Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
MIcrosoft
•Who owns the MSN, MSN is owned by Microsoft
•Do they also own any traditional media businesses? No
•What other internet sites do they own? - Microsoft does currently own the BING search enigineand msn live search and also the Xbox franchise and also hotmail services , but thy are going to merge with 'Yahoo' as part their future plans for Microsoft's expansion in the field of search engines.
•What is its revenue?
Microsoft has a yearly income of an estimated $60million. http://www.microsoft.com/msft/download/Yearly%20Income%20Statements.xls
•What is its overall worth?
Microsoft is worth much more than $90billion
•Key facts about the institution:
•The US-based company Microsoft has become one of the world's top companies and the uncontested global leader in software due to its two star products: the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office.
•Microsoft has long been considered a champion of innovation since it was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates, who left the company this year in June.
•The software major currently faces steep competition from Internet giant Google which has mounted a massive challenge to Microsoft's dominance by launching a series of free Internet software products last year.
•The company has locations in 104 countries and employs 80,000 people, 60 percent of whom work in the United States.
Key Information...
Quotes from microsoft:
"As a company, and as individuals, Microsoft value integrity, honesty, openness, personal excellence, constructive self-criticism, continual self-improvement, and mutual respect".
"They are committed to their customers and partners and have a passion for technology. They take on big challenges, and pride themselves on seeing them through."
" They hold themselves accountable to their customers, shareholders, partners, and employees by honoring their commitments, providing results, and striving for the highest quality"
These quotes were taken from http://www.microsoft.com/
Summary of two articles about microsft:
History of Microsoft:
- Bill Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems to demonstrate basic programming for their new micro computer.
- The comapany agreed to distributed Bill Gates new softwate computer and Bill Gates moved near to MIT in New Jersey and microsoft was founded there
- On January 1, 1979, the company moved from Albuquerque to a new home in Bellevue, Washington. Steve Ballmer joined the company on June 11, 1980, and later succeeded Bill Gates as CEO
- On August 12, 1981, after negotiations with Digital Research failed, IBM awarded a contract to Microsoft to provide a version of the CP/M operating system, which was set to be used in the upcoming IBM Personal Computer.
- The company expanded into new markets with the release of the Microsoft Mouse in 1983, as well as a publishing division named Microsoft Press.
Legal and internet issues -
•In 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95, a new version of the company's flagship operating system which featured a completely new user interface.
•On, May 26, 1995, following Bill Gates's internal "Internet Tidal Wave memo", Microsoft began to expand its product line into computer networking and the World Wide Web.
•On August 24, 1995, it launched a major online services, MSN (Microsoft Network), as a direct competitor to AOL. MSN became an umbrella service for Microsoft's online services.
•The year 1998 was significant in Microsoft's history, with Bill Gates appointing Steve Ballmer as president of Microsoft but remaining as Chair and CEO himself. The company released Windows 98, an update to Windows 95 that incorporated a number of Internet-focused features and support for new types of devices
•Microsoft encountered turmoil in March 2004 when antitrust legal action was brought against it by the European Union for abusing its current dominance with the Windows operating system
Monday, 15 June 2009
new internet
13C1 New Media Blogs
Ahmed
Baljit
Bilawal
Gurvinder
Harvinder
Indi
Jaleesa
Jaspal
Jehrique
Meena
Rohin
Saira
Sam
Simran
Suhur
Tasha
Yasmin
12D1
Akash
Anika
Aqeel
Ardit
Curtis
Gurjoth
Gurpreet
Gurvinder Assi
Jasprabjoth
Jawaria
Manpreet
Mustfa
Osman
Raminda
Sajel
Sameer
Sebastian
Sneh
Top 5 vids from 12c1
1.
I have chosen the video above to be one of my top five video's as it was very interesting and kept my attention, it also had a comical element to it and got the information across pretty clearly...
2.
I think rohins video derserves to be in my top 5 as he clearly put a lot of time an effort into not jus making the video but also to edit it. also the content and information was relevant aand interesting.
3.
This video by yasmin is really effective and i think the effects they used were really good and engaged me. the actual content they were trying to put across was clear and informative.
I like this video because it was different to others in terms of the time and effort put into it as they have used the same idea as others but then put more time and efforts into theirs. it was very pleasing to watch.
5.
I liked this video as it was entertaining and engaged me, it also used fast moving images to create and entertaining effect and make the audience want to learn information and the video puts this information across in a fun way.
Self - evaluation:
Aesthetics - This was a tie between a level 4 and 3 and nothing lower than this.- focus more on the detail of the production to make it look more organised and tidy
Creativity - The majority of the feedback i got gave the creativity of my video a 4. Only 2 feedback forms gave it a 3.- my video was very entertaining and funny to watch which kept the audience interested to watch it- unique as it was teh only video which contained actual videos from the internet, etc. and the idea of the video was unique within itself as it was different to evryone elses video- used actual images from the internet to expand your point and show my understanding.
Technology - Although one feedback form gave me a level 4 for the techological use of my video, the majority of the class gave me a level 3, however, 2 people gave me a level 2.- used more enhanced technology rather than using just a laptop for example a camcorder because of its simplicity.
Understanding - The majority of the feedback gave a level 4 for my understanding of the topic but there were a few that gave me a level 3 meaning there could be room for improvement in showing my understanding of the topic more. - all the information shown in the video was relevant and to the point of the topic- include more detail about the internet and its progress and changes over the years- more detail about the information age
Production Values - The majority of the feedback gave a level 3 for my prodcution values however a few gave me a level 4. - expand production values
