There have been similar websites / concepts, but these were based on older technologies, usually the mobile phone using MMS, they could never provide the full service that newer technology internet news sites now offer.
Mobile phone technology
While mobile phones were successful in sending news and images, for example the tsunami in Thailand, the mobile phone network is often unable to cope with the volume of traffic during such an event. The networks were overwhelmed by people trying to phone friends or family to see if they were safe.
Very shortly after the London bombings, mobile phone networks were unable to cope and the situation worsened as people continually pushed to redial.
Telephone networks expect a certain volume of traffic based on the number of people who have subscribed to that network; The Internet works on a different principle and therefore does not stop working efficiently during a time of increased communication.
Breaking news
The speed at which breaking news reaches the internet cannot be improved as it only takes a few minutes for a user / reporter to send news in 3 easy steps: –
1. Click to write and report news.
2. Add videos, photos and tags
3. Login or register to submit
The coverage of a UK based internet news website is usually: –
- London and the Southwest
- North Ireland
- North
- Nord Est
- northwest
- Scotland
- Welsh
- South west
- the midlands of England
- European and world coverage.
There may also be other tabs for Travel, Entertainment, Sports, Business, Politics, Tech News. New websites that use content management systems like Drupal (used by the White House) can easily handle large amounts of information.
News from any country in the world can be posted on the website as easily and quickly as regional news, and the user can read the news that interests him with the click of a button.
This is in contrast to 24-hour news on television, where the viewer has to watch news that may not be relevant to him while waiting for the news that interests him. If they tune in to the same news channel 24 hours 30 minutes later, they may notice that some of the news is in a kind of loop and they have to see the same story again, even though they weren’t interested in it the first time. around.
News 24 hours, the Ipad and mobile devices from the Internet
The Internet is now the best medium to deliver 24-hour news due to the increasingly widespread use of mobile Internet devices. Some examples are the Ipad, tablets, laptops and the latest generation of mobile phones with fast and efficient Internet access.
Today’s young professionals are increasingly using Internet news sites at home and at work. They can quickly zoom to news, business, or travel and then move on to the next item on their busy schedule.
conclusion
When large numbers of consumers bought and used mobile phones, either in addition to their landlines or as an alternative to having a landline, it affected the way we communicate. It is expected that as large numbers of consumers purchase and use mobile internet devices in addition to or as an alternative to their ‘landline’ (broadband or network at work / university), the use of highly successful people driven 24 breaking news websites.