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Instagram arrives on Windows Phone (and yes, you CAN take photos)

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/20/instagram-windows-phone-photos-videos.

150m people use instagram to share photos from their iphone and Andriod phone. Now people are going to share photos from the Windows Phone. People are saying that you cannot take photos in the app and post them up and a spokesperson told Business Insider that "You can add photos from your camera roll, but taking a photo with the in-app camera is not a capability as of now". People are confused and are saying that if they bring the app to window phones then why don't it allow us to take photos and record videos in the app. As on the Windows Phone store listing for the app, one of the feature bullet points is "Video recording with breathtaking cinematic stabilization". A feature that does appear to be missing in the actual app, although there's a greyed-out (and thus unresponsive) video button on the capture screen.

"We wanted to make Instagram available to people with Windows Phones as quickly as possible, so we focused on creating an awesome experience with Instagram’s core features," explains the official Instagram blog post announcing the app's launch. "We’re not finished, and our team will continue developing the Windows Phone app to keep releasing features and bringing you the best Instagram possible." Ensuring the support website and app store listing maintain a consistent (not to mention correct) line would be a good start.

My view: I think Facebook just rushed an launched whatever was ready by then. I also think that loads of people are upset now and are not happy with what they have received from the app and are not satisfied. I think Facebook would eventually loose loads of users now from Facebook and Instagram. Facebook should have waited till the app was complete then they should have launched it. I think Facebook should give away something to its users or they should come up with a new invention which will satisfy the users and they keep on using the apps. This is the thing which might keep their users still using their apps.

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Tim Berners-Lee: Online surveillance undermines confidence in internet

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/22/tim-berners-lee-online-surveillance-internet-wikipedia-encrypting-spying

Online surveillance is undermining people's confidence in the internet. Sir Tim Berners-Lee predicts that its outcome will be to enshrine users' rights in the longer term. Mr Lee says that one of the most encouraging findings of this years web index is how the web and social media are increasingly making people to orgainse, take action and try to expose the wrongdoing in the world. Some governments are threatened by this, and a growing tide of surveillance and censorship now threatens the future of democracy"Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, said that as a result of the revelations about surveillance, the collaborative online encyclopaedia will begin encrypting communications with its users all over the world so that people cannot be spied on as they access information.Encrypting connections to Wikipedia should make it impossible for surveillance systems to monitor what people are looking up or editing by tapping connections, although it might be possible if the user's computer has been compromised.Berners-Lee said that the focus of what "freedom" means online had shifted in the past two years, from questions of sites being censored, to fears about governments pulling the plug on connectivity, to new ones about silent surveillance.

My view: I think Mr Lee is right that the web this year has taken action in exposing the wrongdoing and growing surveillance has threatened the future democracy. If this carry's on then they would be able to have a really good world where no one is harming each other. It would offer people to have their own rights, people would be able to raise there voice. The government will not be able to do anything about it. As the government are already threatened.

Research about the Sun

The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
The Sun has the ninth-largest circulation of any newspaper in the world and the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the United Kingdom. It had an average daily circulation of 2,409,811 copies in January 2013.Between January and June 2012 the paper had an average daily readership of approximately 7.3 million, with approximately 34% of those falling into the ABC1 demographic and 64% in the C2DE demographic. The average age of a Sun reader is 45 and approximately 45% of readers are women. The sun are charging £8.67 for online subscription every month. This is a rolling contract for the next 12 months if an customer joins. Once a member buys the membership then he has unlimited access to everything in the Sun newspaper. They have access to all the content which is available online.

Plan for the question

Why and with what success are traditional media institution adopting to the challenge posted by new/digital media?

*They know its successful
* They will always make money
* What challenges is new and digital media creating?
* Who are the traditional media institution?
* Why are they so successful?-because they have been there for time, they know how it all operates.

The reason why they are adopting themselves with the new and digital challenge is because They know they will still be successful and if they do not adopt it then they will be in a loss.

If they don't adopt themselves then other big media institutions will take over. They will be the market leaders, so that's why it is important for them to face all the challenges.

Paragraph 1: Talk about Companies already being successful. What makes them successful?

Paragraph 2: Who are the traditional media institutions? 

Paragraph 3: What challenges are new and digital media creating. 

Paragraph 4: How are they facing the challenges? 

conclusion: Are they still successful and is it because of them facing the situation? 

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China drives smartphone growth - and low prices - as Android dominates

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/14/china-smartphone-android-google-iphone

Summery: The number of smartphone owners is increasing in China. People are buying low-end Andriod phones because they don't have Google services on them. Gartner has for the first time lifted the lid on the gigantic growth in sales of Android phones which don't run Google services in China - so-called "AOSP" (Android Open Source Platform) handsets, which use local app stores and do not count towards "activations" measured by Google, nor hook into Google services. Sales in China are nearly doubling, increasing to 84.1m in the third quarter of 2013. From 42.3m sales increased to 84.1m. China have priced the smartphones from $150 to $300. They connect to dozens of app stores, or are sold through companies such as Xiaomi or Tencent. China is the world's largest smartphone consumer, with sales there reaching roughly 85m in the third quarter, and 1.1 billion people having mobile phones. Chinese consumers are also eager purchases of phones, with a Umeng Analytics study recently finding that 90% replaced their phone at least once every 15 months.

Key statistics: * Chinese market made an smartphones with outwith Google services with it. 

* From 42.3m sales increased to 84.1m.

* Price range $150 to $300

My view: I personally think that this phone is a very big success because of the facts which are shown to us. The main reason why it is free is because it is a smartphone and it is cheap. Smartphones are not really cheap and most people get them because they are not cheap, but as this one is very cheap loads of people would buy it. Statistics show that 84.1m smartphones were sold when Chine launched this Android without Google Services on it. 

It know has a wide range of competitors and as people are liking the product, to stay at the top of the market, they are now going to have to introduce other products which fulfill their customers needs. 

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London to get its own domain name in 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/15/london-domain-name-2014-businesses

London is going to become the first city in the world to have a own domain name. London has been awarded the right to its own top level domain (TLD) name by ICANN, the US-based organisation which oversees the internet. Businesses, individuals and other organisations will put down London in their web addresses. This is going to take place from Spring 2014. "Adopting the .london suffix will enable organisations to more closely associate themselves with our great city’s powerful global brand," says mayor Boris Johnson. "This is also an excellent opportunity to expand London’s digital presence, which in turn is set to generate funds to invest back into the city." The London domain will be operated by a new subsidiary of London & Partners, the capital's official promotional organisation, called Dot London Domains Limited, and London-based Minds + Machines will be providing registry services.

My view: I think that this is a really good opportunity for businesses in London to stand out and become famous. They would also be able to associate themselves with the city's powerful global brand as Boris Johnson says. It gives a big oppertunnity for businesses to represent themselves as London companies which would make them much more popular, just because of the London in there web address. 

W.W.W: I think there is fair amount of summery given of the story which would help me revise for my exams. I have done everything which i am meant to do for every story, so i have given a title , i have given a link of the source, i have given an image, i have given an summery of the story, i have given statistics from the story and i have finally given my view.  So i have done everything which i was told to do for each story. I think i have covered most aspects of media in my stories.

E.B.I: I need to start given more of the statistics of the stories. I need to start give much more diverse range of information on my view and what i think about the story. I need to start highlighting any important information likes quotes, media terminology, and all other things which i find important because this will then help me later on when revising for my exam, it will make it much easier to revise from. I think i have decent amount of research, but it could be much better quality. My analysis could be in much more depth for both the summery of the story and my view on thew story.  I just need to start finding stories which relate to news as we are studying about the news.
11/11/2013: Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps

11/11/2013: Instagram acts after BBC finds site users are advertising illegal drugs

4/11/2013: Apple's iPad slips to lowest share ever as Samsung chases

1/11/2013: Nexus 5: Google launches Android 'Kitkat' smartphone

20/10/2013: Argos Launches £99 table to compete with Tesco Hudl

13/10/2013: Asda offer 3D printing in store

6/10/2013 : A14 to become Britains first internet connected road

29/09/2013: Afghans tap into Twitter and Facebook as youth find their voice

22/09/2013: YouTube apps to allow 'short period' video downloads for offline viewing

16/09/2013: Nintendo's 2DS looks like a winner

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2) The reason why this website is a good idea for newspapers in the digital age is because its generating lots of audience to take part in the quiz and share if they are hated by the Daily Mail. Another reason why they are trying something interactive is because newspapers are dying and they are trying to engage the audience in other forms. The reason why this website will succeed is because many people are online and they would want to have a go out it because they would want to find out if they are hated by the Daily Mail or not. this would also allow them to increase the number of users visiting their website, which is beneficial to them. They also give a chance to the users who take part in the questionnaire to post up the score on social networking site which would influence others to take part in it as well.

3) I think it would be really useful for The Daily Mail to allow people who try out there quiz to post up there views on the main page of the quiz, so this influences others to do it.

I think Daily Mail should give out free gifts to the people who try the quiz out because this is going to be one way for them to attract the attention of people.

I think they need to start advertising more because most people don't know about this and the place which i think they should advertise the most is on Facebook because they would find a mass audience from it.

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Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps

Facebook are see a decrease in daily users, specifically among teens". In other words, teenagers are still on Facebook; they're just not using it as much as they did. It was a landmark statement, since teens are the demographic who often point the rest of us towards the next big thing. Messaging apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat and Kakao are making Facebook victim of its own success. Young people who use to use Facebook are now using other exciting apps on their phones such as Whatsapp.

WhatsApp is now the most popular messaging app in the UK and on half the country's iPhones, according to Mobile Marketing Magazine, has more than 350 million monthly active users globally. That makes it the biggest messaging app in the world by users, with even more active users than than social media darling Twitter, which counts 218 million. About 90% of the population of Brazil uses messaging apps, three-quarters of Russians, and half of Britons, according to mobile consultancy Tyntec. WhatsApp alone is on more than 95% of all smartphones in Spain.

Top messenger apps
WhatsApp
Started in 2009 by two ex-Yahoo staff, this smartphone messaging system handles more than 10 billion messages a day and is reckoned to have more than 250m users worldwide. One of the most popular paid-for apps on any platform, and a threat to telecoms companies which charge for texts.

Snapchat
Allows users to send "view once'"photos, specifying how long the photo will remain on the recipient's device. "Snap an ugly selfie or a video, add a caption, and send it to a friend (or maybe a few). They'll receive it, laugh, and then the snap disappears," says Snapchat. The company is valued at $800m and users send 350m messages per day, up from 200m in June.

WeChat
The Chinese social media app, which handles voice messages, snapshots and emoticons, has more than 200m subscribers. The vast majority of users are in China, though it also has subscribers in the US and UK. It is being tipped as the first Chinese social media application with the potential to go global.

KakaoTalk
A Korean messaging app with more than 90m users that generated $42m of revenues in 2012, ending the year with users sending 4.8bn messages a day. The company recently launched KakaoHome in its home country: a similar app that provides "a customised home screen experience on your smartphone" with widgets, notifications and deeper integration of the main messaging service.

My view: I personally think that this is really true that Facebook is losing loads of users because of other fun apps. Things like Snapchat are seeing a growth. They are becoming much more popular because of the fun they offer. Facebook is just getting boring because there are other apps which are much more interactive and you get to interact with them. 

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Instagram acts after BBC finds site users are advertising illegal drugs

The photo sharing service Instagram has taken steps to block certain hashtags because users are trying to sale illegal drugs via its users. Millions of people use Instagram now because that is a social networking site where they post and comment on photographs and videos. The BBC have found out that people are trying to sell illegal drugs, they found out that people are advertising their sales. Most of the drugs appear to be taken place in the US according to the BBCTrending. One ad posted below an image of bags of marijuana said: "Just getting a few packs ready for tomorrow morning … Place your order today, it gets shipped out at 8am tomorrow." Another photo displayed a selection of pills with the caption: "$2 a pop for xans, $10 a pop for roxys " – a reference to Xanax, a psychoactive anxiety treatment, and Roxicodone, an opiate used to treat pain. The BBC reported that many deals were finalised via instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp or Kik, allowing messages to be kept private.

My view: 

I think this is a very bad influence on the young people who are using Instagram and I think that Instagram should act ASAP! because they don't want the young users to see the images because it could be very harmful to them. Instagram could also be in a risk of closing the whole network down. Facebook need to block these kinds of users from not using Instagram because it could get worse if they do not act to it. 

The Great Leveling

Virtual Revaluation BBC
This is a documentary on how the internet is used by everyone around the world, if it is not a places yet, it is getting there. There is a presenter who interviews very big people and takes their views on the internet. She interviews Bill Gate and he says that "how mankind communicate" here he is trying to say that the internet is the way how people communicate with each other. Then she interviews Sir Tim Berneis Lee, he is the inventor of the web. He thought of this idea and then gave it away for free because he thought it would change the world. He could have made unlimited amount of money from it because he invented something which is used by 2 billion people everyday. Later on in the documentary Al Gore says that "the internet is a empowering tool". The internet gives us an chance to challenge the authority. 

The internet allows people to post, publish, and give out any information for free, globally. Statistics show that 5 million people use the internet every month just in the UK and 40% of the men from that 5 million use the internet for pornography. 45 million people use wifi around the world every month. The well is something which created all the social networking sites. The well took everyone online. £1 billion is spent on the internet every week in the UK. 5 million are on dating websites. 18 million read blogs.

When people are on the web the government create their own rules and regulations because there is no one else in charge. August 6th 1991 was when the first website was launched. in 1993 Microsoft created internet explorer. Just before 1995's there was a source called Napstar who use to give out music out illegally because they thought it should be free. They got shut down in 2001 because they were illegal. 1/5 of contenet online now is created by user generated people, ordinary people. 

Quotes 
Andrew Keen says that the internet "is how power works" 
Aleks Krotoski "the web is inviting society 
Jimmy Wales-co producer of Wikipedia "the web is worried about the future"

There are 130 million blogs, and 90% of the peoples blogs are dominant. ebay has 20 million visitors a week. 

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Apple's iPad slips to lowest share ever as Samsung chases
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/31/apple-ipad-samsung-android-ipad-air

Apple Ipad shares have slipped to less than 30%, this is the lowest since the launch in 2010. They are allowing Samsung to catch up with them. They moved the ipad event to November which has then let other companies to make and launch there tablets such as Samsung, Asus, Levono, and Acer. This has pushed the Apples tablet market to below 30%. Apple saw a very large drop in there tablet market and the other companies saw a very large growth in their company. To catch up Apple are going to move back to their old products with cheap prices so that they can sell well and catch back up. Fact show that tablet are still growing and they have increased by 34.8% in the third quarter of 2013. They have also worked out that in the last quarter of the year tablets sales are going to increase even more because of the Christmas gift period.

Key statistics:
Apple have decreased in the tablet shares market by 30%.
Other rivals are seeing a big increase in their company.
Tablet business is still growing and would increase even more by end of 2013.

My view: my view is that Apple need to chase up its rivals otherwise they would fall behind and won''t be the market leaders anymore. They need to fulfill the customers needs so that customers are happy with where they are buying their products from. If Apple do not catch up with their rivals then, they would see a great fall in their business which would affect the whole company. Apple need to think of an innovative way to gain more sales and people buying more shares.

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Nexus 5: Google launches Android 'Kitkat' smartphone

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/31/google-nexus-5-android-kitkat-smartphone

Google announced the release of the  Nexus 5 that comes running the next iteration of Android 4.4 “Kitkat”. It is going to be with a 5in full HD screen and high-end specifications. The starting price of the Nexus 5 is going to be £299.
Based on the underlying hardware of one of LG’s current Android smartphones, the LG G2, the Nexus 5 features, a top-of-the-line 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and 16 or 32GB of built-in storage, which should perform well for both multi-tasking and graphically intensive gaming. The Nexus 5 also features an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front for video chatting, as well as wireless charging and Wi-Fi, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0 for communication.
"The advanced new lens on Nexus 5 captures more light for brighter night and sharper action shots. And with optical image stabilisation, you no longer have to worry about shaky hands and blurry pictures," Google said. The Nexus 5 is going to compete with the Samsung S4 and the Apple 5s which are the most selling phones at the moment.

My view: I think that people who really like Google and Anroid would try this phone out. The phone has got realy nice features to it which means it might be popular. I think the smartphone business is really going great and people are loving what they are getting from the customers. This means that they phone will sell and will have a wide audience. In the market i think the Nexus 5 would be in very tough competition with loads of competitors such as Apple, Samsung, HTC, and Sony because they are also phone producers and also well known in the market.