Find the ‘Big Carrot’ in Your Mobile App
In the past, I’ve talked about some of the nuances in creating a location-based mobile app. Now I’d like to…
Dotspotting Launches to Help People Gather Data on Cities
Dotspotting.org is officially live, at long last! The project, which aims to make tools to help people gather data about…
Dispatch from IRE: Important Lessons from Investigative Collaborations
From the air-conditioned meeting rooms to the muggy poolside bar, everyone at this year’s Investigative Reporters and Editors conference was…
What Should Publishers Do About Apple’s Subscription Scheme?
Online publishers are in a real conundrum when it comes to selling digital subscriptions in the Apple universe. On one…
Mediatwits #10: Apple Backpedals on iPad Subs; GWU Study on Local News
Matthew Hindman Welcome to the tenth episode of “The Mediatwits,” the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift’s…
Top 5, June 16, 2011
Pandora IPO raises $235 million Money-losing company valued at $2.6 billion Pew: Social media users have more friends Users also…
Literary Agents Try New Role as Self-Publishing Consultants
With big publishing buying only the crème de la crème of books, and more authors turning to self-publishing, many literary…
SES Toronto 2011
Location: Toronto For the 8th year in a row, the Search Engine Strategies Advisory Board and SearchEngineWatch.com are hosting this…
4 Filmmakers Use Social Media to Crowdsource Their Stories
The second line of filmmaker Tim Burton’s new short story is this: It is, of course, a tweet — and…
Tanzania Media Copes with Wild Success of Feedback via SMS
For the largest civil society media platform in Tanzania, back talk is good. In fact, talking back is the…