The History Of Technology Chapter 9.1 The History Of Technology

Technology Influences Business Technology refers to the tools and machines that people have invented to make life easier. Ex: television, phone, cars, and computers. Computers electronically store files, which saves time, labor, and space. Accounting software helps organize, plan, and control business operations. Film industry uses digital technology to edit film & enhance images.

The Impact of Telephones Before the telephone, people had to communicate face to face or in writing, which could take several days. The telephone makes it possible for people to communicate hundred of miles away. Telephone companies sprang-up. Manufacturers began producing phones & supplies. Later, more efficient phones were produced. Ex: cordless phones, cell phones, radio telephones. Aside from talking, you can send and receive emails and text messages, take photographs and view videos.

Modern Technology Some economies like Japan & Taiwan are based on manufacturing electronics. There is a constant demand for smaller, faster, cheaper, and more powerful electronics. The computer was 1st used by the military, now it is a requirement for all types of business.

Technology & the E-Workforce The E-workforce consists of people who work with computers while doing business. More than 77million workers use computers daily. E-commerce-using the internet daily to do business. Business can reach customers directly from anywhere in the world.

Employment New markets have opened for products such as printers, fax machines, video games and cell phones. They are constantly being invented, developed and manufactured. Innovation-more jobs and people learning new skills.

Digital Workflow Links all the steps in a digital process. Authors, editors, marketing, manufacturing & archiving dept. can work together to print, bind & catalog seamlessly. Paper workflow requires workers to exchange many pages. By switching to a digital format, less paper is involved.

Technology Centers High tech technology centers are located in: California’s Silicon Valley New York’s Silicon Alley Oregon’s Silicon Forest Texas’ Silicon Hill

New Jobs The internet has created a demand for software, writers, online writers & web page designers. Companies post available jobs on their home pages & in newspapers online classified section.