martes, 12 de abril de 2011

Tablet PC

A tablet personal computer (tablet PC) is a portable personal computer equipped with a touchscreen as a primary input device and designed to be operated and owned by an individual.

Utilities
Reading eBooks
Reading comics on screen
Web browsing
Games
Consultation office documents
Watching videos / movies
Playing Music
Videoconferencing

social network

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes", which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.

   Some important social networks are: Facebook, Tuenti, MySpace, RanRan...

jueves, 7 de abril de 2011

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the USA, after New York City and Los Angeles. Its metropolitan area, commonly named "Chicagoland," is the 27th most populous metropolitan area in the world, home to an estimated 9.7 million people spread across the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second largest county in the United States by population under Los Angeles County, California.

In chicago are a lot of things like Grant Park, 
Grant Park  is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located in Chicago's central business district, the park's most notable features are Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum Campus. Named for United States' President and Civil War General, Ulysses S. Grant, Grant Park is frequently referred to as the city's front yard. It is bordered on the north by Randolph Street, on the south by Roosevelt Road, on the west by Michigan Avenue and on the east by Lake Michigan.


martes, 5 de abril de 2011

jueves, 10 de febrero de 2011

P2P lending

Person-to-person lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending is a certain breed of financial transaction which occurs directly between individuals or "peers" without the intermediation of a traditional financial institution. Person-to-person lending is for the most part a for-profit activity, this distinguishes it from person-to-person charities, person-to-person philanthropy and crowdfunding which also create connections between donors and recipients of donations but are nonprofit movements.