Now that Twitter has launched official apps upon Blackberry, Android and the mighty iPhone, fanboys (and girls) of the respective smartphones may wonder what the twitterverse looks like from another device.
Unfortunately depending on where your geek loyalties lie, your experience using each official app will vary as it appears that not all Twitter apps are [...]
Skype has officially announced that it’s latest iteration to the Skype iPhone app i.e. Skype 2.0 will feature support for Skype to Skype 3G calling. Lately though, but Skype claims to offer great CD quality sound over Skype to Skype calls using wideband audio.
The iPhone Skype 2.0 app boasts an on-screen enhanced call quality indicator, [...]
Two weeks ago we reported that Facebook was banned from Pakistan, losing nearly 45 million users. The ban occurred after the group “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day!” remained on the site after drawing outrage from the Muslim community. It’s considered a punishable offense to draw pictures of Mohammad under Islamic belief and Facebook had refused to [...]
It looks as if Automattic (the company behind WordPress for you non-geeks) is preparing to unleash WordPress 3.0 to the masses very soon (this week perhaps?), which will provide not only multi-user support, but also allow “super admins” (see the video below for details) to update plugins across multiple sites.
While the average user may not [...]
Ever since Squarespace released an iPhone app to the masses, bloggers have been wondering whether the company would release apps upon other smartphone devices like Android (not to mention Blackberry as well).
Despite the advances of Google’s mobile OS, Squarespace has viewed Android as second rate when compared against Apple’s mighty iPhone, despite the fact that [...]
Listen y’all gaming citizenry, here’s a new gaming mouse on the block. It’s from the Mionix breed and is christened as the Mionix NAOS 3200 Gaming Mouse. Okay, we know there are a thousand brands of gaming mice out there, but wouldn’t you want to check out this little spicy being, we bet you?
To start [...]
Drahtwerk iWebCamera app for iPhone was announced today and released immediately for your comfort. So, if you have been waiting to use your iPhone as webcamera, your wait is just over.
The iPhone webcam application allows you to use your beloved iPhone into a web camera for use with desktop apps like Windows Live Messenger, Skype, [...]
The new version of Digg was scheduled for release couple of months ago, however, it was postponed for a undecided later date.
In new developments, for the first time, Kevin, runs the Digg community through the new features of the upcoming new version.
While the core remains the same, the over functionality is completely overhauled. It is [...]
Before Twitter captured our hearts and Facebook re-centered the social universe, there was Digg.
Getting on the front page of Digg was every bloggers dream, and no matter how many times they changed their algorithm (to the fury of users) it seemed that Digg was an unstoppable force that was here to stay.
Fast forward to the present [...]
The Barnes & Nook ebook reading experience just got a little better with the new Nook app for iPad release. Yes, B&N has announced an Nook for iPad application which allows you read B&N ebooks on your iPad.
The iPad Nook app allows you to view the book in two ways - a grid layout which [...]
Acer Liquid Stream is now Acer Stream – the 1 GHz Snapdragon powered Android beauty. Yes, Acer has officially announced the new Acer Android phone and rechristened it as Acer Stream at a press event yesterday.
Acer Stream features a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED display with a 2000:1 contrast ratio, a 5 mega pixel camera capable [...]
Samsung Mobile has launched it’s most affordable 3G phone for the Indian Markets and has christened it as Samsung Star Nano 3G. The Samsung Star Nano 3G, otherwise known as Samsung S3370 (Samsung Corby 3G) in Russia and other foreign markets, is a touchscreen based 3G smartphone.
Samsung Nano 3G features a 2.6 inch resistive touchscreen [...]
Now all Airtel Broadband customers in India can get a 2 year free subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica (worth Rs.6575). EB is a undoubtedly the biggest authoritative resource of information with over 100 million users.
In a press release, Jorge Cauz, President Encyclopaedia Britannica says
“Britannica Online contains rich information along with rich multimedia, and that makes it an excellent match for [...]
Guest post by Patrick Curl.
What is a LinkedIn LION? I’ve been in social media for quite awhile, so it’s quite funny that as often as I’ve logged into the social networking site LinkedIn – I’ve never bothered to ask the question regarding what a “Lion” is. Lion can be found in the descriptions for hundreds if [...]
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If you’re like me, you’ve probably used a bunch of phone numbers throughout the course of your life.
Maybe you moved or changed cell phone providers back in the dark ages when you couldn’t bring your number with you.
Ever get the itch to call one of those numbers, [...]
How many of you have used any flavor of Linux as your default Operating system? Raise your hands, hmm, not many! How many of you have tried Linux but went back to Windows because it wasn’t as user friendly? Raise your hands, hmm, quite a few as expected!
I fall under the latter [...]
The iPhone has been around for about 3 years now and we’ve still not encountered a CDMA iPhone yet. Who are to be blamed – The 150 million subscribers combined of Sprint and Verizon or Apple’s probably poor cognitive psychology?
Well, we’ll get back at the debate later, but in the meanwhile let us tell you [...]
Bell has just announced that it’ll soon be launching an LG CDMA phone known as LG 231 for the low-end mobile phone users. Seemingly, LG 231 is a straight forward, simple-to-use and no-complications phone aimed at basic mobile phone users.
The Bell LG 231 has a clam shell form factor with naturally beautiful curves toned in [...]
While Google chose to buy question and answer site Aardvark, Facebook decided to build their own system from the ground up, an attempt to take some of the Q&A market dominated by Wiki Answers, Yahoo Answers, AnswerBag and other popular sites.
The application is currently in beta-testing phase and users can participate by submitting and [...]
Guest post by Vinnie Lauria.
It is easy to add a forum to your Wordpress blog using WordPress forum plugins. Well, WordPress (WP) has evolved quite a bit since 2003 and now stands to be more than just a blogging system, it’s a full Content Management Service (CMS).
One technology important to any thriving community is communication between its [...]
I’ve spent a few days talking about smartphones, and as I mentioned in my EVO review post, I’ve switched away from the iPhone, which I loved for three years.
With the iPhone 4 on deck to wow us all with new features, I’m wondering what it would take to switch again. I’m talking about between phone [...]A long time ago (or rather 7 years which is ancient in geek time) a Matt Mullenweg unveiled WordPress to the world! These were the early days when services like LiveJournal and Xanga ruled the blogosphere, along with a zillion do-it-yourself blogging platforms.
WordPress was a new comer to the scene, having just branched away from its [...]
In a move that echo’s Facebook’s “via” and Twitter’s retweets, the search engine giant is launching a “Reshare” button which will allow fans of the service to repost messages from friends upon their Google Buzz timeline.
When you find an interesting buzz post you want to reshare, instead of copying and pasting it (and maybe attributing [...]
After blocking YouTube and Facebook due to the “Everybody Draw Muhammed Day” fan page, it looks as if the government has come to its senses and has lifted the ban against YouTube (well almost).
According to the AFP, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (aka PTA) decided to lift the ban against Youtube save for 550 sites that [...]
Guest post is by Ted Heieck.
Want to start podcasting? One of the best things about the Internet is the freedom and scope of creativity it opened up to the general public. For decades, if we wanted entertainment, we had to watch television broadcast by networks and affiliates. We could go to the movies and watch films [...]
There has been a lot of back and forth emails between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the media lately, almost always in regards to privacy standards, now an official video statement is available in which Zuckerberg speaks about the site’s privacy settings.
In the video Zuckerberg and Facebook Director of Platform Bret Taylor talk about user [...]Guest post by David Godot.
Email marketing is a powerful tool for engaging your client base, and getting them accustomed to the idea of taking action based on the information you send them. The simplest form of response is the clickthrough, which affirms the reader’s perception that you are offering something that is valuable to them.
These [...]Guest post by Curtis Stevens.
Customer trust is crucial for any Internet based business to succeed. Unless you have a company with a big brand like Amazon, this can be quite challenging. If your products or services are expensive, this becomes even more important.
Unlike shopping at a retail store, an Internet business is a face-less environment. [...]
When I read Louis Gray’s EVO review, something struck me as funny.
Not only did he get his HTC EVO for free at Google IO, but he also got his iPhone 3G for free by winning a contest.
Hmm, we here at the ‘Lab have benefited from free phones as well, and not just at this year’s [...]
Oldie but goodie from Valleywag
So, here comes a companion piece to yesterday’s missive “Why Android Will Win.”
I’ll be clear up front. I do think Android will win, and by win, I mean surpass the iPhone to challenge Blackberry as the #2 smartphone of choice worldwide.
There was some question as to what “win” actually means, which [...]
You’ve probably heard about Square (@square) by now. I mentioned it last week apropos of Alex Payne’s (@al3x) departure from Twitter; Square is the brainchild of Jack Dorsey (@jack), one of Twitter’s cofounders.
Some of the Square team was at Google IO (@googleio) last week, and I had a chance to chat with them and get my hands [...]
About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review May 20, 2010 How Facebook's flawed privacy settings can help your reporting By Robert Hernandez 2 comments Archive Link Get past the awkward and dark predetermined searches like I hate my boss I lost my virginity and I'm not a racist but ⦠and look at what youropenbook.org presents to us as . journalists While the 105 million+ people on Twitter know their tweets are default set to public , they are still a fraction of Facebook s 400 million+ users that post T.M.I . they'd only share with their
About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review May 18, 2010 Mapping technology provides journalists a new medium for storytelling online By Nonny de la Peña No comments Archive Link Cartography is undergoing a renaissance that is opening new opportunities for journalists . For example , the Los Angeles Times' successfully updates and moves the police blotter onto the Web by using Google maps to pinpoint homicides . However , mapping technologies offer even more robust data mining . possibilities Hypercities a mapping project out of UCLA ,
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The whole team, minus Paul, is excited for Google IO (@googleio) this week. If you’re around for the conference, or otherwise, hit us up, and let’s meet IRL.
One focus for IO will be Android, specifically the 2.2 release, code-named Froyo.
I’m really hoping we’ll get this update on our Droids. Two of the [...]
I bought Fruit Ninja ($0.99 iTunes), produced by halfbrick, for my iPhone last week, and so far, it’s more than paid for itself.
What’s struck me most about it is its simplicity. It’s truly “walk up and use” design. When presented with the app, everyone can play the game and be successful enough to get hooked.
I [...]
About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review May 14, 2010 Second KDMC News Entrepreneur Boot Camp begins this weekend By Robert Niles No comments Archive Link This weekend , 20 aspiring journalist entrepreneurs will arrive in Los Angeles for the second News Entrepreneur Boot Camp . OJR is a co-sponsor of the event , which is presented by the Knight Digital Media Center publisher of OJR in cooperation with the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC Marshall School of . Business The
A lot of ink has been spilled lately about Facebook and its privacy changes. Some key people have deleted their accounts, and not one, but two so-called open projects have started.
This is all noise. Even if all the people who rail against Facebook’s privacy changes, do actually quit (they won’t), that will only be a [...]
About a month ago, Google announced they were giving away Droids and Nexus Ones to Google IO (@googleio) attendees, which is next week.
Droids go to attendees registered with US addresses. Nexus Ones go to international attendees. The Droid comes with 30 days of complimentary 3G service on Verizon, so it’s fully functional.
Android will be a big focus [...]
I found Cultivated Play, an essay about Farmville and why it works, absolutely fascinating.
I’ve never been a fan of games on Facebook, even when all they involved were throwing sheep or biting someone. So, I’m dimly aware of Farmville and its ilk, but never really cared to know how they worked.
Photo by Alex Osterwalder from [...]
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I’ve been staycationing this week, in case you were wondering why it’s been quiet here.
It’s Friday, so I thought I’d extend a Twitter tradition and do a follow Friday of my own, in longer format.
At SXSW in March, Paul and I both attended Clay Shirky’s keynote, “Monkeys [...]About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review May 7, 2010 Is it time for news websites to stop using Flash By Robert Niles 2 comments Archive Link Like many tech-geek online journalists , I've been spending more time with my iPhone in recent months . I use the phone's Web browser to update my various sites from wherever I am on the road , or even around the house . And I'm not the only person using Apple's mobile devices who's reading my various websites . The percentage of iPhone , iPod and iPad users reading my sites now stands just aAbout Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review May 4, 2010 The 4 parts of an optimized online news site By Robert Niles 3 comments Archive Link The Internet provided journalists a fresh opportunity to create new publishing tools and systems to better serve their audience and communities than what traditional print and broadcast methods had provided . But most news organizations failed to make substantial changes in their production process to take advantage of this . opportunity Sure , many newspapers and a few broadcast stations played
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So, our changes to the internal instance of WebCenter have been live for a week now, and the feedback so far has been very positive.
We did get our first rant yesterday, but it seemed to be frustration about the loss of an OOTB environment for demos. It’s [...]
…I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness toward criticism, regardless of its source. I [...]About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review April 29, 2010 An online journalist's home gets raided so why aren't we more angry By Robert Hernandez 11 comments Archive Link Let's gets this out of the way . There are a lot of unknowns here and probably lots of potential shady things yet to come out . This story , no doubt , has legs⦠and lots of . them But , I have to say , I'm starting to feel really disappointed in the lack of outrage journalists are having to the Gizmodo raid . Maybe I've completely missed it , but we should be up in
This blew me away; Hitwise reported that “facebook” was the top search term across the three major search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Bing) in March 2010.
Dig deeper and you’ll find that some variant of “facebook” accounted for eight of the 30 total spots.
Data collected by Hitwise
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since we saw glaring [...]
In this first of a new series of articles, I’m starting “A Minute with Lorelle.” These one minute videos and articles will take you through the process of planning, writing, styling, customizing, and setting up your WordPress blog one minute at a time. Whether you are new to blogging or ready to make some changes [...]