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Fresno, CA
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Archive for August 31st, 2006
Amazing 360-degree tour of Katrina damage
One of the big challenges of covering Katrina on any medium is communicating the scope of the devastation. But a new 360-degree interactive tour on MSNBC’s Rising from Ruin does the best job I’ve seen so far. It starts with a draggable, zoomable map of two coastal Mississippi towns, and you can click on various icons to see 360-degree photos and video, as well as more traditional audio slide shows. The video is truly amazing (screen shot below), some shot from a vehicle, others are walking shots. In some cases, the video is accompanied with narration. He’ll say, “As you’ll see on the left,” and I’ll pan the camera over to the left to see what’s he’s talking about. A terrific way to immerse the user, and some amazing technology.
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MotionDSP enhances user-created video
Camera phones with video capability are becoming increasing popular, but still, the quality is pretty pathetic. Enter MotionDSP, a company that uses a technology to enhance low resolution video by comparing multiple frames to replace lost pixels. Take a look at the video demo here. Writes Terry Heaton, “The idea of tweaking the resolution at the receive end of the upload is brilliant, and it may well be the solution broadcasters need to transport video files from the field via the internet.”
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Just a reminder from MSNBC.com
With Katie Couric making her debut on CBS next week along with a host of new features on CBSNews.com, MSNBC.com sent out a curious press release to remind people that “NBC News dominates broadcast competition online.” It follows below…
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Out-of-copyright books now free on Google
You can now download and print out-of-copyright books for free as part of Google’s book program. No doubt it will nibble away at publishing’s bottom line, who rely on the steady income stream from classics. So would you rather buy a classic book or download it for free as a PDF?
9 comments August 31st, 2006
Realtors spend online ad dollars on themselves
It’s no surprise that realtors are spending more online and less on print, but where realtors are spending online is. According to a new report from Classified Intelligence, 26% of realtors spent 10% of their ad budget on their own websites and 29% put 20% of their budgets there. While real estate dollars are leaving newspapers, 61% of the 100 real estate agents surveyed don’t spend any money on online newspapers at all. Surprisingly, many are also steering clear of paid search ads. I think this sample is a bit too small to draw any definitive conclusions, but media companies rarely view the advertisers that support them as competitors themselves. There are plenty of tools out there now for advertisers to market in new and innovative ways without spending a lot on advertising.
7 comments August 31st, 2006
