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The Digital Daily from CyberJournalist.net

The Digital Daily from CyberJournalist.net

How to Get Startup Ideas

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:19 PM PST

“The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas,” says Y Combinator’s Paul Graham. “It’s to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they’re something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook all began this way.”

 

Digital Media Must Reads for November 30th

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:00 AM PST

Here are today’s must-read digital news stories from around the web:

Digital Media Must Reads for November 17th

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST

Digital Media Must Reads for November 16th

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST

Digital Media Must Reads for November 9th

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

How Did Gangnam Style Go VIral?

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 06:20 AM PST

By now you’ve seen the amazing viral video Gangnam Style, by the Korean pop star PSY, but how did it become so popular? “The label behind Gangnam, YG Entertainment, had a plan long before the video went live…

“They knew they wanted to break into new markets and started building a platform they would be able to push content out on. Looking at their various YouTube channels they had 2.5 million subscribers pre-Gangnam and had achieved in the region of 1.6 billion views of musicians' videos across those channels. Having these subscribers is key and meant they could get a high number of views in a short space of time helping them quickly gain shares and get featured in YouTube's daily chart. Having an audience is a good start but you need them all to share it and watch it, again and again.” Find out what YG Entertainment did to make it such a big success.

 

Digital Media Must Reads for November 8th

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Here are today’s must-read digital news stories from around the web:

The Rise and Fall of Social Media in American Politics

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 07:44 AM PST

TechPresident says that unlike 2008, when social media altered the campaign several times, in 2012 social media didn’t play a significant role, despite all the buzz.

The reason we stopped tracking these numbers is also why we never got very exercised by the campaigns’ pages on new platforms like Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram or Spotify, and why we took a critical view of the Facebook “townhalls,” Google “hangouts,” Twitter “chats,” and YouTube “ask the candidate” pages that popped up in 2012. Not one of these things had any real effect on the course of the election or caused the campaigns to engage the voters in any but the most superficial ways. Social media just didn’t matter in 2012, except as a new form of passing entertainment. Look! “Horses and bayonets” got the most mentions on Twitter during the third debate! Someone’s “Binders full of women” Tumblr went viral!

via TechPresident.

Election 2012 – the “Patchwork Nation” vote map

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:15 PM PST

WNYC is tracking the national vote by each county and its Patchwork Nation community type — from Monied ‘Burbs to Service Worker Centers. Hover over each state to see state returns. Hover over the community tool bar to see the vote by community.

Where to watch the 2012 presidential election live online

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

Numerous TV networks and news sites are live streaming on the web, on tablets, smartphones, Xboxes and connected devices. Gigaom has pulled together a great guide to all the ways to follow along online, from what the networks are planning to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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