iosr-jmca   Volume-5 ~ Issue-4 ~ Jul – Aug 2018

ABSTRACT: The major threat to the software industry is counterfeiting/piracy issue, most especially in developing nations of the world. This paper is an attempt at identifying the reasons behind the high level of software piracy in the developing regions. Clear distinction is made with regard to free or open software and commercial software that users are expected to purchase with licenses. The process of piracy by crackers is illustrated. Research instruments (questionnaires) were administered among groups of software users in both academics and professional communities in Nigeria, as a case study with respect to grounds for piracy and how it should be addressed. Reasons were deduced from the result of the study and recommendations were made...

 

Keywords: Software Piracy, Developing Nations, Reasons, Recommendations

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ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to examine how social networking can influence political awareness. The review of background further depicts that body of literature require focusing upon the fact that social media plays an immeasurable role in bring political awareness in public. The study aspires to evaluate and examine the role of social media networking in bringing political awareness among people. In order to study and explore this issue, researcher has gathered fresh research information. For this study, researcher has selected 6 social media users based in United Kingdom (UK). It can be further explained that the new worldview of online networking has contemporarily filled in as an essential medium of progress and improvement for individuals. Evidently, online networking apparatus is normal particularly regarding drawing in political mindfulness among individuals. It can be stated that the political activism can end up being powerful on the grounds that it empowers the native engagement.

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ABSTRACT: This study aimed to 1) describe the conditions and potential of English language learning media development based android, 2) Describe English learning media based android, 3) analyze the effectiveness of English learning applications based android; 4) analyze efficiency; 5) analyze the attractiveness of English instructional media through an android application. This research used the design of Research and Development by Borg and Gall consisting of 10 steps, but in this research only consists of 7 steps, that were: research and information collecting, planning, develop preliminary form of product, preliminary field testing, main product revision, operational field testing, and final product revision. The data were collected using observations, questionnaires and..........

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