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Blog: Next New

A new media invention that does not exist is a projector from a watch. Apple has recently created a case where you can project from your phone. This is really cool and useful. Imagine you are sitting with a lot of people and you want to show them a video. You can’t show it to everyone through your phone. It will be uncomfortable and annoying. So, you just project to the wall from your phone and everyone get sit, relax and enjoy the video. Now, this Is the same concept from the watch. You can project a video from your watch in a matter of seconds and everyone can see the video comfortably.

Blog: P2P

File sharing involves sending or allowing access to programs and documents such as Microsoft word essays. This is common in service applications such as Dropbox and Google Drive. For example, there is a group project that has to be completed in a few days, and we have to submit one document. So, we make a file in google drive and it is available, seen and allowed to be edited by everyone in the group. P2P file sharing involves sharing digital media such as books, music, and movies through connecting to another computer that is connected to P2P network. An example of P2P file sharing is an application called Lending Club, as discussed in the article, “Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other.” The article discusses how Lending Club gets borrowers and lenders together outside the conventional banking system. This is popular among people who struggle to find loans through a bank or prefer not to because of a high interest rate that comes with the loan.

Blog: Privacy

There are several issues regarding privacy and confidentiality related to new media. For example, when you log in to applications such as Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc., you agree to have all your information available to them. All the private messages you send your friends, the pictures, photos, and more, are all available to the owners of the application and can also be obtained to the public via hack. Snapchat has done something new with their application in the past week. Through snapchat, you can check the exact location of all your friends. That is a little weird and scary because I can just log onto the account and see exactly where everybody is. The world is transforming at a rapid pace and nothing we do online is private. Now, going back to the previous matter. Nothing you do is confidential, as previously stated and can be accessed by the company. Sometimes we see private pictures and messages of famous celebrities posted online. They didn’t post tho