Commerce
- is the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business.
E-Commerce
* “E-commerce is the sharing of business information, maintaining business relationships and conducting business transactions by means of telecommunications networks: includes not only the buying and selling of goods , but also the various processes within individual organizations which support that goal.” ~Zwass
Elements of E-Commerce
Three main elements or disciplines in the application of e-commerce:
1. Business information
2. Business transaction
3. Telecommunication

Business Information * Involves customer’s information, logistic, supplies, request, payment, products and other information which is suitable and accurate to help make a decision. Information is the asset and income of a firm or organization. Information is very important in the world of e-commerce.
Business Transaction * All activities such as promotion, selling, purchasing, bargaining, delivery, customer service and etc is required to make a transaction complete. Some of the transaction in e-commerce is carried out digitally 100% but there is also transaction which uses both digital and physical method. This is because some products only can be described clearly physically.
Telecommunication
* Requires an electronic form of communication such as a telephone line, modem, mobile phone, a telecommunication network etc.Without this, an online transaction cannot be done between the seller and the buyer.
Models of Electronic Commerce
1. Direct or Indirect Marketing
2. Complete or Spatial Cyber Marketing
3. Electronic Distributor or Electronic Broker
4. General E-Malls or Specific E-Malls

Direct or Indirect Marketing * Direct marketing is a discipline within marketing that involves contacting individual customers' (business-to-business or consumer) directly and obtaining their responses and transactions for the purpose of developing and prolonging mutually profitable customer relationships. Direct marketing is a form of marketing that attempts to send its messages directly to consumers, using "addressable" media such as mail and email. Therefore, direct marketing differs from regular advertising in that it does not place its messages on a third party medium, or in the public market, such as a billboard or a radio commercial would. Instead, the marketing of the service or commodity is addressed directly to the target customer.
Complete or Spatial Cyber Marketing * Complete Cyber marketing refers to marketing which is done fully online starting from the promoting the product to delivering the product to the customer. While spatial cyber marketing refers to doing e-commerce activities both online and through the retail outlet.

Electronic Distributor or Electronic Broker * An electronic distributor is a middleman who is responsible to fulfill the orders and its guarantees. While an electronic broker only introduces the merchant who promotes the goods requested by the customer.
General E-Malls or Specific E-Malls * General e-Mall handles products from a variety of categories while specific e-Mall focuses its sale on a particular category.
E-commerce is classified into: * B2B: Between buyer and seller which both is from an organization or firm. * B2C: A situation where a business firm sells its products directly to an individual via online * C2C: A customer sells a product directly to another customer. * C2B: An individual sells a product directly to an organization.

The Benefits of Electronic Commerce
●Benefits to Organizations
● Benefits to consumers
● Benefits to society

Benefits to Organizations * Expands the marketplace to global markets. * Decreases the cost of creating, processing, distributing, storing and retrieving paper-based information. * Reduces the time between the outlay of capital and the receipt of products and services. * Supports business processes reengineering (BPR) efforts. * Lowers telecommunications cost.

Benefits to consumers * Enables consumers to shop or do other transactions 24 hours a day, all year round from almost any location. * Provides consumers with less expensive products and services by allowing them to shop in many places and conduct quick comparisons. * Allows consumers to interact with other consumer’s n electronic communities and exchange ideas as well as compare experiences. * Makes it possible to participate in virtual auctions.

Benefits to society * Enables more individuals to work at home, and to do less traveling for shopping, resulting in less traffic on the roads. * Enables people in Third World countries and rural areas to enjoy products and services which otherwise are not available to them. * Facilitates delivery of public services at a reduced cost, increases effectiveness, and/or improves quality.

The Limitations of Electronic Commerce
●Technical limitations
● Non-Technical limitations

Technical Limitations * Lack of sufficient system’s security, reliability, standards, and communication protocols. * Insufficient telecommunication bandwidth. * Difficulties in integrating the Internet and electronic commerce software with some existing applications and databases. * The need for special Web servers and other infrastructures, in addition to the network servers (additional cost).

Non-Technical Limitations * Cost and justification * The cost of developing an EC in house can be very high, and mistakes due to lack of experience may result in delays. * There are many opportunities for outsourcing, but where and how to do it is not a simple issue

Security and Privacy * The EC industry has a very long and difficult task of convincing customers that online transactions and privacy are, in fact, very secure.
Lack of trust and user resistance * Customers do not trust: * Unknown faceless sellers * Paperless transactions * Electronic money

Conventional | E-commerce | All activities is done manually and requires a physical location | All activities is performed virtually | Documentations done manually which is time consuming | Uses application technology |
Blog
* Blog is a discussion or informational site published on the world wide web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order. * Blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often were themed on a single subject.
History of Blogging: * The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on December 17, 1997. * The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word”weblog” into the phrase ”we blog” in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. * Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog") and devised the term "blogger" in connection with Pyra Labs' Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.
1983-1993
* Usenet was the primary serial medium included in the original definition of the internet. * It featured the moderated newsgroup which allowed all posting in a newsgroup to be under the control of an individual or small group.
1994-2001
* The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. * Another early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer. *sousveillance – the practice using Wearable Wireless Webcam. * Another function of weblog are news based that have “What's New" or "News" sections, often on the index page and sorted by date. One example is the Drudge Report founded by the self-styled maverick reporter Matt Drudge. * “Open Diary” launched in October 1998, soon growing to thousands of online diaries. Open Diary innovated the reader comment, becoming the first blog community where readers could add comments to other writers' blog entries.
2001-2004
* Blogging was established by politicians and political candidates to express opinions on war and other issues and cemented blogs' role as a news source. * Blogging was used to draw attention to obscure news sources. For example, bloggers posted links to traffic cameras in Madrid as a huge anti-terrorism demonstration filled the streets in the wake of the March 11 attacks. * Bloggers began to provide nearly-instant commentary on televised events, creating a secondary meaning of the word "blogging": to simultaneously transcribe and editorialize speeches and events shown on television.
2004-present
* The role of blogs became increasingly mainstream, as political consultants, news services and candidates began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming. * Anthologies of blog pieces reached print, and blogging personalities began appearing on radio and television.
Common Features of BLOG
1.Title.
This is used to label your post.
2.Category.
This is used to assign a category for better listing.
3.Tag.
This is used to identify the post or what it is all about. It is usually put in a form of keyword or keyword phrase.
4.Body.
This is where you put all of your content such as text, hyperlink text, images, videos or audios.
5.Permalink.
This is the permanent URL or web address for the post.
6.Trackback.
This is used to put link for reference to a previous post.
7.Comments.
This is the tools for your blog visitors or readers to put comments or feedbacks for your post.

How To Use Business Blogging To Boost Your E-Commerce Site's Success?
More and more small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) are discovering the importance of content marketing for online promotions.The wise thing to do is to include a blog in your e-commerce site to take advantage of the many gains that content marketing can really bring you. It is important that you do this because various marketing researches have shown that companies that engage in business blogging have a definite edge over their competitors. Also adding a blog to your site will save you thousands of dollars in marketing cost.
Business Blogging Successful Tips
1.Decide on the Business Objectives Your Blog Fulfill Ensure that the blog do not become burden but a supplement to your other business activities helping to achieve your business objectives. This will help you stay focused and keep you from falling into the trap of neglecting other important aspects of your business. it’s also necessary to point out here that laying out a plan for how often you will update the blog, how you will promote it to attract new readers and also to and retain repeat readers, is also very important.
2. Look Before You Leap Setting up test blogs is a wise thing to do. Using a free blogging platform, if considered, should be for experimental purposes only. This is because using a free service takes the control of your blog from you as the hosting service can pull it down at the slightest reason. So, instead of wasting the time with free blogging platforms, get an experienced hand to set up a wordpress blog on your business site right away and then commit to learning the ropes as you go along.
3. Get a Professional Design for Your Blog Blog is the entry point of visitors to your business website. It is advisable to make the best impression with that first contact. You can do this with your blog’s design.There are downloadable and paid premium themes. Using a free theme and customizing it a little may just serve your purpose, but going for a premium theme will give you more customization options and truly set your blog apart from the many others in cyberspace. Getting a design that matches your company’s identity and objectives will do wonders.
4. What Topics Should You Blog About? This should not be a problem since you’ve determined your objectives. You just need to have a line-up of topics you want for your blogs but be sure they are in consonance with your business objectives. Strive to be consistent with your topic all the time. That does not mean you shouldn’t blog about general and unrelated topics that have broad appeal. This could sometimes make your blog more popular.
5. Educate Yourself about The Do’s And Don’ts of Blogging
There are several blogs out there dedicated to teaching people the do’s and don’ts of blogging. Therefore go do some READING. Include in your reading materials blogs that are consumer-based. These can really give you an idea about running your business blog. Remember that legal issues are sometimes involved in blogging; it is safer to include disclaimers and limitations of liabilities.
6. Strive To Hold On To Your Readers
One way to do this is update your blog with a regular flow of relevant and fresh content. This will ensure that new visitors are attracted and the repeat visitors find something new to come back for. Your blog content should also have the capacity to excite and intelligently engage the visitor. Avoid outright marketing on your blog or you will shy away your readers. Learn how to make your business blog pull in your readers without necessary being “pushy”.
7. Use the Right Methods to Promote Your Business Blog Actively promote your business blogs by submitting your blogs to blog directories and the search engines. Your blog is like a booth in the biggest trade show on planet earth. Be sure that your blog contain exclusive information with value and are always updated to keep readers popping in. Use effective keyword phrases to gain high search engine rankings which will help in generating organic search engine traffic. All of these will give you more chances of driving more traffic to your business site and blogs. Of course, more traffic means more potential sales.
8. Listen to Your Readers Read your reader’s comments, measure your results by what they are saying and if needed, adjust. Your blog should be used to point of interaction with your readers and potential clients. Build a raving community around your business blog and you will see great results. You can use your blog to gauge the pulse of your customers by running surveys.
Content Marketing Challenges for SMBs * Finding the time to update the blog.
It is definite that many SMBs are sole entrepreneurs while others have a few hands to run the day to day activities of the business. And this is truly a great challenge for many. * They are not writers.
This is a big challenge as it becomes an impediment when it comes to creating quality blog content to keep the conversion going.
How are transactions carried out?
Firstly you will need to setup a merchant account with either PayPal or 2checkout (whatever you are using as your payment gateway). Then there is a gateway setup option which you will get at the time of installation of the shopping cart on your website. This is how the online shopping wizard’s checkout page will get linked to your PayPal/2checkout account and the online payments done by your clients will get transferred to your account (either through paypal/2checkout, if your client selects paying through their PayPal account) OR through credit cart (if your clients select credit card option for paying the amount).
EXAMPLES OF E-COMMERCE BLOG * http://www.stylebible.ph/blogs/ * http://www.blooming.com.my/blooming/index.jsp

CONCLUSION
You must understand that blogging for business owners has a lot in common with all other types of blogging, but it has its own unique pitfalls and strengths. Review these tips carefully and see how you can factor them into your blogging adventure. Over time the blog will indeed become your most valuable investment in using web content for marketing your business online
Multiply.com
Was a social networking service with an emphasis on allowing users to share media – such as photos, videos and blog entries – with their "real-world" network. The website was launched in March 2004 and is privately held with backing by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Point Judith Capital, Transcosmos, and private investors. Multiply has over 11 million registered users. The company was headquartered in Raton, Florida but moved to Jakarta Indonesia early in 2012 and recently announced intentions to switch to e-commerce, dropping the social networking aspect entirely.
Multiply Before * Blogging * Unlimited Photo Sharing * Videos * Calendar * Marketplace * Music etc.. Multiply Today * Inbox newsfeed * Groups * Migration from MSN Groups * Personal Website
Accounts
Sophisticat Shoes http://sophisticat.multiply.com/?x_source=best_seller&x_campaign=mc%3A918854 CareFreeShopper http://carefreeshopper.multiply.com/products/listing/10174/MAC-Perfectly-Plush-Brush-Kit-Mineralize?x_source=featured_product&x_campaign=mc%3A916032 Piaregina http://piaregina.multiply.com/photos/album/16/EARRINGS-?x_source=mplist Kimstore http://kimstore.multiply.com/?x_source=best_seller&x_campaign=mc%3A898118 Gigahertzcomputer http://gigahertzcomputer.multiply.com/?x_source=featured_product&x_campaign=mc%3A915836 Basic transactions: * Cash On delivery * Bank Deposits * Cebuana Lhuillier * Credit card/ paypal * Meet up/ Shipping arrangement

TUMBLR * stylized as tumblr., is a microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. * The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private. * Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear. Its headquarters is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

History of TUMBLR * Tumblr was launched on April 27, 2007 by David Karp. * Marco Arment served as the lead developer. With Tumblr's 2009 acquisition of Tumblerette, an Apple Inc. App Store application created by Jeff Rock and Garrett Ross, the service launched its official iPhone app. * The site became available to BlackBerry smartphones on April 17, 2010 via a Mobelux application in the BlackBerry App World. * In June 2012, Tumblr released a new version of its iOS app, Tumblr 3.0 allowing support for Spotify, hi-res images and offline access. * In early June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major brand advertising campaign in conjunction with Adidas. Adidas launched an official soccer Tumblr blog and bought placements on the user dashboard. This launch was only two months after Tumblr announced it would be moving towards paid advertising on its site.

TUMBLR usage * As of August 20, 2012, Tumblr has over 69.4 million blogs and more than 29.8 billion total posts. * As of September 2011, the website receives more than 13 billion views per month. * As of July 2010, the site receives 25,000 new users each day and as of July 2012, 71.6 million posts are created on the site each day. * An analysis by AddThis of shares through their service in 2011 noted that Tumblr sharing had increased by 1299.5%. * The service is most popular with the teen and college-aged user segments with half of Tumblr's visitor base being under the age of 25. * As of 2009, Tumblr had an 85% userretention rate, compared with 40% for Twitter.

FINANCE * Tumblr's original funding came from Karp's earnings as a software consultant at parenting site UrbanBaby. * Tumblr has raised funding from Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital,Martín Varsavsky, John Borthwick (Betaworks), Fred Seibert, and Sequoia Capital (among other investors). * Tumblr shares two lead investors with Twitter. President and COO John Maloney was the founder of UrbanBaby with wife Susan Maloney. * The company had a $800 million valuation in August 2011. * In September 2011, the company raised $85 million in a round of funding led by Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners.

RECOGNITIONS * In August 2009, Tumblr's CEO, David Karp, was named Best Young Tech Entrepreneur 2009 by BusinessWeek. * In August 2010, Tumblr was named as a finalist in Lead411's New York City Hot 125. * Celebrities that use Tumblr include Lady Gaga,Zooey Deschanel and John Mayer. Many musicians of bands use Tumblr as well, including Tyler "Telle" Smith of The Word Alive and members of Motionless in White. * In 2011, We are the 99% Tumblr went viral and became the unifying slogan for the Occupy Wall Street movement. * On October 21, 2011, Tumblr became the first blogging platform to host President Obama's blog.

E-commerce on TUMBLR

* Of a Kind is a Tumblr store by Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo. Their goal is to support and promote on-the-rise fashion designers by selling exclusive designs and providing extensive background content. * The Kate Spade
Tumblr blog is filled with colorful photos and videos on design-inspiration. Also there are lists of great inspirational blogs and tags. The blog seamlessly links to the Kate Spade website for shopping, as well as Facebook for socializing, Twitter for a direct link to Fans, andYouTube for short branded videos. * Oscar PR Girl is a Tumblr blog by Erika Bearman, director of communications for luxury brand Oscar de la Renta. It is self-described as an inside view of one of the world’s most prestigious fashion houses. The blog focuses on behind-the-scene images and vintage photographs of women wearing Oscar de la Renta design. There is only a single link to the fashion house’s merchandise. * McQ, a contemporary fashion line by Alexander McQueen. The blog is used to promote the relaunch of this younger, more affordable line. It features images of favorite McQ outfits by the design team, as well as McQ fashion images and videos. * The Ann Taylor
Tumblr blog is primarily images of Ann Taylor clothes and ideas on how to wear the clothes. There are also links to a style-builder app and YouTube videos. The blog links seamlessly with the Ann Taylor website for purchasing merchandise. * The Bergdorf Goodman Swipe is a Tumblr blog full of inspirational images and quick thoughts on fashion. Similar to Oscar PR Girl, it is more about the behind-the-scenes of fashion and fashion history, and less about selling apparel. The images are categorized as "On Location," "Inspiration," and "Visual." * Standard Culture is a Tumblr blog by The Standard, a popular hotel located in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. Its blog is a pop-culture forum, featuring content from guest bloggers, downloadable music, and videos. Also it promotes a calendar of pop-culture attractions for each of the hotel's cities. * Drop Dead Clothing, an edgy youth-oriented clothing store based in London. The blog is comprised of images and videos of its behind-the-scenes activities, products, and youth culture. Also it provides music and event information to its fans.

How business using e-commerce on tumblr does transact?

* If you wish to buy the product depicted on tumblr, on some sites, you just click the picture and you will be automatically directed to their site, then just add the item to the ‘cart’ then buy it. * The item you bought will be delivered to you through either personal or shipment. * You can pay it through bank or on the day when you got the item you bought.

Internet Explorer

* Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in the OEM service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. * Internet Explorer is one of the most widely used web browsers, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003. Its usage share has since declined with the launch of Safari (2003), Firefox (2004), and Google Chrome (2008), each of which now have significant market share. Estimates for Internet Explorer's overall market share range from 27.4% to 54.13%, as of October 2012 (browser market share is notoriously difficult to calculate). Microsoft spent over US$100 million per year on Internet Explorer in the late 1990s, with over 1000 people working on it by 1999.

History

The Internet Explorer project was started in the summer of 1994 by Thomas Reardon,using source code from Spyglass, Inc. Mosaic, an early commercial web browser with formal ties to the pioneering NCSA Mosaic browser. In late 1994, Microsoft licensed Spyglass Mosaic for a quarterly fee plus a percentage of Microsoft's non-Windows revenues for the software. Although bearing a name similar to NCSA Mosaic, Spyglass Mosaic had used the NCSA Mosaic source code sparingly. Microsoft has been sued by Synet Inc. in 1996 over the trademark infringement.

Thomas Reardon

Mr. Reardon was raised in an Irish-Catholic household, one of 18 children. Thomas Reardon is a math and science prodigy attending classes at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before he even graduated high school. After he had graduated high school he moved to North Carolina where he met Bill Gates and began his Microsoft career. In 2003 he was listed in MIT Technology Review; as one of the top innovators under 35. Even though his impact to the world of technology was significant in 2004 he decided to switch directions in go to school at Columbia University of General Studies; where he graduated Magma Cum Laude in 2008. Later achieving his Master's in Neuroscience at Duke University in 2010.
As I previous stated Thomas Reardon is most well known for his work on Internet Explorer. He started working for Microsoft in the summer of 1994 starting off with Windows 95. While working on Windows 95 he begin coming up with ideas that will later become I.E. he was only 24. Thomas Reardon started implementation on I.E. version 1.0 with only a team of six people using the source code from Mosaic. I.E. was originally released in Microsoft Plus!. He continued to be involved with the creation of Internet Explorer into the late 90's including when it peeked as the number one used internet browser with I.E. 5. The ubiquity of I.E. paved the way to how we interact with web. It exists as the default standard to which other browser’s are bench-marked and compared too. Even now when its market share is approximately 35% Internet Explorer’s legacy lives on. Yesterday he gave a speech to Columbia University graduating class of 2012

Internet Explorer 1 the first version of Internet Explorer (later referred to as Internet Explorer 1) made its debut on 16 August 1995. It was a reworked version of Spyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft had licensed, like many other companies initiating browser development, from Spyglass Inc
Internet Explorer 2 was released for Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, and NT 4.0 on 22 November 1995 (following a 2.0 beta in October). It featured support for SSL, cookies, VRML, RSA, and Internet newsgroups
Internet Explorer 3 was released on 13 August 1996 and went on to be much more popular than its predecessors. Internet Explorer 3 was the first major browser with CSS support, although this support was only partial. It also introduced support for ActiveX controls, Java applets, inline multimedia, and the PICS system for content metadata.
Internet Explorer 4 released in September 1997, deepened the level of integration between the web browser and the underlying operating system. Installing version 4 on a Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 machine and choosing Windows Desktop Update would result in the traditional Windows Explorer being replaced by a version more akin to a web browser interface, as well as the Windows desktop itself being web-enabled via Active Desktop.
Internet Explorer 5 launched on 18 March 1999, and subsequently included with Windows 98 Second Edition and bundled with Office 2000, was another significant release that supported bi-directional text, ruby characters, XML, XSLT, and the ability to save web pages in MHTML format. IE5 was bundled with Outlook Express 5.
Internet Explorer 6 was released on 27 August 2001, a few months before Windows XP. This version included DHTML enhancements, content restricted inline frames, and partial support of CSS level 1, DOM level 1, and SMIL 2.0.
Internet Explorer 7 was released on 18 October 2006. It includes bug fixes, enhancements to its support for web standards, tabbed browsing with tab preview and management, a multiple-engine search box, a web feeds reader, Internationalized Domain Name support (IDN), Extended Validation Certificate support, and an anti-phishing filter.
Internet Explorer 8 was released on 19 March 2009. It had been in development since August 2007 at the latest. On 5 March 2008, the first public beta (Beta 1) was released to the general public.
Internet Explorer 9 as released on 14 March 2011. Development for Internet Explorer 9 began shortly after the release of Internet Explorer 8.Microsoft first announced Internet Explorer 9 at PDC 2009, and spoke mainly about how it takes advantage of hardware acceleration in DirectX to improve the performance of web applications and quality of web typography.
Internet Explorer 10 became generally available on October 26, 2012 alongside with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. A Release Preview is currently available for Windows 7, although Microsoft has not announced when the final version will be available for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

IE Icons and its function

BACK BUTTON – It is used to go back to the previous web page. It is disabled if the user is viewing the first web page
FORWARD BUTTON – it used to go forward to next web page. The user can go to next page if Back Button is clicked. It is disabled if the has not moved back.
HISTORY BUTTON – This button is used to open the history folder. This folder contains all the links to pages that you have previously visited.
MAIL BUTTON – this button is used to read or send e-mail. The user can also open news groups from this menu.
STOP BUTTON – It is used to stop any current operations by Internet Explorer. The page being downloaded will be cancelled.
REFRESH BUTTON – it is used to reload current web page being viewed. It is useful if a page updates frequently. The user can view the changes as soon as they are available.
ADDRESS BAR – address bar displays the exact URL location of the page you are currently viewing. You can also type a WEB address into this bar and then press the “GO” icon to go to that site.
FAVORITES BUTTON – it is used to open Favorites menu. The favorites menu is used to store the addresses of web page that are used frequently. The user can go to any web page in the list by clicking on it. The user does not need to remember the addresses of his favorite website. The user can also add a favorite to the list. The Add button is used to add addresses in the list.
SEARCH BUTTON – it is used to move to the default search page for Internet Explorer.
PRINT BUTTON – the Print button is used to open Print dialog box.
EDIT WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD BUTTON – this button is used to open a web page editor. It will launch the editor and open the current web in it for editing.
HOME BUTTON – it is used to return to the default start-up page of Internet Explorer. The user can set any web page as default page.

GOOGLE CHROME * is a web browser developed by Google to access the Web. It is a free alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer and can be downloaded for free off the Google Website. One of the most exciting features about Google Chrome is that it features a single address bar that can be used for not only inputting website addresses, but search queries as well.

HISTORY OF GOOGLE CHROME * Eric Schimdt * Google's Chief Executive * He opposed the development of an independent web browser for six years. * He stated that "at the time, Google was a small company", and he did not want to go through "bruising browser wars". * Sergey Brin and Larry Page * He hired several Mozilla Firefox developers and built a demonstration of Chrome, however, Schmidt admitted that "It was so good that it essentially forced me to change my mind." * September 3, 2008 * The release announcement was originally scheduled. * Scott McCloud * A comic by him was to be sent tojournalists and bloggers explaining the features within the new browser. * Philipp Lenssen * A German blogger of Google Blogoscoped made a scanned copy of the 38-page comic available on his website after receiving it on September 1, 2008. * September 2, 2008 * The browser was first publicly released for Microsoft Windows (XP and later versions) in 43 languages, officially a beta version. * CNET news item drew attention to a passage in the Terms of Service statement for the initial beta release, which seemed to grant to Google a license to all content, transferred via the Chrome browser. * January 2009 * CNET reported that Google planned to release versions of Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux in the first half of the year. * June 4, 2009 * The first official Chrome OS X and Linux developer previewswere announced on with a blog post saying they were missing many features and were intended for early feedback rather than general use. * December 2009 * Google released beta versions of Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux.Google Chrome 5.0, announced on May 25, 2010, was the first stable release to support all three platforms.
Chrome was one of the twelve browsers offered to European Economic Area users of Microsoft Windows in 2010. * Development * Chrome was assembled from 25 different code libraries from Google and third parties : * Mozilla's Netscape Portable Runtime, * Network Security Services * NPAPI * SQLite and a number of other open-source projects. * According to Google, existing implementations were designed "for small programs, where the performance and interactivity of the system weren't that important", but web applications such as Gmail "are using the web browser to the fullest when it comes to DOM manipulations and JavaScript", and therefore would significantly benefit from a JavaScript engine that could work faster. * Chrome uses the WebKit rendering engine to display web pages, on advice from the Android team. Chrome is tested internally with unit testing. * Google created Gears for Chrome, which added features for web developers typically relating to the building of web applications, including offline support * September 2008 * Google released a large portion of Chrome's source code as an open source project called Chromium. * December 2010 * Google announced that to make deploying Chrome easier in a business environment they would provide an official Chrome MSI package. * March 2012 * Google announced it was working on a version of Chrome for both the Metro and desktop versions of Windows 8.

HOW TO USE GOOGLE CHROME? :
Step 1: Download and Install Step 2: Start Page Step 3: Using the Omnibox Step 4: Safety and Privacy Step 5: Providing Additional Features

* PROS OF GOOGLE CHROME :
PROS OF GOOGLE CHROME Light weight, colorful, peaceful, easily browse facility, contains own task manager, great bookmark facility... Google chrome contains its own task manager in that, we can see the options like, memory, cpu, network. It has a very simple design, which allows us to browse faster than any internet browser out there. * CRONS OF GOOGLE CHROME :
CRONS OF GOOGLE CHROME Missing status bar: Although chrome claims to be of high speed, there are slow sites where status bar helps you know that something is being done by the browser. Missing the search bar. The address bar does both the things for you. Although it is a new approach and could be very helpful once you become used to it but could be annoying sometimes. * DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOGLE AND GOOGLE CHROME…… :
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOGLE AND GOOGLE CHROME…… Google is a company that makes a search engine that is referred to as Google. A search engine is a website that allows to find other webpage by typing as keyword. Google Chrome is a web browser made by Google. A Web Browser is a tool that lets you view other webpage, including the Google search engine. * CONCLUSION: :
CONCLUSION: Google Chrome is still in beta release and may have a few bugs to work out, but overall it's a lightweight browser designed for the latest web designs and tools. It addresses the memory leak problems of other browsers by building a browser from the ground up, using innovative technology.

SET GOOGLE CHROME AS DEFAULT BROWSER
If you like how Google Chrome works, make it your default browser! By doing so, future links you click will automatically open in Google Chrome. Follow these steps to set Google Chrome as your default browser: * Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar. * Select Settings. * In the "Default browser" section, click Make Google Chrome my default browser.

How do I delete my browsing history?
Go to > Tools > Clear browsing data or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Delete (Mac: ⌘-Shift-Delete). Select the items that you want to clear and click clear browsing data.

FEATURES OF GOOGLE CHROME : * Task manager: Chrome has its own Task Manager that shows you how much memory and CPU usage each tab and plug-in is using. One box for search, address, and history: Instead of having separate input boxes for the search bar and the address bar, Google has united the two in Chrome. * Upgraded tabs: In Chrome you can drag a tab into its own window, and drag it back to the main window. This is called “Dynamic Tabs. New support for Web applications: Current Web applications include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, and Outlook Web Access. * Incognito browsing: Chrome includes an Incognito mode in which users can go to sites but nothing from that session — history, form fields, or cookies ----will be saved in Chrome.

Set your home page * Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar. * Select Settings. * Add the home button to the browser toolbar
Home page button is off by default. Select the "Show Home button" checkbox in the "Appearance" section to show it on the browser toolbar. * Set your home page
When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Home page button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link. You can also choose the New Tab page as your home page.