Article Review #5

Video: Is this what Apple's new maps will look like?

Author: Philip Elmer-DeWitt , May 12, 2012, CNN.com

Article Summary:  Apple finished working on their own version of Google Maps, that took them 5 years and is supposed to be highly innovative. The company will replace google maps on its devises with the Apple maps. The long-waited announcement is expected on June 11th. The result are expected to be fantastic since Apple's mapping technology is very advanced and they purchased 3 mapping companies in the last 3 years. The technology used is a C3's 3D famous on YouTube. 

Relevance to the class: The article is posted on cnn.com with many links to external sources. There is a picture of the future map as well as a few videos of the C3 technology. The inline links are color differentiated. The article's sources are a famous blogger and apple news. 

Key quote:  "Apple's homegrown mapping datahas to be great. Mapping is an essential phone feature. It's one of those handful of features that almost everyone with an iPhone uses, and often relies upon."

Article Comparison #4

#1    Facebook's early acquisitions soar in value 

Author: Laurie Segall, May 11, 2012Publication: money.cnn.com

#2    Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion

Author: Laurie Segall, April 9, 2012

Publication: money.cnn.com

#3    Facebook sets $28 to $35 IPO price range

Author: Julianne Pepitone, May 3, 2012
Publication: money.cnn.com


#1 talks about Facebook's pricy first acquisitions
#2 is the original post when the acquisition was made
#3 talks about Facebook's share prices
#1, 2, 3 all posted on CNN.com
#1, 2 talk about Facebook's pricy acquisition of Instagram
#1, 2 have the same author
#1, 2, 3 have the same layout with internal links to all 3 articles, with article on the left, paid advertising on the right, as well as related articles
#1, 2, 3 have embedded videos of the founder
#1, 2, 3 have links to Facebook, twitter, linked in, gmail+ or email sharing on top and end of the articles
#1, 2, 3 have only internal links to articles on CNN.com

Article Review #4

• Title: Poll: Majority Approves of Obama's marriage decision

• Author: Kevin Liptak

• Date: May 11, 2012

• Link

       The article was on CNN.com, and it showed how voter's opinions have changes after  the very controversial support from president Obama for the gay marriage. The post is under CNN Politics, and it's a Wordpress blog called Political Thinker. The header of the  page has pictures linking to other related articles. The article is posted on the left of the page, while the right column is a live campaign results per state, and a live twitter feed @politicalThicker, a CNN political update. 

       No links in the article's body but plenty on the header or footer, as well as paid advertisings. There are links to Facebook, twitter on the left of the article.

       The article shows that voter's opinion hasn't changed much after Obama's declaration on the democratic or republican side, but a slight change was seen on the independent side.