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10 Essential iPhone Apps To Get You Through The Day

10 Essential iPhone Apps To Get You Through The DayThe Next Web selects 10 of the best iPhone apps to coax you out of your bed in the morning and guide you safely back into it at the end of the day.

Getting through the day can be tough, whether you live alone or with family, work in a busy office or out of a coffee shop down the road.

The only person who can can get you through everything the day throws at you is YOU!.

If you’re an iPhone user, you might want to think about using an app or two to give you that little helping hand as you take on the world… from dawn until dusk.

Let The Next Web give you a few pointers with 10 essential apps and even more ideas… (more…)

Twitter as a News Gathering Tool

News Panel @ 140confThis morning we enjoyed presentations from Tim O’Reilly and Jack Dorsey and many other Twitter influentials. After the break we got a chance to watch a panel discuss how Twitter influences the news industry.

The sessions was titled ‘Twitter as a News Gathering Tool’ and had the following participants:

Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) – News Anchor on NBC’s Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) – Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom
Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) – What does he do, really? Professional Twitter (ab)user maybe? ;-)
Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) – Producer, NBC Today Show

This panel was the first panel that brought real energy to the room here at 140conf. Sure, the other discussions were interesting too. But here, you could feel a certain tension and passion both in the panel and in the room. (more…)