USA Today pretties up the news on the iPhone
USA Today, the national newspaper, has a long history of prettying-up the news with the use of color. Full color images, graphics and even sections have long been a staple of the paper, even when most of its peers were still in black and white. Now USA Today has brought that same flare to the iPhone with its new, free application.
While there are a few other very good news-based applications out there for the iPhone,… Continue Reading
Roundup: AP inserts foot in mouth, Tesla looks for another $100M, Zawodny lands at Craigslist and more
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The AP tries to set a new standard, doesn’t follow it — The Associated Press wants bloggers to pay it for quoting excerpts of its stories, and is threatening to sue if they don’t. Of course, that position is kind of hard to take when you yourself don’t abide by such standards, as the AP didn’t when it lifted a quote from TechCrunch on the matter for one of its stories. Arrington rightly… Continue Reading
The local revolution in mobile is coming. Verve Wireless is ready to spread the news
With the inclusion of GPS in the new iPhone 3G, Apple is kicking off a wave of excitement about location-based services (LBS) — and the device isn’t even out yet. One aspect that may not be as sexy as tracking your movements in real-time, but could be more useful, is local news. Verve Wireless seems poised to take full advantage of this.
“Mobile is really about local,” Verve Wireless chief executive Art Howe told me. Mind… Continue Reading
Roundup: Another Google exec leaves for Facebook, Mosso adds more storage to the cloud, and more
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Another Google exec heads to Facebook – Elliot Schrage, Google’s vice president of global communications and public affairs will become the vice president of communications and public policy at Facebook, BoomTown’s Kara Swisher has learned. “This is a really important role for us and one that we’ve been trying to find the right person for a while. Elliot’s role will be critical to helping us scale based on our culture that values… Continue Reading