Using Twitter Lists to Judge Influence
If you've used Twitter for awhile, you know that judging the influence of a Twitter user by their number of followers is a dicey proposition. Lots of Twitter users are obsessed with their number of f...
Yes, journalists deserve subsidies too
President Obama, a self-declared “big newspaper junkie,” fears he might be forced to go cold turkey. “I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no seriou...
Google Navigator for Android Review: Good For Free But Far From Perfect
As you know, Google's freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what's great—and what's su...
Creative's next big thing is a Zii MediaBook
In what was thought to be just another Annual General Meeting, Creative surprised many by announcing its plan of entering the e-book market. Displaying a working model of its first e-book reader - te...
Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid
If hype were to be believed, the Motorola DROID is the pièce de résistance of the mobile world; the conclusive creation sent down by the Great Smartphone in the sky to rid us of our woes. It would pr...
Leaked docs show HTC's DROID Eris launching on November 6th for $99, running Android 1.5
Like it or not, we've got it on pretty reasonable authority that HTC's first “DROID” phone is nothing more than a rebadged, shape-shifted Hero (something we've been hearing for a while now) …
For The Future Of The Media Industry, Look In The App Store
The following guest post was written by Edo Segal (@edosegal). — Media scarcity is dead. In the future my son will have a flash drive that he will pay $29 for that will have the capacity to hold al...
Don't Be A Featured Loser: Facebook Helps Out The Unpopular
Nobody wants to be the kid who only gets invited to birthday parties because his mom calls up the other mom and asks. Everyone knows that only succeeds in making you even more unpopular. — Our gues...
Apple Ad Guru: I'm Not Going Anywhere
Lee Clow, who gets credit for a couple decades worth of Apple's iconic advertising campaigns, wants us to know that he isn't going anywhere. — His agency, TBWA/Media Arts Lab, is shuffling people ar...
In Congress, a call to review internal cybersecurity policies
Inadvertent disclosure of ethics committee inquiries sparks furor — House leaders on Friday called for an “immediate and comprehensive assessment” of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day afte...
Handset Makers Set to Cash In on the Holidays
The handset market will have much to be thankful for this holiday season, according to new reports out this morning from IDC and Strategy Analytics. IDC said manufacturer shipments increased by 5.6 p...