Bonus Footage (Videos & Props)

Props to all my classmates who gave me great advice in making my blog better.  Without you guys, I don't know what I would have done.  Props to Ms. McKoy for all the help she gave me.  Once again props to the paraphrase website and citation machine.  Props to youtube for letting me borrow their videos.  Major success! 

My Works Cited

 Works Cited

"Amazon MP3s." downloadsqad.com. Web. 10 Nov 2010. <http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2008/06/amazon-mp3-200.jpg>.

"Apps getting more popular at iTunes than music." theiloop.com. WordPress Admin, 08 Sept 2010. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://www.theiloop.com/apps-getting-more-popular-at-itunes-than-music/>.

Berenstain, Adam. "10 Best Alternatives to the iTunes Store." maclife.com. Future US, 1 Jan 2010. Web. 10 Nov 2010. <http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/shop_different?page=0%2C2>.

Bylin, Kyle. "iPod Sales Dwindle, But Apple Isn't Worried." hypebot.com. TypePad, 30 Aug 2010. Web. 17 Nov 2010. <http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/08/ipod-sales-dwindle-but-apple-isnt-worried.html>.

"iTunes15." thethriftycouple.com. Web. 14 Nov 2010. <http://thethriftycouple.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/itunes15.jpg>.

"iTunes (Music) Store Growth." worldofapple.com. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://images.worldofapple.com/growth.jpg>. 

Kirkpatrick, Marshall. "If Apple Allows Competition for iTunes on the iPhone...." readwriteweb.com. ReadWriteWeb, 24 Aug 2009. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/if_apple_allows_competition_for_itunes_on_the_ipho.php>.

"Masterbeat." music-download-review.toptenreviews.com. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://music-download-review.toptenreviews.com/masterbeat-review.html>.

Sams, Brad. "iTunes: $1.29 for a popular song on April 7th." neowin.net. Ignition, 26 Mar 2009. Web. 14 Nov 2010. <http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/03/26/itunes-129-for-a-popular-song-on-april-7th>.

Paul, Ian. " * Social Web * Email * Close Digg Slashdot Fark Stumble Reddit MIXX del.icio.us Newsvine Technorati Facebook Buzz up! Twitter Your Name: Your Email Address: Recipient(s) Email Address: (Comma separation for multiple addresses) Your Message: Apple: The King of Digital Music." networkworld.com. Network World, Inc, 3 Sept 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/090310-apple-the-king-of-digital.html?hpg1=bn>. 

Peace, Ebony. " iTunes Competition on the Way: Spotify." brooklynbodega.com. Cirefly Studios, 8 Mar 2010. Web. 8 Nov 2010. <http://www.brooklynbodega.com/2010/03/08/itunes-competition-on-the-way-spotify/>.

Placide, Krislyn. "Lowered CD prices still can’t beat iTunes." northbynorthwestern.com. North by Northwestern NFP, 1 April 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2010/04/74338/lowered-cd-prices-still-cant-beat-itunes/>. 

"10 Billion Songs." wirelessandmobilenews.com Web. 3 Nov 2010. <http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/102art/showcase_lead_10billion20100218.png>.

My Reflection On My Sources

It took me a while to really get in the groove of finding good credible sources, but I think I managed and out came a great project in my eyes.  I think all of the sources that I cited on my blog are credible and had great information.  Not all of the articles that I read were interesting.  Some of the articles were extremely boring yet they gave great information.  Yes, that sounds like a contradiction, but more like a paradox.  All in all, I feel like the sources for my project are good sources that can be trusted, and known for good articles.

My Reflection On "The Process"

All throughout the project I found the same level of simplicity.  Just do the research, and paraphrase the quotes without using exact wording from the article.  I had to make sure I had all of my citations correct.  Props to http://citationmachine.net/ for making it easier to do my citations.  My fellow classmates also made it easy for me because of the commenting and advice to make my blog better.  The hardest part was the beginning where I was just starting my research, because I couldn't choose a consistent topic.  I enjoyed the whole process, because doing a blog is much better than a normal research paper.  It's just a different way to learn, which I like it that way.  There's nothing that I really didn't like about the project.  If I could do the project over again I would choose a topic that is harder to research, because I like challenging things. 

Check Out My Wordle x2

 

This is my 2nd Wordle and this is on 25 words that are important to my blog.

My Reflection On Findings

The most important fact I found in all of my research was that on February 25, 2010, Apple reached the 10 billion songs sold mark.  That in my opinion is astonishing.  It shows just how big the company is and how much money the company has made since its founding in 2000.  One of the most surprising facts I found in all of my research was that iPods are 77% of MP3 player sales in America.  More than half and more than three fourths of all MP3s are iPods.  I personally think that iPods are a great device and that iTunes is an amazing program, but the varying prices for songs is what I don't exactly agree with.  I think iTunes' prices should stay at $.99 just like Amazon.  It's a good idea to make more money off popular songs; the fact of using a 10 dollar iTunes gift card and purchasing songs that are $3.29 is ridiculous.  I like the fact that Apple releases a new generation of each iPod once a year.  The great propaganda techniques that Apple uses is another key factor that gets people interested--mainly the commercials--in buying Apple products.

Coming Together Vol. III (Finding Paragraph #3)

For now, there doesn't seem to be any MP3 device that is close to taking down the iPod.  The reason for that is because, there is a new generation of every iPod released once a year.  The demand for iPods continues to stay at a high level with the new generations continuing to sale.  Whether it's an iPod Classic, an iPod Nano, or an iPod Touch, there will be a high demand for iPods.  iPod Apps are said to be on there way to taking down iTunes' music sales, and since iPod Apps are specifically made for Apple products, Apple will not be taken down--at least for now--anytime soon.

Here's proof of how Apple's Apps will eventually take down the music sales (Zaib):
Asymco has released a report that suggests that not only the number of apps and song downloads are increasing every month on iTunes but app downloads are increasing even faster. The number of apps downloaded per month is so large that if we compare it with the song downloads then we will see that the app downloads now have reached (after 2.2 years of launch) where song downloads reached after 5 years of launch.

"Apps getting more popular at iTunes than music." theiloop.com. WordPress Admin, 08 Sept 2010. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://www.theiloop.com/apps-getting-more-popular-at-itunes-than-music/>.