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TheGuardian OpenPlatform | guardian.co.uk We released the Politics API in March to prepare for the 2010 general election. We've been using it for some of our own efforts and found it made our work much faster and easier. We've opened it with a free-to-use license so you can build your own apps using our data. This API includes a wealth of information on election day results, candidates, parties and constituencies

Media Guardian Changing Media Summit 2010 | Changing Media Summi Jean-Yves Naouri, COO, Publicis Groupe Andrew Rashbass , CEO, The Economist Rio Caraeff , president & CEO, Vevo More confirmed speakers here

In order to maximise the opportunities for a range of different customers with different goals and resources, we have structured access to our services through 3 levels of service * : Tier 1 - Keyless: Free access to Guardian headlines, tags and meta data. No registration or key required. Partners can keep any associated revenue earned using Guardian content on their own applications. • A framework for offering content, data, tools and rich user experiences developed by our commercial partners directly into sidebar components and full pages on guardian.co.uk . Tier 2 - Approved: License to publish Guardian articles in full. What is OpenPlatform? The Guardian

So when The Guardian’s iPhone app launched with its own built-in Trending topics section, The Next Web team began to wonder whether it was mashing up its own stories with Twitter trends, or gaining its ‘real-time’ perspective from somewhere else. We asked Nik Silver , The Guardian’s Head Of Software Development, just what was going on. Twitter-trends are being used to tip-off emergency services in the event of earthquakes , many minutes ahead of offical scientific sources. Trending topics along with keyword searches and hashtags are also used heavily for following weather patterns, global conflicts, general elections, sporting events, conferences… quite literally, you name it! Well, first of all Nik pointed us in the direction of Open Platform . Guardian Crowdsources Data to Create Trending Stories for iP

TheGuardian’s iPhoneApp Hits The Store – At A Price! The app does, however, borrow from Twitter’s vernacular with the inclusion of a page of ‘Trending’ stories although just where these stories are trending is unclear. So, despite a significant step-up in functionality, the main thing setting this app apart from its immediate competitors is the price. Overall, The Guardian iPhone application is a class act, although a significant drawback in the first release is perhaps the limited range of sharing options. Surprisingly, given the extensive range of available Guardian Twitter -feeds, articles can only be shared by email or to Facebook.

Oh dear! QT @ Suw : oh @ O2 , pls sort out yr security anti-pattern problems when calling. You have to prove who you are before I prove who I am Nik Silver (pigsaw) on Twitter

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Spot.Us: Lend Journalism a Helping Hand The changes to the site include a widget, which allows individuals to show their support for a specific story on third-party websites, social networking connections for Twitter and Facebook, new organization of stories, and a progress blog for each story on the site, to make it easier to keep track. Spot.Us has also said it is open to suggestions for other cities to be a part of, as it only operates in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area, currently. Most importantly, we think, Spot.Us has released a new feature concerning how "community funded" journalism operates on a base level. In an interesting twist, Spot.Us has recognized that there may be more to funding journalism than money itself, and now its users can pledge talent instead of cash.

In preparation for the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain all Dutch newspapers are preparing “Orange attachments”. From one or two extra pages, an orange-colored front page to complete extra magazines, every single newsroom is spending long hours in the preparation for their publications before and after next sunday’s World Cup final. Popular newspaper De Telegraaf will publish an extra magazine on saturday. On top of that, the paper will print extra issues in countries like Spain, Italy and France. Editor-in-Chief Sjuul Paradijs says that “the need for information is spectacular. We have to help the Dutch people who are on a vacation outside the Netherlands”, he told press agency ANP. Augmented Journalism

bart brouwers (brewbart) on Twitter @ petrakramer nee hoor, niet van mij, ik zit 300km zuidelijker... Maar wat bedoel je? Iemand kan toch ook gewoon stoppen voor een blokkade?

Amsterdam expects at least 1.5 million visitors in case of a victory. Measures like closing highways or not allowing trains to travel to Central Station will be discussed on Monday morning. Buses and trams will be free of charge, but won’t ride in the city centre. Official celebrations are planned for Tuesday afternoon. In the World Cup scenario a canal tour will be the highlight of the celebrations. The 30+ generation has strong memories of the national team’s canal tour after winning the European Cup in 1988. Bart Brouwers - Dead Trees Living - True/Slant

Some examples are duplicates. If a URL is already in the database, those examples are rejected. But sometimes the same story can have different URLs, so the same story can appear more than once. TheInk-Stained Wretch anonymous source

The editorial location-based deal gives new meaning to local news, and adds yet another layer of practicality to Foursquare, proving that the application (and location-sharing ) are changing the world as we know it. The partnership also serves as a symbiotic relationship that combines mobile utility with the bonus of print exposure for Foursquare as well as restaurants and retailers. Case in point, Metro plans to feature Mayor Deals every Friday in its publication. The deals are alternative ad buys for businesses looking to offer and promote mayor-only specials. Foursquare’s even created a special badge for Metro, who’s using that to encourage readers to check in wherever they pick up their copy of the publication. Newspapers 4square

What’s especially interesting is that while the game elements of Foursquare are tightly integrated into each media partner’s experience, the true value is in the editorial content that Foursquare can distribute by user location. This means that while Google Buzz (for mobile) and Yelp can attempt to tackle check-ins and add a layer that serves as the voice of the people, Foursquare has managed to add the voices of trusted and high-profile resources to the mix. The game has truly evolved into a travel guide with an editorial lens that competitors simply can’t match at this point. The New York Times should be commended for its avant-garde approach to serving up relevant and contextual editorial content to Olympic Games attendees, though the idea is one we’re starting to see quite frequently now courtesy of Foursquare . NYT Foursquare Partner for the Olympics