Paid service – an auspicious start

I decided to start a mailing list today for all the readers who could be interested in a paid subscription service. It couldn’t be a better day to start ! No sooner I put up the signup form on the sidebar, the market drops with midcaps and small caps dropping more than 5% and some even 10%.

If putting up a mailing list caused a 5% drop, I shudder to think what would happen when I launch the actual service. A 20% drop :) ?

I am just joking.

The main reason for starting a mailing list is to have a separate channel to communicate about the details of the service and provide a monthly update.

I really do not want to the use the blog for this communication on an ongoing basis, as several of you may not be interested in this service and I don’t want to bore you with the details and thus change the character of this blog.

For those of you interested in learning more about the service, I would ask you to use the form on the sidebar to sign up for the mailing list. I would be sending out the details of the service via this mailing list and a monthly communication after that. You can be assured that I will not be spamming you and you can unsubscribe anytime you like.

You can also the link below to access this form for signup -

http://forms.aweber.com/form/50/1660147450.htm

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BBC reporters about to start broadcasting live using only an iPhone and 3G service

Within the next month, the BBC is set to roll out an iOS app that will allow field reporters to broadcast live from their iPhone using nothing but the 3G service to carry the data transmission, an article from Journalism.co.uk states.

The app will also allow BBC field reporters to file still photos, video and audio directly into the BBC content management system from any iPhone or iPad.

As Journalism.co.uk points out, the ability to broadcast right from an iPhone would mean that reporters could no longer have to carry cumbersome satellite or codex equipment. Martin Turner, BBC's head of operations for newsgathering, told Journalism.co.uk, "Reporters have been using smartphones for a while now, but it was never good quality. You might do it when there was a really important story. Now it is beginning to be a realistic possibility to use iPhones and other devices for live reporting, and in the end, if you've got someone on the scene then you want to be able to use them. That capability is a really important one."

BBC reporters about to start broadcasting live using only an iPhone and 3G service originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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