Posts Tagged with ‘reuters’

I'm only half kidding with my headline, because Reuters really does want to give out phones. After a trial of using Nokia "Mobile Journalism Toolkits" in the hands of reporters to allow reporters to cover stories on the fly, or when a regular camera crew couldn't be used, Reuters is now hoping to extend the program to its entire reporting staff as well as "citizen experts."
While I'm sure that I can hear thousands of camera crews screaming in pain at [...]

Almost a year and a half ago, Colbert Low posted here on Profy that the future of the Web would be 3D applications, or virtual worlds, with Second Life leading the pack. It's amazing to me that so much could have changed in such a short amount of time.
Today it was announced EA Land, which was formerly called The Sims Online and rebranded only a short time ago, will be shuttering before the end of summer. The Sims Online was [...]

There's been a story today that virtually every blog has been tiptoeing around but not addressing, except for Drama 2.0, but we know how much he likes to rub our noses in any possible popping of the bubble. The story, as Reuters tells it, is that venture capital into Web 2.0 start-ups is slowing down.
In the Dow Jones VentureSource report cited, they point out that VC for Web 2.0 companies only grew by 25% in 2007, from 143 to 178 [...]

It looks like Yahoo! finally "caved" in the lawsuit alleging that the Internet company cooperated with China in prosecuting dissidents. Yahoo! took a lot of heat for helping the authoritarian government earlier this year. The plaintiffs, Wang Xiaoning and Shi Tao, have agreed to withdraw their complaint in U.S federal court in California. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but since the congressional grilling and apology from Yahoo! - it appears the lawsuit was settled once public dismay [...]

Freerice.com - an online fundraising effort by John Breen, has really taken off and has obtained enough rice to feed 50,000 people. The Internet fundraiser uses a food linked word game tied to ad revenue raise money for the United Nations World Food Programme.
Visitors to Freerice play a multiple choice game that generates 10 grains of rice per click. The site has become a rather viral success story in a very short time and has raised awareness to this [...]

The online auction powerhouse eBay has lately come under increased pressure to sort out fraud- and theft-related nonsense occurring on its site. US retailers, as well as state authorities, recently called on Congress to require eBay, among other auction portals on the Web, to make mandatory the posting of product serial numbers in order to better help target those conducting the criminal activity.
Yesterday, Reuters released a report stating that a bipartisan consensus on a House Judiciary subcommittee has already shown [...]

The mobile web is quickly surging in popularity, as the recent launch of AdSense for Mobile and resumed Firefox mobile development have shown.
FeedM8, a unique service that converts RSS feeds into a mobile-friendly format, is now the latest to experience the rush to go mobile first-hand, having announced that its publisher network has seen a massive increase in member sites, having added 1,000 new websites within the last 30 days alone.
The Toronto-based company officially launched the service in August [...]

Our Web was the platform for a blitz by nearly 16,000 bloggers concerned with global warming and the environment today. Blog Action Day, a U.N. backed event, represents a significant milestone for Web 2.0. Bloggers from around the world participated in serving up ideas, tips and data to inform people via their blogs. Blogs have been a rapidly growing medium for concern and information about environmental problems. News on important issues from the U.N. summit to Al Gore's recent Nobel [...]

A lot of numbers are being thrown around today in the world of technology. Big numbers. Investors are tossing cash on countless startups, large companies are buying up smaller ones at a daily rate. A whole lot of capital is at play, for sure.
But is this growth we’re seeing on the Web sustainable? Is this great big boom we’re currently experiencing going to be something ever greater numbers of people will continue to enjoy for a great many years to [...]