In this multi-part series, we’re discussing the development of marketing and socialization with a narrow focus on how news is received and shared and the role brands play in seamlessly interfacing with media to incorporate marketing into our everyday lives.
Our last segment covered social networking and its role in human interaction over time, even before the [...]
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Take a Bite out of Apple’s New 3GS, and Join YouTube’s Citizen News Channel
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Apple Inc. has generated yet another sensational stir by announcing its latest in citizen journalism, err, smartphone technology, with the iPhone 3GS.
The next-generation iPhone was introduced on Monday when Apple demonstrated a new video recording function that has the capacity to transform millions of iPhones into tiny video cameras-capturing their surroundings with the touch of [...]
Palm Pre Availability
Monday, June 8th, 2009The Palm Pre has been one of the most anticipated smartphone releases for the summer of 2009, and following its June 06th release, it was not exactly the “iPhone killer” that the masses buzzed about.
The Palm Pre debuted at The Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan on Friday morning,catering to “business customers”, as the key word was [...]
Personal Mobile Wi-Fi Bubbles
Friday, May 15th, 2009One day, we will giggle at the thought of driving around cities in search of WiFi hotspots, or desperately scouring the airwaves in search of an unprotected signal. We will hang out in coffee shops because we want to, not to access delicious free internet. Those days are rapidly in the works. What is stalling [...]
Read MoreApple sharpens Nine Inch Nails
Friday, May 8th, 2009Apple has recently shown its modest side and reinforced its stance on profanity, by rejecting a Nine Inch Nails themed app for the iPhone.As apps developed for the iPhone are on the rise, the company is under more scrutiny regarding the materials found within the applications.
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails published a message he [...]
General Electric’s digital breakthrough puts 100 DVD’s on one disc
Monday, April 27th, 2009General Electric announced on Monday that it has discovered a breakthrough in the form of a digital storage device with the capacity to store the information contained on 100 DVD’s, on one disc. The advance in storage is currently in the laboratory success stage.
The breakthrough disc is said to be in the laboratory success stage [...]