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Using Internet phone to communicate with loved ones in Iraq this Christmas? Send me your stories: (photo by Jack Gruber, USA Today) A story in Wednesday's USA Today about soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan using Internet-based phones to see and speak with loved ones this Christmas got me thinking about fashioning this post. Are you, or...; Tags: Phone, USA Today, Iraq, Skype Technologies S.A., Story, Internet Phone, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-21
Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Net crackdown: Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Net crackdownUSA TodayIn the USA today as well as today's USA Today are couple of notions and articles that are related. Sometimes I think our posts here are picked up fast and this was one on those times because on Friday there was a...; Tags: Gender and diversity, USA Today, cafe, crackdown, women; Discussion threads 2007-12-17
iPhone satisfaction numbers are unreal: USA Today's Ed Baig posted a story yesterday reporting on the results of a survey of 1000 new iPhone owners. The numbers are a product manager's (or iCEO's) dream come true. According to the report: 90% of 200 owners said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied with their phone. And 85%...; Tags: Hardware, iPhone, Mobility; Blog posts 2007-07-14
Digg gets more political; usa today disowns readers; Wordpress supports OpenID: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Digg gets more political. Not sure how I missed this, but the social news site, Digg, has added a new section dedicated to stories covering the 08 US presidential election....; Tags: Social networking, Blogging, OpenID, USA Today, Wordpress, Digg; Blog posts 2007-03-09
Web 2.0 meets usa today: Citizen journalism for the masses: Web 2.0 meets USA Today: Citizen journalism for the massesJournalism should be NeutralJust present facts. No bias should be allowed in journalism. If the author presents a biased opinion, it should be "commentary," or "propaganda." If it's news, it should be non-biased and not withholding of facts...; Tags: Web, bias, Web 2.0 Meets, Citizen Journalism, USA Today, Web 2.0; Discussion threads 2007-03-09

usa today adds social networking features: The online version of USA Today has undergone a major redesign, adding a bunch of social features to allow readers to create a profile, write a blog, comment and vote on articles, upload images (citizen journalism-style), and send each other messages. The general response throughout the tech-blogosphere has been positive,...; Tags: Blogging, RSS, networking, USA Today, social feature, blog, social networking; Blog posts 2007-03-05
Web 2.0 meets usa today: Citizen journalism for the masses: From the editors of USA Today: "We have redesigned USAToday.com, but more important, we are expanding our editorial mission."HOW? By asking YOU to “Add YOUR voice to our coverage.”USAToday.com solicits “engage our website in whole new ways”:What’s everyone talking about?Interested in what your fellow readers are following? When scanning headlines,...; Tags: Web 2.0, Media, Social Networking, Social Media, Print, Social Software, Amateur Content, Content, Social Web, Culture, Citizen Journalism; Blog posts 2007-03-05
usa today MileTracker (exe): Created by USA Today and DeskPort Technologies, MileTracker is a simple yet powerful desktop application that allows you to easily retrieve all of your frequent flier and loyalty program account balances. Your personal account data is stored in a profile on your own computer, not on a Web server in...; Tags: USA Today, Web Servers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-01-08
usa today backs off NSA database story: Looks like USA Today did get it wrong. The paper reported in May that most major phone companies had turned over records to the NSA. BellSouth and Verizon denied the story. Now the paper concedes in a note to readers that it can't back up the charges for those two...; Tags: NSA; Blog posts 2006-06-30
Bush: I am not a troll: The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, USA Today reported today. "It's the largest database ever assembled in the world," said one person, who, like the others who agreed to...; Tags: Bush, NSA, Americans; Blog posts 2006-05-11
Most popular newspaper sites: NY Times, usa today, Washington Post: New York Times, USA Today and the Washington Post own the most popular online fronts in the newspaper world, Nielsen//NetRatings reports. Overall, the online editions of papers reach 25.83% of US Internet population.Top 10 online newspaper sitesOnline paperUnique audience, 000Reach, %Growth, YTYNYTimes.com11,4057.515%USATODAY.com10,3616.818%WashingtonPost.com8,0675.3128%LATimes3,9342.5923%SFGate.com3,9222.584%Boston.com3,6022.37-1%DailyNews2,8701.895%WSJ2,6651.759%The Houston Chronicle2,6541.7535%Chicago Sun-Times2,5841.720%Total39,28325.8311%Source: Nielsen//NetRatings; Tags: USA Today, Washington Post Co., New York Times Co.; Blog posts 2005-11-16
The techies of Broomfield County: Level 3's home county is U.S.' most "tech-savvy": Love those stories that tie in technology adoption to consumer demographics and geographical regions.Like for example, today's USA Today piece entitled "Techies: They're Everywhere," a study by USA Today and marketing firm Claritas of technologically advanced areas and sociodemographic groups likely to embrace advanced technologies such as VoIP and...; Tags: VoIP, Broomfield County, telecommuting; Blog posts 2005-10-17
usa today: Plenty of government technology, but a lack of will: What's wrong with government technology? When it came to predicting Hurricane Katrina, nothing, writes Andrew Kantor at USAToday. Here are some of the ways that the US government knew what was going on. NOAA and NASA closely tracked the hurricane via satellite imagery ...; Tags: NPR, Andrew Kantor; Blog posts 2005-09-09
Most popular US newspapers: usa today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times: Daily US newspaper circulation dropped 1.9% in Q4 2004 - Q1 2005, which was the largest decline since 1995-1996, when circulation fell nearly 2.1%. Sunday circulation declined 2.5% over the last six months, compared with the same period a year ago, eMarketer says. Average weekday circulation for US papers, Q4 2004...; Tags: circulation; Blog posts 2005-06-12
I saw a half-page Vonage ad next to a half-pager for ...: While leafing through the USA Today sports section yesterday, I noticed that a half-page ad for Vonage was right next to a half-page ad for a "new, all-natural formula that boosts the male sex drive."The Vonage ad pictured two giggling teenage girls, presumably talking over a Vonage connection. And perhaps...; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., advertisement; Blog posts 2005-04-20
usa today Web traffic up 51% in December 2004: UsaToday.com audience traffic recorded an increase in year-over-year growth of 51% with 8.5 mln unique visitors in December 2004, according to Nielsen//NetRatings Home/Work Panel.; Tags: USA Today; Blog posts 2005-01-22
usa today Web traffic up 51% in December 2004: UsaToday.com audience traffic recorded an increase in year-over-year growth of 51% with 8.5 mln unique visitors in December 2004, according to Nielsen//NetRatings Home/Work Panel.; Tags: USA Today; Blog posts 2005-01-22
4INFO, Gannett & the usa today Partnership: USA Today promoted 4INFO's shortcode (44636) on the front of the sports and weather pages, to let their readers get instant mobile access to sports scores, fantasy sports stats, and weather updates. This is one of the largest distributions, in print, for a shortcode, due to the paper's 5.2 million...; Tags: Gannett, USA Today, Partnership, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Case studies
usa today Elevates Newsgathering and Prepress Production Capabilities to State-of-the-Art: USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide. The company wanted to find an editorial system that would elevate the newsgathering and prepress production capabilities to state-of-the-art and would represent the most significant overhaul of newsroom technology...; Tags: USA Today, Oracle Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies

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iPhone's international rollout continues; Deal with Orange: Apple's iPhone will be headed to a few more countries courtesy of a new deal with French telecom carrier Orange. In a statement, Orange said: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic,...; Tags: Orange PCS, Apple iPhone, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-16