Too much hardware choice

Marco.org | Jan 13, 2011

Scott Karp says: Android is too complicated for the masses. So was RSS readers and blogging. Winners: Apple and Facebook

Quote: The entire Android device market seems to be made specifically for gadget blogs and early adopters.

Exclusive Hands-on With HuffPo’s Elegant New iPad App

Mashable | Dec 21, 2010

Scott Karp says: Says Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry: “All website design is informed by tablet design now"

Quote: And, depending on how well NewsGlide performs, HuffingtonPost.com may soon come to resemble the app as well, Berry claims. “All website design is informed by tablet design now,” Berry observes, citing the new Twitter as a landmark example of what Mashable’s Christina Warren has dubbed the “iPadification of the web.”

Thomson Reuters Takes On AP, Debuts News Service

MediaPost | Dec 14, 2010

Scott Karp says: Publish2 was disrupting the dominant news service long before it became trendy.

Quote: This isn't the first news service to threaten the AP's traditional dominance in wire service reporting. In May, a social network for journalists, Publish2, launched a new online news exchange service that allows publishers to create customized content-sharing networks of varying size, whose members agree to syndicate Web content for each other's use. At launch, the Publish2 News Exchange included newswires created by TechCrunch, Engadget, Politics Daily, Daily Finance, AOL Small Business and the Huffington Post Investigative Fund.

Google News experiments with metatags for publishers to give “credit where credit is due

Nieman Journalism Lab | Nov 16, 2010

Lauren Michell Rabaino says: Google News experiments with metatags to give credit where credit is due. "Karma-via-code" as @megangarber says:

Quote: Google News is asking publishers to use the new tags under the broad logic that “credit where credit is due” will benefit everyone: users, publishers, and Google.

Interviews from #ONA10 with Smart People

Digidave | Nov 15, 2010

Lauren Michell Rabaino says: Video interviews from #ONA10 with Smart People by @digidave

Creating a Cohesive Online Publication in the Age of the Link - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com

Robert Young says: power of print brands

Quote: print brands created during the 20th century are special. They reached a level of national awareness and cohesion that I don't think will be equalled

iPAD SURVEY RESULTS: Everything You Need To Know About How People Use The iPad

Business Insider | Nov 13, 2010

Scott Karp says: Great iPad user survey by @businessinsider. Nearly half use iPad for at least 2 hours a day.

Quote: Most people say they are using the iPad MORE now than when they first got it. So perhaps it's not just a novel toy that people will throw away once they get bored.

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