Good news for Android fans in the UK. The BBC has just announced that from today, aBBC News appfor Android devices will be available to download for free from the Android Market place. Whilst aniOSapp has been available for almost a year, this is the first time Android users have been able to access BBC news content from an official app. Third-party versions have been available up to this point....
Wereporteda few weeks back that the official Android app for BBC News was finally out, but it was restricted to UK users. Well, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has today launched the AndroidBBC News appfor audiences around the world. The app is available to download for free at Android Market. This now means that even more audiences will be able to get instant access to its breaking news, watch video reports and read the latest updates wherever they are....
I recently picked up a physical newspaper and read it cover to cover for the first time in about a year. Upon seeing an article I disagreed with, I instinctively scanned the page for the comments box. There wasn’t one of course, but my instinct shows how natural it has become to expect an instant right to reply to any form of media. While blogs, YouTube videos and most other forms of ‘new media’ embraced discussion right from their inception, ‘old media’ has largely resisted the change, preferring to separate content from the wider discussion that can often enrich it with additional details or hold it to account with criticism....
We’ve written before about thedouble-edged swordof social media. On the one hand it can boost profiles and raise revenue, on the other it can get a lot of people in hot-water if someone steps even a little bit out of line. From a journalistic perspective, social media is alsoemergingas an important tool for hacks to engage and network with the wider community. And the BBC has todaypublishedits social media guidelines for its staff working in news....
Updates at the foot of the post I visit theBBCon a daily basis. In fact the only website I visit more is The Next Web. I’m going to assume it’s the same case you for you too. Today sees a massive revamp of the site’s iconic homepage. The new site sees the departure of the movable widgets and the arrival of a rather typical magazine-like homepage. I’m not going to pretend I’m not disappointed, because I am....
