Why aren’t we ...

Tweet It’s a question I ask myself on a pretty regular basis. Why the heck don’t more journalists stream live video? It’s the easiest thing to do if you want to add depth to  your online coverage. More: More in streaming...

Using Netflix on the...

Tweet Watching DVDs is old-school. So is working a full shift at work. Enter the Netflix iPhone 4 app. It’s the coolest thing since getting movies in the mail that you put in a Que of desired movies. The new app came out earlier this...

What journalists sho...

Tweet Facebook has gone geo. It’s sort of the next big thing on the internet. That means that anybody with a Facebook account in the U.S. has the ability to check-in from Starbucks. We can thank Foursquare’s vision for the...

A reporter between j...

Today I give you Lily Leung. She's a friend who is in between jobs, getting ready to start reporting for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She was nice enough to write something on how she used her Droid phone and twitter to cover a protest. Read more to get some valuable tips and some insight on being a reporter.

Droid X vs. EVO vs. ...

We've already discussed taking pictures. Now let's take a look at how three of the leading smartphones handle HD video. Shall we?

Reporter suggests wa...

Tweet A major goal of mine for this blog is that it be useful to people with a variety of tech knowledge and backgrounds. So I will be on the hunt for tips from any journalist willing to offer them. Today I give you a very good list of...

Qik camera app upgra...

Tweet This isn’t the free broadcasting app that we loved for the iPhone 3/G. This is the $2.99 app that added some depth to our cameras. With the new OS, though, the free app has been rendered useless by way of a blue tint. On top of...

Streaming mobile vid...

Tweet What’s the point of having one of these awesome smartphones if we’re not going to tap into everything they can do to help our coverage? Streaming mobile video is easily one of those things that we need to do more of while...

Finding sources with...

Tweet Social media rules the world, right? We all have profiles and accounts. We all check in from Starbucks, Taco Bell and the local strip club. But as interesting as those services are, using them for the job has been a sort of...

Google is linking Yo...

Tweet A new post on the official YouTube blog outlines plans for connecting the two monster services. Google, as you know, purchased YouTube some time ago and has been integrating the two since. It’s not that big a deal, though. Here...