Tuesday, 11 March 2014

BBC News article on the music industry and streaming...a possible future trend

Milk Music: Samsung launches free music streaming service

Photos showing Samsung's new service Milk Music  
Samsung said its new streaming service will initially feature no adverts
The world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung, has launched a free music streaming service called Milk Music.

The service, currently only available on its Galaxy range of smartphones in the US, includes over 200 radio stations and 13 million songs.

Music streaming is seen as a key area of growth and many firms have been keen to tap into its potential.
But Samsung is entering a crowded market which has players like Spotify, Pandora and Apple's iTunes Radio.

Some of these streaming services can be used on any mobile device, unlike Samsung's version.
However, the South Korean firm said it was still confident of attracting users.

"We feel that while the music space is very competitive there is room for improvement," said Daren Tsui, vice president of music at Samsung Media Solutions.

Samsung said its new service would be free to download and have no adverts for a "limited time".
The firm has previously ventured into music streaming with a service called Music Hub, which was launched in 2012.

However, that was shut down recently.

Future Developments: Google Glasses

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The Future of the Internet

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Social Media / Social Networking

A video to help you get some facts & statistics about social networking / media


Kickstarter examples

This one is good for the music industry 
The Shadowmakers

And one for the film industry
Home James

Eternal Moonwalk

Another example of creativity and colloaboration:

Eternal Moonwalk

Vine

Whilst hunting for some examples to support Leadbeater's ideas I came accross Vine


Vine Website 

Vine Videos

Vine's Wikepedia Page

Their Twitter Page

Top ten viral vines of 2013

Social Networking for the over 60s

Gransnet, social networking site for the over 60's.

 Could be useful as an example to support some of Leadbeater's ideas.
 
 

We Media V Traditional Media

http://www.hautlieucreative.co.uk/Media/wemedia/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/socialmedia.gif

Charles Leadbeater: We Think

Monday, 3 March 2014

Mike Wesch & YouTube

Here's the video we watched in class today:




This is the other video, Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/sing Us, that Wesch refers to:

YouTube

Links with facts and statistics:

For Question Two
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/05/23/35-mind-numbing-youtube-facts-figures-and-statistics-
infographic/
https://www.youtube.com/yt/press/en-GB/statistics.html

For Question Three
http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/11/top-10-youtube-videos-of-2013-uk-revealed-tom-daley-to-tom-fletcher-4226228/

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-12-11/youtubes-most-watched-and-top-trending-videos-in-2013-revealed/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7jtC8vjXw8