Monthly Archives: November 2009

The hype(r) local digital journalism

November 1, 2009 – 11:27 pm

TweetEverybody wants to go local. Internet-wise, it sounds like the new flavor of the month week. Going local is a digital and idealistic version of Mao Zedong’s “hundred flowers blossom”. (The Chinese dictator did actually encourage the expression of dissenting opinions; this turned out to have unpleasant consequences for those who took Dear Leader to [...]

Edited by Frédéric Filloux | Posted in crowdsourcing, journalism, online publishing | Tagged | Comments (16)

The Meaning of Droid

November 1, 2009 – 11:26 pm

TweetLiterally, Droid is the new Motorola phone sold by Verizon and running Google’s latest Android 2.0 release. The early reviews are good and, cleverly, Google issued a new turn-by-turn navigation application for the platform, also well received, complete with voice control and street view pictures. The Droid starts selling later this week, on November 6th, [...]

Edited by Jean-Louis Gassée | Posted in hardware | Tagged , | Comments (18)