The Next New Thing

To be honest, it is hard to think of a next new thing, a new "New Media", for the reason it seems like people had thought about all the possible new media and they are implemented. However, I have finally come up with something. We can call it “Sub life”, which Google map gives me that idea. As we all know, Google map has a feature called street view, you can actually just browsing through it just like you are in that street. “Sub Life” is basically a game, where people can choose where to live, whether the place they currently live in or the place they wish to live in. The idea is you use your own image/character, and have another life in the virtual world by using the real map/street in the real life, it is just like the  real life, but in the virtual world. After all, it would be great if one day we get this idea implemented and actually get it working.

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is a term often used on Internet for providing access for others to have access to their computer files. Such as images, videos, audio, music, etc. When file sharing, it can also be called as P2P method (peer-to-peer). For P2P, users use software that make them connects in to a peer-to-peer network to search for shared files on the computers of other users connected to the network. When users find files they want, they can download it. In addition, large files will be broken down into smaller ones; smaller ones may be obtained from multiple peers and then reassembled by the downloader. The famous downloaders, eMule, uTorrent and BitTorrent are examples of P2P file sharing programs. Some Chinese video network software, PPTV, PPStream, etc, are peer-to-peer as well. P2P often make download speed faster, “The slow download process, often using a peer-to-peer technology called BitTorrent, required patience and a modicum of sophistication by users.” Reported by Brian Stelter. BitTorrtent is so called BT, it is P2P program which makes download process faster.

Privacy & Confidentiality

When users decide to use the free services provided by the New Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, etc., it is also a process which users agree to sell their privacy for the free service. Generally, users are not familiar with online privacy policy. New Media, social networking sites, often ask for users for personal information/data, which is called privacy. When they say they keep all users’ data confidential, it might not always be true. One thing for sure is that they will use users’ data for their future development to see what users’ need/want. For example, google’s mail, gmail, had been reported that, when browsing their email, ads will show on right side; they show ads with thing you often searched for. Many users reported that they felt their privacy's been exposed because of that. After all, when users use real information online, they should know it will never be confidential, and has no privacy projection at all.