Pervasive communication environment is described as allowing people multiple access points to access, create, and share information in an integrated communication structure with text, audio, video, and voice capabilities almost anywhere, at anytime, for any reason. The word pervasive deems very appropriate for the way mobile devices are being used in everyday life. One of the most recent phenomena’s is Twitter. Twitter is becoming more and more popular for all age groups to use not only for updating everyone of their followers on what they are doing but for consumer use also such as marketing and advertising for company products and services. The buck does not stop there! There are Twitter applications (apps) for distributing and collecting data through surveys. There are apps that send coupons to the end users at the time the person is walking through the doors of a retail store. There are apps that can help you save money such as FuelFrog that allows you to enter your mileage between fill ups, how much gas costs and how many gallons or liters you added to your tank as described on Mashable.com. The reporting of this information can give you insight on your driving habits and can help you decide on better ones to help save money. With so much new technologies being implemented, it makes one wonder what the pervasive communication environment will look like in 5 to 10 years.
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