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Impact of Technological Skills on New Media Journalists

May 18, 2012   Sohail Qaisar

Last April, Facebook launched a ‘Journalists on Facebook’ page, intended to serve as a resource for growing number of reporters using Facebook for the purpose of finding sources, interaction with people and to publish stories. A couple of months…

FindWatchShare: Revolver rolls out Facebook video-on-demand service in the UK and Ireland

May 18, 2012   Paul Sawers

UK independent film distributor Revolver Entertainment has launched a new Facebook video-on-demand (So-VOD) service at Cannes Film Festival 2012.
FindWatchShare reels in Revolver’s library of indie flicks, new and old, letting users search, share and watch movies directly on the…

Vyclone: This collaborative video app is just what citizen journalists ordered

May 18, 2012   Paul Sawers

2011 was a tumultuous year for the Middle East, but the troubles also served as a reminder of the role technology can play in giving everyone a voice.
Live video-streaming platform Bambuser is one example of how citizens took the…

UK indie publishers Faber and Canongate to launch joint audiobook venture

May 18, 2012   Paul Sawers

UK independent book publishers Canongate and Faber & Faber are launching a new audiobook venture together.
As The Bookseller reports, Canongate will manage the sales and production side of the new co-publishing operation, with Faber offering up its vast range of…

Viral Vinyl! Record Stunts Were Actually Guerilla Marketing [VIDEO]

May 18, 2012   Christine Erickson
Viral Vinyl! Record Stunts Were Actually Guerilla Marketing [VIDEO]

Remember the jaw-dropping vinyl record tricks we showed you Wednesday? Well, they’re still amazing. The video is real. But the reason given for the making of it is not.
The five guys in the video repeatedly claimed to have…

Banned TED talk wasn’t banned after all, and here it is, in all its 6 minute glory

May 17, 2012   Alex Wilhelm
Banned TED talk wasn’t banned after all, and here it is, in all its 6 minute glory

All right, the story was almost too good to be true: A TED talk, on economic issues and income equality and tax policy, didn’t get put onto the TED site. Enter cries of claimed censorship. It made a perfect narrative.…

Penguin partners with Zappar to bring augmented reality to Moby Dick and other classic novels

May 17, 2012   Paul Sawers
Penguin partners with Zappar to bring augmented reality to Moby Dick and other classic novels

The day after we reported that Wikitude was taking its augmented reality (AR) tech beyond apps and direct to the mobile Web, we’ve gotten wind that AR platform Zappar has partnered with Penguin Books to bring a handful of classic…

Zeebox launches ‘Shout out’ and ‘Group Chat’ features to better connect UK TV viewers with celebs

May 17, 2012   Paul Sawers

One month after social TV app Zeebox finally arrived on Android, the second-screen platform has announced a slew of new features designed to better engage audiences.
Today’s announcement means that celebrities can use the app to draw fans into their…

Netflix updates web player with a new design, better windowed support and streamlined controls

May 16, 2012   Matthew Panzarino

Netflix has updated its web player with a redesigned control bar and better support for small windows and advanced controls in full screen mode.
Among the changes:

The size of the controls now scales, making it easier to use the…

Comcast rolls out Skype on Xfinity in Boston, Seattle today for $9.95/mo and 8 other markets this week

May 16, 2012   Matthew Panzarino

Skype is launching its previously announced partnership with Xfinity today in two markets, Boston and Seattle. The video-calling-via-TV service will also be available to Xfinity subscribers in Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami, Atlanta, Augusta, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, PA this week.
The…

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