In a recent post I shared some thoughts about the trend toward mobile phones being used to connect people in the real world - so called mobile social networking. Applying that same idea and tools to news reporting, some interesting possibilities appear on the horizon. First, a little context. Experts on the social and anthropological aspects of mobile phones, like Jan Chipchase, talk about how these devices give us the power to transcend space and time, and how our mobile devices allow for our identity to become portable and not merely attached to a particular place like our home or...
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Media companies been trying to use technology to build new audiences and business models for ages now. Feels like too little, too late.
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