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Social media is the fastest growing form of online interaction on record to date. According to Corbet(2009) Facebook alone continues to grow, by 58% in 2009 specifically. Now a days everyone has an account in some form of social media, be it facebook, myspace, linkedin, or even youtube. A quick Google Scholar search (.21 seconds) later and you can find over 531,000 articles containing the words "Relevance" and "Social Media". There are specific articles regarding construction, media, marketing, HR, restaurants, virtually any company type, size, even individuals have articles concerning the relevance of social media and their entity. Social Media is not just coming as the next new fad, it is here now and strong. Even other social media sites concern themselves with their relevancy to other sites. The new thing coming down the pipes is a consolidation of media accounts into one account. You can now log into MySpace with your facebook account and vice versa, your YouTube account with your Google Mail account. This consolidation and simplifying of the things you can do online opens up vast new possibilities for both service provider and customer. Ever heard of a QR code? A Qr code is a type of three dimensional Google bar code programmable by its user to say anything desired. ======

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This is my QR code, it contains my name, email address and phone number. Currently companies are putting QR codes on everything from sodas to applications to furniture, you've probably seen them around. How is this the future? Because I have all my accounts linked, from my phone to my facebook to my bank and everything in between, all I have to do is scan the barcode next to say a fun lamp I like to start an intricate process that 4 years ago would have been impossible to imagine. Scanning that bar code with my phone automatically checks online for better prices while simultaneously logging the price of the item at my exact GPS coodinates. If I do find the item cheaper online my phone goes to the site where I can purchase it online and have it sent to my house. I can do all this automatically just by scanning this bar code because I have all of my accounts linked, I don't have to sign into anything extra, I don't have to answer all kinds of security questions, nothing, all I have to do is unlock my phone. ======

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 We have seen the mix of technologies required to get social networking to the point it is at now. It really is a phenomenon unique to the age we live in. As these technologies become more prevalent and widespread usage continues social media will continue to impact peoples lives new and interesting ways. How society as a whole deals with the issues stemming from this movement of online socializing has really yet to be fully realized as social media is still in it's infancy really. In the future even more issues will arise as social media evolves and grows. Eventually everyone and everything will be connected hopefully it happens slowly enough that the growing pains aren't too severe, somehow I doubt it tho. ======

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