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MoGO app for iPhone helps save Gulf wildlife
As the tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues, many of us wish there was some way we could help. iPhone users along the Gulf coast now have an opportunity. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created MoGO, a free iPhone app to report injured animals in spill affected areas, take geo-tagged
NBC and Time Warner in no hurry to say farewell to Flash
Filed under: Video If you’re not familiar with New York City’s gritty, 209-year-old tabloid the Post , it has a reputation for sensationalist coverage, a top-down conservative slant (courtesy of owner Rupert Murdoch), and a credibility problem; in 2004, a Pace University survey found that city residents considered it the least trustworthy of the NYC dailies. When it comes to coverage of the Big Apple’s media industry, however, it usually finds the mark. That’s why this week’s Post story about NBC Universal and Time Warner pushing back on adapting streaming video libraries for iPad is worth a second look. The piece suggests that neither of the media giants is interested in putting in the effort to step away from Flash and create HTML5-savvy streaming websites, saying that Flash remains dominant, and the effort to convert their libraries isn’t worth it. Contrast this with CBS and ABC’s eager leap onto the iPad, and the continuing signs that NBC-owned Hulu is planning an iPad app . I don’t doubt that both TW and NBC would like to see Apple become a little less dominant in the media landscape, but what’s weird about this story is that it implies that the “extensive video libraries” that both companies hold aren’t already entirely iPad-friendly. Sure, the player interface may be Flash on their websites, but the content itself is very much iPad and iPhone compatible as H.264 video files.
The Australian Store is back up — and iPads are ready for pre-order
Filed under: iPad Although we’re tempted to write a cute folksy post full of “G’day”, “Mate”, and “Wombat”, we will refrain from the obvious. After all, we have too big a debt of gratitude to Australia (from the Wiggles to John Noble to Violet Crumble) to go that route. So, keeping it simple, here’s a simple update that the Australian online Apple Store has gone offline, most likely in preparation for iPad preorders. So keep your eyes open and let us know what you see when the store comes back. One more thing: Aussie Aussie iPad! Oi oi oi! [1] [1] We couldn’t help ourselves there. Sorry. We just love Australia ! ( Update : Yes, the link is correct
Higher Ed choosing sides on iPad use
Filed under: Education Timothy M. Chester, the CIO of Pepperdine University , discussed the ongoing controversy of how higher education has and should deal with the encroachment of the iPad on campuses throughout the country. Using information gleaned from the Educause CIO listserv, he found two camps being formed, and a bit of misinformation. The first camp’s motto seems to take the position that if there is a new, potentially useful technology, it should be welcomed immediately
ACU Optimist first student newspaper on the iPad
Filed under: iPad A day after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of Abilene Christian University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication vowed that the student newspaper would be the first to make it to the iPad . This week, ACU has accomplished that goal. The Optimist is a nearly century-old student newspaper publication of the JMC Network, the student media operation at Abilene Christian University
Starbucks Expands Virtual Wallet System To 1000 Target Locations
For about six months now, Starbucks has been testing a system in about a dozen Seattle and Silicon Valley stores that turns the iPhone into a virtual wallet, letting customers pay for lattes and the like with an app that displays a barcode read by a specialized reader at the counter. But yesterday, Starbucks said the
