Posts made in May, 2015

on May 30, 2015

By Staff Writer When researchers at Germany’s Institute of Diet and Health revealed that eating dark chocolate can help you lose weight, newspapers lapped it up. The Mail Online’s excitable headline was typical of the coverage it generated: “Pass the Easter Egg! New study reveals that eating chocolate doesn’t affect your Body Mass Index … and can even help you LOSE weight!” The only slight problem with this fantastic tale was that it was exactly that – a tale. The Institute of Diet and Health and its leading authority Johannes Bohannon were nothing more than the work of a prankster’s imagination. Bohannon was in Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 30, 2015

By Staff Writer Alan Rusbridger’s final day as Guardian editor ended with him being ‘banged out’ of the building by colleagues last night. Not quite as painful as it sounds, banging out is a long-standing British newspaper tradition in which journalists show their respect for departing colleagues. The old-fashioned custom (which dates back to printers banging metal hammers and rulers against desks) was recorded in distinctly new media fashion by the Guardian’s social-savvy staff. As well as being livestreamed on Periscope, Rusbridger’s farewell after 20 years as editor was captured on Vine by the reporter Frances Parraudin. Alan Rusbridger being banged out Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 30, 2015

By Staff Writer Alan Rusbridger’s final day as Guardian editor after 20 years ended with him being ‘banged out’ of the building by colleagues last night. Not quite as painful as it sounds, banging out is a long-standing British newspaper tradition in which journalists show their respect for departing colleagues. The old-fashioned custom (which dates back to printers banging metal hammers and rulers against desks) was recorded in distinctly new media fashion by the Guardian’s social-savvy staff. As well as being livestreamed on Periscope, Rusbridger’s farewell was also captured on Vine by the reporter Frances Parraudin. Alan Rusbridger being banged out of Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 30, 2015

By Cameron Clarke Beyoncé may be forced to pull her music off her own streaming service at the behest of record label Sony. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Jay Z, Tidal’s figurehead and Beyoncé’s husband, has so far been unable to agree a streaming contract with Sony which is reportedly asking for “large advances”. If Jay Z opts not to pay Sony the money it is looking for, it is likely that all Sony artists – including fellow Tidal co-owners – could be removed from the service, with Beyoncé being the most embarrassing casualty. The claims appeared in a stinging Bloomberg critique of the service headlined: Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 30, 2015

By Cameron Clarke Apple has told its users how to get around a text messaging bug that crashes iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads and Macs when users receive a message loaded with certain characters. It emerged this week that Apple’s operating system can be shut down when users receive messages containing a string of Arabic, Marathi and Chinese text. Apple has acknowledged the annoyingly effective power bug and has suggested a temporary workaround while it works on a permanent solution. A spokesperson told the Press Association: “Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix Read full story › Source: The Drum...