When the Internet started its sole purpose was just to help the world communicate. I don't think anyone had any idea how huge of an effect the internet was going to have on our lives.Today the Internet is used for anything you can think of. For example, first it started with being able to hook your television up to your computer tower and using your T.V as your monitor. If you miss a show on TV then all you have to do is watch it online. Most cable companies now have a website to where if you cant watch your show when it comes on TV then you can watch it on their website. Then there is services like Youtube and Hulu, However, (Hulu is reportedly looking to change its business model to one that will require viewers to sign in with a username and password from their cable provider to access paid content, ala "TV Everywhere"). (Why IPTV is the Future 1) We have internet on phones to where as long as you had service you could look anything up on the internet. Such as internet banking! Now you can do all your banking by phone. Check your balance, check your statement, even deposit a check. You can go to school online now, so single moms that have to work Monday through Friday can now further their education on their own time. Game playing devises such as XBOX, Playstations, PSP's, and almost any gaming devise now has a way to connect to the internet and have live game play with people around the world. Which has defiantly changed the way gamer's play their games. A young boy no longer has to only play with his friends on weekends, when either they could come over to his house or he could go to theirs. He can now just log on the internet through his gaming devise and play with them over the internet while he is at home and they are at their home. This live game play rooms are something like a chatting room only your talking through a blue-tooth devise that is something like a phone and you can hear your friends your playing with and they can hear you as well. Apple has now came out with a wide variety of devise's that we can buy that will allow us to do anything we want with the internet and allow us to download anything we want to these devise's. Such as, the I-Phone, I-Pod, and I-Pads. With all these devise's you can look up anything you want on the web. you can look up numbers through phone book websites such as Yellowpages.com, you no longer need to get a dictionary to look up a word because you can look it up on your dictionary app that you have on your apple devise, you don't have to look for your recipe books for a recipe anymore. You can download a translation devise and know what people are saying to you even if you don't know their language. You no longer have to wait for the news to come on T.V. to see what the weather is going to be for the next 10 days, or to find out the news because they have news and weather apps that will tell you that on your devise as long as you have wifi connection or cell phone service. (E-papers offer the option to instantly share information through social media, a tool that offers a particular news story to millions of users within a short time. The fact that e-paper is free gives it an edge over the traditional print medium. E-papers have received staunch support from environmentalist who view print media the reason behind the cutting down of millions of trees around the world). (What Future Print 1) You can download games to your devises, you no longer need to listen to the radio cause you can download apps like Pandora or IHeart radio and more and you can actually customize the radio stations to where they play only songs you want to hear and hardly any commercials. If you find an item and you don't know how much it is in a store but you want it, well no need to go try and find where this item was or wait till check out and see how much it is. Just download the Price Checker app and you can scan the bar code with your phone and your phone will tell you how much it is. There is so much more that all the devise's that has been invented will do, but its not just the apple devise's, you can look up and download anything you want to your computer, your laptop, your Kindle (which is a new devise specifically for downloading books on and reading them, but that's not all they do. You don't need to worry about going out and mingling with people to find a date, there are plenty of web cites that will find a date for you. We no longer need maps because we have a GPS on our phone that will track where we are and send us straight to our destination. If your unsure about what type of food you want, just Google it, or if you have a smart phone use your food app. Your food app will show you different restaurants and when you click on a restaurant it will show you their menu and how long of a wait there will be when you arrive. Some restaurants will even allow you to make reservations and order take out online. Lets say you live in Eastern Kentucky where there are literally only 8 clothing stores, which only 4 have clothes I would wear, but lets say you have an important meeting, or a job interview, or even a date and you want to buy a new outfit. Well, good luck with that! Thank God there is Online Shopping! Almost every store you could think of, actually I don't know a store that doesn't have online shopping. Some of these online shops have a place where you can upload a photo of your self and try on different clothes right on line. That isn't even the best thing about online shopping. You know how frustrating it is to buy a vehicle, how long the paper work takes, then you have to wait to be approved, and then they have to draw up the paper work. Basically its usually an all day job or at least a few hours. Now, all you have to do is pick the kind of car you want, search it on Google find out what dealerships have that car near you and which has the best price. Click on the dealership you want and then you can actually go through the pre-approval stage on your computer in your own home. Then all you have to do is call the dealership tell them your on your way and they will draw up the paper work and have it waiting on you when you walk in the door! Sign the paper work and the vehicle is yours, just like that. (Jeremy Anwyl, CEO of Edmunds.com states that this could cut property cost and improve future facilities because there is not need to devote floor space to vehicles because the walk-around presentation is no longer needed with online vehicle purchasing.) (Harris 1)The Internet also allows you to track people buy either there car, cell phones, or even some jewelry The Internet allows us to talk to people through video chat all over the world, see them, hear them, its amazing! We no longer need to go to the Movie rental places because we now have things like Netflix and movie downloads on our phones, i pads, computers, and even game systems. You can download music and burn it to a CD, or add it to our phone and all we have to do is plug our phone into the computer or our car and we have instant music. Another really good feature about the internet is the fact that we can now keep in contact and find people that we have lost from our past. You can get on the Internet and go to government web sites and look at any public record...Deeds, Marriage License, Death/Birth Certificate, and so on. They now have family history sites where you can find out your family history where you came from, who your great, great, great, great grandmother was how many kids she had how many survived, what they did, and so much more. There are so many more exciting and wonderful things about the internet. In my opinion the internet opens up a whole world of possibilities that we never had before the internet. Did you know that you can get on Google Maps and look up any where in the world and you can actually explore the city from your computer at your house! The technology that we can connect with the internet these days are limitless, and the technology scientist is constantly working non-stop to create the next best devise to give you the world at your finger tips.