BroadbandBreakfast.com: Digital Impact Group: Persistent Digital Divide Among Low-Income Individuals
"The conclusion of our study is that, summing the conservative, low-end estimates of 11 categories of economic impact yields an aggregate estimate of the current costs of digital exclusion at over $55 billion per year. Furthermore, over time, the costs of digital exclusion are likely to [...]
Can the Dailies Survive by Charging Online? | Feature | East Bay Express
Overview of the history and possible future of mainstream bay area news orgs trying to chage for access to their content online.
(tags: news+biz newspapers Bay+Area business business+models history analysis economics problems)
Foursquare, Baby, Foursquare.
"Foursquare may still be relatively small (around 450,000 users), but wow have they been able to woo certain areas of the mainstream quickly. We already know about the deals with Conde Nast, Marc Jacobs, the New York Times, and others — some of which are pulling in revenue. And then there’s the Bravo [...]
'Hella Big': Soon To Be A Scientific Measurement? – cbs13.com
"10 to the 27th power is a colossal number, but will it be accepted as being hella big?
"An oft-hated slang word coined in Northern California has been proposed as a worthy entry into the field of scientific measurement when calculating enormous numbers. Austin Sendek, a physics [...]
Zombies scare in 'The Crazies' remake – Arts & Entertainment
"Essentially, "The Crazies" is a stereotypical zombie film, where a mysterious outbreak happens in a small town's water supply. A cast of characters have to gruesomely fight their way to freedom, all while not getting infected themselves. But Director Breck Eisner found a way to take [...]
Solar Storms Could Be Earth's Next Katrina : NPR
"Eventually there will be another storm as big as the ones in 1921 and 1859 — a sort of solar Katrina. But the impact is likely to be far worse than in previous solar storms because of our growing dependence on satellites and other electronic devices that [...]
February 28, 2010 – 7:00 am
Is ChatRoulette the Future of the Internet or Its Distant Past? — New York Magazine
"As Internet culture has grown, we’ve come to romanticize certain kinds of unmediated, old-fashioned “human” interactions. But this fantasy ignores how much of normal social interaction is fleeting, bite-size, instant, tweetlike. Humans have always talked to each other via a kind [...]
February 27, 2010 – 7:01 am
Is monogamy good for technology? | The Open Road – CNET News
"Most of us can't afford to live exclusively within Apple's (or Microsoft's) ecosystem. Work often gets in the way of personal preferences, whatever they may be. We're also more and more inclined to experiment with new devices, and most of these aren't built by [...]
February 26, 2010 – 7:01 am
Bay Area News Project Editor's Meet And Greet: The New Breadline: Media: SFAppeal
"During Q & A, older journalists' questions showed anxiety that they wouldn't be hired because they were too old and not tech-savvy enough. Many younger reporters' remarks seemed designed to demonstrate that they're Very Serious About Journalism, betraying a lack of experience."
(tags: journalism [...]
February 25, 2010 – 7:00 am
MinnPost – Braublog: MPR promotes Jon Gordon, host of 'Future Tense'
"Future Tense host Jon Gordon has been promoted to MPR's social media editor, with responsibilities for MPRNewsQ's mobile strategy. The job — which came together in just two weeks, he says — "is, in a sense, making MPR content more discussable on social networks."
"I've [...]
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