Wednesday, October 14, 2009
U.K. Twitter Campaign Helps Curb Gag on Press
A Twitter campaign that rippled through the U.K. Tuesday helped to induce an about-face on a legal injunction that was preventing the Guardian newspaper from reporting on a public parliamentary proceeding.
Bloggers and Twitter users, led by Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger, expressed indignation about a court injunction that called into question the British newspaper’s right to report on a parliamentary debate.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Google’s Vision of the Future of Journalism
Google’s search algorithm works on a simple principle: on the web, sites link to other authoritative sources, and the more sites link to something the more authoritative they think it is.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Preparing for the Digital Afterlife
Unless you’re an undertaker, chances are you spend as little time as possible thinking about death.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The “Internet Manifesto” Bucks a Trend and Gets Mainstream Media Attention
Its 17 declarations on the future of journalism in the age of the internet have been discussed worldwide.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Media Talk USA: Will Hyperlocal Save Journalism?
Is hyperlocal the magic bullet when it comes to fixing all that’s wrong with the news business? That’s the issue up for debate in this month’s Media Talk USA.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Not Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
The tech press is full of people who want to tell you how completely awesome life is going to be when everything moves to “the cloud”–that is, when all your important storage, processing and other needs are handled by vast, professionally managed data-centres.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Headshift’s Dachis Group Deal and the “Facebookification” of Business
The London-based social media firm Headshift is the first acquisition of Jeffrey Dachis’s newly formed Dachis Group.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Membership Has Its Meaning
In newspapers’ game of revenue roulette, there’s a lot of talk lately about their trying to create membership plans.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wikipedia Approaches Its Limits
Yet again, Wikipedia is about to break new ground. The website that has become one of the biggest open repositories of knowledge is due–within the next week or so–to hit the mark of 3m articles in English.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Yahoo and Microsoft Picked the Wrong Fight
In bringing together their search traffic, Microsoft and Yahoo are fighting an unwinnable war. Worse, they are still fighting the last war.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Virtual Worlds Are Getting a Second Life
We haven’t heard much recently about so-called virtual worlds such as Second Life, in which you move around with your own avatar.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Bacteria Make Computers Look Like Pocket Calculators
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Charging for Access to News Sites
John Plunkett, reporting for the Guardian last week, in a story titled “Financial Times Editor Says Most News Websites Will Charge Within a Year”:
Friday, July 17, 2009
Financial Times Editor Says Most News Web Sites Will Charge Within a Year
The Financial Times editor, Lionel Barber, has predicted that “almost all” news organisations will be charging for online content within a year.
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