The Next New Thing

A new type of "new media" that I envision is a holographic copy of an object or person, and can be decorated. It will of course be affordable (hopefully). More specifically for instance, a holographic version of yourself, standing in front of a mirror or wall and you will have the ability to change your holographic form--you can see yourself in different clothing, which makes it easier to see how clothes will look on you in the future. You can also prepare to dress yourself in the clothes in your closet with their holographic form. 

Basically, a technology that allows you to dress yourself and change outfits and decide what you want to wear or look like, in holographic form in the same size, etc of exactly how you would actually look if you were to really do it. This technology could go on to be in stores and malls, where you wouldn't need to actually try on clothes, but will have the option to see how the article of clothing would look on you. It can also work for haircuts, make-up, etc. How exciting would that be!

P2P

File sharing is transferring or sending files over the Internet--it can be through social media sites or private emails. Examples of file sharing is sending pictures through Dropbox via email or uploading a picture of a homework assignment in a private Facebook page. However, P2P (peer to peer) File sharing is transferring files directly from one computer to another. There are P2P softwares you can download to share files, instead of sharing through a web browser.

In the article, "Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other" by Wendy Kaufman, Chanda Lugere managed to make use of the Internet to create Lending Club, which allows investors to put money to fund loans, and borrowers can borrow money for less interest than they would be able to, in the outside world such as from banks and creditors. Essentially, Lugere made use of peer to peer lending and is making a business out of it; "institutional investors have had a hard time finding good fixed-income investments. But P2P lending can offer that" (Kaufman).

Wiki So Far

As of now, I did a minor edit in the Love 5.6 "Coffee Meets Bagel" content and helped with grammatical errors. I also edited New Media in Politics, 2. "Social Media and Politics" and updated the content with information regarding how Facebook plays an important role in the 2016 election. I also re-organized some of the information and added an additional reference to the page.
In the future, I plan to expand on the Mobile Application Development section and elaborate on the positive effects social media has on our lives, especially with access of the Internet on smaller, portable devices.



Links to the content I helped edit/improve are listed below:
http://newmedia.shoutwiki.com/wiki/New_Media_in_Politics#Social_Media_in_Politics
http://newmedia.shoutwiki.com/wiki/New_Media_in_Love#Coffee_Meets_Bagel