On the day The Times and Sunday Times start requiring payments for their new websites, The Guardian has devoted its top above-the-fold promo strap, usually taken by teasing its own features inside, to wryly differentiating itself from News International’s papers…
Archive for July 2nd, 2010
A Tale Of Two Strategies On Times’ Pay Day
Posted by Robert Andrews on July 2nd, 2010
Apple Promises iPhone 4 Reception Fix; Well, Not Really
Posted by Staci D. Kramer on July 2nd, 2010
Folks who’ve been griping about signal problems with the iPhone 4 might be thrilled to know Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is planning a software fix in the next few weeks. But don’t get too excited: it’s not meant to actually fix anything but the way signal strength is displayed. Turns out infallible Apple has made a big mistake. We’ll let the company explain via a Friday morning letter that almost could have been authored by The Onion:
Posted in Apple, Mobile, Mobile Social, Social networking, iPhone, social media 
Tags: AT&T, Companies 
No Comments »Apple says iPhone 4 problem is software based and will issue an upgrade in a few weeks
Posted by Phone Arena - Latest News on July 2nd, 2010
Apple says it has incorrectly calculated how many signal bars the iPhone 4 should be showing at a given time, which is at the bottom of the “reception problem”…
Class Action Lawyers Predictably Unimpressed With Apple’s Statement
Posted by Robin Wauters on July 2nd, 2010
I trust by now you’ve read Apple’s letter claiming that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the antennae on the iPhone 4, and that any real reception issues are inexistent and merely a result of faulty displaying on Apple’s part, which it intends to fix in the coming weeks.
Unimpressed by that statement? You’re not alone.
Posted in Apple, Mobile Social, Social networking, social media Tags: iPhone 4, Mason LLP, TC No Comments »Citizen Journalism Platform Allvoices Growing Fast Thanks To Global Expansion
Posted by Leena Rao on July 2nd, 2010
We’ve written about Allvoices, a citizen journalism platform that is seeing fast growth internationally. In fact, the site, which was launched in 2008, is even approaching CNN’s iReport in terms of worldwide traffic.
According to comScore’s May data, Allvoices saw 3 million unique visitors worldwide compared to 3.6 million unique visitors for CNN’s iReport. But in the U.S., CNN still has a huge market share of traffic. For the same time period, comScore reports 3.3 million unique visitors for iReport, with Allvoices only seeing 730,000 visitors in the U.S. in May. According to Quantcast, Allvoices saw 6.5 million unique monthly visitors in May. The site has also grown its registered number of citizen journalists to 375,000 users from 275,000 in January. CNN has just under 500,000 registered “iReporters.”
