Melanie Beltran
MCS 244
March 23, 2019
Apps have changed the marketplace because transactions have been made through apps and have been monitored from created apps. Browsers have become useless and inconvenient to users which is why the usage of them has decreased. In the article, “The Mobile Browser Is Dead, Long Live The App,” many users go on their phones and indulge in their applications. People connect through various applications in order to speak to one another and meet new people. A small percentage of people use the browser and a large amount use apps. “One of the goals of Firefox OS is to give developers a simple and cost-effective toolset that is readily available, without the need for app store support or complicated SDK’s.” However, the fear is that people will not find this development appealing enough to use. Even though it’s cheap, people do gravitate to apps as oppose to browsers. With the use of applications, browsers have become nonexistent. In the article, “The Rise of Chat Apps,” mobile messaging apps like Whatsapp, Facebook and others have become a main source of communication. Facebook was the main source of communication for college students and then Whatsapp became a competitor. Although both apps are free, there is “…unlimited messaging, and it works on just about every kind of phone you can throw at it…” You can contact people overseas with just the use of your number. Facebook messenger app, you would need to have created an account to use messenger. Facebook would face possible users due to the communication feature. All of these apps were created to do the same thing which is to communicate with each other but just have different features. Essentially, it’s finding cheaper ways to communicate, make purchases even with bitcoin. “The whole point of bitcoin was that it put the person with the bitcoins in control.” Giving companies access to ones bitcoins is like treating the company like a bank. Having someone monitor your money or coins when it’s for your eyes to see. It’s a conversion of currency. One can access their bitcoins with the developed app for it, monitoring their gains of coins. In the article,“The Fierce Battle for the Soul of Bitcoin,” it states, “As less-technically-savvy users flood into the bitcoin marketplace, that fee can seem like a bargain. Simplicity, consistency, legality, and reliability are worth money.” Because so many people have indulged in Bitcoin, many want to profit. Companies are fighting to profit from Bitcoin, the removal of government involvement sparks interest. In the article,“How Bitcoin Ends, Douglas Ruskoff,” states that “Bitcoin is money and maintained by nerds.” The people running Bitcoin are smart. Essentially, it’s a game of how to make money multiply and build. There are many kinds of currencies that exists, euros, pesos, dollars, coins. “…bitcoin is meant to provide an anonymous, decentralized, frictionless, and incorruptible form of transaction–an alternative to the extractive, central, bank-issued currencies now enjoying a virtual monopoly in our economies. Cryptocurrencies aren’t just about increasing efficiency, but taking down an economic elite that has been using its control over currency to maintain its wealth and power. The nerds in charge have power and control in this virtual economy. In the article, “Blockchain Will Disrupt Every Industry,” transactions are made digitally in today’s day and age. Blockchain believes that “…the answer isn’t in the technology, but in how the technology can improve inefficient business processes. The processes that we use to ship goods globally, buy and sell things, determine ownership of things or identify ourselves are typically slow, error-prone, paper-based and heavily people-dependent.” Because blockchain is globalized and technology helps reach to many different businesses that can use this for trade. Apps are helpful when tracking money and making purchases. Bitcoin is a new form of currency that will end because of the digital and technological aspects of our society.