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• A Sensor In Every Chicken: Cisco Bets on the Internet of Things
  www.readwriteweb.com
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• Rethinking the iPad browsing experience
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• Usability of iPad Apps and Websites: First Research Findings
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• Using Technology for Community Building – Webinar Hosted by Grassroots Grantmakers | E-Democracy.Org – Project Blog
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• Hacks/Hackers and Mozilla want to know: How should we structure an online curriculum for journalists and technologists to learn together? - help.hackshackers.com
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  Chris O'Brien says: Hacks/Hackers ask: "How should we structure an online curriculum for journalists and technologists to learn together?"
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• Notes on Wikileaks « 6 to cut, 4 to sharpen
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  Chris O'Brien says: He writes: "Julian’s point, which I agree with, is often that newspapers are failing because of bad journalism. How many stories has Wikileaks broken vs the Times. Or the Guardian. Combined. And as budget cuts increase, it allows for good journalism to emerge from Global Voices and other interesting new projects."
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• New York Times Strikes Back at WikiLeaks Founder - Beltway Beast - The Daily Beast
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  Chris O'Brien says: I guess the warm fuzzies between WikiLeaks and the mainstream orgs they worked with are gone.
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• Time Inc. Frustrated by Apple Over iPad Subscription Issue | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD
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  Chris O'Brien says: Peter Kafka writes: "Time Inc. likes to show off its iPad apps as a symbol of the company’s future. But inside the publisher, the digital editions have become a source of hair-pulling frustration. That’s because the magazine giant has been unable to get Apple to let it sell and manage subscriptions for its iPad apps–much to Time Inc.’s surprise."
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• I Need a Great Story: About
  ineedagreatstory.com
  Chris O'Brien says: Founders write: "iNeedaGreatStory.com™ is a new destination for anyone seeking the perfect stories, infographics and videos for their websites, publications and newsletters."
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• Story Lab - Sniffing out Washington stories in a coffee house
  blog.washingtonpost.com
  Chris O'Brien says: Marc Fisher writes: "There's a truism in journalism that says stories are everywhere, that every person contains the material for a story that can reveal to readers some essential truth about who we are and the pressing questions of our time."

  There's a truism in journalism that says stories are everywhere, that every person contains the material for a story that can reveal to readers some essential truth about who we are and the pressing questions of our time.

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