Weekly New & Digital Media (NDM) Stories

Microsoft unveils Windows 10: 'It wouldn't be right to call it Windows 9

 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/30/microsoft-windows-10-release



The article was about Microsoft's new operating software - Windows 10.  It was about how they skipped Windows 9 and went straight to 10. It also spoke about the test, trial Windows 10 that is out tomorrow ( 1/10/14).

• The new operating system, expected to be released next year, comes three years after the launch of Windows 8.
• Windows 8 did receive a lot of bad reviews by users.
• Before the launch, some had speculated the company might signal a new era at Microsoft by dropping the Windows name altogether. Internally the project had been called Threshold.
• Windows 8 introduced major changes in Microsoft’s operating system

My opinion is that I cant wait for Windows 10 because of the new multi task feature on it. i personally like the name Windows 10 instead of Windows 9 even though by theory they should had called it Windows 9 no matter what.

bbc news

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 45 foreign news bureaux and has correspondents in almost every country. James Harding, a former editor of The Times newspaper, was named on 16 April 2013 as Director of News and Current Affairs.
The department's annual budget is £350 million; it has 3,500 staff, 2,000 of whom are journalists.Through the BBC English Regions, BBC News has regional centres across England as well as national news centres in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. All regions and nations produce their own local news programmes and other current affairs and sport programmes.

NDM Essay Question #1 learner response

WWW- There is a good essay foundation here but we need to add a lot to the good examples you use (e.g YouTube)
EBI- You need to focus on the question... use the words in the question to show you are doing this
      - Need for more media issues, debates + theories as well as examples. 

LR:
YouTube is a great example of new and digital media. The audience have a lot of control over what they watch and how much they watch. There is also a comment section under every video; which then the audience share thoughts. An example of this is whit a YouTube channel called The Fine Bros where they have a series where they have a bunch of teenagers react to ma video or a object. The Fine Bros, after every video they ask the audience to comment down for what the teens should react to next and the best comment wins and they show who posted the comment in, in the beginning of the video. So the audience feel apart of the video. The series has now have over 3 millions views and counting on each video. Overall the audience  do not have all the power. Google have all the power. Google can block any comment or take away any video. So basically the audience thinks they have all the power but it is just an there for make the audience happy. 

Weekly New & Digital Media (NDM) Stories

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/23/fifa-15-review-football

Fifa 15 review – not flawless, but still the best

The article talks about how Ea has developed the game through the years in the best way it can but every it hasn't been perfect but still the best football game out there in the market.

• Fifa has been the best Fifa game every year since the game series started.
• Konami's Pro Evaluation Soccer has been's EA main competitor 
• The game is fully licensed with stadiums, clubs and players.   

I think the article is very true and fair and i do agree that Fifa has its flaws but it still is the best football game out there.

Weekly New & Digital Media (NDM) Stories

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2757553/Steve-Jobs-office-exactly-left-reveals-Tim-Cook-Emotional-Apple-CEO-says-I-literally-think-day.html

This Article was mostly about how Steve Jobs has a massive impact in Apple. Tim Cook revealed that Jobs office is still there with his name on it.

• Jobs office is still there, with his name on the door.

• Jobs stood  for innovation, for the simple, not the complex. All of these things are still deep in our company.

• Steve Jobs died in 2011.

• It has been 3 years since Jobs death but his spirit is there.