The decreasing cost and increasing capacity of digital storage
also goes hand-in-hand with new and cheap methods for
capturing, creating and viewing digital media. The effect on
our behaviour has been quite dramatic: people are taking
thousands of pictures rather than hundreds each year. They no
longer keep them in shoeboxes or stick them in albums but
keep them as ever growing digital collections, often online.
The use of Web services for photo-sharing is transforming why
we take photos by reinventing what we do with them. The
production and sharing of digital content has also substantially
changed. ‘Podcasting’ one’s home movies on websites like
YouTube is becoming a popular pastime, with many people
spending more time watching other people’s videos than
viewing broadcast content.
 The Rovio robotic
webcam is wirelessly
connected to the Internet.
It roams around the home
providing an audio and
video link to keep an eye
on family or pets when
you’re out.
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