Category: Disaster
In the SSU film - the Social Democratic Youth group that hopes you'll vote for the Social Democrats - jContinue
Just as the iPad has proven to be a boon to magazine publishers, newspapers have flocked to the device too. All of the major western newspapers have an iPad app now: the New York Times, Wall St Journal, BBC News, USA Today, Financial Times, and others. There are also new forms of news services that have arisen based solely on the iPad's touchscreen interaction and multimedia capabilities: Newsy and Flipboard come to mind.
In this post we'll look at how some of the leading newspapers are using iPad, what the user experience is like, and what could be improved still. We'll specifically look at WSJ, NYT and Newsy.Continue
The national newspaper USA Today has announced a shift from print with an online presence to a "multi-platform media company" with an emphasis on mobile.
This is a far cry from a year ago when one of its writers blamed that kind of technology for everything from educational shortcomings to car crashes. Continue
Facebook is now at the center of the American Red Cross‘ efforts to keep the public informed about disaster relief, especially after a catastrophic event like the Chile or Haiti earthquakes, says Wendy Harman, the organization’s director of social media. It was particularly after the Haiti earthquake that she says the Red Cross mobilized and created a procedure for how to respond on Facebook.Continue
A recently leaked report [PDF] from France's State Secretary of Digital Economy reveals the government's efforts to deeply bury net neutrality for this country. This is the latest episode in an ongoing attempt to control the Internet. The final chapter could take place as soon as next month when the National Assembly starts working on a net neutrality bill. The last hope for activists lies in a small group of more open-minded MPs who will also be working on that bill.Continue
The founders of Campaign Live want to level the playing field for political candidates running for state, county and local office - if those candidates are Democrats.
The month-old company has been offering Facebook, MySpace, web and mobile web apps for between $0 and $999, depending on a client's ability to pay. But today Campaign Live announced a generous promotion: free apps for any Democratic candidate during election season between now and November 2.Continue
As Jason Baptiste's recent article on "Why They Were Able to Raise Money" demonstrated, we tech blogs tend to "glamorize" (or at least "report frequently") the various funding announcements that hit the wire. We are, of course, tasked with writing about the business of tech not just the tech itself. But this coverage can easily give a distorted view of how funding happens.
And arguably it also contributes to a particular view of what constitutes "success": venture backing, an IPO, an acquisition, a Hollywood movie about your life.Continue
Until recently, iPhone location app designs were limited by the constraints of single-tasked OS capabilities: launch Foursquare and check-in, use Yelp find a nearby place of interest, open another app to update your status and tag it with location.Continue
