News
Are You Reading Fact or Fiction on Your Favorite Blog?
It has now been nearly 48 hours since the world learned of the death of Usama Bin Laden at the hands of a United States soldier. There have been thousands upon thousands of blog posts and news stories written, dissecting every possible angle of this monumental story. Still more articles have been penned which do [...]
Facebook Releasing Public Commenting System
According to CNET, Facebook is set to unleash a new public commenting system in just a few weeks. This system is said to be set to roll out on some “major blogs and sites” as soon as it is officially ready. The same system is already being used on Facebook’s own blog, and it looks [...]
Where Do You Read the News?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My dog, Wicket, decided to demonstrate how to use Google News. I figured I’d let him. Wicket proved in a matter of seconds how easy it is to consume your news right within Google. You’re likely already using it as your [...]
Digg Hires Editors to Bring You the News Faster
Digg has always had trouble getting the hottest news to you as quickly as they would like. With the way things used to be done, it could take hours for users to submit a story and vote it up. From now on, there will be editors on staff to make sure headlines make it onto [...]
Twitter: Social Media or News Source?
There have been a flurry of stories on the web today about Twitter and their new home page. I admit to being as excited as the next guy over the changes. The mini profiles, in-line media and new design are definitely worth talking about. However, it was a story on Read Write Web that captured [...]
Flipboard for the iPad – Free!
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The other night my long-time friend Robert Scoble tweeted out a link about his interview with the CEO of the company that created the free Flipboard application. This app is the future of news distribution. It’s a beautiful mashup between social [...]
Why are Digital Journalists Burning Out so Fast?
An article in the New York Times today discusses the early burnout rate of journalists who work exclusively in online media formats. As I read the article, I could completely understand and empathize with every word in front of me. This is a cutthroat world we live in online. There are thousands of news outlets, [...]
Is the New iPhone 4 Newsworthy?
KING 5 News here in Seattle came knocking on my door this morning to get some live reactions to my new iPhone 4. After showing the long lines at the Apple store, they cut away to me standing in my front yard playing with my new toy. The reporter asked me how the new phone [...]
USA Today Delivers News Right to Your iPad
The USA Today is the top-selling print newspaper in the country. Today, they announced that the USA Today app for the iPad will be available beginning tomorrow. Access will be completely free until July 4th, thanks to Courtyard by Marriott. Once Independence Day has passed, the app will only be available by paying a subscription [...]
How Will the End of Print Journalism Affect Pack Rats?
How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? I had to embed this on my blog… it’s fabulous! With so many newspapers struggling financially, some people fear for their future. However, if print media dies, what will old loons do with all of their hoarded papers? Where will they go? [...]
What Role Do Blogs Play in Your Life?
Even if you’re not a blogger yourself, chances are you read a few of them. It seems like everyone is blogging these days, including my mom on occasion (so ok, maybe not recently). Heck, even when you aren’t intending to read a blog, you may end up doing so after following a link from a [...]
Mark Glaser and Jim Ray – Hacker Journalists at Gnomedex
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Why did media companies miss the boat on the web? They haven’t always valued the input from their own technology folks on staff. That’s changing as the web is becoming an important source for news and information. So now local newspapers, [...]
Is Your Attention Spa… Cookies!
OmniDragon read an article on CNET, which explains how Starbucks might ban laptops in their stores – because people come in there, buy a coffee, and sit on their computers (using the Internet for hours and hours at a time). He scribbled this: I got to thinking about what you said last year during Gnomedex. [...]
Can You Predict the Future?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed News is breaking right now. What kind of news? You name it. Something is always happening. When something does, you may want to share it online with friends and family, or make a prediction into the outcome. What about generating money [...]
Konnect
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently attended the WTIA Fast Pitch Forum & Technology Showcase. The conference featured two dozen of the of the hottest technology companies in Washington presenting their business in a competition for “Best In Show”. Konnect was one of the presenters. [...]
