[Update] NYT doesn’t want people to read it’s content, hissy fit over feed reader that…reads feeds..
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Mike
Posted June 8th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
From here on out, I can honestly say that I wouldn't care if every "good ol boys" print media corporation closed up shop and died. They obviously don't know what the hell they're doing in this new fangled digital age we live in. Nothing highlights this better than the NYT's latest hissy fit over iPhone app "Pulse".
Pulse was a paid app that pulled news stories from the NYT's actual feed as well as many other news outlets. The NYT's complained to Apple about the whole paid/copyright issue ...
Amidst increasing skepticism/rumors, AT&T reports “Nothing new” concerning iPhone tethering
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Mike
Posted May 19th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
According to AT&T's Mark Siegel, "Nothing new" concerning the hot button issue of iPhone tethering is being released today. The news cuts through fresh rumors that have surfaced showing a new tethering config page in the latest iPhone 4.0 beta 4 that was recently released to devs.
Unfortunately, it's a load of crap for all of AT&T's customers who wish to use such a feature legitimately. The response also doesn't give any indication or clue as to when we can expect such a feature either. ...
Newsroom replaces paper scripts with iPads. Annual savings: $24,000
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Mike
Posted April 30th, 2010 at 7:42 am
As technology becomes more autonomous and allows lesser numbers of humans to do more things, people will inevitably bitch about lost jobs. For a few people responsible for printing the paper scripts used by WFXL-TV in Albany, Ga., the bitching will be overshadowed by news anchors duking it out on iPads playing Scrabble, Slot Racing, and whatever else it is news anchors like to play in their spare time.
WFXL-TV is as I understand, the first News station to toss out paper scripts entirely and ...
John Stewart criticizes Apple’s handling of iPhone lawsuit like only John Stewart can. [Comedy]
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Mike
Posted April 29th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Whether or not you feel Gizmodo operated outside of the law -- or at the very least, outside of the ethics of journalism -- regarding the circumstances surrounding the lost iPhone and their admission in paying for it, you can't help but want to joke about it. And who better to make fun of Apple and corporate America than John Stewart...?
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Rupert Murdoch’s daughter actually understands her fathers business better than he does…
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Mike
Posted February 4th, 2010 at 5:37 am
What have countless sources on the internet including myself and TechDirt said before? Paywalls, no matter how great of an idea on paper, simply don't materialize into what investors and executives want. In the age of the internet, information is available extremely cheap, extremely fast, and most importantly, without any restrictions. That's the very core of why the internet was invented in the first place.
Rupert Murdoch and many other news sites fail to see this. They seem to think s...
Geeky-Gadgets iPhone app finally approved. Long waits, multiple rejections, and stupid reasoning aplomb.
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Mike
Posted December 30th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Travel back in time inside your mind to November 25th when we touched on fellow tech blogger Geeky-Gadgets' less than stellar interaction with the App Store and the mindless idiots who run it.
November 4th: App Submitted / November 25th app rejected
If you remember, the original Geeky-Gadgets app that was submitted on November 4th was rejected because of the contest category and some BS rule in the iPhone SDK that prohibits including or linking to such things. "Fair enough" said Ronald, e...
Android 2.1 Google News/Weather widget available for download.
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Mike
Posted December 20th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Android 2.1 (Flan) may or may not be available (depends on your level of Android hackery) yet but that doesn't mean you can't at least have one of the shiny new features 2.1 brings. For 2.1 Google has thrown in a new weather/news widget. It isn't anything groundbreaking but nonetheless is a nice addition to the stock allotment of widgets.
The weather widget is rather simple and shows the city, current conditions, and temperature while the news widget is a bit deeper allowing customization...
BBC Online to go on diet plan?
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Mike
Posted November 25th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Here in the states, media moguls are actively looking for ways to set up paywalls, decrease ease of use, and overall stifle innovation and the flow of information via the declining greatness called "the internet". BBC is a European media giant and one of the best shining examples of how free news works. Well, it isn't exactly "free" in the sense that it's state funded. Still, end users don't actively pay up to read as no unsightly paywall is blocking access. However, that could all change so...
Rupert Murdoch completely misses the entire point of the internet — pulling site from search indexes
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Mike
Posted November 9th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Getting your content onto the internet is quite the challenge in todays online world. For one, there is millions of websites all vying for your attention, each with their helping of information waiting to be devoured by your hungry eyes and minds. With so many sites to weed through, search engines are easily one of, if not the most important tool for crawling through the internet. So why would you want to purposely block yourself from being found? Perhaps that's a good question for Rupert Mu...
The worst idea I’ve ever heard: US Gov’t to slap 5% tax on all electronics…to “save journalism”.
Brazil gets it: 100% legal to circumnavigate DRM for legal purposes. Fines given to rights holders for preventing fair use.
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