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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Is USA Today going all-digital? The end of @usatoday in print, which certainly sounds plausible, is terrible news, if true. It likely will mean a gutted staff and far less presence and influence. The paper has a ton of very … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged iPhone, mobile phones, netflix, Questions worth asking, v-chip
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North to the Yukon – Gotta Catch ‘Em All!
The whole time Howard and I were traveling up north, I did my best to stay away from the news. After all, this was vacation in rather remote places. I had no desire to have the news of shootings, protests, … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged augmented reality, mobile phones, motorcycle, National Parks Tour, North to the Yukon, pokemon, travel
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How we pay for mobile service is changing
Up until recently, if you live in the United States the purchase of a mobile phone was tightly linked to your purchase of a multi-year wireless provider contract. If you got a simple flip phone or basic internet enabled phone, you … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged mobile media, mobile phones
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Does Google need your consent before using your data to create a profile of you? Looks like they do in Germany. Are consumers the only ones cutting the cord? Nope. Smaller cable/internet providers are starting to get out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 9
Tagged Because I can, mobile phones, privacy, questions, social media, television
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
And we’re back after a pause for getting fun things like taxes done. Is Nike getting what they want from the Tiger Woods “Winning” ad? (Ad Rants) How does the the 2013 movie box office compare to 2012’s at this … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 11, Chapter 15, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, global media, mobile media, mobile phones, questions, television
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Amazing Media Quotes
A round up of unexpected things I’ve read recently. None of these are from The Onion! NPR Station Urges Listeners to Have Sex and Make More Listeners “Chicago’s NPR station, WBEZ, is making a more intimate appeal than usual during … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 12, Chapter 7, Uncategorized
Tagged Fox News, mobile media, mobile phones, public relations, social media
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Link Ch. 10 – Neda Agha-Soltan as a Symbol of Iranian Protesters
NOTE: This is a re-post of the 2009 blog entry. All of the videos linked to here contain disturbing, violent imagery.The news out of Iran about the violent suppression of people protesting the results of the recent Iranian election has been … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 10
Tagged global media, mobile media, mobile phones, Muslim media, social media
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Link Ch. 10 – Mobile Internet Access
The Pew Internet & American Life project has looked extensively at how Americans are using mobile devices to access the Internet. Here are links to a couple of their studies that are particularly interesting: Digital Differences Who is going online, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 10
Tagged mobile media, mobile phones
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iPhone announced 5 years ago
Here’s what I had to say five years ago this week when Apple announced the iPhone. How’s it hold up? (For the record, it took me almost 5 years for me to actually get an iPhone. But this was more … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged apple, mobile media, mobile phones
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Stuff Siri Says….
As you may know, Apple has just released its new iPhone 4s. Analysts and the stock market were not impressed, with Apple’s stock taking a pretty significant hit in the days that followed. And then Apple reported selling 4 million … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged apple, Because I can, mobile media, mobile phones
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