How Mobile Phones Could Bring Public Services to People in Developing Countries
In Santiago, Chile, more than 60 percent of the poorest citizens don’t have access to the Internet. In the rest…
Once Magazine Takes the Photo Magazine into the App World
Photographers who might have aspired to see their work published on the glossy pages of a magazine can now opt…
3 Key Reflections From Knight-Mozilla’s Hacktoberfest in Berlin
Last week, the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership invited 20 developers, designers, and journalists to take part in a week of…
Top 5, October 4, 2011
Apple underwhelms with iPhone 4S Better chip, camera, voice-commands, iCloud NPR hires new CEO from Sesame Street Stays in the…
What You Need to Know to Win a Knight News Challenge Grant
As the media industry continues to be upended and traditional publishers search for ways to survive, those of us who’ve…
Learning in a Digital Age: Teaching a Different Kind of Literacy
“Education,” scholar and writer Ralph Ellison once said, “is a matter of building bridges.” And perhaps, no bridge is more…
Did Apple Collude with Publishers to Fix Prices on E-Books?
Apple’s iBookstore wields enough power to change how electronic books are sold and priced, according to plaintiffs in class-action suits…
With Public Lab, a Camera Flies in Brooklyn to Monitor Pollution
The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, N.Y., has inspired urban legends from the forensic to the ecotopian. In the year and…
Attack of the Attack Ads: Citizens United and the 2012 Elections
In 2012, two tidal waves will reconfigure the American electoral system and the news media that cover it. A tsunami…
WITI’s Women and Technology Summit
Location: San Jose, Calif. WITI (Women In Technology International), the world’s leading professional organization for executive women in technology, will…