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With the success of the release of the Apple iPad in April of 2003, Apple was driven to design an even better, sleeker iPad. iPad 2 was designed to be a third thinner and fifteen percent lighter. It features a magnetically attaching microfiber screen protector, an HD rear camera, and a front-facing camera designed to support Apples Facetime app. The new device also features an Apple A5 processing chip, which gives the iPad a huge leap forward (up to 9x graphics upgrade from previous model) in gaming and app abilities. With these upgrades, the iPad 2 will be able to play games comparable to some Xbox 360 games, will run faster than any tablet on the market, and gives the ability for anyone to HD video conference from virtually anywhere. So why, bloggers & alike, should you buy one? What will this device be able to do for YOU, and how are you going to go about getting one? Well, here are two short videos describing its capabilities a little more in-depth, and how the iPad 1st gen defined an entire new category of handheld mobile devices:
So, seeing what how the iPad 2 has evolved in the last year, what it has done for society, and who is able to use it for just about any task at hand, do you think it is as practical Apple makes it out to be, or is it simply just another entertaining gismo that they (Apple) want you to eat up and buy, or is it something else? Something as revolutionary as Apple claims it to be? I believe it is both. I think Apple is using the applications it has been seen used for and is using them as a marketing ploy to get people to purchase one, and end up using them very little for simple tasks that could be done easily with less expensive, smaller devices.
Rolling Stone Magazine is one of the most known magazines in America, if not the most well known altogether. It was first introduce to the public on November 9, 1967 by Jann Wenner. It's contents are usually music based, however, when Wenner released it said that Rolling Stone "is not just about the music, but about the things and attitudes that music embraces."
One look at the magazine, and both your neocortex and limbic brain go haywire with all the captions and sexy singers plastered all over its cover. As the magazine and technology grew older, Rolling Stone created a website. This technological shift from just paper to digital media allowed them to do a lot more than just have pretty pictures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Now they are able to post music Videos, Photos, Articles, Artist Bios, and pretty much anything else you can possibly think of putting on the internet thanks to their Aesthetic shift towards media convergence.
Rolling Stone has always used different production techniques, their covers are always new, exciting, and well put together. They are aesthetically pleasing and never disappoint. Artists such as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show have written songs about getting their pictures on the cover of the magazine. Having your picture on the cover used to be a great honor, and hard to do. Now that I see this cover however, I'm thinking Rolling Stone has lowered its standards:
Now this is obviously a persuasive technique that uses "beautiful" people to sell their product. Justin Beiber is loved by middle school girls all over the country, and having his new haircut on the cover of the magazine will sell millions of copies to pre-teen girls everywhere.
