Gelf Magazine last Thursday hosted a panel on hyperlocal media in Dumbo. Gothamist founder Jake Dobkin had some harsh truths for co-panelists Andy Newman (New York Times’ The Local) and Mark Josephson (Outside.in).

Nokia sales manager Matt Davies last month demonstrated the new Nokia Point & Find service at Mediapost’s Digital Out-of-Home Forum. Nokia isn’t the only company introducing this kind of mobile image recognition technology.