CNN’s iReport.com Debuts

For awhile now CNN has used its iReport campaign to collect viewer generated media that it uses in its newscasts and on its web site.  While this content doesn’t always pass the muster of professional standards, TV news does have use for raw footage and images.  Regardless of the quality of submissions,...

Reuters Wants to Play Tag

ReadWriteWeb's Alex Iskold blogged last week about how Reuters is trying to help organize all on the Internet — including its own content — by launching its API — Open Calais.

As complex as programming and APIs can get, the idea behind Open Calais is rather simple.  Reuters simply wants to find a better way to easily identify important bits of information in an article or on a web page. ...

uTest Launches Community Software Testing

uTest is preparing to launch its pilot program for community-based software testing. Tester hopefuls can sign up now to be included in the first round of application testing. Tester profiles will include information on the tester’s education, experience, specialization, and available hardware.

Software vendors can use these criteria to hand-pick testers or release their product for the community to review....

Not every site needs to be a social network

With the explosion of MySpace and Facebook the last few years, many of the clients/prospects I talk to are looking to integrate some form of social networking into their website programs. I don’t think I’m alone in getting asked about this.

Many of the Presidential candidates this cycle built full blown social networks on their public sites (Clinton,...

LiveNewsCameras.com

Last night I got an e-mail about a new site named LiveNewsCameras.com from Fox Television Stations.  It has culled many live video feeds and presents them in one place so that people can easily find what's going on throughout the country and the world.

The e-mail pitched the site as an interesting way to observe TV coverage of Super Tuesday,...