Will the iPad save the news business?
February 1, 2010
Everyone seems to have an opinion on whether the iPad will transform the news business or do nothing of the sort. Here’s a roundup of some of the thinking.
The Incredible Potential of Location-Based News
January 26, 2010
ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall Kirkpatrick thinks the potential for location-based news is huge. He points to the deal announced this week by Canadian newspaper chain Metro, which is partnering with location-based social network Foursquare to deliver location-specific editorial content from the paper’s website to users’ phones when they check-in near a spot Metro has written about. Great idea, but the potential is much greater…. Read more »
Has The New York Times built an Apple tablet application?
January 25, 2010
A team from the New York Times has been working in Apple’s headquarters in recent weeks to develop a large-screen version of the newspaper’s iPhone application that incorporates video for the yet-to-be-unveiled device, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Cool video: pop-up edition of Nixon’s speech
January 21, 2010
Check out the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s State of the State: Pop-Up Edition, a pop-up video of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s speech, with fact-checking, interesting trivia, the full text of the speech in searchable format, and more.
Ten ideas for the new decade
January 20, 2010
The Edelman Digital team has published a brand new white paper with 10 ideas for the new decade.
Is social media a fad? Here’s proof why not
January 12, 2010
Is social media a fad or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? This video details out social media facts and figures that are hard to ignore.
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Video: Preview Sport Illustrated tablet
January 12, 2010
Here is a look at the Sports Illustrated tablet computer.
Video: Knight Ridder tried building tablet e-reader
January 11, 2010
Knight Ridder may be gone now, but it was ahead of the curve when, 16 years ago, Roger Fidler worked on a tablet e-reader and even built a prototype. Bryan Monroe, who used to work for Knight Ridder, wonders in this Huffington Post piece whether the newspaper industry would be in such dire straights had the tablet succeeded. Check out the promotional video for the tablet below…
The Skiff Reader: A Forward-Thinking eReader from Hearst and Sprint
January 8, 2010
Mashable is impressed with the new Skiff Reader.
Using Google Wave to engage a news audience
January 7, 2010
“Many people are still trying to figure out what to do with Google Wave technology. Not the folks at the Chicago Tribune’s RedEye. Every weekday at 10:30am CST, the RedEye blog dedicates 30 minutes to a live public Wave on trendy news topics.” – Hilary Fosdal, who is the Interactive Content Manager for Barrington Broadcasting in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
