Tweet One of the easiest ways we can collect outside content for our readers is with Storify. You can create a static page of various pieces of content that includes posts from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Google. The key thing...

Tweet I’ve started letting every call go to voicemail in the hopes of Google Voice snagging a good robocall. It’s the only reason why I find politics interesting at all. So here is the latest one. A police officer tells...

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...

Tweet I will never get tired of booting up a cell phone for the first time. It always makes my geek face smile when those bright lights shoot across the screen. For that fleeting moment, I’m seeing a virgin peace of tech. Very...

Tweet Apple decided to fix the iPhone 4′s notorious antenna problem by saying every phone manufacturer in the world has the same problem, then offering up free cases to iPhone 4 users. That begged the question: If everybody has that...

Tweet Note: I started a new feature this week. It’s what I like to call Cover it Live Thursday and it will use the Cover it Live service to record all tweets on a single topic for 24 hours. My first topic of choice was...

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.

Tweet All the smartphones in the world have a flash for taking pictures. Well, at least all the ones I’ve played with do. They all suck hard. None take even decent photos with flash in situations where the subject is close to the...

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

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...