Weekly NDM

PS4 sells 1m in US, despite mixed reviews and technical issues

The next generation of video game consoles has got off to a seemingly rousing start. Sony claimed on Sunday that it had sold 1 million PlayStation 4's after the machine's North American launch on 15 November – an achievement largely predicted by strong global pre-order figures. The consumer electronics giant is expecting to sell 5 million units worldwide by 31 March 2014. Media analysis firm IHS predicts sales of 2.4m by 31 December.

The figure makes this one of the most successful console launch periods in the modern era. Nintendo's Wii, the biggest selling machine of the previous generation, took eight days to sell 600,000 units in the US.

I believe that the Playstation4 is going to be a huge success because there are thousands of people who are big fans of Playstation globally. The fact that they have improved most of the technical a graphical features will make all  Playstation gamers excited and and eager to purchase it. The Playstaion4 is literally the best console out right now so there will be a lot of sales even though there were some  slight technical issues.

NDM summary

16/09/13 - We have abandoned our children to the internet

Sunday, 13 October 2013 - Autumn brings a chill for BlackBerry

Sunday, 13 October 2013 - GTA 5

21/10/13 - Iphone 5C  http://sjexammest3.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/weekly-ndm-story.html

11/11/2013 - Wireless tube stations http://sjexammest3.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/weekly-ndm-story.html

11/11/13 - Dr Who Iphone app http://sjexammest3.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/weekly-nmd.html

18/11/13 - China's Android phones http://sjexammest3.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/weekly-nmd_18.html

18/11/13 - Football Manager http://sjexammest3.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/weekly-ndm_18.html

19/11/13 - Playstation4 http://sjexammest3.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/weekly-ndm_20.html

WWW - I enjoyed writing about these NDM stories, I found them very interesting. It helped me gain more knowledge with technology and opened a new door in my eyes for the capability of the the new technology. It has made me look at computers and other pieces of technology is a different way

EBI- 

Great Levelling

• James Murdoch "expansion of state-sponsored journalism is the threat to the plurality and independence of news provision" 
• it is essential for the future of independent journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it.
• News corp ----> profit motivated 
• Democratisation !
• Rupert Murdoch "The world is changing and the new papers have to adapt"
• Impact of the internet for society 
• The virtual revolution 
• Bill Gates "How mankind communicates"
• Al Gore "Empowering tool"
• Challenges Vs Authority 
• A 1/4 of the plannet uses the web 
• 40% of males use porn sites 
• West London uses the most blogs 
• 65,000,000 PEOPLE USES WIKIPEDIA 
• Al Gore "an exciting and revolutionary prospect" 
• U.S military were the people to have the internet
• Tim Berners Created Hypertext 
• Allows you to publish in any format 
• "created a set of tools"
• huge social and cultural environment  

Weekly NDM

Football Manager 2013 was illegally downloaded 10.1m times

British games developer Sports Interactive claims its Football Manager 2013 game was downloaded illegally 10.1m times after being "cracked" in May.

The game, which was released in November 2012, included a feature that saw cracked copies "call home" when played, providing SI with data on where and how often it was being used.

i believe that this will make the company who creates this game lose a lot of money for illegal downloads, its important that the company gets to the bottom of this situation before it gets even worse than what it already is. This game is known worlds wide so a lot of people who enjoy playing the game will also attempt to download football manager illegally 

Weekly NMD

China drives smartphone growth - and low prices - as Android dominates

The number of smartphone owners keeps increasing - and many are in China, buying low-end "Android" phones which don't run Google services, according to new data published by the research companies Gartner and IDC


In China there was a lot of conflict shown between iphones and adroids, Many of the Chinese citizens prefer using andriods phones because its cheaper and you can access iphone apps. Many Chinese people have been using andriod phones due to the lack of money , mant chinese citizens believe that this could possible affect apple financially due to the fact that China is one of the main places where iphones are popular so this could be a problem  

Weekly NMD

Doctor Who's Sonic Screwdriver? There's now an official app for that

Fans of Doctor Who can now get their hands on his famous Sonic Screwdriver gadget, albeit in a virtual form on their iPhones.

Developer Useless Creations has released Doctor Who: Sonic Screwdriver, an app celebrating the BBC drama's 50th anniversary, under official licence from BBC Worldwide.

The app, which is being sold for £1.49 on Apple's App Store, includes four 3D models of Sonic Screwdrivers from past series of the show, belonging to the third, fourth, tenth and eleventh Doctors – respectively: Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, David Tennant and Matt Smith.

I believe this will sell due to the fan base that the programme has this is an interesting app for iphone users i think they will enjoy having this if the are usual viewers of the programme. 

NDM: UsvsTh3m

UsvsTh3m, the Daily Mirror publisher's Buzzfeed-style social content offering, is expected to reach 3 million unique users in October, thanks largely to interactive quiz "How much are you hated by the Daily Mail?"

Why this website is a good idea for newspapers in the digital age ?...

Many users are encouraged to share their scores on social networking sights such as twitter, facebook and instragram ect. This will make other types of audience that are involved in the new digital interested in trying out the quiz, helping to drive up traffic. Almost a third of that traffic, 1.25million users came from people playing and sharing the tounge-in-cheek daily mail quiz.

Weekly NDM story

WiFi at Tube stations

           

We have partnered with Virgin Media to bring WiFi to a total of 120 London Underground stations, which means you can go online anywhere in the station - in ticket halls, corridors and platforms.

If you're a customer of one of the following, you will get internet access on London Underground at no extra cost. Follow instructions at login and choose your provider:

• Virgin Media broadband and Pay Monthly Mobile
• EE, T-Mobile and Orange
• Vodafone
• O2

If you're not one of these customers, you can purchase a daily, weekly or monthly Virgin Media WiFi Pass to get online.Everyone can access the Virgin Media portal which includes our latest travel information.

I believe that we can all benefit from this as we never receive any signal from in the tube station, this will make tube station travelling easier and more efficient.