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May 2014

May 27, 2014

Teen birth control? There’s an app for that

An ad spotted on the New York subway this morning:

May 21, 2014

Smile: 10 commandments for the digital age

From The Telegraph: It might seem far removed from some of its more sombre instructions...

May 12, 2014

Great moments in advertising placement

From a newspaper in Alaska.It doesn't get much worse than this. Read all about it...

May 06, 2014

Sister Cristina rocks the house with Mariah Carey’s “Hero”

She performed again a few days ago on Italy's "The Voice." As one of the...

May 06, 2014

Monica Lewinsky: “I’m determined to have a different end to my story”

She's telling her story for the first time, and evidently trying to move on with...

May 06, 2014

Vatican rolls out a new app

Having now tweaked the design of the Vatican website (not very successfully, imho, but that's...

May 02, 2014

Worth noting: the pope’s prayer intentions for May

From the Vatican: Pope Francis' universal prayer intention for May is: “That the media may...

April 2014

April 14, 2014

Priest behind the iBreviary launches an Arabic version, in challenge to censorship

Details: A tech-savvy priest who has worked on social media technology for the Vatican is...

April 14, 2014

“Pope Francis has challenged us all to look more closely at the way we are as a church…”

A paper in South Jersey, the Courier-Post, looks at the controversy over where bishops live,...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Digital preaching: podcasts gain popularity in Florida

I wonder if this could catch on in the Catholic world? Details: More than a...

March 20, 2014

A contrarian view of “unplugging”

If you are one of those who has forsaken Facebook or Twitter for Lent, you...

March 18, 2014

Wow: the eye-popping pre-game floor projection for the Cleveland Cavaliers

This is almost worth the price of a ticket itself. The geniuses behind this idea describe...

March 14, 2014

Spokeswoman for USCCB president leaves after less than one year

From NCR: Hired less than a year ago, Kim Daniels has left her post as...

March 13, 2014

Just in time for St. Paddy’s Day…a green river and square watermelons?

Some ingenious advertising from a few years ago in Chicago: That's a classic example of...

March 12, 2014

Even the media are feeling “The Francis Effect”

From The Wall Street Journal: Francis mania is lifting up the religious media. As Pope Francis approaches...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

If Jesus had a “Look Back” Facebook video

Someone was bound to do it, and here it is. The LA Times explains: What...

February 15, 2014

Great moments in broadcasting: mom’s hate-filled RSVP was a hoax

This story got a lot of attention on social media earlier in the week. The...

February 13, 2014

Best snow day school announcement. Ever.

What did we do before we had the Internet? My childhood was deprived of things...

February 12, 2014

Get something free for Lent—besides the ashes

My pal Brandon Vogt dropped by my office yesterday and in between catching up on...

February 11, 2014

Want to understand the Mass? There’s an app for that.

Miami is promoting an app that helps everyone to understand the Mass better: Called "Mass Explained,"...

February 05, 2014

Getting ready for Lent? There’s an app for that

Believe it or not, Lent starts just a month from now, on March 5. And...

February 04, 2014

What can you do with an iPhone?

This. To mark the 30th birthday of the Mac, Apple created this astonishing video. And...

February 02, 2014

My favorite Super Bowl ad

No, it wasn't the Budweiser commercial with the puppy. It's this, from Coca-Cola. This is...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Atheists mock “Hail Mary” in Super Bowl billboard

There they go again. From The Christian Post: American Atheists is putting up a new...

January 29, 2014

Report: Vatican considered closing pope’s Twitter account over vulgar comments

The report is in German, but here's a rough (very rough) Google translation: The Vatican...

January 29, 2014

Lombardi slams Rolling Stone cover story for treating Benedict with “surprising crudeness”

Details from The National Catholic Register: Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi has strongly criticised an...

January 29, 2014

Michael Grimm: “I lost my cool and I apologized…”

This story has been getting a lot of attention this morning. It's the response of...

January 24, 2014

“The pope seems to chide those who use the Internet to make statements but refuse to accept comments…”

Yesterday, Sister Mary Ann Walsh of the USCCB took a closer look at the pope's...

January 23, 2014

Pope Francis calls Internet “a gift from God,” a network “not of wires, but people”

Details from the AP: The Internet is a "gift from God" that facilitates communication, Pope...

January 22, 2014

The most common passwords of 2013

Honestly? Sheesh: Password security is more important than ever. If you wonder which ones are the...