Tell-All Generation Learns to Keep Things Offline
New York Times By LAURA M. HOLSON Min Liu, a 21-year-old liberal arts student at the New School in New York City, got a Facebook account at 17 and chronicled her college life in detail, from rooftop drinks with friends to dancing at a downtown club. Recently, though, she has had second thoughts. Concerned about … Read more
An Unfixed Net Glitch
NEW YORK (AP) – In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw that sometimes caused online outages by misdirecting data. In 2003, the Bush administration concluded that fixing this flaw was in the nation’s “vital interest.” Fast forward to 2010, and very … Read more
Video Editing App for Iphone Released
The name of this interesting App is 1st Video; it was designed by startup company Veicorder Technology Inc.. It was realeased yesterday and costs $9.99 at the App Store. I had the opportunity to review Vericorder Technology’s apps at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas. As matter of fact, I downloaded their Showcase app and … Read more
FCC Broadband Rules
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the Federal Communications Commission thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans without running into legal obstacles that have threatened to derail him. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Thursday that his agency has crafted a compromise in how it regulates high-speed Internet … Read more
Facebook Glitch Brings New Privacy Worries
By JENNA WORTHAM For many users of Facebook, the world’s largest social network, it was just the latest in a string of frustrations. On Wednesday, users discovered a glitch that gave them access to supposedly private information in the accounts of their Facebook friends, like chat conversations. Not long before, Facebook had introduced changes that … Read more
Skype Group Video Chat
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Internet calling service Skype plans a public “beta” test of a group video chat function that lets up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously. When the feature launches next week it will be free, but Skype Ltd. plans to start charging for it along with some other upcoming … Read more
Feds to Look At Apple Policy on Programming Tools
It will be very interesting to follow this issue. Steve Jobs’ Web post did sound like a prelude to this event. Again; interesting. – Julian *************** WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal regulators plan to examine whether Apple Inc. is violating antitrust rules by requiring software developers to use Apple programming tools to create applications for the … Read more
End of Semester – Spring 2010
The end of this semester is upon us. I hope you have learned valuable things in this class; things that, for sure, will be obsolete in a few years, maybe, even, in a few months. The only way to stay afloat with current and emerging media technologies is by reading, researching, exploring, and asking many, … Read more
iPad Sales
Please note that in order to purchase an iPhone you need a contract, be out of a contract, or pay a fee to end a phone service contract early. An iPad is a new device; therefore, anyone can jump in and get a new 3G contract with AT&T or, simply, stick to the WiFi-only model. … Read more
Apple is Shutting Down Lala
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Apple Inc. is shutting down its newly bought Lala online music service amid speculation it is creating a way for iTunes customers to listen to songs stored on distant computers. The move comes just weeks before an annual conference for developers in San Francisco on June 7 at which the secretive … Read more
