Friday 6 November 2015

Weekly Homework

Everyone is downloading the iOS.9 for the middle finger emoji 



The middle finger emoji

The holy grail of emoji has arrived. After years of fudging angry faces, aubergines and fists together, now you can tell people how you really feel with just one character: a middle finger emoji. Explosion of 150 more emoji, including rude hand gesture, comes along with UK launch of Apple News and security updates
The update also brings bug and security fixes, plus a system that detects when you raise and lower your phone when taking.

How Netflix and chill became the code for casual sex


Couple watching TV

Netflix created a button called "The Switch" which allowed users to "dim the lights", put your phone on do not disturb mode and order pizza- which is a hassle to set up but easy to maintain. The internet continuously made fun of this button through memes- back in 2009 it was just a phrase but nowadays it has become an actual thing.

21st century instead of asking for a coffee, asking for netflix and chill has become the norm
2014-jokes about netflix and chill being made- "When she says she want to netflix and chill"
Famous people such as Nicki Minaj catching on through a meme

I think that this is a stupid idea as people won't value the idea of going out and making dates special any more and sex will become the focus instead of actually trying to get to know someone. Also the programme is quite hard to set up which is really time consuming and impractical.

BuzzFeed Journalist attack


http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/oct/23/buzzfeed-journalist-attacked-paris-david-perrotin-ldj-afp
The protest outside AFP's offices in Paris


A leading BuzzFeed journalist was attacked by Jewish extremists as they tried to storm
the offices of the country's national news agency.They were initially protesting against
Agence France Presse's coverage of the Israel- Palestine conflict. Tear gas was sprayed
at their faces when they approached the entrance of the building and a riot with police
broke out. Perotin was eventually acted after hearing various threats.

  • 100 people letting off flares around the offices
  • Perotin hid behind a barrier of police for safety
I think the protesters should of left the journalist alone as he is only reporting
his own beliefs just like they are protesting for their own but he didn't interfere with 
them. I believe everyone is entitled to do what they want so long as they don't harm
others and the journalist wasn't doing much harm.


Disney to launch UK film and TV streaming service for £9.99 a month


Disney's DisneyLife streaming service will offer films from the Toy Story franchise alongside TV shows, books and music

Disney is planning on releasing a monthly subscript service through apps and this is supposedly going to be very life-changing. This is going to allow everyone to access disney films to pretty much everyone. Disney is the latest company to move in on the increasingly crowded UK streaming market - Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky’s Now TV are already fighting to attract the growing number of fans of on-demand services that are more flexible than traditional TV schedules and bulky pay-TV packages.

Disney is specifically targeting the youth end of the market with Ampere estimating it will build to probably about 1 million paying subscribers, more niche than the current, and growing, levels of Netflix (4.5m), Amazon Prime (1.5m) and Now TV (1.2m).
Netflix: £5.99 per month
Sky’s Now TV: £6.99 a month plus £9.99 a month for film
DisneyLife: £9.99 per month
Launching next month

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