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J@pan Inc Newsletter<br>
The 'JIN' J@pan Inc Newsletter<br>
A weekly opinion piece on social, economic and political trends<br>
in Japan.<br>
Issue No. 488 Wednesday October 29, 2008, Tokyo<br>
<br>
This week I'm going to put aside all the doom and gloom on the<br>
Japanese stock market. I could write about the 26-year low in Tokyo<br>
stocks, or possibly the fact that the Nikkei 225 has been more than<br>
halved since the start of the year. I could write about the fact that<br>
the top three banks were smashed on Monday, falling more than 10<br>
percent on that day alone – Mitsubishi UFJ, the largest, fell 15<br>
percent.<br>
<br>
But where would that get us? We've all read about it and it's depressing.<br>
<br>
So instead I'm going to write about "The End Of Privacy As We Know It."<br>
<br>
Maybe it's a bit of an overreaction but this week saw another step<br>
towards true immediacy on the Internet – a development which has<br>
had the tech world blogging about the technology but little actually<br>
being written about the implications of it.<br>
<br>
California-based mobile company announced the alpha release of Qik for<br>
Blackberry. The application will enable cellphone users to stream<br>
video live from their phone to Qik.com and to social networking sites<br>
such as Facebook and Myspace (possibly Mixi) and personal blogs. It<br>
will also have a post-production feature that will enable video to be<br>
instantly uploaded to Youtube.<br>
<br>
Qik has been testing the software for mobile devices since November<br>
2007. In March, it announced a tie-up with Justin.tv, a video<br>
broadcast website designed to enable users to chat with one another<br>
online while watching videos.<br>
<br>
It's not a world first – tech-heads have been doing it on "jailbroken"<br>
iPhones for a while. Also, similar Websites such as Flixwagon and<br>
ComVu have been developing similar services. But the use of the<br>
technology is yet to be widespread.<br>
<br>
The implications of the Qik applications are significant. In the<br>
November issue of J@pan Inc magazine we are running an in-depth<br>
feature on the Akihabara massacre. The significance of the tragedy lay<br>
in that it was the first time that technology such as video streaming,<br>
mini-blogs such (twitter) and mass forums (2-channel) came together in<br>
such a way that the citizen media truly overtook the traditional<br>
media. The technology wasn't new but the fact that so many people were<br>
connected meant that people could see the scene of the massacre via a<br>
laptop's camera, an emobile card and a connection to Website<br>
Ustream.tv. If streaming from mobile devices becomes popular, and I<br>
can't see why it wouldn't, this means that basically anyone with a<br>
cellphone will be able to stream anything, anytime to anyone with an<br>
internet connection. Not only that, it will be archived instantly on<br>
Youtube.<br>
<br>
It's a natural progression from the video-capable cellphones but it is<br>
quite extraordinary when you take a minute to consider what could come<br>
next – imagine if the Virginia Tech massacre was streamed live from<br>
inside the university by the victims – or the murderers.<br>
<br>
Citizen journalism is about to take hold. Much has been made of the<br>
potential but within a few years, once the majority of the population<br>
is connected via mobile devices, mini-blogs, social networks and<br>
video-streaming Websites the true power of instant information will be<br>
more fully comprehended.<br>
<br>
For the moment, the tech geeks are talking about the technology, soon<br>
governments and conservative groups will be talking about control and<br>
censorship. But the reality is that technology will continue to be<br>
developed and legislation will not be able to keep up with it.<br>
Eventually, will we see an end to control? Some would say it is<br>
inevitable. All I can say is that in times like these, I'm glad I'm<br>
not a celebrity<br>
<br>
Michael Condon<br>
Editor-in-chief<br>
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