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Jeromy Stallings

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The Vatican Embraces New Media for Outreach

There's an old 1971 Robert Silverberg science-fiction story, "Good News from the Vatican," where a robot is elected pope... How far off is that? The current Pope is now encouraging all his clergy to jump onto the new media bandwagon and embrace social media.  In a message prepared for World Communications Day on May 16, Pope Benedict XVI is telling his  priests, bishops and cardinals to proclaim the gospel using social media, online video, blogs and animated features in order…
January 26, 2010
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Online Revenue: Monetization in Mafia Wars

The Chatter Have you been haring this lately around the office and coffee houses, “Mafia Wars is addicting”?  Or: “I’ve been spending a lot of money on Mafia Wars.” The online game is a good example of digital economy platforms, where money operates in the virtual world of the game and in the real world with revenue profit and charitable efforts. You can buy points in Mafia Wars, and gain more weapons, power, and position.  Depends on how much you…
January 20, 2010
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Social Media Uses During Natural Disasters

Our hearts and prayers go out to all those in Haiti, and the Haitian citizens in America watching the events unfold from the TV and news. What has come out of this natural disaster is a light on how relevant and important social media technology has become, both personally and globally.  While the traditional communications infrastructures in Haiti are down, news has been coming out via mobile devices with photos and images, and Skype has been the most-used method of…
January 13, 2010
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The White House Chats Digitally

The White House has always used communication platforms to interact with the populace, from FDR’s “Fireside Chats” over the radio to Presidential addresses carried on every network and cable provider simultaneously. So it’s no surprise that the current administration is making full use of Internet interactivity, the same way Obama utilized Twitter when campaigning. The White House is currently broadbanding a series of online video chats on Whitehouse.gov this week, with the idea of taking stock of the Obama Administration's…
January 12, 2010
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FLO and Morphie Team Up!

The latest in local digital happenings has Qualcomm's unqiue  FLO TV service  teaming up with software and app designer  mophie to bring a live TV service to the iPhone and iPod touch platforms. Utilizing FLO TV's recently acquired spectrum, the application and antennae skin will receive TV signals independent of the carrier's networks, eliminating the prce of the network fee now passed on to consumers. FLO also announced a hefty line up of sports programming for 2010- --  90 NBA…
January 8, 2010