Wednesday June 10, 2009
Google expanding Street View to trails
Google has equipped a trike with a 360-degree camera and GPS receiver to begin expanding its Street View mapping technology to hiking and biking trails. Wow. I think many folks underestimate the value of Street View, but it’s one of the reasons Google Maps has jumped 49% in traffic year-over-year compared to declines at Yahoo Maps and Mapquest. And it translates wonderfully to mobile, especially when you have a compass-enabled device (like the new iPhone.)
Wednesday June 10, 2009
Conan's 'Twitter Tracker' sketch gets own site
With Conan’s move to the Tonight Show, he debuted a funny new sketch called “Twitter Tracker,” which takes (mostly) real celebrity Tweets and pokes fun at them. Conan’s team also has a Twitter account, @Tw1tterTracker, which is doing the same. And now they’ve launched Twitter-Tracker.com, which basically emulates the Twitter experience and throws some ads around it. But you could imagine growing it into something much bigger…
Tuesday June 09, 2009
1 note“I didn’t kill newspapers, OK?”
— Arianna Huffington, whose Huffington Post won for best political blog at the Webby Awards.
Tuesday June 09, 2009
This is YouTube? The video site gets all creative for the Webby Awards with this section allowing users to filter a ton of clips from the event, including those 5-word acceptance speeches.
Tuesday June 09, 2009
The fine print in the Facebook URL land rush
From Facebook’s blog explaining the ability for users to grab vanity URLs beginning at 9 p.m. PT on Friday night: “If you signed up for a Facebook Page after May 31 or a user profile after today at 3 p.m. EDT, you may not be able to sign up for a username immediately because of steps we’ve taken to prevent abuse or ‘squatting’ on names.”
Monday June 08, 2009
The first winner of the PocketMedia Film Festival: The University of Washington’s innovative Master of Communication in Digital Media program has announced the winners of its first-ever PocketMedia Film Festival — mini-movies shot entirely on small handheld cameras like Flip cams and cell phones. Mark Blasco won the competition with this video above. “When given the choice of shaving your chest or using Photoshop, I would use the latter,” he quipped at the award’s ceremony. Sponsors included Zooppa, Flip Video and Apple. Organizers hope the film festival will grow beyond the 35 entries this year into something much larger in years to come.
Monday June 08, 2009
New iPhone to include video cam, here comes the revolution
One of the biggest gripes for anyone with an iPhone has been the lack of a video camera. Today, Apple announced the new iPhone 3GS will come with a 3 megapixel camera equipped to record video at 30 frames-per-second. There’s also basic built-in editing functionality, and you can email clips, too. (No word if it will allow you to stream live, but you can be sure app developers will offer the functionality if Apple has unlocked it.) While other phones have video record functionality, iPhone owners are avid content creators/sharers, and I’m betting the new iPhone will help spark the citizen mobile video revolution. Imagine breaking news stories with not just one video clip from the scene, but dozens, many of them live. It’s only a matter of time…
Thursday June 04, 2009
Everyone is gushing over the Palm Pre: We have a serious love fest underway with Palm’s highly-anticipated phone, the Pre. “(It’s) an elegant, joyous, multitouch smartphone; it’s the iPhone remixed,” writes David Pogue in the NY Times. And did you notice the Pre has a proximity detector and light sensor? Let’s see what app developers can do with that.
Thursday June 04, 2009
What Twitter can tell you about TV viewing
A company called SimulMedia parsed a bunch of Tweets about TV viewing to come up with some interesting observations.
Tuesday June 02, 2009
“We will enable publishers of quality journalism to realize the revenue they deserve—and can command—from readers and distributors for their digital content.”
— The first words from Journalism Online’s presentation to newspaper groups across the country. Steve Brill says two newspaper groups have teamed up with the paid content platform with more on the way. (If you’re a local TV station, this presentation is a must-read.)
Tuesday June 02, 2009
YouTube XL tries to bring web video to your TV
Just plug your computer into your TV set, go to YouTube.com/XL and you’re off and running with a TV-optimized user experience and HD-quality video. As you might expect, some premium long-form content is not included in XL.
Tuesday June 02, 2009
Google debuts local mobile application: Places Directory is a location-aware Android application that lets you browse businesses near you with reviews and photos. Since it was created by a couple engineers in 20% time, it’s unclear if this is a major Google push outside its popular mobile mapping app or just an experimental product. Nevertheless, whenever Google does something in local — especially on mobile — it’s worth keeping an eye on it.
Tuesday June 02, 2009
1 note
The unbelievably terrifying print ad sales graphic: Yeeeoooouch!
Monday June 01, 2009
“It’s not just about producing for the TV screen, it’s about taking a story anywhere.”
— The Associated Press’ Lee Perryman, talking about a big change for its broadcast newsroom computer system, ENPS. It will focus on stories, not scripts. When a master story is updated, the changes are reflected in the TV, web and mobile versions.
Monday June 01, 2009
Publishers can create apps for new Yahoo homepage
In an upcoming Yahoo design that’s undergoing testing, users can customize the left rail with a wide range of apps, including news sites. When a user rolls over a publisher’s site, it creates a large overlay of links. PaidContent has the screen grab.
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