2008

16 Sep

Posted by Andy Brudtkuhl under Reading

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Twitter will come to Current TV for debate chitchat

Through an official partnership with the microblogging service, Current will broadcast “Hack the Debate,” which will live-stream on Current.com as well as air on the network. Twitter updates, or “tweets,” will be shown in real time for all four debates (three with the presidential candidates and one with the vice presidential candidates), which begin on September 26. It makes a whole lot of sense, given Current’s slant toward young and tech-savvy news hounds (i.e., the people who use Twitter) and heavy focus on user-submitted content.

tags: getanewbrowser, twitter
Drudge Report: News Site That Sends Readers Away With Links Has Highest Engagement

There are two main reasons why news sites are reluctant to send readers away by linking to third-party content. First, you shouldn’t send people away or else they won’t come back to your site. Second, a page with links that sends people away has low engagement, which doesn’t serve advertisers well.

But if you actually look at the data, both of these assumptions are completely wrong.

tags: getanewbrowser, media, advertising
The social trendcasting site Edopter.com tries to forecast the next big thing

Every year companies spend billions of dollars on market research trying to determine what makes you tick. Now, a new startup says you don’t need a focus group to find out what’s in — all you need is a computer and a good pitch.

tags: getanewbrowser, business
T-Mobile’s Google-Based Phone Nears

T-Mobile USA plans to begin selling the first smart phone powered by Google Inc.’s new mobile software late next month, according to people familiar with the matter, facing off against Apple Inc.’s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry with a device that blends aspects of both.

tags: getanewbrowser, google, mobile