Posts on ‘October 10th, 2008’

Via Media Shift
by Mike Rosen-Molina, September 25, 2008
Tagged: contests, journalism, videocameras, videos, youtube

Whenever news breaks, the first people on the ground, before reporters arrive, are ordinary folks with cameras. Citizen journalists have played an important role in getting us the first glimpses of developing news, from the London transit bombings to the Southeast Asian tsunami [...]

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by Michael Arrington on October 10, 2008

In May 2007 I wrote “Times are good, money is flowing, and Silicon Valley sucks” in a post about how, in my opinion, Silicon Valley was ripe for a downturn.
This week, without any doubt, we got that downturn. It was different from the last downturn in that [...]

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by Mark Hendrickson on October 10, 2008

Fitbit, producer of a sleek little device that clips onto your clothing and tracks your movement throughout the day and night, has raised $2 million from True Ventures, SoftTech VC and several angels in what appears to be the company’s first round of institutional funding.
The device, set [...]

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by Erick Schonfeld on October 10, 2008

Can’t afford a ticket to China to go visit the Forbidden City? Well, now all you need is your computer. IBM, which is a big believer in virtual worlds, and China’s Palace Museum have created an exact replica of the 178-acre Forbidden City. After working meticulously for [...]