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The Unprecedented Rise of Apple iOS and Other Internet Trends

[Source: Mashable, by Ben Parr, November 16, 2010]
Legendary Internet analyst Mary Meeker has some statistics she thinks every Internet executive should know, including that iOS is growing faster than almost any other Internet technology in history.

Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches

[Source: The New York Times, by Patricia Cohen, November 16, 2010]
A history of the humanities in the 20th century could be chronicled in “isms” — formalism, Freudianism, structuralism, postcolonialism — grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted ...

Spotlight on Indigenous People

LaDonna Harris: Indian 101LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 is a documentary film about Comanche activist Ladonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native American political and social activism and is ...

Educating For Democracy - An Uncommon Standard

[Source: Educational Video Center, November 11, 2010]
Buried under this past summer’s headlines about the crisis of unemployment, the BP Gulf oil spill, and the "ground zero mosque” banning and Koran burning, was also news about education.

A View from the Coast

[Source: MQ2.org, by Noland Walker, November 10, 2010]
I’m new to public radio but not new to public media.

Today's Youth Making Themselves Heard

[Source: IssueLab, by Florian Sichling, October 27, 2010]
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Youth Voices NetworkIssue Areas: Children and Youth; MediaOwnership/Rights Info: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

All Programs Considered

[Source: The New York Review of Books, by Bill McKibben, November 11, 2010]
Radio receives little critical attention. Of the various methods for communicating ideas and emotions—books, newspapers, visual art, music, film, television, the Web—radio may be the least ...

Spotlight on Aging

[Source: GFEM Media Database, October 15, 2010]
If your foundation supports grantmaking related to aging, you will want to review these and other projects in the GFEM Media Database at media.gfem.org.Golden HourGolden Hour is a short narrative ...

For The Studio Behind 'Waiting for Superman,' Movies Are A Tool For Change

[Source: Washington Post, by Ann Hornaday, October 3, 2010]
Let it be stipulated that, when the president of the United States talks about your movie, you've attained major buzz.

mOppenheim INSIGHT on Funding Nonprofits

[Source: m/Oppenheim Associates, September 24, 2010]
INSIGHTvideo announces the release of two new in-depth interviews with nonprofit leaders: