NEWS 7

Facebook Admits Its App Drains iPhone Battery

SUMMARY:

Facebook has admitted that its app drains iPhone batteries - but a fix is here. The company has been investigating claims from users that the app is killing their device's battery more quickly than usual. Facebook engineering manager Ari Grant has admitted that two issues with the software are responsible for the problem, and that his team has now fixed them.

FACTS:

• The first issue we found was a 'CPU spin' in our network code," he said in a Facebook post.

• The second problem was with Facebook's in-app videos, which play automatically.

• Mr Grant said: "If you leave the Facebook app after watching a video, the audio session sometimes stays open as if the app was playing audio silently.

OPINION: 

 

TalkTalk Hack: Ransom Demand Received

 

SUMMARY:  

A ransom demand has been received by TalkTalk after a major cyber attack in which hackers may have seen sensitive customer data. A TalkTalk spokeswoman said: "We can confirm we were contacted by someone claiming to be responsible and seeking payment," adding: "Everything else is a matter for the police." A "significant and sustained" attack on the firm's website earlier this week means credit card and bank account details may have been stolen.

FACTS:

• The company says customer names, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers may also have been accessed.

• Police are now investigating, while the company's four million customers are being urged to check their accounts for any suspicious activity "over the next few months" and change their passwords.

 

 

OPINION:

NDM: News values

Galtung and Ruge (1981) defined a set of news values to explain how journalists and editors decided that certain stories and photographs were accepted as newsworthy, while others were not. 

Immediacy has it happened recently?

Newspapers now contain more comment or opinion rather than the breaking story.

Familiarity: when people can relate to the news becomes the event is close to them

hen a news is being published which relates to someone due to their area, they would be able to know about this due to social media. 

Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?

depending on what the situation is and what story it is, 

Frequency: does the event happen fairly regularly?

when they see articles or watch news they will get the information they want. 

Unambiguity: is it clear and definite?

People want to make sure that they news that they're reading is accurate and usually through citizen journalism videos that are published on-line, do people believe in the news that they see.

Predictability: did we expect it to happen?

This makes everyone want to keep up with the latest technology, makes everyone shocked as they need to make sure that the way that they use this technology works in good ways and helps us. 

Surprise: is it a rare or unexpected event?

Due to the immediacy that new and digital media provides, a news with a surprise would be first seen on-line and talked about on social networking sites. Most of the information that we get can be a surprise but if we already know about it or heard about it then it wouldn't be.

Continuity: has this story already been defined as news?

stories that are matching with it and connect with it, so that it builds up.Most  stories would be shown on TV, websites, youtube etc so that people can access it everywhere.

Elite nations and people: which country has the event happened in? Does the story concern well-known people?

Having this lets everyone access any story they want to. In the UK we get stories about america. Having this is good as we get know what happening and how it could effect us if it does.

Negativity: is it bad news?

Nowadays even children know about the bad things happening in the world and people are able to debate on all the negative things on-line. Most stories than show different versions of it and you get to know it.

Balance: the story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death?

gives a balance of the different stories as not all stories can be depressing and sad, they have to have something that changes the topic completely.

QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS FOR ANNE FRANK 

1) DID YOU GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL TO GET INTO THE MEDIA INDUSTRY

2) WHAT DID YOU STUDY AT UNIVERSITY

3) IS THERE A BALANCE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE BBC

4) WHATS THE YOUNGEST AGE WORKING AT BBC

NEWS 6

Google launches €150m fund for publishers' digital news projects

SUMMARY:

Google has launched its €150m (£109m) fund for European publishers to tap to develop new digital news projects, with large-scale grants needing approval from a council including Telegraph chief Murdoch MacLennan. Google announced its intention to launch the innovation fund in April as part of its Digital News Initiative that aims to support and improve historically often fractious relations with European publishers. The internet giant promises that the €50m annually it will award to projects over three years will come with “no strings attached” and that “there is no requirement to use any Google products”.

FACTS:

• Google has divided application criteria for funding into three pools: “early stage” prototype projects that Google will fully fund to “fast track” with up to €50,000.
• Medium-sized projects are defined as those that require up to €300,000 in funds, of which Google will award up to 70%.
• Google will also fund up to 70% of proposals defined as large projects, those up to €1m.

OPINION:

My opinion on this article is that due to developments in new and digital media, audiences access to news has become easier due or organisations making it easier to access and read. 

Sony to pay staff $8m over 'The Interview' hack

SUMMARY:

Sony Pictures Entertainment has reached a settlement with current and former employees, agreeing to pay up to $8m to reimburse them for losses, preventative measures and legal fees related to the hack of its computers last year.Hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace broke into Sony computers and last November released thousands of emails and documents in an attempt to derail the release of the North Korean-focused comedy The Interview.

FACTS:

• The agreement calls for up to $10,000 a person, capped at $2.5m

• To reimburse workers for identity theft losses, up to $1,000 each to cover the cost of credit-fraud protection services

• Capped at $2m, and up to $3.5m in legal fees

OPINION:

My opinion on this article is that this article clearly states the cons of new and digital media, and there are people there who use their knowledge to hack other companies and reveal information. Hacking therefore can lead to many disruptions in the companies wealth as the article states how Sony will have to pay 8 million due to the loses. 

Citizen Journalism Examples

1) http://youtu.be/8nrqFaSRclc

Feidin Santana and Kevin Moore are two normal American citizens with home video cameras, two more guys to change the world. On April 4, Santana recorded a former South Carolina policeman shooting and killing the unarmed Michael Scott. Moore recorded Freddie Gray requesting medical attention in mid-April while under police custody — and being ignored hours before he died in the custody of Baltimore policemen.

2) http://youtu.be/KnK0FYrg_IE

When a helicopter crashed in Vauxhuall, London, the footage was filmed within minutes. The way the news was spread on social networks shows how powerful it has become and the real truth behind it.

3) http://youtu.be/sG-KgxP9-c4

First UK citizen to carry out a suicide attack being filmed. Shows how the citizen attempted the suicide -evidence 

4) http://youtu.be/soOw24y-98s

Video being filmed and uploaded to YouTube of an old man being rescued from a fire in Syria

5) http://youtu.be/xQ-9XNwMTEI

Christopher Dorner was a subject of the largest manhunts in LAPD history, he had allegedly killed four people 

6) http://youtu.be/5-zfCBCq-8I

 Dramatic video in Japan shows tsunami, shows how the wave started, killing more then 1,400 people 

7) http://youtu.be/tb6n9N87MVA

Survivors of the two ferries after tsnam I, showing disturbing images and footage 

8) http://youtu.be/RMu2SkDYrrs

I report on mickeal jacksons death. Many fans made videos on their views of mickeal jackson and they became viral due to his death. 

9) http://youtu.be/EM8VMC7E9T8

Russian club hits fire killing 102 people, video been shot showing how the fire started and how the people were rescued however many were crashed.

10) http://youtu.be/w_Cp2anHN3U

Mid airplane crash filmed showing the plan crash in the middle of no where creating a big caous. 

NEWS INDEX PAGE - UPDATED

#1 -  29/08/2015:  Peppa Pig maker Entertainment One explores takeover interest

#2 - 27/08/2015:  Facebook sets user record as more than 1bn people log on in single day

#3 - 22/09/2015: Skype service 'restored' after network problems

#4 - 21/09/2015: Apple removes 300 infected apps from the app store

#5 - 28/09/2015: Facebook down for second time in a week

#6 - 23/09/2015: Buzzfeed moves into local news by hiring new regional reporters

#7 - 08/10/15:  Facebook gets emotive

#8 - 07/10/2015:  Google speeds up news article downloads on mobile devices

#9 - 11/10/2015: Female technology journalists report abuse is still the name of the game

#10 - 12/10/2015: Five predictions for the future of publishing
#11 - 22/10/2015: Google launches €150m fund for publishers' digital news projects

#12 - 20/10/2015:    Sony to pay staff $8m over 'The Interview' hack

#13 - 24/10/2015:    Facebook Admits Its App Drains iPhone Battery

#14 - 28/10/2015: TalkTalk Hack: Ransom Demand Received

#15 - 1/11/2015: UK And US Prepare For Cyber Attack Stress Test

#16 - 5/11/2015: Guardian and Observer publisher reduces losses as digital revenues rise

#17 - 5/11/2015:  BBC says public back its online journalism even if it hurts papers

#18 - 3/11/2015: Twitter is replacing favourites with likes – but does anyone heart it?

#19 - 19/11/2015: Newsquest fires veteran executives and orders them to quit the office

#20 - 17/11/2015: The Murdochs: how Keith's legacy became Rupert's obsession

#21  Der Spiegel publisher to cut 20% of staff and launch paywall

#22 American Isis Twitter scene' reveals social media's power to radicalise

#23 Der Spiegel publisher to cut 20% of staff and launch paywall

#24 American Isis Twitter scene' reveals social media's power to radicalise

#25 The Independent’s blog site hit by ransomware attack

#26 My partner is burnt out from his job on a national newspaper in London

#27 Phone-hacking victims expected to challenge CPS decision to end inquiry

#28 Twitter warns users they may have been hacked by 'state-sponsored actors'
29 Hollywood's ties with Silicon Valley threaten to squeeze out the British media

30 Boston Globe reporters forced to deliver papers by hand amid distribution crisis. 

31 Make or break for the Sun and more consolidation

32 Some New Year resolutions for the Guardian

33 The #BringBackOurGirls of 2016: what will dominate Africa's Twittersphere this year?

34 Newsquest/Gannett forced to change policy over remote subbing

35 - Check Your company's policy on sending personal messages at work
36- Daily Mail takes full control of Australian website