‘Bloggers as saleman’

Interesting observation at Baratillo.net about the increasing number of bloggers being invited to cover events. It goes:
I do not know if you notice it but in the past few months there has been an increase in the number of events bloggers have been invited to. There have been more than a baker’s dozen of food [...]

Twitter gives real-time info about China earthquake

Twitter, an online service that allows people to send bursts of information from their mobile devices to an online platform, has become an important tool for reporting about the developments in China after the earthquake.
This news story from AFP reveals that news organizations were picking up leads from people who were twittering. Excerpt:
SAN FRANCISCO, California–The [...]