Google provides google drive service integrated with Gmail (Aticle Review #5)

Assignment number: Article Review # 5

Title:

Gmail, meet Google Drive -- and behold 10GB file transfers

Author: Casey Newton

Date: November 27, 2012

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57554885-93/gmail-meet-google-drive-and-behold-10gb-file-transfers/

Summary: 

Google announced that it has integrated Google Drive with Gmail, allowing users of both services to insert files from Drive directly into their messages. F

ile sizes can be up to 10GB, or 400 times larger than is allowed in a traditional attachment.

Relevance: Gmail is used the most. Somebody included me would have experienced the difficulty related with file size when we send assignment by E-mail. This function will be very useful for students especially who major in Graphic Design.    

Quote: "Users can now send files from Google Drive that are 400 times larger than is possible in a traditional attachment."

New things in social networks (Source Comparison #3)

Article 1
"Facebook tries to get some love for Friendship Pages" November 8, 2012

hhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57547340-93/facebook-tries-to-get-some-love-for-friendship-pages/ 

 Article 2
"Facebook launches real-time visualization of voters" November 6, 2012
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57545820-93/facebook-launches-real-time-visualization-of-voters/ 

Article 3
"Twitter finally embraces Windows 8, promises an app soon" October 30, 2012  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57542496-93/twitter-finally-embraces-windows-8-promises-an-app-soon/
 

Notes

• Those articles are about new things on social network website. 
• Those are relevant because Social network website could be my customer later. Those websites needs more graphical aspects and information architect.  
• Article #1 describes redesign of a profile page that highlights your friendships and relationships.
• Article #1 has positive views about that.   
• Article #2 describes one of facebook's strategies for american president vote.    
• Article #1 and  Article #2 have positive view about the new things of social network.  
• Article #3 talks about Twitters release to window 8. 
• Article #1, #2, #3 inform us that news happening in social network, and we should keep up with this. 

Happy birthday Firefox!

Assignment number: Article Review # 3

Article Title:  Happy birthday Firefox
Article Author: By Patrick Himes  

Article Publication Date: November 9, 2012

URL of Original Article: http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/happy-birthday-firefox-0328732

Article Summary: Eight years ago today, Mozilla released its own web browser, Firefox, to the world. they were one of the first mainstream open source and user-based projects on the web to really succeed in the spotlight. Adoption of the browser took off like wildfire; the developers had made a browser that people liked. It was different, faster, sleeker and cooler. And it was free! Firefox was the “first alternative browser to really chip away at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer dominance.” It was the first small project from small beginnings that reached prominence quickly. It didn’t have unlimited funding, it wasn’t developed by the greatest minds at some company or on the web, and it wasn’t institutional. But it worked. In many ways, Firefox stands for the potential of the internet. Things were just starting to change in the internet ecosystem towards more open and diverse services and products. Then Firefox burst onto the scene and showed us that we can make whatever we want and we can make it better. Focus on the people and your product will be great.

Relevance to the Class: Internet explore was the most popular browser in the world. It seemed like any browser can not overcome it. However, Google chrome users have been increasing  included me until now.When I read this article it reminds me of Google Chrome. About 2 or 3 years ago, You Tube had gradually stopped their service to internet explore users.  In the context of this situation, Firefox had to do something, which is to provide the first mainstream open source and user-based projects on the web. And it was successful. In our class, somebody use Internet explore, somebody use firefox or google chrome. In order to become Web Designer we should know that their each web browser's strong point, and we should examine how Html language works well on each web browser. This is because some html works really well on Google chrome but not work on internet Explore, which bugs me.