http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/18/instagram_privacy_uproar_why_it_s_absurd_in_three_nearly_identical_sentences.html
Instagram uproar over use of pictures. What do you think?
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Avatar
I have been to the Avatar Musuem in Seatle and its amazing what they can do with technology.
http://www.scienceprog.com/technologies-used-in-avatar-movie/
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
40,000 replies
Thought this was really interesting. It has happened to me before and its something alot of people don't realize
about the power of internet
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
New Mass Effect 3 DLC
This came out yesterday and I haven't had time to get it but the Omega DLC for Mass Effect 3 came out.
Here is the launch trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgs5D4Y1cI&feature=g-all
Here is the launch trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgs5D4Y1cI&feature=g-all
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
American Music Awards
In reference to the paper we just wrote about the influence media has in our everyday lives, the AMA`s this year decided to use the Samsung Galaxy Note II to announce the winners instead of the traditional envelopes. This is a prime example of the use of media in our lives, not only were the phones used as an advertisement for Samsung but to "bring the event into a modern era."
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-II-used-to-announce-winners-at-American-Music-Awards_id36767
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-II-used-to-announce-winners-at-American-Music-Awards_id36767
Monday, November 26, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Technology meets Law
In a NYT article titled, Consensus Eludes Courts in Search of Cellphones, the author discusses the new problem of "whether and when law enforcement authorities can peer into suspects’ cellphones, and the cornucopia of evidence they provide." This issue has manifested as a result of booming cellular technology meeting U.S. laws for search and seizure. The issue also introduces the element of rights to privacy, all exemplifying the prevalence of the technological boom and the antiquity of the U.S. court system.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Pretty cute and interesting way an organization is trying to spread the word about the endangered species and how they need our help!
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/zooborns-next-generation-gallery/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wiredscienceclickthru&pid=5366
Maps on the iPhone
Many people have complained about the map software on the new iPhone system, could the solution be the Google Maps app? http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/11/16/report-google-maps-app-iphone/1710209/
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Another Blockbuster?
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/box-office-report-breaking-dawn-part-2-bites-172005758.html
Friday, November 16, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Here's a short clip about the bill of rights, or also known as the 10 amendments. http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-3-minute-guide-to-the-bill-of-rights-belinda-stutzman
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Leader of Windows leaves Microsoft
Thought this was an interesting article that The Leader of Windows is leaving Microsoft. Steven Sinofsky was the leader of Windows for Microsoft for 23 years. The article can be found here: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/windows-chief-sinofsky-leaving-microsoft/
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Streaming Site
http://www.ragechill.com/
You can drag the dot between rage and chill to play the kind of music you are in the mood to listen too
You can drag the dot between rage and chill to play the kind of music you are in the mood to listen too
advertising?
http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/target-walmart-kmart-50-one-aged-best-161700313.html
Is this unbiased reporting. Or hidden advertising for these corporations?
Is this unbiased reporting. Or hidden advertising for these corporations?
Saturday, November 10, 2012
On Twitter, Steve Jobs is Immortal
In an article in the NYT, "On Twitter, Steve Jobs is Immortal," the author discusses how despite his death, Jobs' legacy lives on via the social networking site Twitter. His legacy is manifested in trending topics and faux and parody twitter accounts. I found this interesting because of the span of memory twitter users seem to have. Every now and then, a famous individual or topic will reappear and instantly become a trending topic. The speed and frequency with which twitter users are able to get certain items trending is especially impressive. Although this is particularly true for live events, such as the presidential debates, the election, or even the most anticipated Sunday NFL game, the fact that twitter users are able to recharge important figures such as Jobs deems them worthy of mention.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Streaming Site - PlugDJ
http://www.plug.dj/
Good site for DJs who want to be heard, and for people who just want to listen to music.
Good site for DJs who want to be heard, and for people who just want to listen to music.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
AOL has had a 7% increase in revenue for selling ads this last quarter...
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/aol-reports-stronger-ad-sales/?ref=technology
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/aol-reports-stronger-ad-sales/?ref=technology
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
PR teams working with advertisers and sponsor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTRvlrP2NU&noredirect=1
This is a genius advertisement from Nike following the allegations against Tiger Woods. With every other sponsor dropping Woods, Nike (presumably along with Tigers PR team) have created an advert that caused a lot of controversy but ultimately paid of for both them and Woods.
This is a genius advertisement from Nike following the allegations against Tiger Woods. With every other sponsor dropping Woods, Nike (presumably along with Tigers PR team) have created an advert that caused a lot of controversy but ultimately paid of for both them and Woods.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Ipad racing wheel
Do you love playing Racing Games on your IPad? Well now you can make the experience more real with this.
http://www.gizmag.com/kolos-ipad-racing-wheel/24852/
http://www.gizmag.com/kolos-ipad-racing-wheel/24852/
'Boy Meets World' Sequel Series, 'Girl Meets World,' In Development At Disney Channel
For all of you who watched Boy Meets World growing up, it may be back! Sort of.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/boy-meets-world-sequel-series-disney_n_2068602.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/boy-meets-world-sequel-series-disney_n_2068602.html
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Conglomeration of the Publishing Industry
Recently, Penguin Books and Random House publishing companies announced a merging of the two publishing giants. The merge is said to create the " largest consumer book publisher in the world," serving as yet another example of the growing prevalence of conglomeration and various types of media.
Read the full article here.
Read the full article here.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Thought this was an interesting article on Apple and the new mini Ipad.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/31/technology/apple-stock/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/31/technology/apple-stock/index.html
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Unity of Old and New Photographs
In this series of carefully photoshopped images, photographer Shawn Clover created composite photographs that blend historical scenes from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and his own present-day captures of the same locations. (via Colossal)
Monday, October 29, 2012
Life of Pi is an amazing book by Yann Martel...soon the Life of Pi movie will be released...check it out
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/new-life-of-pi-trailer-is-breathtaking
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/new-life-of-pi-trailer-is-breathtaking
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Use your 4 ejection seats
Want to watch a few good Halloween movies?
http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/arts/television/halloween-movies-on-syfy-hallmark-and-bbc-america.html?ref=television&_r=0
http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/arts/television/halloween-movies-on-syfy-hallmark-and-bbc-america.html?ref=television&_r=0
Friday, October 26, 2012
Dubstep
If you like Dubstep music this is an awesome site to download from, it has a lot of underground artists that you probably have never heard of.... The site also has house, electro, and hip-hop music, enjoy!
http://thedankles.com
http://thedankles.com
Thursday, October 25, 2012
More streaming
You can also search almost any artist or song name and download it for free straight onto iTunes...
http://soundowl.com/shuffle
http://soundowl.com/shuffle
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
I thought this was interesting.. NBC is cancelling "Animal Practice" because the viewing has dropped 9% and the show was ranked the least viewed in that hour slot... darn...
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/showbiz/tv/animal-practice-canceled-ew/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/showbiz/tv/animal-practice-canceled-ew/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Video Games Making a Better World?
If you have 20 minutes to spare, check out this video about video games.
Monday, October 22, 2012
ERB: Obama vs Mitt Romney
Who won?
Google's Data Centers
Take a Look Inside Google’s Data Centers
TIME Magazine published an article under their tech section. They announced that Google is now offering an unprecedented look inside some of its global data centers through a series of photographs. The photos capture data centers from around the world, displaying Google's vast network of data sharing.
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/10/17/take-a-look-inside-googles-data-centers/#ixzz2A1oVDVfr
To see the official google data center website, click here : http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/
Friday, October 19, 2012
User Activity Comparison of Social Networks
This is the link that would not show up in my power point.
http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/social-networking-user
http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/social-networking-user
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
2012 Presidential Debates and Social Networking
This article relays what many think to be the "funniest" tweets posted on Twitter regarding the most current presidential debate. It's interesting to think about the instantaneous nature of social networking... Romney makes a comment about Big Bird or having "binders full of women" and the next thing you know, it's a trending topic on one of the largest social networking sites. Millions of people will proceed to tweet or retweet about what comes out of the candidates' mouths, and those who don't even tune in to watch the debate probably feel like they already have with the bombardment of information they receive by the simple act of social networking.
You can read the article here.
You can read the article here.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
An easy way to fix your broken toy....and onward.
Thoughts? I found this to be interesting, especially with the interest of cloning.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Timeline Infographic
Amazing how the technology can improve in short period of time, what will we have in 10 years?
MP3 Player Creative, listen to the music from the wrist
MP3 Player Creative, the portable music player features a flexible OLED screen that other than diplaying the playlist also let the use select the song or control volume with just a touch of a finger.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Video Games
As we talked in class today about the positive and negative side effects of video games, we mostly discussed hand held controller games and ones that promote violence or learning. As technology increases, video games have become more of a physical activity as well, which many people tend to forget. New advances like Wii Fit, Just Dance and Xbox Kinect provide a more active atmosphere for video gamers that will also let out anger in a more productive and safe atmosphere.
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20121001/active-video-games-help-some-kids-get-active
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20121001/active-video-games-help-some-kids-get-active
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Ratings Guy
I found it interesting that today in class we talked about television and ratings and Family Guy just did an episode on Nielsen ratings.
Check out the episode:
Monday, October 8, 2012
Remembering Steve Jobs
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/with-steve-jobs-tribute-a-home-page-reflects-its-founder-again/?smid=pl-share
2011 Media Consumption Stats
Here is a cool infographic based on the 2011 stats put out by Ad Age about what age group consumes media during a certain time in the day
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
This would be so cool to have
Its a keyless entry just using your cell phone.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak4dphR4JBA
Thought this was kind of funny and embarrassing for both Flava Flav and Miley Cyrus. when I saw this it reminded me how we were talking about the iheart radio festival in class.
Thought this was kind of funny and embarrassing for both Flava Flav and Miley Cyrus. when I saw this it reminded me how we were talking about the iheart radio festival in class.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Who Controls the Story?
In a NYT article, Margaret Sullivan explains the implications of "quote approval," a common practice by media, including newspapers and magazines, that is now being questioned.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Interesting!!
I thought this was interesting video how media can affect people and how much people strive to be what's in media - ideal woman/man.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Meet UNREAL, A Natural Candy Maker Endorsed By Jack Dorsey, Matt Damon, Gisele And Tom Brady
The video features Tom Brady (Gisele’s husband), Matt Damon, John Legend and Jack Dorsey — all of whom lavish praise on the product, amidst scenes involving the hacking of raw agave and the consumption of raw cacao. Burns says that some of these big names have invested in the company, although he won’t divulge which ones. There will be more famous faces in the future, Burns says, as UNREAL vamps up an aggressive digital and experiential marketing campaign that targets what he sees as the brand’s core demographic — millennials.
"If Amazon wants everybody to own a Kindle so they’ll buy products through Amazon’s online store, Wal-Mart and Target surely want as many people as possible to own a Nook, simply so they don’t have a Kindle."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sethporges/2012/09/26/what-barnes-nobles-new-nook-tablets-tell-us-about-their-strategy/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sethporges/2012/09/26/what-barnes-nobles-new-nook-tablets-tell-us-about-their-strategy/
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Akinator
Pretty interesting little thing I found. It's like 20 questions. Think of a character from a movie, game, book, or a real person and answer the questions accordingly.
http://en.akinator.com/personnages/
http://en.akinator.com/personnages/
Uncharted 3 Airplane Scene HD!
One of the best series and charater of all time. There is talk of a movie. Who should play Drake. Someone thats witty and not too over paid in Hollywood. i found the perfect man. Nathan fillion from fire fly!!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
"Skinvertising"
Remember the human billboard phenomenon? From an advertiser's viewpoint, the idea may have seemed profitable and effective, but now that that the trend has lessened, those who participated are left with mixed feelings for the now defunct companies they have permanently marked on their persons.
Full article
With enough financial incentive, would you get an advertisement tattoo?
Magazines Affect Our Culture
Do magazine covers like this tell us that violence against women can be OK?
Friday, September 21, 2012
It's too bad it's leaving Florida
Space shuttle Endeavour to final frontier, in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES |
(Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted to the top of a jumbo jet, was to take off on Friday from Edwards Air Force Base for a last airborne victory lap over California en route to its final frontier and retirement home - a science museum in Los Angeles.
Riding piggyback on a specially modified Boeing 747, the 75-ton winged spaceship was scheduled to depart at 8:15 a.m. Pacific time (1515 GMT) on the final leg of its cross-country trip that started on Wednesday in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The scheduled departure was about an hour later than originally planned due to fog over the San Francisco Bay area.
After making at least 20 planned low-altitude passes over some of California's best-known landmarks and scientific institutions, including Disneyland and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Endeavour and its carrier jet are expected to land at Los Angeles International Airport at about 12:45 p.m. local time (1945 GMT).
Friday's flight from Edwards, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert, will mark Endeavour's last ferry flight, and the final airborne journey for any of NASA's three surviving shuttles.
NASA retired Endeavour and the rest of its shuttle fleet last year after completing the U.S. portion of the $100 billion International Space Station, a permanently staffed research complex orbiting 250 miles above Earth.
Its arrival Thursday afternoon at Edwards was a homecoming of sorts for the California-made spacecraft, which was built as a replacement for Challenger, the shuttle lost in a 1986 launch accident that killed seven astronauts.
Endeavour went on to fly 25 missions, including 12 to help construct and outfit the space station, and logged nearly 123 million miles (198 million km) in flight during 4,671 orbits.
Seven of those missions ended with Endeavour landing at Edwards, which served as NASA's principal backup for shuttle returns during much of the 30-year orbiter program in case of bad weather over Cape Canaveral.
'THERE'S MY SPACESHIP'
On its way to Edwards on Thursday, Endeavour and its carrier jet performed a fly-by pass over Tucson, Arizona, in tribute to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut who commanded Endeavour's final flight on his last mission in late May 2011.
Kelly and Giffords, who is still recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head suffered in an attempt on her life last year, watched the flyover from the roof of a Tucson parking garage.
"When it came into view, Mark said, 'There's my spaceship!'" recounted a former aide, C.J. Karamargin, who joined the couple for the event. "Gabby was just elated, hooting and hollering like the rest of us were."
After its arrival at Los Angeles, Endeavour will undergo preparations to be moved next month through city streets from the airport to its permanent home at the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles, where the shuttle will be put on public display starting October 30.
To make way for the mammoth orbiter along its 12-mile (19-km) route to the museum, crews are cutting down nearly 400 trees, raising overhead utility wires and temporarily removing hundreds of utility poles, street lights and traffic signals. The science center has agreed to plant 1,000 new trees to replace those scheduled for removal.
Endeavour is the second of NASA's three surviving shuttles to be sent to a museum. The oldest surviving shuttle, Discovery, is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center outside Washington.
Atlantis, which flew NASA's 135th and final shuttle mission in July 2011, will be towed down the road to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in November.
NASA lost a fourth shuttle, Columbia, in another fatal accident in 2003. That shuttle was not replaced. A shuttle test vehicle, Enterprise, which has never flown in space, was delivered to a New York City museum.
On its way from Edwards to the Los Angeles, Endeavour and its carrier jet are expected to fly in low over San Francisco Bay and the California state Capitol in Sacramento before heading south for additional flyovers of such landmarks as Disneyland, the Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood sign, Malibu Beach and Los Angeles City Hall.
(Editing by Jane Sutton and Vicki Allen)
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