hello and welcome to the everyone and the show that gives you a weekly recap of all the top trending stories and multimedia and digital media i'm your host corrina sillies we have some fascinating stories for you today so let's get started almost everyone carries a smartphone with them and with that comes a camera ready to capture all the special moments that you want to share with your friends but what about those awkward pictures or bad selfies that you know your friends will get a good laugh at but don't necessarily want floating around your social media sites well that's what snap chat is for the photo messaging platform that lets you share those funny pictures or videos and limits who they are shared with and the time allowed to view since the images quickly disappear after opening with five million active snapchat users and over one hundred fifty million images being shared a day this company is not disappearing any time soon and although the company was recently valued at about half a million dollars they're seeking one hundred million dollars from investors to improve their services the investors they're seeking are not typical and quite surprising actually for example wall street now are you just as confused as i am and wondering what wall street has to do with a photo messaging app some speculations suggest that the high profile bankers are intrigued with the service that allows them to go out have a good time share their memories through the app and leave no child behind in a sense it's controlled social and offers a higher level of security and safe keeping of your pictures but don't think that you're completely off the grid as there are ways to keep the snap chats by utilizing and i phone file browser oh and the app does keep track of how many snaps you chat by keeping your high score as well as making the top three friends you share them with public knowledge so like everything there's no such thing as complete privacy online but back to the money talk one can only wonder exactly what this one hundred million dollars is for well no word has been released on that yet i'm sure details will come soon enough if anything it's money to keep the app going as snap chat doesn't have any real revenue stream or perhaps their moneymaking plan is also still in the works and the investments they are seeking will help get them started and with wall street on their side i'm sure it will be no problem to find a way to get their revenue stream flowing in this day and age social media has arguably become the center of what keeps many friends acquaintances and even families together and whether we like to admit it or not what we post is usually determined by the amount of likes and comments it will receive the u k mobile games and app developer studio us too felt that with this kind of mindset people are missing out on the beauty that is hiding in the mundine and keeping us confined to our own little groups us to created an anti social photo sharing app called brando us two is using only billboards that say you have no friends and no one likes you to advertise their new app as harsh as this statement may sound it's true over endo there are no friends who follow you and you can't follow any of your friends there are no likes o comments only pictures here's how it works when you post a picture it gets randomly sent out to another user you can't see who views it or where it ends up once you've sent out a picture one will be sent to you however this process may take a while since it's all based on how quickly other users are sending out pictures you will be able to view pictures on brando a cut out circle that us too has placed around your picture as well as the place in which it was received the idea sounds pretty interesting considering you are able to view pictures from people all over the world and not just in your except a circle of friends if sharing pictures with strangers doesn't sound like a good idea to you how about sharing your internet consider i world where you can go anywhere and be connected to wife i at four g speed and have the ability to become a hotspot for others that is karma good karma to the more you share the more you gain a new company has recently launched a different approach to wife by karma came live in june two thousand and thirteen purchased their device for seventy nine dollars and use your facebook account to sign up you'll get one hundred megabytes to get started then just switch on your hot spot and have others join in on whatever name you choose to give your comma once your friends join in they will also get one hundred megabytes free and if you keep the sharing party going you'll get more free data if you run out additional data can be purchased for fourteen dollars with no contracts just pay as you go the dashboard display keeps everyone updated on their data usage and who is connected to the hot spot the pros of the start up company karma include cheaper wife i connection and the ability to share band with others wherever you go being a hotspot that really pays off the battery lasts up to eight hours and the device is small enough to carry around in a shirt pocket some of the challenges that users might encounter are that you must have a facebook account to join in the hot spot and coverage currently is limited to eighty cities a lack of security can also be a concern sense anyone can join in on your life by but hopefully everyone using this product will share nicely and remember at the meaning of karma what goes around comes around do you think this new startup company is giving competition to mobile providers or is that well deserved and getting us one step closer to reclaiming our own data usage tweet us your thoughts at media rewind we all know that the job hunt is anything but easy in today's economy entry level positions request at least a four year degree and several years of experience so self promotion and approving work that you have accomplished is extremely important the site linked in has helped link several drop seekers with future employers by allowing them to connect on a social network and a professional setting but th two news sites linked in is not your only option and keeping options open by getting your name out there there are multiple outlets is the way to go professionals in the creative industry will find en great tools and creating an online per folio and a one stop shop for potential employers to see projects that you have accomplished let's talk about enthused me first although the site just launched in april and is still in beta anyone can join and it is free to do so setting up a profile is easy to do and they are constantly updating and adding new features and to stop me explains their vision by saying we aim to help every user to sell their skills products and expert insight in the simplest most effective way possible they also choose to call their site the world's best knowledge marketplace but when you hear about these features there are five sections to fill out which include a personal statement favorite quote work experience press articles about your work and of course a section to upload your current projects by copying and pasting the link as of yet there is no option to upload files directly from your computer but hopefully that is one of the features they will improve on and to stop me also gives you the option to link up your other social networking accounts including an easy import of your linked in profile the layout is very basic with lots of white space but that is debatable whether or not it's a bad or good look for your profile if you're looking for extra bells and whistles to jazz up your profile then you may prefer another site called zara ply which offers five themes to choose from or more if you're willing to pay their party has been around since june of two thousand and eleven certainly didn't attract me and my co founder and a lot of people like ourselves are full of good big stiff sort of one point zero corporation didn't really express us as professionals it was sort of new new profession think it's the combination of adding and adding background education experience sort of all that stuff and then where you're active online in your work the stuff that you are actually good at your skills and focusing in on the stuff that you can actually do and build a linked in doesn't do that very well right now where you if you're a designer you want to be able to show off your design if you're developer you want to be able to show off your your code and that's what we want to focus in on and actually show a better picture of who who you are so as a professional not only not just professional stuff but also your interests and your give a better overview a holistic picture of who you are their part is a simple professional network focusing on your experience and talent while presenting you in the best possible way like enthused up me you could link your twitter and facebook accounts and import your linked in profile and like twitter you can choose to follow other member profiles and check out their skills it's important to list skills in your profile since employees can search the profiles based on keywords they're looking for but displaying your projects on the site is not as easy since you need to use a third party site and can only at image files using their manual upload service their pride does make it easy for others to get a hold of you by offering a contact me links and creating an electronic business card well there you have it tomorrow options with the possibility of opening up some new dorus to help you land your next job if you've dreamed of having your own humanoid robot but were afraid of the cost and new kickstarter project from corporation based in japan is working to make affordable robots available to all their human robot kits called rapira zero will cost you about three hundred eighty dollars and is fully customizable to fit your needs the robot is powered by raspberry pi an inexpensive credit card size computer and has room to easily add on a camera sensor and speakers repair runs on twelve servo motors allowing it to walk turn its head and body and grab on to small objects the kickstarter project has already reached its funding goal so the possibility of having your own humanoid robot is closer than you think these days it's hard to find a little downtime let alone time to go to the movies thankfully vimeo the increasingly popular video sharing site started offering on demand services back in march and now they are debuting their first feature film an indie drama called some girls which costs five dollars to rent or ten dollars to download the filmmakers were unsatisfied with the release offer terms and the extensive time it would take so vimeo on demand seemed like a good solution the film will serve as  test for a distribution of feature films using on demand services vimeo pro account holders are able to upload and sell their content on the site and it looks like hollywood is seeing the benefit of streaming films on line this could very well start a shift in how movies are released and allow more convenient viewing options for the audience  at n s a i don't think three letters have ever gotten this much attention or had such high importance in news up until now the national security agency and the prism program are exposed thanks to l information from former n s a contractor edward snowden the word prism literally means a transparent object which is a great name for a surveillance program that allegedly provides access to servers and their users data the director of national intelligence has released several statements and an attempt to clear up confusion of the prism program by saying that section seven zero two of the foreign intelligence surveillance act is to facilitate the acquisition of foreign intelligence and from ation concerning non u s persons located outside the united states it cannot be used to intentionally target any u s citizen any other u s person or anyone located within the united states well intentioned is a gray area and companies in the limelight for participating in the program include google apple microsoft facebook twitter yahoo a o l and dropbox to name a few these companies have also issued statements ensuring that they protect user data apple said we have never heard of prism we do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order facebook has said we do not provide any government organization with direct access to facebook servers when facebook is asked for data or information about specific individuals we carefully scrutinize any such request for compliance with all of pluggable laws and provide information only to the extent required by law the remaining companies issued similar statements all denying involvement in a government surveillance program and have actually requested permission from the government to publish the number of requests for user data from national security microsoft believe this information is significant to the public by saying permitting greater transparency on the aggregate volume and scope of national security requests including fisa orders would help the community understand and debate these important issues our recent report went as far as we legally could and the government should take action to allow companies to provide additional transparency several organizations including masala and reddit have launched a campaign called stop watching dot us and attempt to get accurate information out to consumers and collect signatures and support in requesting congress to reveal all details about potential spying programs of the n s a alex foller from maazel says the goal of this campaign is for citizens and organizations from around the world to demand a full accounting of the extent to which our online data communications and interactions are being monitored fell there are also mentioned that while we do have technology that can help protect us on line he said exposures resulting from government sponsored online surveillance are entirely separate from whether we choose to share information and what those sites say they will or will not do with our data senior adviser for the central intelligence agency solutions consultant and a telecommunications information systems officer when you're in positions of privileged access like  a systems administrator for these sort of intelligence community agencies you're exposed to a lot more information on a broader scale than the average employee and because of that you see things that may be disturbing but  over the course of a normal person's career you'd only see one or two of these instances when you see everything you see them on a more frequent basis and you recognize that some of these things are actually abuses and when you talk to people about them in a place like this where this is the normal state of business people tend not to take them very seriously and you know move on from them but over time that awareness of wrongdoing sort of builds up and you feel compelled to talk about it and the more you talk about it the more you're ignored the more you're told it's not a problem until eventually you realize that these things need to be determined by the public not by somebody who is simply hired by the government an essay in the intelligence community in general is focused on getting intelligence wherever it can by any means possible that believes on the grounds of sort of a self sort of cation that they serve the national interest originally we saw that  focus very narrowly tailored as foreign intelligence gathered overseas now increasingly we see that it's happening domestically and to do that they the n s a specifically targets the communications of them by default it collects them in its system and it filters them and it analyzes them and it measures them and it stores them for periods of time simply because that's the easiest most efficient and most valuable  achieve these in yes so while they may be intending to target someone associated with a foreign government or someone that they suspect of terrorism they're collecting your communications to do so any analyst at any time can target anyone any selector anywhere where those communications will be picked up depends on the range of the sensor networks and the authorities that that analyst is empowered with not all analysts have the ability to target everything but i sitting my desk certainly had the authorities to to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if i had a personal e mail i think that the public is owed an explanation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures that are outside of the democratic model when you are subverting the power of government that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy and if you do that in secret consistently you know as the government does when it wants to benefit from a secret action that it took it'll kind of give its officials a mandate to go hey you know tell the press about this thing and that thing so the public is on our side but they rarely if ever do that  that falls to individual citizens but they're typically maligned you know it becomes a thing of these people are against the country they're against the government but i'm not i'm no different from anybody else i don't have special skills i'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office watches what happening what's happening and goes this is something that's not our place to the side the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong and i'm willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didn't change these i didn't modify the story this is the truth this is what's happening you should decide whether we need to be doing this privacy is not advice and assistance from wiki leaks and it is assumed that he recently arrived in ecuador seeking asylum this starts the long extradition process which means snowden's trial is several months away until then n s a remains in the hot seat right along with snowden as the prison program has been revealed though not clearly explain just yet if it ever will be but from the leaked information that we have been told about we know it greatly affects our privacy we want to hear your thoughts about snowden's whistle blowing acts and what you think about n s a s prism tweet us at media