[NYC Pic via Flikr]
The city of NY is upgrading its 311 (municipal info) and 911 (emergency services) to allow new yorkers to submit pictures. In the words of Major Bloomberg:

New Yorkers can also now upload photos and videos to help us improve
the delivery of non-emergency services such as filling potholes,
cleaning up graffiti in City parks [...]

I was recently in China for a trip and walked by an internet cafe.There, I saw at least half of all people in the cafe using a chat program with a little penguin.Then when I used a local mobile phone it had the same logo and I got intrigued.Finally I talked with the locals about [...]

There is something very appealing about the instant gratification that digital media provides. You can be informed or entertained on multiple devices and on your own schedule.
Want to listen to music on your radio, on the internet or on your mp3 player?… not a problem, just don’t try to use your US rhapsody account from [...]

Image uploaded to Flickr by Kance
2006 has been another great year in the development of the Web 2.0 and digital technologies.
John Battelle but I thought I would write a series of posts on the major themes that I expect will define the online world in 2007:
1. The [...]

I wish you a 2007 filled with love, health, happiness and fun!!
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’s get our mobile texting going!
Percentage of mobile users that will send [...]

Quote of the day by Cory Doctorow
“Content isn’t king. If I sent you to a desert island and gave you the choice of taking your friends or your movies, you’d choose your friends - if you chose the movies, we’d call you a sociopath. Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.”

It is [...]

Vpod.tv, a very promising online video publishing platform, has finally launched. This is exciting news for a very hot European company that raised $5.1M Series A financing in May this year.
I know you are all thinking… why is it exciting to have yet another video startup entering the crowded online video market?
Well, there are many [...]

ING NYC Marathon Medals - Image uploaded to Flickr by PerRockSide

37,954 people ran 26.2 miles (42.2 km). Congratulations to each and [...]

Interesting article from the FT.com on how old media might increase its share of online ads:
Veronis Suhler will report on Tuesday in its annual comprehensive study of the media business that this year, of the $22bn expected to be spent on online and mobile advertising in the US, traditional media groups’ share is forecast [...]

The New York Times hypes the next big thing threatening the TV business: The Slingbox, now in mobile format:
Last year, a strange-looking gadget called the Slingbox ($250) began offering that possibility. It’s designed to let you, a traveler on the road, watch what’s on TV back at your house, or what’s been recorded by a [...]