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Question 1

Mashup

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A mashup also describes a Web application that combines multiple services into a single application. For example, a Web forum may contain a mashup that uses Google Maps to display what parts of the world the users are posting from. Yahoo offers a mashup called Yahoo! Pipes that aggregates RSS feeds into a single page that can be navigated using a graphical interface

Question 2

What was mashup originally used for?

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It was originally used to describe songs that meshed two different styles of music into one song. For example, a classic rock song put to a well-known hip-hop beat may be considered a mashup. It is also used to describe videos that have been compiled using different clips from multiple sources. For example, a skateboarding movie created from several different skateboard videos would be considered a video mashup.

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of most Web mashups?

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The primary purpose of most Web mashups is to consolidate information with an easy-to-use interface.

Question 4

Are the possibilities of mashups limitless?

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Because the combinations of Web applications are limitless, so are the possibilities of mashups.

Question 5

A Web Mashup

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a web mashup is a web application that takes information from one or more sources and presents it in a new way or with a unique layout.

Question 6

Some current mashups include

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Weatherbonk.com: displays live webcams from places in the US and elsewhere
Google Transit: for parts of the US, you can plan your trip using public transit by bus and train using this mashup.

Question 7

Other forms of internet mashups:

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Another common form of internet mashup is combining reader opinions with services that people use.
City Search: an online city guide for visitors, functioning as both yellow pages as well as reader reviews and opinions.
Yelp: a search service for finding restaurants, combined with thousands of reader reviews and comments on those restaurants.
Angie’s List: a directory service of general contractors, with customer reviews and opinions on those contractors.

Question 8

Microblog

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A microblog is different from a blog in that the content is much shorter and in some cases (as with Twitter) is limited to a certain number of characters.

Question 9

How do users communicate through microblogging?

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In a microblog, users communicate through short sentences, images, links and hashtags. These short entries are called microposts. Most microblogging services offer features such as privacy settings which allow users to control who can see their posts.

Question 10

Mobile

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An umbrella term in technology that was long synonymous with cellular phones but has since grown to encompass tablet computing (the iPad) and even netbooks. Sometimes the term is used interchangeably with “wireless.” It generally refers to untethered computing devices that can access the Internet over radiofrequency waves, though sometimes also via wi-fi.

Question 11

What was an early mobile technology?

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In retrospect, an early mobile technology was the pager.

Question 12

Moblogging

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(MObile BLOGGING) Publishing to a website or blog by sending text, images, audio or video from a cellphone or other mobile device to the blog or Web site. The arrival of multimedia texting (MMS) and cellphone cameras inspired moblogging.

Question 13

Mobloging allows bloggers to. ..

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A moblog allows bloggers to post write-ups directly from their phones even when on the move. The ability to create different media such as text, photos, video all from a single, mobile device and then to easily connect that device to a website and upload content is what makes moblogging possible.

Question 14

New Media characteristics

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New media may have some of the following characteristics:
Online, on the Internet and World Wide Web
Digital
Networked
Interactive
User-created content
Collaborative communities
Includes various forms of media, including pictures, video, text, graphics, interactive content
Available on-demand
Accessed on variety of devices (computers, mobile, tablets…)
New media does not generally include television programs, movies, magazines, books, or paper-based publications. These types of media are however, adopting many of the characteristics of new media, producing a hybrid of new and old or “legacy” media.

Question 15

Open Source

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Open source refers to a philosophy and a means of developing and licensing software and other copyrighted works so that others are free to inspect, use and adapt the original source material. There are many open source licenses.

Question 16

What are open source licenses like?

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There are many open source licenses. Some licenses are considered permissive (e.g. MIT and BSD), allowing inclusion in proprietary works, while others (e.g. GNU GPL) require that the resulting derivative works remain under the same license if distributed.

Question 17

Open Source origins and uses today.

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While the term originally stemmed from software practices, the concept has now been incorporated into other fields such as medicine and agriculture. Many of the most popular technologies used in content distribution, including languages and publishing platforms, are open source. The glossary you are reading was developed using open source methodology and is available under a Creative Commons license.

Question 18

Platform

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In the technology world, platform refers to the hardware or software that other applications are built upon.

Question 19

Computing platforms:

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include Windows PC and Macintosh.

Question 20

Mobile platforms include

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include Android, iPhone and Palm’s webOS.

Question 21

facebook and platforms

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More recently, in an extension of its commonly used definition, Facebook has created a “platform,” allowing developers to build applications on top of it.

Question 22

Podcast

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A podcast is an online audio recording that is delivered to the user via an RSS feed. The user can browse a list of available podcasts and download the ones she is interested in to her audio player or computer/laptop/mobile device and listen to it. In this way,listeners can determine the time and the place for listening to a podcast program.

Question 23

Radio show and podcasts

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Many radio shows record their live program and make it available as a podcast.

Question 24

Individuals and podcast

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individuals who are experts on topics may have a regular series of podcasts that they make available to people who subscribe to their RSS feed.

Question 25

A Vcast is similar to a podcast because. ..

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A Vcast is similar to a podcast in that the content is recorded and made available through a newsfeed, but the content consists of both audio and video, therefore the V (for video) cast.

Question 26

Pro-am journalism

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Pro-am (professional-amateur) journalism consists of outright contributions of stories from the publi

Question 27

How is Pro-am journalism done?

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the news organization allows members of the public to upload their content directly to the news organization’s site. The content then is checked out and if the editors determine if the story is legitimate. If it is,it is given a seal of approval of some sort.

Question 28

An exaple of Pro-am journalism

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on CNN’s iReport, once a story is vetted, it is given the CNN “bug” or logo. So it is the combination of the professional journalist working with the amateur.

Question 29

What does RSS stand for?

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Really Simple Syndication

Question 30

RSS

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A standard for websites to push their content to readers through Web formats to create regular updates through a “feed reader” or “RSS Reader.”

Question 31

What is the general symbol for RSS?

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The symbol is generally a orange square with radiating white quarter circles. (Also see Atom)

Question 32

Atom(related to RSS)

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A syndication format for machine readable web feeds that is usually accessible via a URL. While it was created as an alternative to RSS (Real Simple Syndication) to improve upon RSS’s deficiencies (such as ambiguities), it still is secondary to RSS. (See also, RSS)