Amazon’s Kindle Fire Sparks Interest

Amazon’s “iPad killer” is no longer a rumor. Despite former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ comment last October that 7-inch tablets would be “dead on arrival,” the blogosphere is all a-buzz with talk about Amazon’s Kindle Fire as well...

Rumor: Amazon to Offer E-Book Subscriptions

Use of tablets and other portable devices is growing at a rapid pace. As consumers get more accustomed to using these devices in place of older technology, retailers are looking for ways to increase digital delivery of content. We’ve seen it happen with music...

Print Hinders Journalism Coursework

Print media is a waning facet of the journalism industry since the printing process can’t keep up with the news, so it should come as no great shock that the industry is not adequately served by printed textbooks either. The period between writing a textbook and...

Innovations in Journalism: Storify and More

The Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism recently announced the recipients of this year’s honors. The $10,000 grand prize was awarded to Storify for its drag-and-drop utilities that allow users to create dynamic, multimedia, Web-based stories in an...

Reporter Arrested Down Under After Online Privacy Story

An interesting, and some would say unethical, demonstration of the privacy vulnerabilities of Facebook has landed one reporter in an Australian jail, while his iPad was confiscated by the local law authorities. Ben Grubb, Deputy Technology Editor, smh.com.au (The...
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