:00:15. > :00:25.Now on BBC News, it's time for Click.
:00:25. > :00:37.
:00:38. > :00:42.If ask geeks into talking code, this week's programme is for you.
:00:42. > :00:46.We are going to a cut in class which aims to turn people into
:00:46. > :00:50.Programmers in one day. If cows, what do young people really think
:00:50. > :00:56.about technology and how do you make a career in the field more
:00:56. > :00:59.appealing? We also get into charted territory, looking at the Matt King
:00:59. > :01:03.advances getting us closer to home. All of that and the latest
:01:03. > :01:11.technology news and a new way to shake your online activity with
:01:11. > :01:17.your friends. -- Matt King advances. Welcome. Are you confused by
:01:17. > :01:22.computing jargon, take technology - - terminology too much to taking?
:01:22. > :01:25.Does programming make you think of your favourite television show? It
:01:25. > :01:35.could be asked. We have been tracking down ways to decipher the
:01:35. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:41.language that dominates. Lines and lines of numbers and letters. To
:01:41. > :01:45.those in the know, it is computer programming. Two others,
:01:45. > :01:50.meaningless and confusing symbols which may as well have been can
:01:50. > :01:54.foist -- composed in an alien tongue. But computer programming
:01:54. > :01:58.and coding doesn't have to be confusing. There are now an
:01:58. > :02:01.increasing number of ways for people to equip themselves with the
:02:01. > :02:10.skills necessary to decipher the language of machines. All those
:02:10. > :02:14.people need is a bit of help. Online signs are chock-a-block with
:02:14. > :02:19.free tutorials and exercises designed to gently guide users
:02:19. > :02:25.through the basics of coding. But if you have the cash to spend and
:02:25. > :02:31.prefer personal tuition, just a stone's throw away from London's
:02:31. > :02:36.start-up Harb, we find an outfit which makes a bold claim that they
:02:36. > :02:43.can teach the basics of colluding in one day. When we launched,
:02:43. > :02:47.everybody said it was impossible. - - coding. We have absolutely proved
:02:47. > :02:51.that we can do it. Hundreds of people come through it and it is
:02:51. > :02:55.about making people feel confident and literate in a lot of the jargon
:02:55. > :03:00.of language that can create such a barrier about wanting to learn the
:03:00. > :03:08.skills. The students in the calls come from a wide variety of
:03:08. > :03:13.different backgrounds. -- course. Publisher, marketing director.
:03:13. > :03:18.have had people from boards of the FTSE 100 companies, right through
:03:18. > :03:23.to people looking for a career change. It is totally eclectic. Not
:03:23. > :03:27.typical codas, then. Why is it important for these people to
:03:27. > :03:31.understand what goes on behind a machine's could? There is an
:03:31. > :03:35.element of being able to talk to the people who are writing code. It
:03:35. > :03:39.is such an important interaction to have with the guys who are
:03:39. > :03:43.producing the stuff you want to build, the analogy would be if you
:03:43. > :03:47.are in fashion to be able to talk to the people cutting the textiles.
:03:47. > :03:50.It is the same thing. But once you start knowing what is possible from
:03:50. > :03:54.what is not possible, you can make your own plans and decisions about
:03:55. > :03:59.what can we actually do in taking things to a different direction.
:03:59. > :04:04.Before anybody can begin crafted lines of code, the day begins with
:04:04. > :04:08.a history lesson, introducing the group to html - the language used
:04:09. > :04:13.for creating Web pages which describes the content and also CSS,
:04:13. > :04:16.a language that can be used to control the appearance of a Web
:04:17. > :04:21.page before moving on to JavaScript which can be used to add features
:04:21. > :04:25.to a page or sight. In the normal course we go through the history of
:04:26. > :04:31.the Web, the could in language that underpins the Web. I look into
:04:31. > :04:36.history, we can illuminate the present. -- coding language. We can
:04:36. > :04:45.then look at the detail and start coding a simple website. Then we
:04:45. > :04:49.look at JavaScript detail. We start building some quite cool behaviour
:04:49. > :04:53.where the pages track the physical location of the user and show
:04:53. > :05:00.different content based on that. Then it is time for the students to
:05:00. > :05:04.fire up their laptops and get their fingers dirty. Most of the students
:05:04. > :05:09.are novices to coding. While the learning curve initially appeals --
:05:09. > :05:14.appears daunting, the penny starts to drop around the room. And their
:05:14. > :05:19.simple location based apps start taking form. I knew very little
:05:19. > :05:26.about the language that we have been using. I was looking at things
:05:26. > :05:30.like Javascript, html, html 5, CSS, with no idea what they meant. I had
:05:30. > :05:33.a vague notion that they existed but I was not sure what the
:05:33. > :05:38.differences were. Now when I am talking to our Web developers, I
:05:38. > :05:42.can actually understand what they are saying. There is a lot of fresh
:05:42. > :05:49.-- rhetoric about the hopes of our economy in the government. And yes
:05:49. > :05:53.it does not necessarily always get fed through to the policy and the
:05:53. > :05:57.curriculum. It is vital for us to have a competitive economy in the
:05:57. > :06:02.future so that that children can at least understand the basis of
:06:02. > :06:06.coding. As the end of the day approaches, a new -- a room full of
:06:06. > :06:11.apps are born. Alerting users to offers or services once they arrive
:06:11. > :06:16.at a particular place. But most of these people aren't aspiring codas.
:06:16. > :06:20.More often than not, they will be employing or engaging coding
:06:20. > :06:24.professionals. So, what have they got out of the day? When I came
:06:24. > :06:32.this morning, I would not have believed it if he told me that I
:06:32. > :06:36.was going to walk out having designed and developed my own app.
:06:36. > :06:43.Now I have an understanding of what is going on behind the scenes. I
:06:43. > :06:47.have heard to speak kind of not fluently but speak the basics.
:06:47. > :06:51.While learning to code perhaps is not for everybody, in the
:06:51. > :07:01.increasingly competitive 21st dysentery jobs market, the
:07:01. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:08.additional skills can't hurt. 21st century. Next, a look at the big
:07:08. > :07:12.stories making Tech News. It seems this PC maker does not
:07:12. > :07:17.want Microsoft to start making its own tablet. Microsoft surface is
:07:17. > :07:21.due this autumn when its Windows 8 operating services released. But
:07:21. > :07:26.they serve's boss and one of its biggest customers says the software
:07:26. > :07:32.giant is not good at making hard work and should think twice. Out!
:07:32. > :07:37.Microsoft says its devices are spot on. It is no longer personal but
:07:37. > :07:42.serious. Facebook's first real cash gambling game has been launched. It
:07:42. > :07:46.is the first to offer real cash prizes but only two adult players
:07:46. > :07:50.it is hoped self-help tools and spending limits will stop people
:07:50. > :07:54.getting carried away. Other Facebook game developers plan to
:07:54. > :07:59.follow suit next year. The world's biggest bookseller has become a
:07:59. > :08:03.library. At least four people in the US who can borrow the expensive
:08:03. > :08:08.textbooks they need by the sinister from Amazon. Copious notes in the
:08:08. > :08:13.margin will attract a fine. This comes in the week the UK operation
:08:13. > :08:18.follow the American won by selling more digital books than paper. And,
:08:18. > :08:21.finally, planes aren't the only thing flying at England's Bristol
:08:21. > :08:25.Airport. So is the food. The airport plans to be the first in
:08:25. > :08:28.the world to offer an Act that allows customers to order meals
:08:28. > :08:33.straight from their phone. Pizza Express introduced a similar scheme
:08:33. > :08:39.last year but this app can be adapted to work with most retailers.
:08:39. > :08:45.I wonder if we will start to work out out tip based on these
:08:45. > :08:50.connection fees? Some of the most successful people
:08:50. > :08:55.in the world started their careers as bedroom programmers. But when it
:08:55. > :08:59.comes to making job choices, the average teenager seems more
:08:59. > :09:03.interested in consuming tech than understanding it. So we went to
:09:03. > :09:08.find out how learning technology can be made more interesting for
:09:08. > :09:13.teenagers. Despite what many of these
:09:13. > :09:19.youngsters may think, not all techies antiques and most
:09:19. > :09:24.scientists don't fit the crazy professor kindy Lad image. Here,
:09:24. > :09:27.the aim is to inspire teenagers by showing them the jobs available to
:09:27. > :09:33.them in the technology industry, some of which they probably don't
:09:34. > :09:38.even know exist. There is no doubt that kids love using technology,
:09:38. > :09:43.depending on their phones, laptops or tablets, on a daily basis.
:09:43. > :09:49.don't really remember how I got by without Facebook. Our whole life is
:09:49. > :09:54.based around by phone. They got a chance to come up with ideas for
:09:54. > :09:58.apps they would like to use themselves. We are creating a party
:09:58. > :10:05.planning app. If you want to do like an 80s deemed party, it will
:10:05. > :10:10.tell you every place that has stuff for 80s and you can give it a
:10:10. > :10:20.budget and it will tell you cheap and expensive places. This is
:10:20. > :10:26.helping students plan for their GCSEs. It has a search engine,
:10:26. > :10:32.helps students know what they are doing. Teenagers are certainly not
:10:32. > :10:38.short of ideas about the tech they want. But it is not all about apps.
:10:38. > :10:43.Taking a ride on this Bob skeleton simulator may seem like an odd way
:10:43. > :10:47.of enticing kids into a career in technology but this in this live
:10:47. > :10:52.experience teaches them about various scientific principles, such
:10:52. > :10:57.as aerodynamics. We are introducing this bald and showing how typical
:10:57. > :11:02.it is. On the software, we have principles wear when you go into
:11:02. > :11:06.schools, we talk about Engineering Science, changing the perception of
:11:06. > :11:10.their ideas about Engineering. Generally we talk about engineering,
:11:10. > :11:15.you learn about the theory but don't put into practice. But using
:11:15. > :11:20.this Patfull you can. Through the software, they learn how to shoot
:11:20. > :11:23.the virtual sled. -- plat form. They can compensate for the
:11:23. > :11:31.characteristics of the passenger and of course have a go themselves
:11:31. > :11:36.to see how they customised set up pounds out. And what more of an
:11:36. > :11:40.incentive is there to take techs seriously than this? -- pans out.
:11:40. > :11:43.The objective is to build a load- bearing brick out of the staff and
:11:44. > :11:51.calculate how much weight it can handle, often with surprising
:11:51. > :11:56.results. -- load-bearing Bridge. At least we learn from our mistakes.
:11:56. > :12:01.In this activity, they saved the Transport and egg from one stop to
:12:01. > :12:05.another. By taking into account speed and gravity, eventually they
:12:05. > :12:10.get the train to run smoothly to the end. And it is through these
:12:10. > :12:13.hands-on experiences that team take, the organisation backed by 50
:12:13. > :12:18.different companies and universities, hopes to encourage
:12:18. > :12:23.kids to think about the technology sector. With day activities around
:12:23. > :12:27.the UK, they want to show pupils that they are plenty of options out
:12:28. > :12:33.there. We need to give the right messages to young people because
:12:33. > :12:40.there are companies on the one hand with a very cool jobs and they are
:12:40. > :12:42.crying out for people. And then we have a raft of young people coming
:12:42. > :12:48.out with inappropriate qualifications. There is a real
:12:48. > :12:52.disconnect. We wanted to show them what is really going on. That,
:12:52. > :12:59.actually, careers in science and technology are really cool, and for
:12:59. > :13:06.the most part pretty well paid. 20 finally to get a job, there are
:13:06. > :13:10.plenty of ways like about to distract you. -- and finally.
:13:10. > :13:14.The ways London is trying to get teenagers more interested in
:13:14. > :13:18.technology. If the possibility of becoming a multi-millionaire wasn't
:13:18. > :13:23.enough. Anyway, there was a time when not
:13:23. > :13:28.have long ago if you wanted to find your way around a new place, he had
:13:28. > :13:33.to buy a map. On paper. Recently, some will large tech companies have
:13:33. > :13:40.charter -- managed to chart our world to the finest detail. It has
:13:40. > :13:49.become a big selling point on getting us to use their services.
:13:49. > :13:53.We have been unable year age of We lose ourselves exploring maps.
:13:53. > :13:58.In fact, among Android and iPhone users the most frequently used app
:13:58. > :14:02.is Google Maps. Which explains why many tech companies are trotting
:14:02. > :14:06.out slick new features designed to hook and lure the navigator in all
:14:06. > :14:09.of us. Google's offline maps, just made available on Android, is sure
:14:10. > :14:15.to win over anyone who refuses to pay extortionate data roaming
:14:15. > :14:20.charges while traveling. Choose the area you'll be visiting and select
:14:20. > :14:23.'make available offline' from the menu to download the map. One gripe
:14:24. > :14:27.- the maps didn't seem to list many businesses, but streets are
:14:27. > :14:32.labelled and you can navigate around and zoom in as if you were
:14:32. > :14:37.online, even when you're not. But don't expect the rich environments
:14:37. > :14:39.we have grown accustomed to while we are online. For example, there
:14:39. > :14:43.is no Street View, Google's enormously ambitious eye level
:14:43. > :14:49.perspective on the world. The project has proved controversial as
:14:49. > :14:54.it captured data from unsecured Wi- Fi networks. At the same time, many
:14:54. > :14:58.people find the immersive outlook it offers utterly captivating.
:14:58. > :15:02.These are the cars they use to capture those images. They work
:15:03. > :15:08.really well, when you have roads, that is. But some of the most
:15:08. > :15:13.stunning places on this planet are only accessible by foot. What then?
:15:13. > :15:17.Take the technology, shrink it down and stick it on a backpack.
:15:17. > :15:21.Naturally. Feast your eyes on Google Trekker, the smaller sibling
:15:21. > :15:28.to the full-size car version, which still crams plenty of pixels in
:15:28. > :15:33.this 18 kilo pack. These cameras have actually 15
:15:33. > :15:37.lenses, each is five megapixels. So it's like 75 raw megapixels, two
:15:37. > :15:44.GPS antennas right there and you know heat sink, a mini computer in
:15:44. > :15:47.here to drive the whole thing. And it's controlled by an Android phone.
:15:47. > :15:54.Trekker has gone off-road before, on snowmobiles and trikes, but the
:15:54. > :15:59.backpack form factor unlocks unique possibilities. I personally would
:15:59. > :16:07.love to take it to Venice, you know why Venice? It's big, it's
:16:07. > :16:11.complicated, it's narrow streets, canals. The device is still in beta,
:16:11. > :16:14.so the verdict is out on image quality, at least for now. In
:16:14. > :16:21.October, Trekker's lenses will be trained on the mighty Grand Canyon.
:16:21. > :16:26.The images will be published soon after. But the fiercest competition
:16:26. > :16:29.in the mapping space is from the skies. Bing Maps has offered
:16:29. > :16:32.stunning mid-air views since 2010 and Microsoft has pledged to
:16:32. > :16:38.publish aerial images that cover the whole of the US and Europe by
:16:38. > :16:42.the end of the year. That kind of competition is keeping Google on
:16:42. > :16:45.its toes. The latest version of Google Earth drastically improves
:16:46. > :16:55.on the current 3D offering, clearly showing differences in terrain and
:16:56. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:01.making buildings far more realistic. The technology uses aerial
:17:01. > :17:09.photographs captured by planes from directly above a building and at
:17:09. > :17:11.45-degree angles. What we do is using image
:17:11. > :17:18.processing and something called stereophotogrammetry, we're able to
:17:18. > :17:21.actually extract the 3D model from those images. You can appreciate
:17:21. > :17:26.the merits of stereophotogrammetry as you take your own sky high tour
:17:26. > :17:32.of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or the Coliseum in Rome.
:17:32. > :17:37.Sadly no 3D peak at Click's HQ in London. Google's first priorities
:17:37. > :17:41.have focused mainly on West Coast American cities. They say the rest
:17:41. > :17:44.of the world will follow as soon as possible.
:17:44. > :17:46.Not surprisingly, when a data mining company deploys planes over
:17:47. > :17:54.urban areas in tight flight patterns, people raise privacy
:17:54. > :17:59.concerns, like US senator Chuck Schumer. He's accused Google of
:17:59. > :18:02.using military-grade spy planes. Schumer wants the search giant to
:18:02. > :18:05.notify residents before mapping their communities and give them an
:18:05. > :18:12.option to opt-out, that's clearly a bit late for some already, but
:18:12. > :18:22.Google isn't wavering. These are just standard common commercially
:18:22. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:26.available aircraft. And these are the same types of images that have
:18:26. > :18:31.been available for a number of years in Google Maps and in other
:18:31. > :18:34.mapping products. It's not just Google under fire from the Senator,
:18:34. > :18:37.Apple's forthcoming update for iPhone and iPad users will see
:18:37. > :18:41.Google ditched as a mapping partner. In iOS6 we've built an entire new
:18:41. > :18:45.mapping solution from the ground up. And its stand out feature? Flyover!
:18:45. > :18:52.You guessed it, a 3D model of cities similar to Google's efforts.
:18:52. > :18:55.And from what beta testers have been showing off, even more detail.
:18:55. > :18:58.Apple has tried to allay the senator's concerns by stressing its
:18:58. > :19:05.commitment to privacy and pointing out that details like faces and
:19:05. > :19:08.licence plates aren't identifiable. Other features in Apple's mapping
:19:08. > :19:12.update like local search and turn by turn navigation are a direct
:19:12. > :19:17.swipe at Google. It's differentiated its navigation
:19:17. > :19:21.traffic feature by alerting you to specific incidents on route. And
:19:22. > :19:26.crowdsourcing info from other iOS users as well. And Maps will be
:19:26. > :19:33.tightly integrated into the rest of the OS too. With Siri offering some
:19:33. > :19:40.useful and fun information along the way. So here we are in San
:19:40. > :19:45.Fran! It's clear competition in the
:19:45. > :19:48.mapping arena is heating up. That's ultimately good news for us, after
:19:48. > :19:58.all we will have more ways to daydream about our next holiday
:19:58. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:07.spot. We mentioned Google in that report,
:20:07. > :20:10.but even though it has access to so much of our personal information,
:20:10. > :20:16.Google's social network has not created the same kind of buzz that
:20:16. > :20:23.Facebook has. But it is still quite young. Kate Russell seems to have
:20:23. > :20:29.found a new use for the social network baby.
:20:29. > :20:37.Google does not have a great track record in the social space, Buzz
:20:37. > :20:42.Bond, 'Wait' was a report, it has not found its niche. But hang outs
:20:43. > :20:52.may be about to change all about. It lets you and nine others are
:20:53. > :20:55.
:20:55. > :21:00.videotaped in real time. -- video chat. It is already being used for
:21:00. > :21:06.things such as cooking shows and DIY shows, or even to share a
:21:06. > :21:15.family moment. Videos can be saved to YouTube for watching a game
:21:15. > :21:25.later. There will be an add-on to a deal to such fiercely dedicated
:21:25. > :21:26.
:21:26. > :21:29.niche market. I am talking about RPGers and I am one of them.
:21:29. > :21:34.Tabletopforge.com integrates everything you need to run a table-
:21:34. > :21:41.top game, including dice rolling, all functions, seamlessly into
:21:41. > :21:51.doable Hangouts. -- Google Hangouts. This free add-on is likely to catch
:21:51. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :22:01.on fast. There are now lots of futuristic apps for my windows
:22:01. > :22:07.phone seven. But sometimes you have to admit the oldies are the goodies.
:22:07. > :22:15.Tom and Jerry Free serves up lots of Abersoch of the classic cartoon
:22:15. > :22:19.series in block -- inglorious dreamy MP4. Remember to stick to
:22:19. > :22:25.wi-fi if you do not want to demolish your data allowance. The
:22:25. > :22:29.app does buffer pretty well. Thankfully, it is not too hard on
:22:29. > :22:34.your back reduce either. With ongoing doom and gloom hanging over
:22:34. > :22:39.the economy, how do you prepare your children for the world of
:22:39. > :22:44.business? Playing a Facebook game may seem like escapism, but
:22:44. > :22:48.playfootfall.com has designed -- has been designed to teach children
:22:48. > :22:55.how to run a business. It would develop skills and improve
:22:55. > :23:04.financial literacy. Unusually, the subject-matter, produce use, may
:23:04. > :23:09.not discouraged some boys from taking part. -- pretty shoes. If
:23:09. > :23:19.people marked the mask science lab mission site, you probably saw the
:23:19. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:25.red planet's latest residents touchdown on Monday morning. If not,
:23:25. > :23:35.you can book mark the site to watch the action replay and you the very
:23:35. > :23:39.first pictures beamed back from the surface of Mars. That was Kate
:23:39. > :23:47.Russell with Webscape. As usual, all the links are available on our
:23:47. > :23:53.website. If you would like to get in touch with us, maybe to suggest