Title: The internet paid for my sex change: Woman seeking gender reassignment surgery raises $8,000 through crowdfunding in just 24 HOURS
Wednesday 7 May 2014
New and digital media; stories#30 - mr halsey
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2622266/The-internet-paid-sex-change-Woman-seeking-gender-reassignment-surgery-raises-8-000-crowdfunding-just-24-HOURS.html
Title: The internet paid for my sex change: Woman seeking gender reassignment surgery raises $8,000 through crowdfunding in just 24 HOURS
- Samantha Allen was born a man and wanted surgery to create a vagina
- She was told it would cost $20,000 and her insurance would only pay part
- She took to a crowdfunding website to raise the rest of the money
- Amazingly, she reached the total in less than 24 hours and had the surgery
- This demonstrates how the use of new and digital media and websites; through social networking individuals are able to raise money for their own benefits and those online are willing to give it.
- I’ve been called every anti-woman, anti-gay, and anti-transgender slur in the dictionary.
- ‘I’ve read three thousand word e-mails from anonymous readers who just want to let me know that I’m a disgrace to my community.
- ‘So if you had told me last year that I would one day be tearfully thanking the internet for supporting my gender transition, I would have laughed in your face.’
Title: The internet paid for my sex change: Woman seeking gender reassignment surgery raises $8,000 through crowdfunding in just 24 HOURS
New and digital media; stories#29 - mr halsey
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2622346/Computer-generated-patients-rescue-NHS-helping-doctors-test-drive-treatments-map-spread-disease.html
Title: Computer-generated patients 'could rescue the NHS' helping doctors test drive treatments and map the spread of disease
- Scientists at University of Sheffield are developing cutting-edge software
- Could map the progression of individual diseases and help tailor treatment
- Leading heart doctor brands project 'a breakthrough for patients'
- Scientists say 'software-based laboratory' could save NHS time and money
- having the software and ability to do all these tasks allow there to be more discovery and a greater chance for medical discoveries.
Title: Computer-generated patients 'could rescue the NHS' helping doctors test drive treatments and map the spread of disease
New and digital media; stories#28 - mr halsey
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2622217/Could-iPad-making-FAT-Ordering-takeaway-tablet-encourages-feast-fast-food.html
Title: Could your iPad be making you FAT? Ordering a takeaway on your tablet encourages you to feast on more fast food
- 40 per cent of Domino's orders in the U.S. are made online
- Customers ordering online enjoying perusing the full menu for options
- Rather than just choose their 'usual' people are encouraged to order extras
- Perusing a menu from the comfort of the sofa on a touchscreen tablet or mobile phone encourages a hungry diner to order more food, compared to those ringing in their requests
- While on the phone, customers tend to stick their 'usual' order, when presented with a full and tempting menu online, appetisers, side orders, fizzy drinks and desserts creep in
Title: Could your iPad be making you FAT? Ordering a takeaway on your tablet encourages you to feast on more fast food
New and digital media; stories#27- mr halsey
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2622230/Turn-phone-PANIC-BUTTON-App-alerts-friends-family-youre-danger-tracks-location-map.html
Title: Turn your phone into a PANIC BUTTON: App alerts friends and family if you're in danger - and even tracks your location on a map
- Once an alarm is set, a large trigger button is placed on the home screen
- Each alert is sent with location details and users are tracked on a map
- Alerts can also be posted to Facebook and Twitter with photos
- The Eye-on-me app is free until the end of May and costs 69p afterwards
- Much like the paywall apps want people to purchase them as soon as possible and this is done by first providing the service free of charge and later introducing a fee so people will purchase it earlier rather than later.
Title: Turn your phone into a PANIC BUTTON: App alerts friends and family if you're in danger - and even tracks your location on a map
- Once an alarm is set, a large trigger button is placed on the home screen
- Each alert is sent with location details and users are tracked on a map
- Alerts can also be posted to Facebook and Twitter with photos
- The Eye-on-me app is free until the end of May and costs 69p afterwards
- The personalised message also contains the user’s exact location that can be tracked on a map. By tapping the icon a second time, the alert is automatically posted to connected Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- The app also gives the option to set a deactivation code that switches off the alarm, and sends another message to friends informing them the user is okay and safe again.
New and digital media; stories#26 - mr halsey
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2622351/Unexpected-THIEF-bagging-area-Self-service-checkouts-soon-identify-people-dont-pay-goods.html
Title: Unexpected THIEF in the bagging area: Self-service checkouts could soon identify people who don't pay for their shopping
- It works by using an algorithm that plugs in data on factors such as area safety, time of day, shopping history, customer profile and queue length
- Self-service checkouts have the ability to create irrational rage and frustration
Title: Unexpected THIEF in the bagging area: Self-service checkouts could soon identify people who don't pay for their shopping
- It works by using an algorithm that plugs in data on factors such as area safety, time of day, shopping history, customer profile and queue length
- Self-service checkouts have the ability to create irrational rage and frustration
- A patent for a system that can both profile customers while also catching thieves has just been filed by New York-based Symbol Technologies.
- The group, which helped develop self-scan checkouts for Tesco and Asda, is currently designing 'statistical-based' software for its smart self-scan checkout.
- The technology can determine whether the shop is in a high-crime area; the time of day; shopping history and queue length, according to a report by Sarah Knapton in the Telegraph.
I believe this would be beneficial for everyone and is a positive for the development of new and digital media as it would reduce the crime rates in areas therefore making areas safer and reducing theft rates. This would also give people a positive perspective from the media's view.
New and digital media; stories#25 - mr halsey
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/21/mail-on-sunday-food-bank-twitter
Title: The Mail on Sunday food bank backlash exposes a media power struggle
- There is an increasingly interesting power struggle between the national press – wrongly labelled in past times as "the mass media" – and its democratic digital replacement, "the media of the masses".
- Mail on Sunday was confronted by widespread anger across social media, notably Twitter, over its two-page article about food banks.
- The report also claimed that many food parcel claimants were asylum seekers, and cast doubt on the trust's claims that almost 1 million people would use one of its food banks this year, up 163% on the previous year.
- The Twittersphere hummed with anger as people argued that the article discredited the mission of food banks to help the poor. One tweet said: "No, no Daily Mail [sic]. The scandal isn't that food bank volunteers didn't check your cretins' ID. The scandal is that food banks exist at all."
- I note that Murphy did not take to his Twitter account to respond, nor did Manning. But Slater, in the wake of the furore, returned his food parcel, tweeting: "All food returned to saint Philip church Notts at 0930 plus small donation". His gesture merely earned him, and the paper, yet more expletive-laden abuse.
- I understand he regarded the food bank investigation as a legitimate inquiry to ensure the system was working as it should, and regards the backlash as a relatively minor one.
Title: The Mail on Sunday food bank backlash exposes a media power struggle
- There is an increasingly interesting power struggle between the national press – wrongly labelled in past times as "the mass media" – and its democratic digital replacement, "the media of the masses".
- Mail on Sunday was confronted by widespread anger across social media, notably Twitter, over its two-page article about food banks.
- The report also claimed that many food parcel claimants were asylum seekers, and cast doubt on the trust's claims that almost 1 million people would use one of its food banks this year, up 163% on the previous year.
- The Twittersphere hummed with anger as people argued that the article discredited the mission of food banks to help the poor. One tweet said: "No, no Daily Mail [sic]. The scandal isn't that food bank volunteers didn't check your cretins' ID. The scandal is that food banks exist at all."
- I note that Murphy did not take to his Twitter account to respond, nor did Manning. But Slater, in the wake of the furore, returned his food parcel, tweeting: "All food returned to saint Philip church Notts at 0930 plus small donation". His gesture merely earned him, and the paper, yet more expletive-laden abuse.
- I understand he regarded the food bank investigation as a legitimate inquiry to ensure the system was working as it should, and regards the backlash as a relatively minor one.
New and digital media; stories#24 - mr halsey
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/01/uk-wifi-routers-internet-attacks
Title: WiFi routers could be exploited for huge internet attacks in UK – study
- As many as 24m routers across the world can be used by cybercriminals to launch massive attacks on internet infrastructure, while simultaneously disrupting home connections and costing communications companies dearly.
- The process is called attack amplification and it starts with the attacker selecting a target website.
- Internet pipes are clogged up, often wiping the original target offline and causing collateral damage, disrupting people’s home connections without them knowing and swamping ISP networks.
- “All that traffic coming back down to the user can saturate the access network. What the user sees is what appears to be an outage or an intermittent or slow service,” said Bruce van Nice, from Nominum, a software company serving the telecoms industry, which provided the Guardian with the data. “The user doesn't know anything about what is going on.”
- Nominum said over a single day in February more than 5.3m of the routers running the feature were used to generate attack traffic in Asia. An attack in January used up 70% of an internet providers Domain Name System servers.
- BT declined to comment when contacted by the Guardian. Virgin Media said it provides advice to users to deal with issues like this, pointing them to sites like this.
Title: WiFi routers could be exploited for huge internet attacks in UK – study
- As many as 24m routers across the world can be used by cybercriminals to launch massive attacks on internet infrastructure, while simultaneously disrupting home connections and costing communications companies dearly.
- The process is called attack amplification and it starts with the attacker selecting a target website.
- Internet pipes are clogged up, often wiping the original target offline and causing collateral damage, disrupting people’s home connections without them knowing and swamping ISP networks.
- “All that traffic coming back down to the user can saturate the access network. What the user sees is what appears to be an outage or an intermittent or slow service,” said Bruce van Nice, from Nominum, a software company serving the telecoms industry, which provided the Guardian with the data. “The user doesn't know anything about what is going on.”
- Nominum said over a single day in February more than 5.3m of the routers running the feature were used to generate attack traffic in Asia. An attack in January used up 70% of an internet providers Domain Name System servers.
- BT declined to comment when contacted by the Guardian. Virgin Media said it provides advice to users to deal with issues like this, pointing them to sites like this.
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