to share their photographs with the public
 * Gives users the opportunity to comment on the images posted
 * Dont have to be a user of Flickr to access this successful hub of thousands of images
 * Available to anyone
 * If the user choses to create a profile, the profile will consist of all the images they have decided to share
 * Videos are also now available.
 * What does the technology NOT do?**
 * Does give the user the opportunity to chat with other users, like some of the other social networking sites
 * Users do have the freedom to customize their profile page that other networking sites provide
 * limited privacy settings

[Fatima Al-Khayat]
 * Social computing technology ** : MySpace is a social computing technology that allows users to connect with their friends and interact with them.


 * What does the technology do ** ?
 * Allows users to create profile, manage it and customize it.
 * Allows users to send friend requests to create a connection with them.
 * Allows users to send and share music, links or anything with their friends.
 * Allows users to download songs in MP3 form from band profile for free.
 * Allows users to control the privacy of their profiles.
 * Allows users to chat online with their friends.
 * Allows users to use MySpace app like games.
 * Allows users to upload photos, music and videos to their profile page.


 * What complements the technology ** ?
 * PCs, laptops, iPads/tablets, iPhone and iPod touch.
 * Internet connection.
 * Web browsers: Internet explorer, safari, firefox and google chrome

[Hind Al Khulaifi]
 * Social computing technology**: Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to follow each other and post, read, and write short messages.
 * What does the technology NOT do**?
 * The technology does not allow you to post text messages that can be seen without a link that is more than 140 characteristics.
 * The technology does not allow you to send a direct message to someone you are following if that same person is not following you
 * Twitter cannot update the timeline without internet access
 * The technology imposes limits in terms of how much engagement in terms of increasing the number of followers and following users.


 * Does the technology require networking effects?**
 * Twitter is only able to be a useful technology if it has many people engaging in it. Therefore a networking effect is required. To be able to have access to friends and families accounts, there must be a pool of users that are using the techonology.

[Nahan Arif]
 * Social computing technology: ** Facebook is a social computing website which allows people to interact with each other and allow them to keep updated with their friends.


 * What does the technology do? **
 * Allows users to chat with their friends at a real-time basis.
 * Allows users to update their status which can be viewed by their friends.
 * Allows users to create photo/video albums and tag their friends on them.
 * Allows users to comment, like, report or hide news feeds.
 * Allows users to subscribe to specific pages of interests and to Facebook Applications.
 * Allows users to send personal inbox messages to their friends.


 * Does the technology require networking effects?**
 * Yes, Facebook will only be useful when many people have Facebook accounts and are able to become 'friends' on Facebook in order to share personal information together. This means that without having Facebook accounts, the popularity of the technology will diminish. The more people using Facebook, the better it is for the Facebook users.

[Al-Jawhra Al-Mana]
 * Social computing technology:** Google Docs is an online word document, spreadsheet or presentation that enable the user to create. edit, store and share documents.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online.
 * manage and control who can view and edit the documents.
 * invite others to access and edit documents.
 * view and edit documents with others at the same time.
 * upload existing files and start editing them.
 * user can access the documents from any computer with internet connection.
 * google docs auto-save the documents.


 * **What complements the technology?**
 * Web browsers.
 * Computers or laptops.
 * Internet connections.
 * cloud computing service.

[Khadeejah Al-Husseiny]


 * Social computing technology****:** Google Docs is an online word document, and spreadsheet that enable the user to create, edit, store and share documents with multiple users and is used as cloud computing saved with Google.


 * What problems does the technology solve**
 * Multiple users can easily edit and access the document by simply opening it with out having to wait for others to finish and send it
 * Users don't have to risk looking if if computer unexpectedly shuts down because it automatically saves itself
 * Its free as opposed to most Docs which need to be purchased or downloaded


 * What problems does the technology cause**
 * Unlike Microsoft word, it need internet connection to be accessed
 * It may have security problems since it is stored with Google

[Jevika Shetty]
 * Social computing technology:** Skype is a software application which facilitates users to make video and voice calls online. It also allows for cheap phone calls.


 * What does the technology do**?
 * Allows users to message and chat for free with other skype users.
 * Allows users to make voice calls and phone calls to people in several different places in the world.
 * It can be downloaded on a variety of smartphones which makes it accessible for rapid communication 24/7.


 * What does the technology NOT do**?
 * Does not allow communication with users who do not have a landline or phone number or internet access.
 * Does not have the ability to call emergency numbers such as 911

[Hamsa M Al-Massri]
 * Social computing technology**: Google Calendar is a social computing technology that allows individuals to create and share calendars or even events.


 * What does the technology do**?
 * Allows users to quickly and easily create calendars and events
 * Allows users sharing an event community to edit and update the event, depending on the event's properties
 * Allows users to link information to the event
 * Allows users to invite multiple other users to an event
 * Allows users to create recurrent events


 * What does the technology NOT do**?
 * It does not allow users to have discussions over the event on google calendar

[Ahmad Al-Sarraf]


 * Social Computing Technology: ** Gmail is a technology that can be used to send and receive documents, files and pictures via emails


 * What problem does the technology solve? **


 * It is available and accessible 24/7 (Time)
 * Mails can be sent to more than 1 person (Multiple receivers)
 * After clicking the “send” button, it will take only few seconds to get to the receivers’ accounts (Speed)
 * It does not cost anything to create an account (Money)

Gmail is a useful technology when at least 2 people are involved in. The main purpose of this technology is that it allows the users to attach files, pictures and documents and send them via email instantly. For the whole process, there must be a sender and at least 1 receiver. Therefore a networking effect is required.
 * Is the technology primarily useful on its own or does it require network effects to deliver significant value to its users? **

[Fatima Abdulla]:
 * Social computing technology: ** Google+ is a social network operated by Google with integrations across a number of Google products.


 * What does the technology do ** ?
 * Allows users to run through stream items, start a new post, and generally navigate without reaching the mouse or moving fingers onto the trackpad.
 * Allows users to drag and drop YouTube videos, pictures, and also webpages.
 * Allows users to share their photos, among many competitors, as it can offer almost unlimited photo storage in Picasa.
 * Allows users to group video chat, which is called Hangout, and its like group Skype chats.
 * Allow users to share videos, links or their location with friends.

- [Ayah Abujarbou]
 * What complements the technology ** ?
 * Laptops, IPhones, Androids.
 * Internet connection.
 * 3G network.
 * Social computing technology: ** Foursquare is a social network application fro mobile phones.


 * What does the technology do ** ?
 * Allows users to post their current location (check-in)
 * Allows users to connect with their friends over their location.
 * Allows users to earn badges for frequently checking- in places.
 * Allows users to create a To-Do list to keep track.
 * Allow users to add "tips" to locations for other users to benefit from.


 * What complements the technology ** ?
 * Blackberry, IPhones, Androids.
 * Internet connection.
 * 3G network.
 * GPS

<span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[Mohammed Al-Rawahi]

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">**Social computing technology**: MSN Messenger is a social computing technology that allows groups of people to chat through the internet

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What does the technology do **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Allows users to chat through the internet
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Allows users to send and share pictures and files
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Allows users to chat in groups
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Allows users to set statuses such as: available, busy, be right back or offline
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Allows users to add their friends to their contact


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Does the technology require network effects? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Yes, the technology requires network effects. The larger contacts the user has, the more valuable the technology becomes.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">It also requires connectivity to the internet to function

[Sara Al-Mannai]

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Social computing technology: Daily Booth is a photo blogging website that allow users to share their photos with captions that other people can comment and respond to.

- You can’t save big long documents to your account on the website
[Mohammed Al Ahmadani]

social computing technology: skype is a social networking program that enables its users to interact through video conferencing and messaging.

What does the technology do:
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;">It allows you to browse for your friends that are registered on the program.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;">allows users to interact with one another through video conferencing.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;">allows users to message each other.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;">allows users to create their own profile.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;">allows users to post profile pictures.

What complements the technology: 1. internet connection. 2. 3G network. 3. a P.C

[Aisha AlZaman]


 * Social computing technology:** Massively multiplayers online game is an online game technology which is capable to allow users to play with hundreds of players at the same time.

- It allows users to play games with hundreds players at the same time - Allows users to interact and communicate meaningfully - Allows users to play games featured in using presistent world - Allows multiple users to compete and collaborate during the game
 * What does the technology do?**

- Internet access - Systems on smartphones that support internet like: iOS, Android and Windows phone - Other technologies include: PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox and Wii
 * What complements the technology:**

[Mohammed Kamal]


 * Social computing technology:** WhatsApp is a social computing technology, it is now one of the most popular applications on iPhones and Blackberries.

- Allows users to communicate interactively via online network - Allows users to send pictures and share them - Allows users to send audio recording and share them
 * What does the technology do?**

- Does not allow you to share your location - Does not allow you to share a video recording - Does not allow you to listen to music
 * What does the technology NOT do?**

[Haya Al-Mannai] <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">**Social computing technology**: Youtube is a social computing technology


 * What does the technology do ** ?
 * Allows users to search for different kinds of videos and view them.
 * Allows users to share videos.
 * Allows users to like or dislike videos.
 * Allows users to comment on videos.
 * Allows users to have their own personal profiles.
 * Allows users to subscribe channels.
 * Allows user to upload and download different videos.


 * What does the technology not do? **
 * Allow users to watch full movies.
 * Allow their different users to chat and communicate with each others by voice or video.
 * Allow users to watch their videos offline without uploading them.

[Najla Al-Madhadi]:
 * Social computing technology:** Yahoo! Answers is a social computing technology and an online community for sharing information that allows users to ask and answer different questions about any topic.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * Allows users to ask any question about any topic
 * Allows users to answer any question about any topic based on their knowledge and experience
 * Allows users to vote for the best answers
 * Allows users to earn answers' points
 * Allows users to report any abuse


 * What complements the technology?**
 * PCs, laptops, iPads/tablets, smart phones
 * Internet access
 * Web browsers
 * Cloud computing services

[ Noor Al-Mohannadi]


 * Social computing technology:** Goodreads is a social computing technology that allows people to create their library catalog and reading lists.
 * What does the technology do?**
 * Allows users to add books.
 * Allows users to write reviews on books.
 * Allows users to rate books.
 * Allows users to recommend books to other users.
 * Allows users to create lists.
 * Allows users to compare profiles


 * What does the technology NOT do?**


 * Users can't chat live with other users.
 * Users can't update statuses
 * Users can't upload videos or images

[Layal Al-Alami] :


 * Social computing technology:** WhatsApp is a very popular application used on Blackberries and iPhones. It's a social computing technology that allows users to chat, send photos and videos to others for free.


 * What problems does it solve?**
 * It simplifies communication for user.
 * saves money for users.
 * allows for a simple way of exchanging photos.
 * What problems does it cause?**
 * It reduces dependence on phone calls and text messaging, which is a problem for telecommunication firms such as Qtel.
 * It makes people less social personally, and more dependent on technology.
 * It is always online, and always accepting messages if there's wifi around, which is very disturbing.

[Firas Bata]:
 * Social computing technology:** Vimeo is social computing technology which consists of a website where users can upload, share, and view videos.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * It allows users to upload videos in different formats
 * It allows the users to share videos from other users
 * It allows users to view videos
 * It allows users to comment on other videos
 * It allows users to browse through videos


 * What does the technology not do?**
 * It does not allow users to edit video content uploaded by other users
 * It does not allow users to upload videos with content like video gaming, pornography, or content that is not created by the user

[Anas Ali Chaudry]


 * Social computing technology:** Blogger.com is a social computing technology which allows the users to write blogs about any topic they want.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * Allows the users to write and upload a blog with time stamped entries
 * Allows the users to update by using Google Docs.
 * Allows the users to modify the template according to their needs.
 * Allows the user multiple entries on the same date.
 * Allows the user to write unlimited amount of blogs
 * Allows the user to write, upload pictures or videos
 * Allows multiple authors support


 * What does the technology not do?**
 * It does not allow the user to upload more than 1 MB of data
 * It does not allow the entry to be changed after it has been added.
 * It does not make sure whether the information on the blog is correct or not.

[Meshail Al Misnad]


 * Social computing technology:** Groupon is a variation of social computing focused on coupons for services offered within certain cities.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * Offers 50% - 75% discounts on local services
 * Allows you to share the deals with your friends
 * Allows the users to purchase deals offered on a specific day
 * Allows user to purchase deals as 'gifts'
 * Provides details on the business and deal of the day


 * What does the technology not do?**
 * Does not guarantee a discount; if only a few people purchase the deal, the deal is cancelled
 * Does not allow you to personalize your profile
 * Does not allow excessive interactions between users beyond sharing deals

[Fatima Fikree]


 * Social computing technology:** Woot is an example of a social computing website in the retail industry. It sells a product a day at a discount.


 * What does the technology do?**
 * Sells limited quantities of an item at a discounted price
 * Displays information on the product
 * Allows users to create accounts
 * Displays all users' activities
 * Has a page for users to blog and post comments


 * What does the technology not do?**
 * Does not sell more than one product a day
 * Does not offer customer support

[Mohammed Hadi Takiddin]


 * Social computing technology:** Wiki is an example of social computing that can be used in different fields such as: education


 * What does the technology do?**
 * Enables the students to edit pages for educational purposes.
 * Enables the users to have their own space to post different information.
 * Enables the users to control the privacy of the content of the posts.


 * What does the technology not do?**


 * the owner of the account can't see the people who edited the page if they don't have accounts and if the privacy settings were public.

[Dalia Saleh Hassan]:


 * Social computing technology:** GPS systems, are the systems that can be installed in cars to identify a location and show the path to it.


 * What does the technology do?**


 * **Enable users to identify a location and show the shortest way to approach it.**
 * **Enable users to get vocal commands from the system to make the traveling easier.**


 * What does the technology not do?**
 * Updates the roads and routs by its own.