Mashable: Reuters frees content with new API
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, reuters, multimedia experiments, Technology, Handy Technology, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Reuters Thompson is opening up the way people can use its content across the web by making available a limited range of non-commercial API opportunities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API) through the Reuters Lab.
Reuters could be looking to extend its distribution through this experiment as it will allow developers the change to build new editorial web-based applications using content from Reuters.
However, developers have to make requests to the lab for permission to develop new applications claims Mashable.
Read More..>> Full story...Press Gazette: Telegraph technology lab created for online innovation
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, Telegraph, Technology | Leave a Comment
In an attempt to break down the divide between technology and editorial sections of the newsroom, the Telegraph as introduced a newsroom lab for all members of staff to develop new online products, and ‘take some of the culture [of the lab] back out onto the floor’.
Read More..>> Full story...Happy birthday WWW!
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Newspapers, Technology, BBC, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Today is the 15th birthday of the World Wide Web, marked by the CERN announcement on April 30 1993 that the web would be free to all.
It’s a cue to sit back and marvel at how much has changed in a relatively small amount of time and post screen shots that may induce the […]
The European News Interactivity Index
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under social networks, Twitter, online communities, Technology, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Nicolas Kayser-Bril, contributor to the Online Journalism Blog and Observatoire des Media, has created an index of the interactive tools used by European news websites.
The index compares and contrasts which media organisations make use of tools such as Twitter, mobile alerts and social networks, as well as noting their policy on user registration for interactive […]
Velocix launches free multimedia content delivery systerm
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Audio, Broadcasting, launch, Video, Technology, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
A digital delivery service for sites looking to host video, music or games online has been launched today with the creators claiming its as the first free service of its king.
The Velocix Accelerator delivery service provides can support the same media as current systems costing around £5,000 per year, the firm claims.
“Velocix is committed to […]
News.com: Is Twitter so addictive that we can’t live without it?
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, Twitter, Technology | Leave a Comment
The major disruption to Twitter last week was made all the more embarrassing by its huge popularity, says Charles Cooper, but are its recurring technical problems scaling the service a blip that Twitterholics will put up with?
Cooper doesn’t think so, a word of warning from him:
“Is Twitter so addictive that we can’t live without it? Don’t believe the hype.
“I know a lot of tweet-deprived people who made it through the weekend in fine fettle.
“Remember what happened to Friendster? The service started to bog down and failed to recover in time.
“The upshot: It lost its mojo and its users defected to the likes of MySpace and Facebook.”
Cooper adds that if the gremlins are dispatched from the Twitter machine then the service could have a bright future - but warns that the next fad is just round the corner if problems persist.
Read More..>> Full story...Five and Hulu sign technology deals with Signiant
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under television, Technology | Leave a Comment
UK broadcaster Five has selected digital media technology firm Signiant to help it switch from a tape-based to file-based broadcasting system.
The deal will extend to Five’s post-production operations and video on demand service, as well as to its external partners including Red Bee Media.
Five follows the BBC, which introduced Signiant’s digital media distribution management suite […]
BBC: Google and Yahoo to share ad space online
Posted on April 10, 2008 - Filed Under google, Editors' pick, online communities, Advertising, Technology | Leave a Comment
Google and Yahoo have announced a two week experiment that will see the web giants take a share of each other’s advertising space.
During the trial Google will be able to put ads next to 3 per cent of search results on Yahoo.
Microsoft, which recently offered to buy Yahoo, has criticised the scheme.
“Any definitive agreement between Yahoo and Google would consolidate over 90 per cent of the search advertising market in Google’s hands. This would make the market far less competitive,” Brad Smith, Microsoft’s General Counsel, told the BBC
Read More..>> Full story...Google’s App Engine
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under google, Technology | Leave a Comment
Google has launched App Engine - a service allowing web developers to test out their applications on Google’s infrastructure.
By using Google technology developers will be able to see how their applications fare ‘under heavy load and with large amounts of data’, says a post on the new blog for the service.
“The goal is to make […]
Online Journalism Scandinavia: Should public broadcaster seek competitive advantage online by offering users content for free?
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Broadcasting, file sharing, Online Journalism Scandinavia, Video, Newspapers, Technology, multimedia experiments, Facebook, social networks, BBC | Leave a Comment
Kristine Lowe is a freelance journalist who writes on the media industry for number of US, UK and Norwegian publications. Today Online Journalism Scandinavia asks if public broadcasters should be more restrained in the content they offer for free online.
The head of the online division of Norway’s public broadcaster (NRK) has admitted that it […]
