Apple will not shut down Dr Dre’s Beats Music but could fold it into iTunes

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/23/apple-dr-dre-beats-music-itunes

This article focuses on how apple may re-brand Beats as a product that will be a part of iTunes
Apple bought Beats for $3bn.

Apple did not speak about completely re-branding the product but they spoke about bringing the product in line with iTunes. They said it could even be assisted with an itunes radio service. At the moment beats music is a part of Android and Apple TV.

I think that incorporating Beats music on an itunes will be a great move as this will give consumers a another way to re arrange their music and even listen to playlists. However any moves taken by Apple to incorporate the product will happen in no longer than 3 months.

A brief History of the News

"The last 20 years have been more significant in terms of media and its role in society than the whole previous in 200 years"

I think that the last 20 years an increase in technology is the cause  of a rapid increase in terms of media and its progression. Also most of society is demanding alot more of technology and gadgets which gives firms an edge to supply more and even become more innovative as they may want to compete against their rivals in business. This will result in a rapid growth of technology and is making the outcome of media products more significant than ever before.

List of UK news providers

Print

The Times

The Sun 
The Telegraph
The Financial Times 
The Economist 

Daily mirror

Trinity mirror
Sunday mirror 
The Herald 
Radio times 
The Scottish Sun 
NME 

Broadcast

BBC Radio 1

Capital 
Kiss 100

Heart

Free Satellite
BSKYb 
Virgin media 
TalkTalk

E-Media

BBC

Sky

SBTV

Youtube

 
 

Microsoft cuts another 2,100 jobs as it nears 18,000 target

Microsoft has confirmed another 2,100 redundancies as part of a plan to cut 18,000 jobs, some 14% of its workforce.The software giant said 747 jobs will go in the Seattle area, with the rest spread across its global operations.Microsoft had already cut 13,000 jobs, with the bulk at the Nokia phone division bought by the US company. Microsoft, which has about 127,000 people on its payroll, will take a charge of between $1.1bn (£672m) and $1.6bn for costs related to the cuts.Microsoft said in a statement that the latest cuts "are spread across many different business units, and many different countries".

I think that the factor of competition may have a strain on Microsoft as they may be willing to sacrifice some of their labour in order to innovative and contemplate other ideas on how they can fight competition like apple and Samsung.

Apple ios update

Users are frustrated by the apple ios 8 update which has required userMany have resorted to deleting photos, videos and other files in order to free up space for the new version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS8, which requires up to 5.8GB of storage.

Apple has also removed apps for its new health software because of a bug.

One expert said Apple's updates were often prone to "teething problems".

Some vexed Apple users took to Twitter to express their annoyance, at one point causing the subject to be trending above the Scottish referendum.s to have 5.8gb of 
storage. 

I think that it may be irrational for apple to be asking for a lot of storage space however i think Apple is the leader of technology in todays society as most people will follow their conventions regardless of what it may entail

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29251961

Apple Watch

Police warn the users of the up and coming Apple Watch that they may face the same penalty as those using a phone whilst driving. The reasons for this is that is also has applications like the phone and therefore may be a distraction to users. It has been named as a wearable device by senior highway police patrol.

I think that the police may have the strong side of the argument in this case as i think that people may be more engaged with this gadget causing potential hazards on the road. However after all it is just a watch on a wrist and some people may not be as stupid as the police think.

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-storage-sizes-2014-9

RT exclusive: From London banker to ISIS militant - one man's terror trail

For the past month, RT UK has been speaking exclusively to A’ntaar via an encrypted instant messenger popular amongst the social media savvy Western fighters in the region. A’ntaar’s penchant for propaganda made him no different than most western fighters ostentatiously trumpeting their messages via social media. But behind the standard ISIS rhetoric, he does provide glimpses into his daily life, what was expected of him as a fighter, and whether he would consider returning home in the future.

A’ntaar is among approximately 500-1000 other Britons currently fighting in the region, according to the British governments’ official estimates. Most Britons enter through the Turkish border into Syria and Iraq, where border guards are willing to ‘turn a blind eye’ for a small fee. In June this year, British intelligence service MI5 said that tracking British jihadis waging war in Syria was now its ‘top priority’ following a recruitment video released by ISIS in which British fighters urged Muslims to come join the fight.

http://rt.com/uk/188132-rt-exclusive-isis-fighter/

GOOGLE

I think that as Google is such a popular and forever demanding service on the internet, it is sensible to assume that it is a factor that contributes to a decrease in the demand of newspapers. I think in order to read a newspaper there is a shoe-leather cost involved which means that consumers may be reluctant to go out and purchase the item just to consume it; especially when most people of this generation have a far more efficient substitute known as the internet. I think people find it easier to go on to Google and just search news topics that they are most passionate about reading as this is much quicker and may satisfy the consumer more efficiently.

I do not think that Google wanted to make newspaper firms suffer but i think that Google is promoting technology of the future, and as we can only plan for the future, newspapers seem less attractive to the upcoming generation because they may see digital media as a more interactive form of interpreting the news. I think that it is because of internet which is an open platform that gives the public to upload user generated content is the reason that newspapers are becoming less demanding.