The Iphone app "Waze" is now introducing a celebrity navigation feature where users will be allowed to get directions from their favorite celebrities. Waze is a free GPS act that is available to apple and android users. Waze also plans to include many celebrities to the celebrity voice navigation feature. Currently the only celebrity voice on the app is comedian Kevin Hart and many are very happy about it and enjoy hearing him give directions on their phone.Many have hopes for celebrities like Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, George Clooney and even Homer Simpson to be included in the app. This is a fantastic idea. This new feature will attract more people to the Waze app and increase their profits. many people would love to hear their favorite celebrities on their GPS app instead of the annoying GPS voice. Personally as a consumer after reading this article i proceeded to purchase this app on my iPhone and it is great. There are definitely some creative geniuses at Waze and i look forward to what they come up with next.
BlockBuster, the movie rental store now owned by DISH, announced it will officially be shutting down the rest of the blockbuster stores remaining. This had been foreseen by everyone since the arrival of movie streaming sites like Netflix and Hulu. Most blockbusters had already been closed over the years but now the rest of the stores are to be shutdown. Many celebrities have responded to the closing of Blockbuster on social media such as twitter. They responded with jokes and sarcastic comments about Blockbuster. I feel that the shutting down of Blockbuster had been long coming and is not a surprise to me or anyone else. Most people including myself own a Netflix account and can access movies on t.v.s, computers, phones, and tablets so there is no more reason to have to buy movies anymore and the video store building just collapsed all together due to this. I believe the celebrities are having this response because it is not a surprise to anyone and should have happened a long time ago
Pre 20th century writing is difficult to understand for me because i am not used to reading it and it contains very elevated and archaic vocabulary that i do not know. Often while reading i have to look up words and phrases so i feel that writing an essay with pre 20th century literature would be very difficult. i am very nervous about having to read pre 20th century writing on my own and write an essay on it because i feel that i will run out of time while trying to understand it.
The government shutdown that happened this pass week has been the talk of the town since it occurred. Many of Americans have been negatively affected by the shutdown with things such as not being paid, not being able to get I.D's or passports, and not being able to attend national parks or attraction. The government shutdown will also affect technology, it will do this by stopping the production of passports and close all nations attractions that involve technology. This will put NSA out of work for this period of time and technology will be unmonitored for the time being.
Twitter announced recently that is will now be launching a new service called "twitter alerts" that will allows users to get texts and notifications about emergencies happening all over the world. This program will include notifications of shootings, natural disasters and more. The company believes this will give users quick, factual, and important information about what is happening and users will know it is coming from a credible source. More than 60 organizations have signed up for the program on twitter. users can customize whether or not they want this service by going on their twitter>settings>twitter alerts and changing it to on or off. I believe this new service that twitter is launching will help the public become more aware sooner of what is happening so that they can stay informed. This new service will be very helpful because a high percentage of Americans go on twitter and it would be beneficial to everyone if more people were informed about emergency situations happening. As a twitter user i really like this service and currently use it to stay more informed.
Twitter ads have not been know to be as prominent as other ads such as Youtube or Facebook but Twitter is making a change. In an attempt to increase revenue twitter filed and IPO (a public offering where shares of stock are sold to general public) and is valued at around 15-20 billion dollars. Twitters business model is dominated by ads but once the IPO goes public twitter users can expect many more ads on their new feeds. As a twitter user these extra ads are going to be really aggravating and might end up ruining twitter or lessening the amount of people that use it on a regular basis.Take Youtube for example, they began bombarding videos with ads so people got very annoyed and dont want to go on it anymore. I personally will go on any other website to view videos if it means not having to watch those annoying ads. Twitter is making a smart business venture and gaining about $583 million. But would it be worth the cost of ruining the social media network?
Grand Theft Auto 5 made its big debut today September 17. Fans all over the nations are eagerly to receive their copy of the game. The much criticized game is said to be the biggest release of the year. The previous game Grand Theft Auto Liberty City was one of the biggest launches of all times so everyone is expecting this game to be even bigger. This new game will grant players to do anything they desire. If they want to go to the gym they can go to the gym if they want to get a car they can easily steal one or go make a custom one. What users choose to do in the game is up to them, nothing is off limits in this game. As always with these sorts of games there is a lot of controversy from concerned parents and those who feel the game is senseless killing and that those games ruin our generation. The developers know that this controversy is happening and they embrace it and the debates brought to their attention. As a Grand Theft Auto player i have eagerly been awaiting the debut of grand theft auto since last year. This game is going to be huge for all gamers around the world. Many famous Youtube gamers such as "KYR SP33DY" and "pewdepie" were able to obtain the game a day earlier and have uploaded game plays of GTA 5 and it seems to be the most remarkable game i have ever seen. GTA is so big amongst young adults because it gives absolute freedom. I expect Grand Theft Auto to be the biggest game of the year along with one of the most criticized.
The iPhone has been a remarkable contribution to the tech world since its first model came out in 2007. The complete metamorphosis that the iphone has gone through since the first model is astounding to say the least. Last Tuesday Apple release its latest model the 5s and 5c. The 5s is very similar structure wise to the 5 but will contain the new IOS 7 software (that will be available for download September 18 to all iPhone 4 & 5 users) that will be a big change for all iPhone users. It will also contain a better camera that has larger pixels to help increase the amount of light in a picture, a two-tone flash feature that aids in not having the flash respond negatively to colors or skin. The camera now called "iSight" is equipped with "auto image stabilization" to help avoid blurred pictures and slow-motion camera for videos. Probably the most noteworthy feature to come with the new iPhone 5s is the new fingerprint scanning technology that allows the user to unlock their iPhone by simply placing their finger on the home button to be scanned.The iPhone 5s will also be available in three colors gold, black, and silver (as seen in the picture). These changes apple has made to the iPhone 5s will definitely increase their profit because american want the newest technology in the palms of their hands and apple is the first to release this new fingerprint technology. The iPhone 5c is is going to go to be available to the market in 5 different colors green, blue, yellow, pink, and white. The company believes this new iPhone will be more "fun" than any other iPhone. It comes with a 4 inch retina display, 8 megapixle camera, a rear cover that light up, and live photo filter. The most noteworthy attribute of the iPhone 5c will be its low cost. It is made of plastic so the prices (with a two year contract) have been lowered approximately 100 dollar. Apple making the product out of plastic was a good business venture because it has opened the market for iPhones to 2nd and 3rd world countries that did were not able to afford the price of and iPhone. I personally am a huge apple fan and have been since the first iPhone came out. Apple is making very smart business moves with these new releases but has a lot of competition with other companies like Sony and Samsung that have made phones that are able to survive underwater. Still Apple has a huge fan base (including me) that would not leave their company. I am still locked into my 2 year contract with my iPhone 5 but would definitely change my phone to the 5s if i didn't have to be tied to another contract i feel the iPhone 5s is amazing but rather wait for the 6 because my contract will be up and the six will have more new upgrades and i would regret getting the 5s. If the 5s was able to survive underwater i would without a doubt break my contract and pay the fee to get it. Apple making the 5c cheaper is such a smart move by their part because their market has expanded greatly even though i have doubts about the reliability of a plastic iPhone. Apple has once again proven to the world why the are the top phone company in the world and continue to impress the everybody.