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The revolution will be socialised

27 June 2009 | 21:55 - By Stefano Boscutti

Recent events in Iran will be remembered as a critical moment in the emergence of citizen journalism as a mainstream source of news.


Yes, professional journalism is here to stay, but as news consumers increasingly become news producers, it will become increasingly difficult to separate the two. It’s time for professional and citizen journalism to share the same stage. Journalists must realize that one is not more important than the other, and both need each other. Yes, the information revolution will powered by social media. Yes, the information revolution will lead to a revolution in democracy with global repercussions. Ha

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More one-click mobile publishing to YouTube

27 June 2009 | 21:53 - By Stefano Boscutti

T-Mobile’s upcoming new Android phone, the MyTouch 3G, will have a video camera with one-touch publishing to YouTube, just like the new iPhone.


Hmm, is this becoming a standard feature on new 3G smart phones? Is that a tv network in your pocket or a you just glad to see me? (Soon with local advertisers delivered straight to the phone, by the way. Straight into the palm of your hand.)

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So slooooooooooow mo

27 June 2009 | 21:51 - By Stefano Boscutti

How slow can you go?  How does 2500 frames per second sound?


That's slowing down time a hundred times. Which means you see the infiniteness of time. Which is somewhere between the metaphysical and the existential. The camera that does the trick in HD, the SprintCam V3 HD, hails from Belgium. So expect a lot of ultra slow-motion Euro sports coming your way very sooooooooooooooooon.

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The Susan Boyle experience

27 June 2009 | 21:47 - By Stefano Boscutti

What was the Susan Boyle spectacle exactly?  What was that chunk of culture that held us, for days at least, so firmly rapt?


Virginia Heffernan knows the answers lie in the video, a small, insidious masterpiece that really should be watched several times for its accidental commentary on popular misery, the concept of "expectation" and how cultures congratulate themselves. First off, the Susan Boyle phenomenon truly belongs to the world of online video, whose prime directive is to be amazing. The great subjects of online video are stunts, pranks, violence, gotchas, virtuosity, upsets and transformations. Where televisi

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Sorry, there's no way to save the TV business

16 June 2009 | 12:23 - By Stefano Boscutti

If you work in TV - and who doesn't - you’ll likely disagree with Henry Blodget's grim assessment, but he makes some thought-provoking points about video distribution.


The traditional TV industry - cable companies, networks, and broadcasters -is where the newspaper industry was about five years ago: in denial. There are murmurings on the edges about how longstanding business models will come under pressure as internet distribution takes over. But, so far, the revenue and profits are hanging in there, so the big TV companies don't really care. Just give about, oh, two or three years for the future to crash through. Henry make more than a few smart points.

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What the hell is happening to MySpace?

16 June 2009 | 12:18 - By Stefano Boscutti

When Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace in 2005, he was hailed a visionary. Now, MySpace is losing traffic (-2%) while Facebook continues its stratospheric growth (+87%).


And MySpace parent Fox Interactive Media may have deep job cuts on the horizon. No one's calling Mr. Murdoch a visionary now. So now many are asking, what happened (or didn’t happen) after the acquisition? Advertising revenue for Fox Interactive fell 16% in the quarter that ended March 31. News Corp. does not break out numbers for MySpace, but the site makes up the biggest part of the division. There's going to be hell to pay. Time to sharpen the knives, boys.

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iPhone 3G S is a sell out

16 June 2009 | 12:16 - By Stefano Boscutti

But, you know, in a good way.


This year AT&T was allowing online pre-orders for the new iPhone, unlike last year. And it seems that however many 3G S units the company had in stock for the June 19 launch have now been snapped up. Hardly surprising given the new phone changes everything you thought a phone was for. Aside from nifty apps like a real-live compass and video capture and editing, the pocket miracle now responds to voice control. It's also managed to changed the dynamics of more than one business model. Click t

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Turning the masses onto mobile broadband

16 June 2009 | 12:13 - By Stefano Boscutti

After two years of rapid growth, mobile broadband, the wireless industry’s most successful innovation of the past decade, is at a crossroads as operators struggle to maintain fast, omnipresent service in the face of exploding internet traffic.


Since mid-2007, when the first services came on the market, about 16 million people worldwide have signed up for mobile broadband, according to Screen Digest, an industry researcher. In 2008, the number of subscribers almost doubled. But the rapid deployment - and mounting internet traffic from video streaming and file sharing - have caused many wireless broadband services to slow down or interrupt from data overload. As technical glitches spread, consumers are becoming wary and mobile broadband

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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