Tag Archives: tablet

Reshaping The Media

Originally posted on 6 A.M.

We had a Media Future panel at the Edelman Global Leadership meeting this week. Two of the participants, Jonathan Miller of Newscorp and Chrystia Freeland of Thomson Reuters, had particularly acute observations about the way forward for their industry. So did Matthew Bishop, who addressed our team on Wednesday evening.

Evolution of Three Segments—Miller and Freeland agree that mainstream media must have a dual revenue stream…

Thoughts On Media Reforestation And Algorithmic Journalism

Originally posted on The Steve Rubel Stream.

Over a year ago, I published an essay on Media Reforestation. In a nutshell, it’s my belief that all tangible forms of media will be in sharp decline or extinct in just a few years. I followed that up this week with

Health Digital Check-Up: Health Hits The iPad

For a variety of reasons, innovation around mobile communication in the United States seems to revolve around how applications are leveraged on smart devices like BlackBerrys (client), iPhones, and other types of feature-rich phones.

The progression of mobile technology has led right to something in between phones and computers: tablet devices that have mobile connectivity and other interactive features. It’s hard to miss the hype around the Apple iPad – and the applications that are available for that device.

The iPad may offer some significant avenues for…

The Swiss Cheese Web Ain't The Web

Seemingly overnight the Information Superhighway (does anyone call it that anymore?) became littered with potholes. In the last week Apple sold nearly 500,000 iPads, none of which support key technologies that we have come to rely on, including Adobe Flash, Windows Media and others. (Adobe and Microsoft are Edelman clients.)

For the last week I have been using my iPad as my primary device. I enjoy the slate format and think it’s the next big thing for computing – one that will see lots of winners….