Yahoo! News took an interesting approach to telling the story of unemployment in America, using a specially-created Tumblr blog to crowdsource and publish stories.
Steve Jobs’ on death: ‘The single best invention’
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away tonight, once described death as “the single best invention of life.” Why? He said that’s because death “is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.” Amazing words from one of the greatest change agents of our time. He shared those words [...]
Slate launches new social features, replaces ‘B-52 bomber of software’
Slate has launched a new publishing system, and with it a series of new features, including a new “social stream” that highlights the stories that readers are most interested in at the moment. This is also noteworthy because Slate, one of the earliest web content sites, had been working all these years on a content [...]
‘The world’s first fully augmented reality newspaper’
Augmented reality app Blippar is partnering with Dublin newspaper Metro Herald and local TV show FYI to launch what it’s calling “the world’s first fully augmented reality newspaper”.
Innovative journalism on Tumblr
Tumblr is a great tool for news curation. ShortFormBlog, which curates about 30 news stories a day using visual storytelling, is one example being done particularly well.
‘World’s first location-aware digital newspaper’
The Bay Area News Group released an innovative new iPad app, TapIn Bay Area, that it calls “the world’s first location-aware digital newspaper.” Users can easily navigate via a map to get nearby news, events and listings, or the app will do it for you based on your location. “Imagine cutting up your newspaper into [...]
Steve Jobs on innovation
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who announced today he is stepping down as CEO, will go down as one of the most innovative CEOs in history. Here are some quotes from him over the years about innovation, design and technology.
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