“Have you ever come across an inaccessible web site and wondered, ‘am I the only one?’” Such begins the “about” section for Herdict, the latest project to come of age at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Before I continue, full disclosure: I am employed there, with the OpenNet Initiative, and have had a […]
Economy, shmonomy. Nokia says 200 to 300 million people worldwide will buy high-end tech devices regardless of the economy. At its global customers meeting in Barcelona this week, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) unveiled its next top-of-the-line smartphone, a slider with touch screen and keyboard that won’t hit store shelves until the middle of next year. The […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay written by Doug Oplinger, Managing Editor of the Akron Beacon Journal. The American Dream: Hanging by a Thread Summary: In 2006, the four-time Pulitzer Prize winning Akron Beacon […]
Is media bad for you? Has technology ruined a whole generation of children? The answer, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Yale University, is yes. (Here is coverage of the study from the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Broadcasting & Cable. The researchers took a detailed look at […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay is by submitted by Kara Udziela of iStockphoto. iStockphoto In just under ten years, iStockphoto has gone from a small-scale photo-sharing site, to the world’s busiest royalty-free image […]
The 18.1 percent decline spanned all categories of revenue, including a 30.9 percent decline in classifieds and a 3 percent drop in online revenue. More from Advertising Age, the Newspaper Association of America and analysis from Alan Mutter.