Video Services Rawporter Wants To Make Us All (Paid) Broadcast Journalists A startup is hoping to combine two hot web trends, crowd sourcing and microearning, into a single savior for cash-strapped, broadcast newsrooms. Rawporter, an iPhone app that will soon be rolled out for Android, turns almost anyone into a local news cameraman or camerawoman. Instead of dispatching a camera crew to a fire during rush hour and… Dave Copeland View comments
Digital Lifestyle Study: 91% of Gen-Ys Use Their Phones in the Bathroom Some people won't go anywhere without their smartphones. Not even the pot. A new study from 11mark surveyed 1,000 Americans about their smartphone usage, and found that a whopping 75% of American smartphone owners have used their phones in the bathroom. More women have used their phones in the bathroom than men (76% vs. 74%), but men are… Mobile Alicia Eler View comments
Analysis Netflix Helps Hollywood Ruin Rentals It's easy to slam Hollywood for not understanding how technology works, or for putting its legacy business models ahead of user experience. Especially when big media companies do things like restrict digital access to movies and then cry about piracy. But Hollywood isn't always acting alone. Sometimes, the savviest Web companies around… Dan Frommer View comments
Apple What Does Siri's Future Look Like? It's only been three months since Apple unveiled Siri, the voice-controlled personal assistant built into the iPhone 4S. Although the product is technically in beta, it has already spawned imitations and Web video parodies. What is perhaps most exciting about Siri is not what it does now, but in its potential future uses. The latest clues about… John Paul Titlow View comments
What's In Your Mobile Wallet? FTC Mobile Payments Workshop 2012 will be the year that consumers will learn how to use their smartphones to make payments with smartphones. Mobile payments will see consumers paying for physical goods with near field communications, mobile wallets and PayPal among other options. It has become such a big trend in the digital economy that mobile payments have caught the… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments