February 2012
11 posts
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The First Google Maps War →
The war in search goes international.
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Not pining for pinning. →
A somewhat over-emotional but nonetheless pertinent blog post about Pinterest and copyright. Also worth following the links at the bottom.
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For Facebook, Risk and Riches in User Data →
Defines the problem for every business in the online sphere.
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Opt-Out Provision Would Halt Some, but Not All,... →
Though only mentioned briefly, the publishing industry is *directly* affected by what happens in privacy.
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Pinterest addresses copyright issues with opt-out... →
More on the death of copyright. Well, that’s not what they said, but it is what it is.
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The Future of Sharing on Facebook, Twitter and... →
Predictions, but based on some trends.
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New Facebook Policy on Made-Up Names Lets Gaga Be... →
Celebrity has its privileges as social media companies compete.
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The Washington Post, Recast for a Digital Future →
Not just the Washington Post. How newspapers are changing.
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Facebook’s Mobility Challenge →
Can Facebook hold its own in the burgeoning smartphone advertising market?
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Facebook Is Using You →
How data mining works against you.
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Employers and Brands Use Gaming to Gauge... →
Companies use gamification — in which their customers or employees win virtual rewards — to gather data about their behavior.
January 2012
8 posts
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Rawporter Wants To Make Us All (Paid) Broadcast... →
A startup is hoping to combine two hot web trends - crowd sourcing and microearning - into a single savior for cash-strapped, broadcast newsrooms.
Rawporter, an iPhone app that will soon be rolled out for Android, turns almost anyone into a local news cameraman or camerawoman. Instead of dispatching a camera crew to a fire during rush hour and risk they won’t get there until after the flame...
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Watch(via Tumblita - Tumblr for iOS and Mac) Well, this is a video showing the Mac interface for Tumblita, a Tumblr posting tool. There is no video available for their iPad version, which I believe is where it all started. At the moment, I’m not as excited as I am by Blogsy, but I’ll have to use Tumblita and see how it works.
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iBooks Author: You Work For Apple Now →
When you use iBooks Author, you are obligated to give Apple a hefty cut and near exclusivity. Are you sure this is a good thing?
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Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class →
This really is a universal story, rather than a shot at Apple. Most technology is now manufactured outside the U.S.
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Internet Explorer Still on Top, But Chrome Is... →
This not just about browsers, you know.
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What Job Seekers Need to Know in Today’s Digital... →
You already know this, right?
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6 Tips For Building a High Quality Blog Following →
Or a readership for an online publication.
December 2011
2 posts
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News360.com →
Personal curation site, lets you set up a customized feed.
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At Time Inc., a Leader to Help It Fit the New... →
What is the product magazines sell? Many journalism students immediately jump to “information” or “entertainment.” But the financial reality is that magazines are selling audiences to advertisers. And how *that* works is changing in the digital age.
November 2011
3 posts
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Klout Automatically Created Profiles, Including... →
Worse than I thought. I was already skeptical about algorithmically-derived rankings, and this news ices the cake. I’m not sure it matters how popular you are if you are posting or reading solid information.
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Paton Prepares His Newspapers for a World Without... →
The handwriting has been on the wall for some time.
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Personalized News Service News360 Updates, Now... →
News about News360, the aggregation tool.
October 2011
8 posts
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Cable TV Holding Web Rivals at Bay, Earnings Show →
While some of my friends are disconnecting from cable and going all out for video on demand, most are not.
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The New Economics of the Music Industry →
Exactly who makes what on digital musical sales and streams.
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Magplus | Digital Magazine Publishing from... →
Plug-in for InDesign. Not inexpensive, with recurring fees, but an interesting way to develop publication apps.
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Yahoo Aims to Create a Voice for Its Media Sites →
More about Yahoo!, the web’s top news site.
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Hearsay Is a Social News App That Exposes... →
This doesn’t work for me if either a.) your friends read the same things you read or b.) your friends all read celebrity news or similar. But this is the latest trend in news consumption — reading what your friends read — whether it’s interesting or inherently limiting.
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ABC News and Yahoo News Announce Deal to Share... →
Will the result be a powerhouse or just business as normal?
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High-Tech Tools Help Bands Market Directly to Fans →
The music business adopts internet tools.
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Mashable, Once a One-Man Blog, Gains Clout in... →
All about Mashable.
September 2011
13 posts
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Moods on Twitter Follow Biological Rhythms, Study... →
A happiness index for posting?
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The Washington Post's Don Graham Talks About... →
Don Graham, chairman of the Washington Post, shows off their new Facebook app, Social Reader, that allows you to know — and read — what your friends are reading.
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2011 Online Journalism Award winners announced →
Everybody does awards. Makes ‘em feel good. So here’s another set.
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Online News Association →
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Mexico Turns to Twitter and Facebook for... →
Social media for survival.
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Small-Town Gossip Moves to the Web, Anonymous and... →
The implications of anonymous posting.
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How Tumblr is Changing Journalism →
Earlier this week we looked at the remarkable growth of Tumblr, a blogging and curation service that now gets over 12 billion page views per month. Tumblr is mostly used as a consumer curation tool - it’s an easy way for people to re-post articles, images and videos. But Tumblr can also be used to power a news website. That’s exactly what ShortFormBlog does.
Launched in January 2009...
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News Consumption Tilts Toward Niche Sites →
Big, generalized sites seem to be losing ground to more focused web venues.
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YouTube Founders Aim to Revamp Delicious →
What’s happening with Delicious, the bookmark sharing service.
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Social Network Wars: How The Five Major Platforms... →
Feature by feature comparison of Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and LinkedIn.
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On Tumblr, a Community for Style - NY Fashion Week →
Tumblr courts the fashion industry.
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How Social Media Affects Content Relevance in... →
Social media mentions are affecting search results.
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Why Browsing Is So Important to Content Discovery →
Random access is an important part of how we learn new things.
August 2011
37 posts
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Why CNN Acquired Zite [INTERVIEW] →
Zite is an RSS newsreader for iPad that creates magazine-like pages, similar to Flipboard.
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How The New York Times is taking Twitter reporting... →
The Times is using Twitter as a megaphone.
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To @ or not to @? When and how to name drop in... →
Using people’s names in tweets and updates.
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N.B.A. Players Avoid Displays of Luxury →
Note references to Twitter on second page.
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11 websites citizen journalists should know about →
Who’s posting what?