God bless The Verge. Although they can be a little whiny on their podcasts, I love ‘em — even when they spout off about the minor details no one cares about (iPhone weather icon, anyone?). Truly, I’m an avid listener, reader and fan. And Josh’s late night appearances with Brian and Jimmy are always fun. Below […]
New mobile game, Ingress, transforms the real world into the landscape for a global game of mystery, intrigue, and competition. Our future is at stake. And you must choose a side. A mysterious energy has been unearthed by a team of scientists in Europe. The origin and purpose of this force is unknown, but some […]
What role has social media played in film distribution? Social media has created new opportunities for movie consumption in places most people would never have guessed a few years back. Last year, for example, Warner Bros. started digitally renting movies on Facebook for the first time. This experiment (and others) makes clear just how vital […]
Second-screen activity offers the audience a host of new options that enrich the viewing experience, but it also creates an increasing background noise level that makes it hard for TV vieweres to do what they sat down to do in the first place: watch the show. The second-screen trend has been picking up steam as smartphones and tablets proliferate. […]
The ire of #NBCfail was stoked Sunday when Vivian Schiller, NBC’s recently hired chief digital officer, retweeted a message that said “the medal for most Olympic whining goes to everyone complaining about what happens every 4 yrs., tape delay.” She approvingly added “+1” to the Twitter posting, which was written by Jonathan Wald, the executive producer […]
More than 25 million Kenyans have mobile phones, making apps a logical way to disseminate essential information about health. MedAfrica, a new smartphone app, has positioned itself as the go-to service for wired Kenyans in search of reputable health care. The app provides listings of professionals in the area and includes a symptom checker… Read more at GOOD >>
The Knight Foundation announced the winners of the first round of its Knight News Challenge — a contest aimed at funding the next generation of news entrepreneurs. This round was aimed at startups that are leveraging existing networks to develop video, mobile and crowdsourced solutions to filtering big data. (Source: GigaOM) Peepol.tv leverages streaming networks to aggregate […]
ComScore | Nearly 66.9 million mobile users accessed social networks or blogs via mobile devices during March 2012 in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, seeing a stronger growth rate of 43 percent. An analysis of the leading social networks showed that the growth rates from mobile users accessing social networks far outpaced growth rates […]
