Online shopping

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shopping

Today the online shopping network is worth billions with people willing to go for price rather then convenience. Amazon and ebay have become one of the two biggest compani9es in the world. An interesting feature with online shops is the ability to read reviews of products and see what other people have bought. Now with servers being capable of catering just to youj and giving you the chance to show you what your likely to buy from what you have previously bought.

Ebay hands global power of enormous amounts of money into the ordinary joe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebay

Online shopping

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shopping

Today the online shopping network is worth billions with people willing to go for price rather then convenience. Amazon and ebay have become one of the two biggest compani9es in the world. An interesting feature with online shops is the ability to read reviews of products and see what other people have bought. Now with servers being capable of catering just to youj and giving you the chance to show you what your likely to buy from what you have previously bought.

Ebay hands global power of enormous amounts of money into the ordinary joe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebay

Revelutionizing online world

Today the online world is becoming more and more accepted as a modern day equivalent of a market, bank or social club.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6589137.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_rooms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette

INternets power over film

People now have more power over the internet for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes

This has quickly become one of the largest online community websites.

New computers and Software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_vista

We can see the rising ways in which people continually want new software to update there quickly rising use of the internet.

Online Worlds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_life

Second life has become such an online sensation that millions of people our paying out just so they can be part of it. Almost 8 million people also take part in the largest online world known as World of Warcraft:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_warcraft

Wikipedia

Wikipedia has quickly become one of the ten most popular sites to visit on the internet, having millions of people surfing it each day. So now that the public in theory can read about any chosen article they wish is this much better then a library? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

The internet has given them a source in which they can search whatever they want whenever they want. Of course controversy has struck this angelic webiste quickly. With the ability for any person to edit a page people feel pages can be biased, but truly what is an unbiased opinion primarily? Wikipedia's source of information is even being used in court cases, this is of course an official stamp seen as governements now use it. One similar problem is the effect it has had upon students, teachers can now find that students in some cases will simply copy and paste entire pages of wikipedia for an essay...the bastards. So now that people have this unlimited source of information where will it end? Will it continue to grow until it chronicles the entire universe enacapsulating us in our own pages making each person a part of the wikipedian movement? Highly likely soon we will be simple pods for this soon to be tyrannical website capable of crushin us with a simple blow.

Nintendo Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360

Games consoles promosing to not only give you a new experience but hours and hours of entertainment. Now that the games market makes more money then film box offices this is indeed a lucrative buisiness to invest into:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6088914.stm

Above is a link over a womans description over her playing a nintendo wii. Yet the nintendo wii is aimed at almost everbody anybody who has not played games before supposedly can quickly delve themselves into it. The controllers for the nintendo wii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote) look almost identical to a television remote. Obviously because we have seen it before the idea is we our mor likely to play it, instead of playing a PS3 or Xbox 360 which have custom built controllers specifically for there consoles. We also see that this is not the first time nintendo have tried to change the way we play games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Zapper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Zapper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Camera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Printer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Glove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Pad

Now a console like PS3 can set you back around four hundred and fifty pounds and thats not including a game which retail at sixty pounds each. Some say the price will put may off considering you can almost buy three nintendo consoles for that price.

Big changes in Television

Millions is now being spent into the investment and revolution of television. Apple our now investing into making a device that simply stalls all of your internet downloads and then can easily be hooked up to any telly:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5339470.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_tv

Strangely enough this is not a completely new venture for Apple as they have tried this in the past unsuccesfully:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_TV

Possibly even though the premise was there people were not ready for this new idea from Apple. So what has changed in the past fourteen years to make Apple Tv a possible success? Not only have people changed but the ability to acces new media has vastly differed from what was a achievable a mere 10 years ago. Streaming movies and television shows is easy. South park for example has gained a huge cult following on the internet with people posting every single episode they have ever done on one internet site:

http://allsp.com/

Yet even with south parks dwindling ratings due to everyone being able to watch whenever they want and not at the peak times that tv company's need, it is still on air. So could this soon mean all tv is available on the internet and it will be all about entertaining and finding financial succes in other means. Comedy shows like Little Britain and Mighty Boosh have done extensive theatre tours finding sell out crowds could this be a solution?

Internet Downloads

The internet has changed a lot of peoples dail occurences. We even see the internet affecting television, even though 20 years ago it was still the only way to get as much media intake as possible. The music industry has been hit badly by this internet downloading or file sharing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing

Of course this has been done in the past but not to this degreee, artists are now complaining over their financial losses due to file sharing. While other company's are seeing the advantages of this new way of distributing your media:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6194929.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6164812.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6180312.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6178644.stm

Internet buisnesses affect upon us.

Recently many websites have become so popular they soon work themselves into our daily lives. I'am of course talking about Google the internet phenomenon that has no physical object and yet it is worth in the billions. Even the American government noticed such a huge use of Google that they wished to look at Googles search History as to Tap into what America our looking for. Fellow search engines have found themselves used less and less:

http://www.information-revolution.org/

The idea is that people use google so much that they in theory handing over dear information which can be used negatively. They also propose the idea of 'Sleep-Surfing' just like the term of a 'Couch-Potato' people supposedly no longer think of anything original for there web surfing. We can also see the amount internet sites generate from a seemingly company that find it hard to make profit:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6034577.stm

Hello Mr Luhrs hyow are you? Thats a nice Tie, Myspace

Myspace is now quickly becoming one of the fastest growing networks in the world. With millions of people attending on a daily basis. With it even shutting down for just half an hour hitting the news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5209496.stm

New Interaction between TV and the Internet

Recently I have noticed a huge surge in new interactions between television and Tv. For instance there is a new premise in America where TV comedies debut on the internet and then people are able to vote of which tv show they dislike. Then finnaly the TV show is whittled to one and then mnakes it's series debut on TV. This is a new revelation thast people are able to not only decide what they wanty to watch but also change the way they now watch TV.

Now big TV networks are putting up large profile shows so they to can latch onto this new internet phenomenon:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4187036.stm

Online Worlds Buisiness

Recently we see there is vasts amounts of money available on online worlds. Much like Myspace and MSN these sites give people access in theory to another world:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6470433.stm

World of Warcraft and Second Life now have millions of people each day willing to pay a marginal fee so they can roam these fake enviroments.

Interactive Tv

Television is becoming these days more and more customised and individual:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/5092618.stm

People now have more access to features then ever before. Tournaments like the World Cup and Wimbledon give people easy access to different camera angles and different matches. Does this mean as Tv becomes more interactive that people will watch less and less tv as they can customise there own viewing experience:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_tv

Youtube

Youtube now such a powerful force within the media are able to make big deals with other companys:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5357390.stm

Now that Youtube have access to large company's is there anybody able to stop them or bring up any real competition for 'Youtube:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5186618.stm

HD Dvd's and Blu Ray Disc

Now that downloads are continuing to affect film box offices. Each year people are finding it better and more accessible to either buy a pirate copy dvd or download. So now big company's are trying to attract the attention they once had, Big company's sony are backing Blu Ray:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_ray

And Toshiba are backing HD DVD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD

There is now a big battle between these two competitors. The Sony PS3 uses blu ray so primarily if the PS3 sells well this will mean great success for sony, possibly gaining a bigf win from the huge financial loss years earlier with the vide betamax player.

Videogames

Recently the games industry has become one of the most powerful forms of media. The games market now makes more money then the cinemas box-offices.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6412929.stm

Recently we can see that even celebrities that help create games. High profile peopl who are involving themselves is what ten years ago would have been considered trivial and nothing really worth investing into.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6379595.stm

Thats just a small link to a breaking story about the effect of online videos. People have become so online now that company's are willing to produce a much hyped film or video. With now big company's such as MTV willing to produce videos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_tv#Switch-off_in_progress

Here is a story about the fact that digital tv is becoming so popular that terrestrial tv in itself is becoming switched of. Most country's are beggining this process of switching of Terrestrial tv. This shows the effect that this digital era has had upon us. Soon if you want to watch television a freeview or sky box will be necessary. This benefits the government as now illegal viewers will be much easier to track down.

Games consoles now are now becoming on of the largest industry's in the world with them raking in more money then the Hollywood Boxoffice. With such interactivity happening will we soon become a generation of games, where fragmentation makes each person has a game built to there needs, mean industry's appeal to each person and not a single audience.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_industry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6309593.stm

This is a link relating to how the amount of internet use on mobile phones is drastically increasing. This means now the amount of media is becoming far more accessible. Also this means now more people are having access. showing us that more people are upgrading.

There are also now a large amount of new interactive type of games. Games where someone hides say one hundred thousand pounds in a real location. Then it's the players chance to figure out clues and discover the location of this money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

New types of film Marketting

I absolutely loved this film. Unlike many other films that cost millions and do extremely well at the box office this did neither. This film was at the cost of the director and was made to be completely free.

http://www.unflinchingtriumph.com/shell.html

This is an extremely funny film about the quirky sport of proffesional staredowns. Keep in mind it is a mockumentary.

Apple have recently unveiled the highly aniticiptated iphone. Here is the link for an article on apples iphone here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6246063.stm

There new iphone will have easy access to internet and all your music with all the features that is featured on there music software itunes.

Not only are apple releasing there iphone but also the current sales figure from there extremely successful stream of ipods.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4332680.stm

Apple have had the highest profits ever and this is currently the best year the company has ever had

Hello Mr Luhrs

Yes hello.