New Media Final Project

Current Trends and Future

Evolution

…In New Media

3 Up and Coming Sites to Watch:

iStumbleUponcGoogle.orgsPing

What is

• Free social networking site• Create a profile• Username, categories, add friends

• Click • Stumbleupon takes you to a website

based on what categories you select and what your friends like as well as what you’ve liked in the past

• S or

?

History• Founded in 2001

– Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, Justin LaFrance and Eric Boyd

• Bought by eBay in 2007 for $75 million– Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith (with some investors) bought

it back in 2009

• Has grown to over 10 million users • Exponential growth

– In May 2010, an average of 6,500 new profiles were being created each day

• 118% growth since 2009

• Has started to be used as a marketing and

political tool

Things I’ve stumbled upon…

What is ?

Google.org uses Google's strengths in information and technology to build products and advocate for policies

that address global challenges.

“We hope someday [Google.org] may eclipse Google itself in terms of overall world impact

by ambitiously applying innovation and significant resources to the largest of the

world's problems.“-Larry Page

Google Founder (2004)

History

• Early on, Google wanted to help those in need

• Have donate over $100 million to non-profit organizations and companies with breakthrough technologies

• Google.org is the philanthropic part of Google that more fully utilizes the technological and engineering aspects of it

What is

meets

?

for .

What does it do?

• Follow musical artists

• Like artists and songs

• Add friends• Post messages and comments to

pages

• Listen to recommended music for you based on what your friends like and artists you like

In conclusion…

Bibliography

• Google.org - Google Technology-Driven Philanthropy. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. <http://www.google.org/>.

• "Steve Jobs Describes ‘Ping’ Social Network as Facebook Meets Twitter for Music | Science Updates | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News." Home | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. <http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/steve-jobs-describes-ping-social-network-as-facebook-meets-twitter-for-music>.

• "StumbleUpon Crosses 10 Million User Mark." AccuraCast News. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. <http://news.accuracast.com/internet-7471/stumbleupon-crosses-10-million-user-mark/>.