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iPhone multimedia messaging starts Sept. 25

Multimedia messaging will be available on the iPhone starting Sept. 25, according to AT&T, the exclusive carrier of the popular smartphone in the United States.

Details scant in venture with IAC, NBC's Silverman

A new venture that NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the network to form with Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp promises better integration of ad campaigns by involving advertisers earlier in a show's development.

Obama touts new online-style town hall meeting

President Barack Obama kicked off a first-of-its-kind Internet era town hall meeting at the White House, thanking participants for watching online.

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How a blog, a camera, and a court are feeding journalism�s long tail » Nieman Journalism Lab
Source: niemanlab.org

When people talk about the long tail, they often focus on consumer goods, where the infinite shelf space at a company like Amazon or Netflix allows a huge variety of products to be sold.

Biden forum on education
Source: biden.syr.edu

Video of Vice President Biden addressing higher education policy issues such as affordability, costs, community college reform, and workforce development.

Dubai is looking for graphic design talents worldwide

"Let it out!" Let out your creativity: Dubai is once again inviting talents across the world to submit a piece of work they think deserve recognition.

Student Financial Aid
Source: c-spanarchives.org

Panelists explored ways of improving the effectiveness of student financial aid and the possibility of meeting President Obama's goal of of having the world's highest rate of college graduates by 2020.

Does Public Higher Ed Funding Drive Economic Growth?
Source: cato.org

Featuring George Leef, Vice President for Research, John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy; Barmak Nassirian, Associate Executive Director, External Relations, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers; Neal McCluskey, Associate Director, …

How Trillion-Dollar Deficits Were Created - Interactive Graphic
Source: The New York Times

To understand the looming deficits, The New York Times analyzed Congressional Budget Office projections of the budget surplus or deficit for the years 2009-12, President Obama's current term. The budget office has been making estimates for these years for nearly a decade now.

U-tear-us Out hysterectomy art exhibition at HERS Gallery
Source: HERS Foundation dot org

U-tear-us Out questions the commonality of hysterectomies in our country today through the use of sculpture and digital images. Through personal connection and bodily disconnection, it asks women to reconnect and respect their natural bodies.

Fighting AIDS, Peer to Peer
Source: The New York Times

By now, the concept of consumer-generated content, also known as user-generated content, has become familiar to the denizens of Madison Avenue.

When All Video All
Source: BBC News

If there is one recurrent theme in the images of the recent G20 protests, it is what's held in the hands raised in the air.

Technology and the journalist, a love story

Technology has seeped into many aspects of our lives and, in some way, every career. While most people have no choice but to embrace it, others still try to avoid it. I believe how people accept it or avoid it depends on their generation.

Mogulus - Pro the way to go?

Many of you by now would have heard of Mogulus, the online service which allows users to stream and edit live footage from devices such as web cams. It's made a few headlines recently with its plans to introduce the PRO packages.

How Will Obama Help College Costs? : NPR
Source: npr.org

What might happen over the next 4 years for higher education. Don't expect too much...

USB 3.0 to Deliver a Tenfold Speed Increase
Source: Wired News

Tighten your seat belts. Data transfer is going into overdrive as the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus, better known as USB, prepares to make a tenfold jump in speed.

nytimes.com launches video in HD
Source: CyberJournalist.net

NYTimes.com has relaunched video on its site in high-definition, wide-screen format and single pages for each video, optimized for SEO.

U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media
Source: The Washington Post

The Defense Department will pay private U.S.

Google launches internet browser
Source: BBC News

Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia.

Pocket gallery
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Pablo Picasso worked everyday artefacts like newspapers into his collages. Andy Warhol painted soup cans. Now artists are taking the everyday a step further by using one object - the mobile phone - as the paint, the canvas and the gallery.

Paradigm Shift in Multimedia Technology for Health Care TV Systems
Source: Send2Press Newswire

ProTune Technology, patented by Paradigm Multimedia, provides new ways to design and enhance in-room entertainment systems in health care facilities.

Documentary Chronicles Pitfalls of American Education in Global Economy
Source: Diverse Education

Diverse reporter Michelle Nealy chats with Indianapolis venture-capitalist-turned-filmmaker, Bob Compton, about his provocative new documentary, "2 Million Minutes." The film chronicles six students from India, the United States and China during their high school years.

Repeal The Uniform Services Former Spouses Protection Act (usfspa)

The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. sect 1408, et seq. included as a "rider" to the 1983 Defense Appropriations Bill, often called the USFSPA, effectively invalidates the United States Supreme Court's ruling McCARTY v. McCARTY, 453 U.S.

Privatization and deregulation of nursing homes
Source: PBS

Investment industry giant John Bogle says that as more and more money managers take control over corporations on Wall Street, Main Street is paying the price.

Students & Universities Use YouTube to Promote Schools (washingtonpost.com)
Source: The Washington Post

Universities are increasingly finding ways to promote themselves on YouTube and drown out embarrassing clips. Don't forget to watch Alex Carroll, a freshman at Georgetown, and his friend Daniel Hostetler back-flipping off of ten-foot-tall walls.

Hyundai, Kia sign with Microsoft
Source: wheels.24.com

The Hyundai-Kia Group has signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop a new range of clever infotainment systems for its vehicles.

Adobe's Open Screen Project [LWN.net]
Source: lwn.net

Adobe has announced the "Open Screen Project," which seems mainly oriented toward getting flash players onto everybody's phones.

Multimedia: An Adolescent, but No Longer an Orphan
Source: Romenesko

News organizations are using video, photos and audio to tell stories in fresh, engaging ways.

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