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Digital Media

Live: Apple releases iOS 8 software as developers update their apps

 

This article is about the new Apple operating system used for their phones, iOS 8. It provides a live feed of the release as it happened. It shows different and new additions of which the old software didn’t have.

• Analytics firm Fiksu reports that 13 hours after release, the proportion of iOS devices it sees using iOS 8 is the lowest of the last 4 releases. Just 6.6% are using the new operating system, compared to the 15.5% who were using iOS 7 the same period after launch.

This article is interesting as it informs us of the launch of one of the world’s largest media company’s software release worldwide. It also was the most commented on article in the digital media section; this shows that many people are interested and want to read about the new Apple software.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2014/sep/17/ios-8-apple-iphone-6-launch-download-app-updates

Technology

US needs a Federal Robotics Commission, says think tank

 

This article is about how the US needs a federal robotics commission due to handle all their artificial intelligence and robotics. It consists of criticism of robots and what could possibly happen with driverless cars or robots in control of things.

• This July, Vince Cable, the business secretary, announced a £10m fund for driverless car researchers in the UK.
• Driverless cars take to our streets in less than six months.

I find this article quite intriguing as there are many points and opinions for and against the whole idea of technology and robotics taking over in everyday life such as driving. It shows that people can rely on this new and growing technology however it can also lead to other side effects and could in fact cause damage rather than being safe.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/17/us-federal-robotics-commission-brookings

Newspaper

  Google takes down newspaper's positive story about an artist

This article is about how an artist had asked Google to censor a positive news article about himself and his drawings due to the fact that they may damage his artistic reputation as he believes that he is a much better artist then he was. This was considered to be one of the most bizarre examples of censorship.

I find this article to be fairly interesting as a man has censored his news story which had shown him in a positive manor and Google had blocked the story, however censorship from much more serious matters are considered and deemed too hard to censor.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/sep/11/right-to-be-forgotten-local-newspapers