Posts by Julie Gottlieb:
Expectations of Apple’s iPhone 4G
Rumors surrounding the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 4G are spreading like wildfire all over the Internet. I’m sure tight-lipped Steve Jobs loves every minute of it. Who needs a multi-million dollar marketing campaign when people all over the Internet are talking about buying the phone before it or its specs have even been officially released?
If the rumors are true, according to phonesreview.co.uk’s article, New iPhone 4G: Release Date and 2010 Expectations, “The new iPhone 4G is expected to feature a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, which will help low-light picture-taking abilities, improved SGX545 graphics processor core, compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, OpenCL and OpenGL 3.2, improved battery and OLED screen, we also mentioned not so long ago about the new iPhone featuring 64GB NAND flash memory, and could there possibly be a front-facing camera.” There are also rumors of a built-in FM transmitter and a GPS, camera, compass and Google map combination that will identify a photograph’s location and provide information about the location to the user. In addition, the external look is expected to have a comparatively sleeker design with a rubber-tread backing and a glowing Apple logo on the rear of the phone.
The biggest change, however, has to do with the Apple ambitions to expand to multiple carriers. AT&T is allegedly losing exclusivity to the iPhone. As “iPhone is Apple’s biggest money maker,” according to Robert Holland, author of iPhone 4G, Apple Still Has Secrets, opening the iPhone to multiple carriers will immediately expand their market and sales. In fact, phonesreview.co.uk’s article revealed that, “Verizon wireless has already stated they have beefed up their network to cope with additional iPhone traffic which leads one to believe that they too believe they will eventually gain the iPhone, perhaps iPhone 4G 2010.” While Apple has benefited from their exclusivity deal with AT&T, it doesn’t make sense for Apple to continue to limit iPhone profits by restricting them to one carrier. Many have tried to predict when Apple will put the iPhone 4G’s on the market. First the iPhone 4G was rumored to be released in April, then it was May, but really it will probably be mid-summer which is when Apple has traditionally released its previous iPhones.
Social Media Empowers Citizens to Change Public Policy
The founder of Craigslist, Craig Newmark, recently wrote an article entitled, How Social Media Can Effect Real Social and Governmental Change, where he compared the historical policymakers to the bloggers of today. Basically, his article was premised on the belief that social media has always been around but the vehicle [...]
Smart Coupons
Coupon clipping has been around since 1887 when, according to The History of Coupons and Promotional Codes, one of the partners of Coca-Cola helped launch the company into the public eye by using the first coupon as an innovative advertising technique. Since then, coupons have become a popular marketing tool and a vehicle through which [...]
Adobe v. Apple Standoff
Has the long-running rivalry between Steven Jobs and Adobe Flash finally come to a head? Although no law suit is currently pending, rumors of a possible law suit spread like wildfire after Apple changed its SDK language; thereby keeping Flash off iPhone and iPad platforms. While neither party is commenting about the potential suit, the [...]
Facebook’s Safety Renovation
In the aftermath of the murder of Ashleigh Hall (a 17-year-old U.K. girl who was duped by a man who posed as a teenager on Facebook), and the suicide of Pheobe Prince after being subjected to relentless cyber-bullying, Facebook has overhauled its Safety Center. The new Safety Center provides information for teens, parents, law enforcement [...]
What Are Apps Worth?
Although five years ago there was no app industry, today the app economy is growing rapidly and could top $20 billion in just a couple of years, says Wendy Kaufman, author of Mobile Apps Market Scales Up From Zero To Billions. But if roughly 80% of all apps are free and most of the others [...]
Keep Your Children Safe from Online Stranger Danger
In the past, parents did not have to worry about stranger danger in their homes. Today, any semi-computer savvy strangers can virtually enter your home at anytime. This is why it is so important to monitor our children when they are surfing the Internet. That is why Daily Biz Site’s article, Online Safety For Kids: [...]
O’Connor Online Civics Education
Although former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is not on Facebook or Twitter, she wants to use her power and the power of the Internet to get young people interested in civics. According to Christina Boyle’s article, Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wants to Bring Civics Education to [...]
Watch Your Mouth!
Do you sensor yourself when use social media? It is astonishing how many people don’t. According to Dustin Walker in his article, Price is High for Online Blunders, “Despite privacy warnings and embarrassing headlines, politicians, police officers and others who hold positions of authority will continue to tarnish their reputations [...]
Protection of Online Speech in Danger?
On April 6, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals made a ruling in Comcast v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that severely limits the FCC’s ability to protect online speech. In her article, Appeals Court Ruling Endangers FCC’s Ability to Protect Online Speech, Aparna Sridhar explains the history of communications law and [...]