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R: It seems almost too easy. There is now a way to actually make money on your phone. I know you're thinking it has to be a re.. of somebody but apparently all you need to do is take pictures. Now to walk us through it our New York CNN tech producer Samuel Burke. Now, Samuel, for all of us who are so sceptical, tell us what is this all about?
SB: Well, the idea of making money instead of paying for a . .. a lot of buzz in social media. It's really quite simple. You take a picture with your iPhone. You upload it to the Application which is free and then this company FOAP .. sells the pictures as a stack photo on their website for ten dollars a ... and you get to keep half of that money but you can sell a photo unlimited amount of time so potentially you could earn much more than five dollars for a photo, Paola
R: So, and how much money they could actually make for this? I mean, we're talking people for a great photo they could make a hundred, the thousands of dollars?
SB: Well, it is Swedish company and what we know so far according to them, they sold about ten thousand dollars and photos which means that only paid out about five thousand dollars .. photo but they were only in Sweden and now they are launching in the US and UK and in the coming month they hope, er, to expand to the other contries and also have an ... up. Right now it's only available on the iPhone.
R: .. to be far away from actually giving .. images .. for the money but, you know, I have a couple of questions of this, not for myself mostly but as a mom I start to worry that, you know, the kids, they can get ideas. Do they have any way to .. .. these photos, make sure that they do not fake even?
SB: Well, actually, according to the complany a human being sees every single photo checking to make sure they are authentical. Another .. of checking is that a lot of people use Instagram to improve your photos. You can use those type of Apps to improve the color or the contrast but not to use those filters that make it look like it's from another .. like from the 50-s, from the 60-s. But a human being is there checking every single photo.
R: Every single photo?
SB: According to the company
R: Did... did they think this is going to launch a whole new, er, you now, generation of this kind of a product. Actually, as you said, making money of .. you're doing on your iPhone?
SB: Oh, it's interesting because the company ... the folks from the company were actually in the travel industry and they weren't satisfied with a type of travel photos they were see. So, they created this business model with the hopes of getting better travel photos and then created something much larger. So, we just have to wait and see.
R: We will apparently .. all the people who have teenage years old kids already know about the same but I thank you for educated me on this, so I appreciated
Comprehension Check
1. What do you need to do to make money on your pictures? Describe this process.
2. How much money has already been paid off?
3. Which country did this company start with?
4. Which phone gives this opportunity?
5. How do they make sure the photos are not fake?
6. How did it happen that the company had this idea?
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Buzz - a lot of activity, noise, and excitement
buzz verb BrE /bʌz/ ; NAmE /bʌz/
1. [intransitive] (of a bee) to make a continuous low sound
Bees buzzed lazily among the flowers.
2. [intransitive] to make a sound like a bee buzzing
The doorbell buzzed loudly.
My ears were buzzing (= were filled with a continuous sound).
3. [intransitive] to be full of excitement, activity, etc.
New York buzzes from dawn to dusk.
My head was still buzzing after the day's events.
buzz with something The place was buzzing with journalists.
4. [intransitive, transitive] buzz (something) (for somebody/something) to call somebody to come by pressing a buzzer
The doctor buzzed for the next patient to come in.
5. [transitive] buzz somebody/something (informal) to fly very close to somebody/something, especially as a warning or threat
To launch - to start something, usually something big or important
launch verb BrE /lɔːntʃ/ ; NAmE /lɔːntʃ/
1. launch something to start an activity, especially an organized one
to launch an appeal/an inquiry/an investigation/a campaign
to launch an attack/invasion
2. launch something to make a product available to the public for the first time
a party to launch his latest novel
The new model will be launched in July.
3. launch something to put a ship or boat into the water, especially one that has just been built
The Navy is to launch a new warship today.
The lifeboat was launched immediately.
4. launch something to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water
to launch a communications satellite
to launch a missile/rocket/torpedo
5. launch yourself at, from, etc. something | launch yourself forwards, etc. to jump forwards with a lot of force
Without warning he launched himself at me.
(figurative) She launched herself on the rock world with a brilliant album.
6. launch something (computing) to start a computer program
You can launch programs and documents from your keyboard.
It’s not the fastest way to launch an application.
To expand - to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger
Folks - especially American English people
folk noun BrE /fəʊk/ ; NAmE /foʊk/
To educate - to teach a child at a school, college, or university
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