Archive for the ‘Bookmarks’ Category
links for 2010-06-29
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Digg CEO Kevin Rose tweeted that he’d heard a “huge rumor” that Google was planning to launch a Facebook competitor called “Google Me”, sparking off a wave of speculative reports (Rose has since remov …
links for 2010-06-26
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Consumption of news, information and entertainment has radically changed since 2000. Lee Rainie, the Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, presented the latest data a …
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The Guardian and Trinity Mirror's websites recorded big increases in traffic in May, while The Times' new registration-only websites have been hit by substantial drops, according to new sets of indust …
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The Economist has claimed success with a new mobile-phone-based magazine sales ploy this week, as it reported its overall operating profit had climbed three per cent to £57.5m for the 12 months to Apr …
links for 2010-06-24
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The Wall Street Journal is to launch a new European technology section as part of its digital expansion. Six new jobs have been advertised by publisher Dow Jones as it prepares to enlarge its online a …
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Stone explained how 'Twitter Places," a recent launch, matches up your location with a specific venue, so you can figure out what people are saying about the restaurant you're eating at or the concert …
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Facebook Inc., the world’s most popular social-networking site, is “pretty close” to providing a location-based service, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said. “We are working on this, knowing …
links for 2010-06-23
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Americans remain a generally upbeat lot, but all the skepticism, snark and dismal rhetoric being bandied about may be taking their toll. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_re_us/us_upbeat_amer …
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If it hasn't already done so, Twitter may soon need to hire a few translators. This afternoon, the stats experts at Pingdom took a look at how the site is doing on an international basis, and it seems …
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Software developers have created more than 11,000 applications for the iPad since its April 3 debut, Cupertino, California-based Apple also said today in a statement. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 …
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“This is a fantastic invention,” he said. “It combines the ability to present all forms of media to all people, from three year old children to 100 year old men. I believe that within five years, you’ …
links for 2010-06-21
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The media industry has now lost $1.5bn (£1bn) on investments in the social networking craze after AOL sold Bebo last week for a fraction of the price it paid for the business two years ago. http://ww …
links for 2010-06-16
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In an exclusive new poll for paidContent:UK, Harris Interactive found a combined 23 percent of Times Online users rated themselves variations of “likely” to pay. Within that, four percent were extreme …
links for 2010-06-15
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YouTube announced today that it is testing a new feature called the YouTube News Feed, which it is working on with the University of California at Berkley's Graduate School of Journalism. The feature …
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Remember the MTV VJ? That's so two decades ago. Now the network is looking to hire its first TJ, or Twitter Jockey. MTV officials say the search is on for a new social media maven who will engage with …
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Starting July 1, Starbucks will let anyone connect to its WiFi network for free. This fall, the company will add a content network called Starbucks Digital Network, in partnership with Yahoo and other …
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The Internet is poised to overtake newspapers as the second-largest U.S. advertising medium by revenue behind television, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook fo …
links for 2010-06-09
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Sly Bailey, chief executive of Trinity Mirror, has poured cold water on proposals outlined yesterday by the Government to explore the creation of a series of local TV stations across the UK. http://w …
links for 2010-06-03
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Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger says it's a "tragedy" if editors to charge readers for content. New Yorker editor David Remnick doesn't agree. "I was going to be damned if I was going to train 18-year …
links for 2010-06-02
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Jobs: “I don’t want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers. I think we need editorial now more than ever.” Concerning the iPad: “We have a lot of goals for it, but one of my beliefs very strongly …
