iPad
Rethinking my opinion of magazines on the iPad
Not too long ago, I wrote that magazines wouldn’t present a good experience on the iPad because they were still too magazine-y and too expensive. I wrote this, of course, without experiencing more than one iPad magazine (Wired – which was $5). In retrospect, that probably wasn’t a good idea. Since then, I have read [...]
iPad coming to Verizon could be a sign of things to come
We’ve all been waiting for the glorious day when Verizon would deliver us from the eternal hell that is dropped calls on our iPhones. (Not me – I don’t like talking with people. Should have bought the iTouch, but what are you gonna do?) Now comes a hint of some freedom from AT&T. The iPad [...]
NYT iPad app has paper’s full content
The New York Times has had an app for the iPad called “Editor’s Choice.” You get some of the stories from the paper for free — but not all. The Times has decided to open the wall and put all its content into its new iPad app for free. At least for now. It’s our [...]
Younger companies more likely to use social media
Companies that have been around for three years or fewer are spending far more of their ad money online than their established counterparts. Not only that, but the newer companies have a much more aggressive social media strategy. That’s the message from the Directional Media Strategies conference in Dallas. According to NetNewsCheck: “About 16 percent [...]
NY Times, Betaworks working on social news service
The company behind TweetDeck and Bit.ly is working with the New York Times to launch a social news service called News.me. “We’re building something wonderful and amazing in the social news space,” said John Borthwick, CEO at Betaworks. It’s still in stealth mode, and both Betaworks and the Times are providing few details. But the [...]
Flipboard: promising new iPad app, but having issues
The best new proof of concept of magazine-as-iPad app has got to be Flipboard. It brings together stories from your social network into an interactive, magazine-style environment. The idea here is that your “lead” stories are those your friends found most important and interesting. (Watch the video below to get an idea of how it [...]
