We have seen that portable Internet access devices capable of streaming live video are becoming available. Video cameras are not yet ubiqutous, but portable devices capable of micro-blogging with Twitter are now quite common.
Here is a sad example of the use of Twitter during the terrorist attack in Mumbai.
What would be the implications for news reporting, police work and security if most people carried location-aware, mobile Internet access devices capable of Twittering, uploading pictures and streaming video?
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Anyone might be a reporter with Twitter
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My name is Larry Press. I am an information systems professor and have been learning and teaching about information technology since the days of unit record equipment.
