UC Berkeley Launches Mobile Reporting Field Guide

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By Lauren Rabaino on 10,000 Words, July 20 – 

A new journalist reference guide on tools and applications that can be used for iPhone reporting has launched fromUC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Although the book is called a “mobile” reporting guide, it’s actually device-specific, focusing specifically on the iPhone.  You can download the book to read as a PDF, or download it from the Apple iBook store.

 

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Mobile App Privacy Concerns

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By Patrick May on Mercury News, March 18 – 

“Smartphone in hand, you tap into your local app store. You click on a nifty tool that promises to massage your belly and pat your head at the same time. But just as you’re about to download it, you decide to click on that little Terms of Service icon. And you’re hit with a phone-book-sized data dump of not-so-fine fine print.

On top of all the privacy battles already under way across the Internet, the boom in mobile apps has ramped things up even more, with waves of service terms and security policies at every new download.”

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