Collaborative and Distance Communication Platforms ad Tools

Collaborative and distant platforms are used to help people come together that live far away and can’t see each other to be able to talk as if they were face to face with them. I never really used any of these platforms and they were of no importance to me until I served a mission for my religion which I was unable to see my family and close ones for a 2 year period of time. Luckily we have the technology and have made platforms such as Skype, or even face time where I could make a phone call over the computer and through the camera and technology I was able to see my family. “You should never underestimate the importance of real-time voice communication for establishing strong ties.” This helped me to have that physical communication with them instead of just reading emails from them or even just talking on the phone. These platforms make a huge difference for people fighting for our country that they are able to see people they love as if they were face to face. The only down fall to skype is that you have to know or expect a phone call from someone whereas with face time someone can call directly to your phone at any time and it will let you know.

            “Skype is a hybrid instant messaging and voice chat application that allows users to connect with one another from any global location with Internet access.”(Bowerman) There are a lot of advantages to using skype for example it is free to use, it allows you to make video and voice calls to both personal and business contacts. Skype, Google Plus Hangouts, and Face Time are the main distance communication platforms to use, they are all free and should be taken advantage of and used more with people we don’t see that often so that we can maintain those strong relationships and develop better ones by communicating basically face to face. “FaceTime is the most restrictive of the three options, only allowing for connections between Apple devices. However, it can also only support one-on-one video services.” There are advantages and disadvantages to them all but overall I am thankful for the technology that we have now a days to be able to communicate in this way.

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