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TheICTgenre:‘Professionalarticles’
Professionalarticlesallowthereaderstokeepuptodatewithtechnological
progressincomputerscienceanddevicesthataremostpopularatthemoment.
Varioussourcesofsuchtextsareavailableonthemarket9rangingfrommagazines
concerningICTtowebpagesthatinformreadersaboutchangesintheICT.The
aimsofprofessionalarticlesincludeprovidinginformationaboutthelaunchofnew
technologiesontothemarket9describingindividualdevices9bringingnewsfrom
theICTworldetc.
116articlesconcernmobiletechnologieswhichaccountsfor26.4%ofthe
sourcetextsinthegenre.Suchahighpercentageprovesthatthedevelopmentof
wirelesstechnologiesisanimportanttechnologicalobjectiveatpresent.Texts
pertainingtomobiletechnologiescanbedividedinto2subcategories:articles
concerningtheAndroidOSmobilesystemandarticlesrelatingtoAppleiPhone
anditsiOSoperatingsystem.62textspertaintotheAndroidOSmobilesystem
developedbyGoogleand44articlesconcernmobileoperatingsystemsdeveloped
byothercompanies.Sucharatioreflectsthemarketsharerankingofmobile
operatingsystems.
136textscontaininformationaboutthelargestICTcorporations.62%ofthe
136textstouchuponApple9themanufacturerof:iPodandiTunes9Maclaptopand
desktopcomputers9theOSXoperatingsystem9andtheinnovativeiPhoneand
iPad.28%ofthe136textsconcernMicrosoftcorporation9anAmerican
multinationalcompanyheadquarteredinRedmond9Washingtonthatdevelopsand
manufacturesawidearrayofproductsandservicesrelatedtocomputing.Microsoft
istheworld'slargestsoftwaredevelopermeasuredbyrevenues.9%ofthe136
textstouchuponHewlett-Packard'sCompany9anAmericanmultinational
corporationheadquarteredinPaloAlto9California9UnitedStates.Hewlett-
Packard'smajorproductlinesincludepersonalcomputers9enterpriseservers9
storagedevices9networkingproducts9softwareandadiverserangeofprinters9and
otherproducts.Theabovestatisticsindicatethesignificanceofthelargest
corporationsoftheinformationtechnologiesindustryinthedevelopmentof
computerscience.
Asmanyas105textsareindirectlyconnectedwithsocialnetworking
services.Asocialnetworkingserviceisanonlineservicethatfacilitatesthe
buildingofsocialnetworksamongpeoplewho9forexample9shareinterests9
activities9orreal-lifeconnections.BoydandEllison(2007)pointoutthatsocial
networkingsitesshareanumberoffeaturesallowingindividualstoconstruct
publicorsemi-publicprofilesandcreatelistsofotherusersthattheyshare
connectionswith.
Asmanyas81%ofthesourcetextsconcerningsocialnetworkingservices
aredevotedtoFacebookwhichwaslaunchedin2004andbecamethelargestsocial
networkingsiteintheworldinearly2009exceedingonebillionactiveusers
worldwidein2012.
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