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Briefly Noted from March 2008

• Geogrpahic bias in news coverage

  A visualization about how regions less coverage, the further away it is from the paper's base.

  Mar 26 2008 at 12:00 AM EDT

  Topic: Newspapers

• iPhone optimization

  A little JavaScript that optimizes the presentation of a site on an iPhone

  Mar 25 2008 at 11:48 PM EDT

  Topics: JavaScript, VoIP

• OpenSocial Foundation

  Google leads a bold, truly open-source, community venture aiming to standardize the social graphs online.

  Mar 25 2008 at 11:27 PM EDT

  Topics: Social Media, Search Engines

• Caprica a go

  BSG prequel will probably be shot in Vancouver, allowing CBC to call it "Canadian made"

  Mar 19 2008 at 3:30 PM EDT

  Topics: TV, Canada

• State of the media - 2008

  The fifth survey of journalism in the U.S. is out

  Mar 19 2008 at 3:30 PM EDT

  Topic: Journalism

• CBC P2Ping it's shows

  Okay, not all of them, just "Canada's Next Great Prime Minister" but it is a start.

  Mar 19 2008 at 2:59 PM EDT

  Topics: TV, Web Technology

• Levi's retro ads

  Four commercials from the 1970s shows how amazing ads could be

  Mar 19 2008 at 12:56 PM EDT

  Topic: Advertising

• Dual-sided, translucent touch-screens

  A patent filing from Apple showcases some innovative new interface ideas.

  Mar 18 2008 at 1:50 PM EDT

  Topics: Technology, Patents

• SI.com opens its archive

  Magazine hopes to stave of competitors by opening up decades of articles to the Web

  Mar 17 2008 at 9:00 PM EDT

  Topics: Subscriptions & Registration, Online Journalism

• CBC.ca now allows comments

  The news site for Canada's public broadcaster finally embraces comments and recommendations.

  Mar 16 2008 at 9:34 PM EDT

  Topics: Online Journalism, Social Media

• CBC cancels more good shows

  JPod and the outstanding Intelligence are cancelled (the latter will probably appear as a U.S. adaption soon enough, though).

  Mar 9 2008 at 3:06 AM EDT

  Topics: TV, Canada

• iPhone SDK

  The iPhone Developer program is unveiled.

  Mar 6 2008 at 2:49 PM EST

  Topics: Technology, VoIP

• Download IE8

  The first Beta can now be downloaded

  Mar 5 2008 at 12:59 PM EST

  Topic: Browsers

• Making iPhone icons

  Need a custom icon for your Web app on the iPhone. stress no more.

  Mar 4 2008 at 7:26 PM EST

  Topics: Web Design, VoIP

• Pownce's new API

  Pownce offers a complete API that now includes the ability to post notes...but is it too late?

  Mar 4 2008 at 1:07 AM EST

  Topic: Web Technology

• New media criticism blog

  Douglas Bell is bringing his humourous voice to a new blog from TorotntoLife.com

  Mar 3 2008 at 11:44 PM EST

  Topics: Journalism, Canada

• Give IE8 a break

  Tiff Fehr asks the Web standards community to help IE8 developers out for a change.

  Mar 3 2008 at 11:33 PM EST

  Topic: Browsers