Marketing [Video] No More Brand Definition Sillyness Please I think we're all annoyed by the marketing speak we see and the shill language that we use ourselves. From the silly ways we promote individually to the worst tech buzzwords in press releases, we've been inundated with this type of false speech for so many years, that we're immune to its dubious charms. Even so, it's still not uncommon to… Robyn Tippins View comments
Big data Data Scraping Comes of Age With ScraperWiki.com A scrappy company to help journalists dig into Big Data has come into its own in the past year, including the requisite all-night hacking codeathon this week at the Investigative Reporters and Editors Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in St. Louis. The company is called ScraperWiki.com and was started by Julian Todd and Aidan McGuire, two… Hack David Strom View comments
Music John Peel's Record Collection to be Digitized When it comes to the history of modern popular music, the importance of the late radio DJ John Peel can hardly be overstated. During his nearly 40-year tenure at the BBC, Peel welcomed hundreds of artists in the studio to record Peel Sessions, from legendary classic rock acts and Grammy winners to under-the-radar indie bands in the late 90s. When… Play John Paul Titlow View comments
Facebook [STUDY] Facebook Defriending is on the Rise If you've been defriending a lot lately, you're not alone. A new study out from Pew today confirms what we already know: People don't want to collect as many Facebook friends as possible. Social networkers are becoming more selective, managing their accounts and "pruning" people from their lists. More users are untagging themselves from photos… Social Alicia Eler View comments
News Sending Signed Faxes From Your Phone: New eFax Mobile Solution If you have ever been in a situation where one of your clients needed to get your signature on a document and you were on the road, you haven't had many good choices until now. For years, I have been a big proponent of J2's eFax service, which sets up a virtual fax machine in the cloud (of course, they didn't really use those words back then). Once… Mobile David Strom View comments