Interesting links for 2009-08-05

'After remaining scrupulously silent for the 140 days that two of its journalists were held captive in North Korea, Current TV pulled out all the stops today after receiving word that Laura Ling and Euna Lee were safely on a plane home.'

'… sources abound for finding a compelling photo to grab your readers’ eyes and draw them in, or to locate fresh multimedia to remix.'

'I would argue that videography is the answer for sustainable short-term multimedia. Furthermore, video journalists need to utilize YouTube, Vimeo and other social media sites to secure this growing community of video enthusiasts.'

'Taking home more than half the votes and cementing a very solid lead, PDF-XChange garnered a lot of praise for speedy load times, tabbed files, and a variety of small but handy features—like its ability to place text outside of forms.'

'In the end, like a hammer, these social tools can be used in different ways and for different purposes, it’s fascinating to watch the unique approaches.'

'Yahoo's social bookmarking service Delicious launched a new home page this morning, combining recent tagging activity and cross-referenced links on Twitter to deliver what it calls the hottest news from around the web in real time.'

'Google Browser Sync, the Firefox extension that synchronized your bookmarks, cookies, passwords and sessions across multiple computers, is about to be resurrected in Google Chrome.'