Blog: An abbreviated term for Web Log, a blog is space online for people to put whatever they want up to share with the public, from text to photos to videos to music to drawings... They are widely used by people all over the world to voice opinions and ideas, praised for being easy to use and free.
3G: 3G stands for third generation, in this case specifically the third generation of mobile phones which are capable of sending and receiving information of a size and speed that was previously impossible. There also exists 3.5G and 3.75G phones on the market, and in Japan there is debatably a 4G phone technology named WiMAX.
Bluetooth: Bluetooth is a method of sending information wirelessly in a PAN (personal area network) using wavelenghth radio transmissions. Despite becoming scarcer in recent years it is still widely available as a method to connect hardware or share info on phones.
Multimedia Messaging Servicing: Commonly known as its abbreviated MMS, its the same an sms only instead of just being able to send text it can also share pictures, films or sounds.
URL: The Uniform Resource Locator is a string of characters that is used to specify where something is on the internet, and how to access it, its essential for computers to know where to go for info online.
Appropriate language conventions for texting a friend: Well, more than anything, I’d say this depends on the friend. Usually the fact that its a friend your communicating with, through a traditionally non formal method of contact, implies that its ok to use abbreviations (r u there) and informalities, but I’ve got friends who hate people who don’t spell properly so I guess it depends on the person.
Appropriate language conventions for emailing a business colleague. When emailing someone in a work based environment its always best to be polite, succinct and grammatically correct. Be nice, get to the point and make sure its spelt correctly.
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