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		<title>The Times&#8217;s pay wall would not sustain its daily losses?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Note: this is a fragment from my dissertation looking into The Google Effect on Newspapers&#8217; Websites. This excerpt refers to pay walls [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/04/the-timess-pay-wall-would-not-sustain-the-papers-daily-losses/</link>
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		<title>BBC iPhone apps blocked in the UK by&#8230; newspapers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Newspaper Publishers’ Association (NPA) complained to the BBC Trust because the BBC was planning (read developed) three dedicated iPhone/iPad apps, for news, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/04/bbc-iphone-apps-blocked-in-the-uk-by-newspapers/</link>
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		<title>Young people still care about print, survey says. Really?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adults under the age of 35 have significantly increased their consumption of news in the past three years &#8212; and they profess a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/04/young-people-still-care-about-print-survey-says-really/</link>
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		<title>iPad sales numbers: predictions and reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick look at how the first-day iPad sales predictions from analysts panned out.]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/04/ipad-sales-numbers-predictions-and-reality/</link>
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		<title>Covering the iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been covering quite a lot lately Apple&#8217;s long-expected tablet, the iPad, so I&#8217;ve selected a few highlights of my reports from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/03/covering-the-ipad/</link>
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		<title>Why periodicals don&#8217;t belong in the iPad iBook store</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t believe magazines/periodicals belong in the new iBook store for the iPad. This store uses the ePub format, which is what the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/why-periodicals-dont-belong-in-the-ipad-ibook-store/</link>
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		<title>iPhone 4G rumors, weak sales for Nexus One and Netflix on Wii</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nexus One Price Drops for Some T-Mobile Upgrades Google and T-Mobile have changed the Nexus One pricing policy, slashing $100 off the price [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/iphone-4g-rumors-weak-sales-for-nexus-one-and-netflix-on-wii/</link>
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		<title>2010: The tech world in January</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year has started in force, with a great bunch of posts for PC World, some more controversial than others. Here's a recap of the first ten days.]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/fresh-the-first-2010-posts/</link>
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		<title>Fix your newspaper in 5 easy steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shane Croucher wrote an excellent critique on how (local) newspapers can easily fix their business and adapt to the changing media landscape. Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/fix-your-newspaper-in-five-easy-steps/</link>
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		<title>Perks of the job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few days, a couple of my posts have been quite controversial. Readers have been flooding in, voting (using the thumbs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2010/01/perks-of-the-job/</link>
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		<title>A few thoughts on Guardian&#8217;s iPhone app</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It finally here: the Guardian has launched its long-overdue iPhone app (iTunes link). As expected, it&#8217;s not free, but it&#8217;s not cheap either &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/12/a-few-thoughts-on-guardians-iphone-app/</link>
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		<title>The death and life of newspapers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While researching for my dissertation, I stumbled across this great analysis. Below is an excerpt. &#8220;Most managers in the [newspaper] industry have reacted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/12/the-death-and-life-of-newspapers/</link>
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		<title>Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My site was down for a few days now. Apparently my hosting company updated their PHP and some plugin clashed. Fortunately, it&#8217;s back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/12/back/</link>
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		<title>Pushing coverage beyond breaking news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What journalism and the public most need right now is serious, continuing coverage of matters of public importance: city halls, school systems, statehouses. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/11/pushing-coverage-beyond-breaking-news/</link>
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		<title>iPhone worm, no more hackintosh netbooks and banned chipped Xbox 360s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The week in tech with my posts in the Today@PC World section: YouTube Goes High Definition with 1080p Videos YouTube says it will start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/11/iphone-worm-no-more-hackintosh-netbooks-and-banned-chipped-xbox-360s/</link>
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		<title>iPhone vs. Kindle vs. Droid vs. BlackBerry and Beatles on USB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon&#8217;s Motorola Droid kept on making headlines this week, but Apple might just have found a way to maintain the iPhone&#8217;s lead. Here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/11/iphone-vs-kindle-vs-droid-vs-blackberry-madness-and-beatles-on-usb/</link>
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		<title>Pitching tomorrow&#8217;s paper today, with news from yesterday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My local newspaper, The Lincolnshire Echo, whose online practices I criticised before, is pitching tomorrow&#8217;s newspaper today, with news from yesterday. Let me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/11/pitching-tomorrows-paper-today-with-news-from-yesterday/</link>
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		<title>Verizon Moto Droid revealed, Palm and iTunes hatred and BlackBerry Storm 2 underwhelms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Motorola back in the game? Looking at the upcoming Droid smartphone (above), one might say it is. I&#8217;m just not convinced whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/11/verizon-moto-droid-revealed-palm-and-itunes-hatred-and-blackberry-storm-2-underwhelms/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7, Droid, Nook and Apple gear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few big announcements this week, such as the Nook e-reader, new Macs, a cool Google Android phone from Motorola and Windows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bdionescu.com/2009/10/windows-7-droid-nook-and-apple-gear/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 is out today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pretty comprehensive reviews from Harry McCracken (PC World), David Pogue (NYT) and Walt Mossberg (WSJ). All three are mainly Mac users, like myself. [...]]]></description>
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