Daily Archives: April 5, 2009

Apple owns the touchscreen phone conversation

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I went along to a blogger’s briefing on the new LG Arena a couple of evenings ago, and – of course – the iPhone came up as a topic of questions and conversation. What … Continue reading →

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Some quick thoughts about Google versus the newspapers

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Rupert Murdoch has really put the cat amongst the pigeons with his comments about Google: “Rupert Murdoch threw down the gauntlet to Google Thursday, accusing the search giant of poaching content it doesn’t own and urging media … Continue reading →

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The passion of publishing, or why some bloggers are journalists

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

There’s a very simple joke that sums up the difference between a blogger and a professional journalist, and it goes like this. Q: What’s the difference between a blogger and a reporter? A: About £25,000 per year. Employing people as … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Maxim

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

This week Maxim shut, neatly closing a chapter of publishing that I was there to witness at the start. When Maxim first launched, I was at Dennis Publishing on the MacUser team, and I remember the small gathering the company … Continue reading →

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