New Media Debates

Dropbox integrated itself into Facebook, making it easier to share documents and files over the social network. Integrating with Facebook definitely ups the ease of use for many users, as it can be a hassle to manually copy and paste in emails. Perhaps more importantly though, is the fact that Dropbox will likely reach an even larger audience due to this integration.

Google search is to announce another radical makeover that will transform the way we search for things. It’s using a semantic search technology which means that Google will try to supply just a single answer, rather than many; to match your question or what you’ve typed in.

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The new technology could provide a boost to Spotify from hi-fi music enthusiasts who believe that the higher resolution delivers sound much closer to CD quality. Available via iPhone and iPad, the “Extreme” service offers songs at 320kbps resolution, beating the 256kbps available from iTunes.

Just shows how quickly technology is changing and how competitors can get ahead of each other by new definitions and developments in music downloading.

All Xbox 360 users, with an Xbox Live account can now access BBC iPlayer from their Xbox Consoles, for free. BBC’s most popular web player is now on all major gaming platforms in the UK. Xbox 360 users, which have the Kinect motion-controller, will be able to control the iPlayer using hand gestures and voice commands for the first time.

The BBC iPlayer is now available on 450 platforms including Virgin Media, BT Vision, FreeSat, Freeview, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, and hundreds of mobile phones, tablets, and internet-connected TVs.
Daniel Danker, BBC general manager, Programmes & On-Demand, said: “Xbox is hugely successful in the UK. Given the BBC’s goal to reach its entire audience, I’m particularly excited that the BBC will be bringing iPlayer to all Xbox users at no extra cost as part of Xbox LIVE’s free membership.

For the whole article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/9153673/BBC-iPlayer-launches-on-Xbox-360.html

Mr. Bean has 20 million fans on Facebook; after doing 14 half hour episodes and 2 films. He’s more popular than Top Gear. Shows just how obsessed people can become with people in the media and how celebrities can regain popularity through social networking sites.

Channel 5's Big Brother Facebook vote criticised by regulator

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First EVER whole film made with a Nokia N8 Smartphone..

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