What’s Going On(line)?
Need more proof that people are dropping print for digital? The Internet has now surpassed all media (except television) as a news source, according to consumers surveyed in December 2008 by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
In December 2008, 40% of respondents said they got most of their news about national and international issues from the Internet, up from just 24% in September 2007.
Burger King sacrifices Facebook application
When Facebook blocked the application’s feature that would notify users when a ‘friend’ had sacrificed them for a free whopper, Burger King decided to do away with the application all together.
What would you do if your state were having a financial crisis?
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has turned to social media to urge constituents of the nation’s most populous state to pressure their lawmakers in the state legislature. He has even created a twitter account that now has 8,850 followers.
Question: You want to watch the Obama Inauguration but won’t have access to a TV or a computer - what would you do?
Answer: Watch it live from your iPhone with Ustream.
Part of Ustream’s newest “stuff”, the soon to be released iPhone application will let users watch any Ustream channel, live, directly from their iPhone. And not only that, users will also see and be able to participate in the live chat around the video as too!
Finally, it might not be online, but Men’s Vogue Doubles Up - Condé Nast has found a way to keep Men’s Vogue alive after shrinking the title to a twice-a-year publication in October. The spring issue will appear as a reverse-bound issue attached to the April issue of Vogue. It will be the first time Vogue has published a reverse cover.