It was only 10 years ago that talking to someone face-to-face online was something out of the dreams. Today Skype made long distance communication simple.
The one day that Skype was having technical problems a few weeks ago, the world was extremely anxious, with people unable to chat to their international friends and family overseas.
When something happens today in a public place, you may be sure someone managed to capture it on video. This is why we see so many more catastrophes and accidents: There are no more accidents than there were before, but there are more recordings of them.
Media and news items are obsolete in a few hours after something happened. The current affairs programs, which used to depict daily happenings, are no longer that current: By the time they are streamed, we have heard about it 4-5 times from various sources.
If the news item is hot, there will be updates every hour on the developments. If not, something else will happen, or maybe one of the Kardashians posted a new picture, which is, for some reason, always in the news.
The fashion industry announced that Instagram is the best way to launch anything related to beauty or clothing.
YouTube started charging users for viewing videos without ads.
You can instantly find out what kind of whether is today in any city of the world through an app on your mobile phone. Planning a trip to anywhere is a breeze with sites like Tripadvisor and Booking.com. You can also compare the prices of plane tickets on different airlines online.
Is it any wonder that dating internationally becomes more and more popular? Not only you can travel and see new countries and cities, but you can also have someone who thinks you are great and would love to show you their home town and all its sights!
This is why genuine online dating is the way of the future, as well as the great feature of today’s search for love. Instead of inconveniences it offers savings and extended opportunities.
International relations are not only for politicians anymore — they are for people connecting directly and learning about each other’s lives not just from papers and TV, but accounts of regular men and women. You can chat to women online on your mobile at any time of the day, and it doesn’t cost you any extra with free Wi-Fi accessible in any country from cafes.
This world is changing very quickly. Even if you are alone today, you can meet a partner within months, and be in a relationship that you have always dreamed about. If you don’t wish to be single anymore, you can find someone to share this beautiful world with. It is within your reach.
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Hehe it wasn’t only 10 years ago, it was 20 years ago:) videochat was already available before the creation of Skype and pretty common between the net users of that time who could pay for a cam:)
Erik, You seem to have a short memory. In 1995 (20 years ago) it wasn’t even 10% of people who had computers at home in the USA/Europe with Internet and a camera. It was early 2000’s that people still used dial up, which hardly allowed for a webcam dialog online. So, I would say, 10, maybe 12 years tops, for a video communication without limits. 🙂 But now all countries have it easily accessible, even in the middle of Africa or on small Indonesian islands, people have Internet connection and can chat on video. Don’t believe anyone who tells you… Read more »
Mmm I don’t think I have a short memory, I reported my experience. I live in EU, I’m 36 and I surf since the age of 15. Between 1993 and 1999 it wasn’t strange between boys have a game console or a pc. I received my first pc at the age of 8 and one year later a game console, I think was the 87′. Basically during the highschool all male school fellows had or a pc or a console, it was just a matter of have one or the other. In 1995 our school was connected to one of… Read more »
Erik,
And still, some people PAY for chat… TODAY!
It’s very difficult to imagine our daily life without modern gadgets. They allow to do many things which were impossible before. And it’s great. The modern gadgets have changed the world. They are useful not only for long-distance communication and entertainment but for business and education, too.
Elena here is right. Alhough the technology existed there were few opportunities to establish a reliable video-chat without lags and glitches as internet connection speed was limited. Hey, 15 years ago I personally used those dial-up modems with 50 kbps capacity. 10 years ago it was 256 kbps ADSL – still no good for video feedback.
So lots of things have changed since then))
“10 years ago it was 256 kbps ADSL”
10 years ago was 2005, most of EU countries already had 2-4-8Mbs if not a fiber connection, which in italy arrived in 2000 and in 2005 was available in the big cities like Milan or Rome, otherwise you could have a DSL modem with 10Mbs.
Of course, someone could have even a modem 56k but it depends by him/her choice or my the availability of internet in his area and really, 2005 is already a “speedy year”.
Oh well, it doesn’t really matter whether it was some 10-15 years ago. Maybe someone is just about to install their first Skype, or Viber, or whatever! The variety is great nowadays. The point is that the site gives us the opportunity to find love and keep in touch anyway. I go for stability.