Monday, September 22, 2008

CBS Eyemobile: Citizen journalists new outlet


CBS has launched a very cool application for the iPhone called Eyemobile.

The app lets you upload photos/videos to a user generated news site: CBSeyemobile.com

CBS is following the trend of a number of successful user generated services, such as CNN's iReport and Fox New's UReport.

Power to the consumer is the current web trend. With sites like Twitter and blogs still rising in popularity and allowing instant updates, never before has the average consumer been so empowered (or at least feels empowered).

I'll give credit to CBS for joining the trend, even though Eyemobile isn't a great choice for a name.