Google has awareded a $2.7 million grant to the International Press Institute, based in Vienna, which will be used to sponsor the IPI News Innovation Contest, which will fund “breakthrough ideas that will have a lasting impact on the future of digital news in communities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”
Innovative new iPad apps
Two new innovative iPad apps for reading and browsing content were released today. ABC News launched a news application that’s been in the works for months that features an interactive globe with images from news stories. You can spin the globe by swiping the iPad or shaking it and then touch the globe to dive [...]
The Nation launches new site built on Drupal, emphasizing community
The Nation magazine launched a much-improved new website that is built on an open-source platform and features a more flexible and community-oriented design. The redesign features innovations like search-engine friendly “topic” pages, story-level twitter feeds and instantly-customizable homepage and section front designs. A new community section lets readers vote articles up or down and enables [...]
