Lesson plan
Didiom
Didiom was a digital media company focused on developing peer-to-peer audio streaming and mobile music bidding applications. The company's place shifting technology allowed users to stream music from their home computer collections to mobile devices without requiring data cables or memory cards. Didiom also offered a licensed catalog of over two million songs, where users could purchase music or bid for downloads by naming their own price, introducing a novel music purchasing model. In February 2011, Didiom was acquired by Exclaim Mobility, which was later rebranded as SnapOne and subsequently acquired by Synchronoss.
Article summary
Didiom was a digital media company focused on developing peer-to-peer audio streaming and mobile music bidding applications. The company's place shifting technology allowed users to stream music from their home computer collections to mobile devices without requiring data cables or memory cards. Didiom also offered a licensed catalog of over two million songs, where users could purchase music or bid for downloads by naming their own price, introducing a novel music purchasing model. In February 2011, Didiom was acquired by Exclaim Mobility, which was later rebranded as SnapOne and subsequently acquired by Synchronoss.
Key claims
- date of foundation: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of foundation is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378369009
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