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Archive for the ‘Content’ CategoryThe 21st Century India Through Digital Content conference recently held in Delhi, with topic such as Digital Content in Business, Enterprise and Livelihoods should have been infested with journalists. It wasn’t. Except for a smattering of our ilk, there was not one from the power-list of Indian journalism. It really should be an area that should [...] Even the best news sites in India seem woefully “old” when it comes to understanding the needs of their users. It is not that our brethren in the US are well-versed in the art of communicating. Here’s a good story from NYT that has pointers to what’s on online: Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass [...] We need to check this one out: Tilefile. First look. Seems to be a cool one. Need to check it out before a verdict. Tags: web2.0, social networking This one’s for posterity. The vast majority of the urban educated in India have a fair knowledge of English. Therefore, when Wikipedia lists 13,23,383 articles written in English, some of those can claim to have authorship from India. Netscape versus Digg According to a report in the Business Standard: “Yahoo and MSN Instant Messaging (IM) users from India and 14 other countries will be able to invite and chat with each other beginning today.” Good news! Counts Media sounds like a company that’s doing some fabulous stuff. It claims that it’s expertise lies in “innovative theatrical experiences, interactive urban art, and the application of emerging technology to entertainment”. I’m sure whatever product comes out the crucible will be of relevance to the world of online journalism as well. A company, Email Data Source Inc’s business it to “analyze, organize, and archive thousands of daily email marketing messages” and, of course, make money by doing that. Check Netvibes. It allows users to create personalised home pages that include news, email, search engines and other features. The process is very non-technical. Although I’d like more flexibility. The January 24 newsletter by Frank Barnako has two noteworthy titbits on online journalism: LATimes is to move members of its online team “to take seats in regular newsroom departmentsâ€. Now that is nothing novel, and, indeed, such moves can only make sense with a rethink about the entire news process, which obviously means that [...] Indiantimes’ latest “strategic alliance” is with Legalpundits.com. Another ace indeed. Have you tried Google Base? Gary Price has a post on it at Search Engine Watch. |
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