How Steve Jobs Reshaped the Tech Industry
Declan McCullagh
October 5th, 2011
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#OCCUPYWALLST
Site Evaluation: www.occupywallst.org
Usability
Usability
- Clear and concise way of displaying information.
- Immediately see blog that have been posted on the main page- News Tab.
- Up to date blog entries made on the News Tab.
- The main Navigation is set up efficiently where anyone can visit either one of the tabs and get information as they please.
- There is also a donation tab along with social media links.
- There is a scheduling put up for user to view the demonstrations upcoming events.
- You may also chat with occupiers in a chat-room that is set up.
- Protestors themselves.
- Those interested in joining.
- Those interested in the cause.
- The site is very simple, easy to navigate through.
- There are provided links to many blog posting dating back to the assembly of the occupations it self.
- If you can't make it down there, the site has livesteam along with a library of guest speakers.
- You may mail something into the occupiers with readily available email address, mailing address or even a number to call all located on the right hand side of the site.
iOS 5 Making a Big Splash (Article Review #4)
The New Features of iOS5 Straight from the Apple Conference
Ryan Burch
October 5th, 2011
Apple is forever giving their OS's a face lift, tweaking some apps, fixing some of its glitches and adding new features that make it standout from their last creation. Apple has announced their new OS5. This new OS has a card app that let's you make your photos into greeting cards and have them printed and shipped to whom you desire. Notifications on the device are new as well. With the older OS version, a big notification window used to take over the current application you were in, OS5 give you an option of swiping down the window/tab, much like Androids, to check the notification or give you a list of all other emails and notifications that you may not have checked. The iMessage has been added as well resembling the RIM version of Blackberry Messenger. This allows iPhones to communicate with iPads and even iPods. No more looking for a third party application to help communicate between Apple devices. They also spiced up the calendar; a reminder trigger app is much like a calendar but you are now able to tag a location to the reminder and whenever you come near to said tagged location, the app will notify you. The camera is a 8mpx, using the lock button as a short cut to the camera so that it takes the trouble out of the user having to unlock the phone first to gain access to the camera. A feature that may please to slowly dying out paper/magazine lover is that Apple has published an app for popular magazines and periodicals such as Allure, GQ, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.
Relevance to Class
This OS is a big thing to the computer industry. Yes, it may catch the attention of many with it's practical new features and improvements but above all that, this is the last OS Steve Jobs had input in. Recognized as a pioneer in the personal computer revolution, we must admire and in all actuality thank him for he was the one who paved the way we operate with all our current electronics one way or another. Apple is taking over the world, one gadget at a time.
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To round it all off, iOS5 is bringing in two more features to make devices even more wireless. the PC Free feature allows IOS devices to be setup out of the box without being connected to a computer and users will now be able to do wireless iOS updates. The other part s support for iCloud (more on that later). Devices that will support iOS5 when it releases include iPhone4 and 3GS, iPad1 and 2, and iPod Tough 3rd and 4th Generation.
October 5, 2011
Fiery New Device (Article Review #3)
Why the Kindle Fire is No iPad Killer
John Paul Titlow
September 29th, 2011
Amazon has released their new version of their tablet called the Kindle Fire. Its retail price is $199, less than half the cost of an iPad retailing in at $499. Amazon was careful not to compare themselves to the megaminds of those in Apple as to proclaim them as the #1 tablet out to date. The device has evident differences. For one, pricing; two, screen size; three, no camera or microphone as opposed to the iPad. The Amazon Fire was designed to be just a media-consumption device meaning that browsing, video chat and gaming will not be its selling points yet promoting more activities such as reading and streaming. Customers will have access to the Amazon’s Appstore for Android. Although the Amazon Fire may be no iPad and have difficulties winning over hardcore Apple fans, one thing the Fire has that the iPad doesn’t, it supports flash.
Relevance to Class
This break through of the Amazon Fire may not be the biggest story one has heard but it worth giving it a look. We all have devices such as iPads that work wonders, but some of us cant afford it. The Amazon Fire is a great innovative way of giving consumers that foot in the door with the rest of the computer geeks. Although yes there are major differences such as it only being able to run off WiFi, I believe that this can push many people into the direction of literature. As a web based class, we obviously focus on the Internet and what it has to offer us but forgetting where it all came from. Amazon is trying to push consumers into literacy.
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This is Amazon's first foray into offering hardware beyond a simple e-reader. Apple has been doing this for years. Not only has it amassed a rabid following of dedicated customers, but Apple has begun building out its ecosystem so that it spans devices. With iOS 5, which will go live in a few weeks, the content on Apple devices will sync wirelessly. In the latest version of Mac OS X, the desktop has started to feel more like its multitouch devices.
The more tightly Apple ties those devices together, the more challenging it will for any competitor to pluck away users from any one device. Amazon has a tablet. But Apple has a tablet that fits in perfectly with its smartphone, music player, desktops and laptops. They're even rumored to have an HDTV on the way.
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