Tag: aggregation

Rupert Murdoch's iPad Newspaper Doesn't Know How to Share

By Paul M. Davis

02.04.11, 11:45am Comments (5)

Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper The Daily finally hit the App Store on Wednesday, after months of debate among media insiders whether its iPad-exclusive delivery and subscription model is bold or quixotic. Read more »

Towards An eReading Workflow

By Paul M. Davis

11.08.10, 4:07pm Comments (2)

Over at TriQuarterly’s blog, Matt Wood has been documenting his various eReading habits, from RSS to eBooks. It’s an engaging read despite the potentially dry subject matter, most specifically when he speaks about his workflow. Read more »

Can Social Media Predict Flu Outbreaks?

By Paul M. Davis

10.29.10, 8:32am Comments (0)

“Viral”, a central metaphor for social media and the Internet, is particularly apt because nothing is quite as shareable as the flu virus. Read more »

Google Reader's Social Rebirth

By Paul M. Davis

07.30.10, 8:47am Comments (0)

Many of us would love to be rid of our RSS readers, to replace them with the socially-curated news feeds we get from Twitter or Facebook or Tumblr. Even when using the dominant client, Google Reader, browsing RSS feeds is problematic and frustrating. Read more »

Will Flipboard Transform Social News?

By Paul M. Davis

07.23.10, 12:21pm Comments (2)

Providing relevant social news remains a tantalizing but elusive goal for developers. There are many services that aggregate shared news items from across the Internet and highlight the most-discussed stories of the day. Read more »