Itunes: Video downloads: http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/overview/ Itunes can be used to download music and videos over the internet. It can also be used to play music.
Amazon.co.uk: music downloads: http://www.amazon.co.uk/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dm1?ie=UTF8&node=77197031&pf_rd_p=218610391&pf_rd_s=left-nav-1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=468294&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0YA7FMF1GXPKYNT0WACB Amazon is expanding onto the digital downloads and can be used to download music and ebooks.
Steam: game downloads: http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam is a revolutionary way to play games over the internet as it is streamed directly onto your computer.
Ebooks:: virtual books: http://www.ebooks.com/ Can be used to download books and read them on a portable device.
Microsoft: software downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
Other digital entertainment includes sites like youtube where you can stream videos to your computer. The downsides to digital entertainment include if you have a slow connection it will take a long time to stream and download. Not all music can be listened to online because of coppyright issues.
Friday 18 September 2009
Thursday 17 September 2009
Online Commerce
Online Commerce
Online service
Car insurance
Elephant.co.uk is an online web service that is used to get an insurance quote and cover. It is good as it is only based on the web so it is specialised. It is good because it has an easy to use set up and get insured. It gives you legal information so that the the consumer can tell what they are doing is not illiagal and many different types of information. It is bad as you cannot speak to somebody directly and get a customised quote for your needs.
Online goods
O2 shop
This site sells phones, sim cards and rental plans. It is good because it can be used as a shop or to browse what you wish to buy. It can also show honest reviews from customers insted of sales people selling you all the good points. Online services
Online service
Car insurance
Elephant.co.uk is an online web service that is used to get an insurance quote and cover. It is good as it is only based on the web so it is specialised. It is good because it has an easy to use set up and get insured. It gives you legal information so that the the consumer can tell what they are doing is not illiagal and many different types of information. It is bad as you cannot speak to somebody directly and get a customised quote for your needs.
Online goods
O2 shop
This site sells phones, sim cards and rental plans. It is good because it can be used as a shop or to browse what you wish to buy. It can also show honest reviews from customers insted of sales people selling you all the good points. Online services
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Augmented reality
This is a summary of different points on the new technology "augmented reality"
Academics at a US university are laying the foundations of a new form of digital marketing that involves augmenting Google Earth with dynamic information to create a living city. Academics at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an 'as live' version of Google Earth in which cars travel on motorways, people play in parks and shops and offices are open for business.
The technology (displayed in this video which manages to make something exciting seem rather dull) could herald a wave of new marketing opportunities for companies looking to promote their range of services.[1]
In contrast, augmented reality - in which computer graphics are layered onto a real world image - was the boring sub-technology confined to sports footage replays and technical engineering.[2]
In a story that got a bunch of reporters and bloggers excited this week, Babak Parviz, a professor at the University of Washington, recently wrote about LED and radio-powered contact lenses that could both monitor health and display information over the user's visual field. The latter functionality -- information display -- was the bigger story this week, exciting the legions of writers who are following each and every advance in "augmented reality."[3]
WIKITUDE World Browser presents the user with data about their surroundings, nearby landmarks, and other points of interest by overlaying information on the real-time camera view of a smart-phone[4]
[1] http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/news/938024/Google-Earth-+-augmented-reality---wow/
[2] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10597232
[3] http://www.examiner.com/x-22731-SF-Artificial-intelligence-Examiner~y2009m9d13-The-Unbundling-of-Augmented-Reality---Behold-the-Bionic-Eye
[4] http://www.wikitude.org/world_browser
(lol soz Fi)
Academics at a US university are laying the foundations of a new form of digital marketing that involves augmenting Google Earth with dynamic information to create a living city. Academics at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an 'as live' version of Google Earth in which cars travel on motorways, people play in parks and shops and offices are open for business.
The technology (displayed in this video which manages to make something exciting seem rather dull) could herald a wave of new marketing opportunities for companies looking to promote their range of services.[1]
In contrast, augmented reality - in which computer graphics are layered onto a real world image - was the boring sub-technology confined to sports footage replays and technical engineering.[2]
In a story that got a bunch of reporters and bloggers excited this week, Babak Parviz, a professor at the University of Washington, recently wrote about LED and radio-powered contact lenses that could both monitor health and display information over the user's visual field. The latter functionality -- information display -- was the bigger story this week, exciting the legions of writers who are following each and every advance in "augmented reality."[3]
WIKITUDE World Browser presents the user with data about their surroundings, nearby landmarks, and other points of interest by overlaying information on the real-time camera view of a smart-phone[4]
[1] http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/news/938024/Google-Earth-+-augmented-reality---wow/
[2] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10597232
[3] http://www.examiner.com/x-22731-SF-Artificial-intelligence-Examiner~y2009m9d13-The-Unbundling-of-Augmented-Reality---Behold-the-Bionic-Eye
[4] http://www.wikitude.org/world_browser
(lol soz Fi)
Friday 11 September 2009
Real time Services
Real Time Services include http://www.trafficengland.com/
Pros include the real time updates for traffic and jams. Cons include the fact that they have no optimised options for phons ect where they may need it on the road
Pros include the real time updates for traffic and jams. Cons include the fact that they have no optimised options for phons ect where they may need it on the road
Thursday 10 September 2009
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Monday 7 September 2009
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