Category Archives: Social Media

Covering Egypt – with fax, dial-up and speak-to-tweet

By Julie Starr | Published: February 1, 2011
A wrap of stories/posts looking at how recent unrest in Egypt has been covered by media and how technology old and new has been adapted to keep Egyptians connected with the rest of the world. Google enables speak-to-tweet service for Egypt Google Blog | Jan 31 Over the weekend we came up with the idea [...]
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WashPo sponsors #election tag on Twitter

By Julie Starr | Published: November 2, 2010
I noticed a number of promoted tweets from @washingtonpost earlier then came across this post from Poynter explaining their #Election strategy thus: It’s a pretty safe bet that the election will be a hot topic on Twitter on Tuesday, and The Washington Post plans to capitalize on users’ interest by sponsoring an election-related trending topic. The Post’s [...]
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News apps and iPads

By Julie Starr | Published: July 21, 2010
In honour of the iPad finally going on sale in New Zealand soon, and in anticipation of the NZ news apps we expect to see soon after, here’s a link to Josh Benton’s review of a few news iPad apps, which is worth a look. Here’s an excerpt: Just about every news website created in [...]
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How Google works – the graphic

By Julie Starr | Published: July 3, 2010
I came across this via a link on Twitter (can’t remember who, sorry) and thought I’d post it for my students.
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Who loves Google, who doesn’t, and other stories

By Julie Starr | Published: December 9, 2009
Axel Springer in Germany likes Google and wants to build a one-click option for readers to pay for news: Instead of separate pay walls around individual newspaper Web sites, Mr. [Christoph] Keese [Springer’s head of public affairs] wants publishers and Internet companies to work together to create a “one-click marketplace solution” for their online content. [...]
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