GdayX
has been a very interesting and useful event especially for entrepreneurs but
also for students like me. Interesting because it had showed that Google was
not only useful for gathering information but it can also be a powerful tool in
enhancing businesses. It gave me new ideas about the applications and new
features of Google specifically, Google Maps.
Google mapping is a great breakthrough
of Google technology. It is not only useful in tracking and finding specific
locations, it was also enhanced to aid entrepreneurs. Using Google Map, a
starting entrepreneur can advertise and tell its customers its specific
location. It also allows a business owner to get reviews from its customers,
which will help in improving the business. In case of a business which includes
delivery of product service, Google mapping helps in tracking the location of
the customers with less hassle and minimal time. Google mapping was also
beneficial in emergency crises just like the recent calamities of the
Philippines. Through Google Map, donators can easily locate the place and
facilitate relief giving operations on affected areas. It also provides
information to other people about the nearest place where they can give their
donations. Thus, relief giving can be conducted with minimal time hassles on
locating the area.
This information will really be
useful for entrepreneurs but as a student of STS, it teaches me to develop a
positive attitude towards technology and use it to the fullest. I just imagine
the development from the crude maps with less precision to the present Google Maps
which will not only tell the location of a certain place, it can also provide
the estimated time to reach a destination and show 3 dimensional pictures of
that place. Through advancement of technology, our world was made small to
communicate and locate people from all parts of the globe. Technology after all,
was not really made to broaden the gap but to build bridges between the
relationships of people. As an example, Google map serves as a bridge to help
other people in times of emergency crises. Thus, if technology were only to be
used for its sole purpose, world’s great dilemmas will be reduced. The event
also encouraged me to become a part in developing this technology by using and
harnessing its benefits responsibly.
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