Technology

In 2011 it is no longer possible to be a top professional journalist without  mastering social media. Here are five reasons why news organizations need to care about the new trends.

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Top mobile internet trends in 2011

by John Einar Sandvand on February 12, 2011 · 6 comments

Do you need to catch up on the latest mobile internet trends? Check this excellent presentation from the highly respected analyst Mary Meeker.

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iPad apps – still more dash than cash

by The Guardian on January 10, 2011 · 0 comments

Apple’s ‘Jesus tablet’ seemed to be the news industry’s best hope of salvation but few publishers are finding apps to be the moneyspinners they so desperately want

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iPad is all male fun in high tech country Sweden

by John Einar Sandvand on November 25, 2010 · 3 comments

Even before iPad has been launched in Scandinavia, ten thousands of people have managed to get hold of a tablet. But they are almost all male!

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From Copy Economy to Access Economy: The media industry must prepare itself for a future in the cloud, claims a digital future expert.

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iPad chokes netbook sales

by The Guardian on October 14, 2010 · 1 comment

Gartner and IDC data shows slower growth in sales of PCs than expected – with Apple tablet reckoned to account for shortfall

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What I love – and what I hate – with iPad

by John Einar Sandvand on September 2, 2010 · 8 comments

For a few weeks I have used iPad for news consumption, daily tasks and fun. It is wonderful. And terrible. Here is why.

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Does technology pose a threat to our private life?

by The Guardian on August 21, 2010 · 5 comments

This week Google’s Eric Schmidt suggested we may need to invent new identities to escape embarrassing online pasts – while Facebook launched a tool to share users’ locations. So does technology pose a threat to private life?

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How the internet really affected the election

by The Guardian on July 12, 2010 · 1 comment

After all the hype and all the disappointment, a Reuters study digs deeper into the effect of social media on the 2010 campaign

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The newspaper on your wall

by John Einar Sandvand on May 15, 2009 · 0 comments

Here is Living Room 2.0 – New York Times’ vision of how the news site content on the work on your living room wall. It is another video which Nieman Journalism Lab has recorded from the R&D Group at New York Times. Some great and fascinating experiments here.

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