Starbucks is fast becoming a major digital player and it boost with millions of customers. Starting today, Starbucks customers who use the free Wi-fi at more than 6,800 U.S. company-operated stores will be greeted with the Starbucks Digital Network (SDN). Starbucks announced the launch of its Starbucks Digital Network (SDN), a joint venture with Yahoo that will offer news, entertainment and lifestyle content for free exclusively in Starbucks stores.
Our beloved local USA Today, The New York Times, Yahoo, SnagFilms, , WSJ.com, Bookish Reading Club, Apple’s iTunes Store, Foursquare, GOOD, The Weather Channel, and New Word City will be part of the network to provide content. Read more of this post
Yahoo with their acquisition of Associated Content and AOL with their recent acquisition of TechCrunch have put the two companies at their own crossroads. Both companies have new Boss and are trying to reposition themselves as the media giants. Any bet on which one will win the space or who is going to acquire who?
Both companies have come a long way since the web 1.0 era. They, both have been pushing hard to find their footing in the world of the social web content and News: Read more of this post
byElias Shams You have to admit! This is the first administration that has stayed way the head of the technology curve. They have been working hard to harness all digital channels to effectively communicate with citizens. As the mobile phones are slowly becoming our next computing device, the White House is trying to make sure we can watch them in the palm of our hand starting with iPhone.
Earlier this week, the White House released their own official free iPhone and iPod Touch App known as “White House App” to the iTunes App Store. The free App will allows us to see content from the WhiteHouse.gov including the News, Press Briefing Room, White House Blog posts, archived video of events and speeches. The one feature I am looking forward to try, is the ability to stream live video coverage of events, including next week’s State of the Union Address from WhiteHouse.gov/live.
I haven’t downloaded the App yet, but feedback from friends who did, is good. The app is clean, light on size, easy to use and informative. What I am impressed the most, is they are already working on the App for other smart phones including Android, Droid , Nexus One , etc. They will be released in coming weeks.
From my experience, It is not that easy and cheap to make an App for iPhone and shortly after for Android, and other phones. I wonder if the administration is using Appmakr, the product I recently covered that allows companies to make their Apps for various platforms (iPhone, Android, Droid, etc.) in the matter of 10 minutes. If they aren’t, they should. They will save both time and money. After all, their office is only four or five blocks from the White House.
That is a major stride towards open government. Can you imagine Bush or any GOP leader doing something like this? That’s a laugh
The free White House App is available from the iTunes App Store.
Since their opening in April of 2008 in DC, I finally got a chance to visit the place. It’s truly Awesome! It is certainly one of my favorite museums not only in D.C. but anywhere. I am always intrigued by history and you will get a ton of it here and from the different types of news mediums that are used today and yesterday. What an amazing display of the history of news/journalism.
The Newseum in Washington, DC is a six-level, high-tech and interactive museum tracing the history of news reporting from the 16th century to the present day. In 250,000 square feet of exhibit space, the Newseum offers visitors 15 theaters, 14 major galleries, two state-of-the-art broadcast studios and a 4-D time-travel experience. The exhibition galleries explore news history, electronic news, photojournalism, world news and how the media have covered major historical events. But wait, there’s more
Starbucks is fast becoming a major digital player and it boost with millions of customers. Starting today, Starbucks customers who use the free Wi-fi at more than 6,800 U.S. company-operated stores will be greeted with the Starbucks Digital Network (SDN). Starbucks announced the launch of its Starbucks Digital Network (SDN), a joint venture with Yahoo that will offer news, entertainment and lifestyle content for free exclusively in Starbucks stores.
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