mobile
Google TV rolls out new features, voice remote
Google TV has rolled out a few new features. You can now search for content in the Netflix streaming catalog, which was a badly-needed feature for Netflix fans. There’s also new flexibility with its “dual view” mode, which lets you watch TV and view the browser at the same time. You can move and resize [...]
Why you need a mobile version of your site
With all the talk of apps, we’re missing something basic when it comes to delivering content on smartphones. It’s frustrating – if not impossible for the farsighted among us – to read a traditional web page on the small screen. Smart sites are creating mobile-friendly web versions, but it’s amazing to see how many broadcast [...]
UPDATE: Apple not banning all radio station apps
Well, it appears the web was a little too quick to jump on the whole “Apple is banning single station radio apps” thing. And count me as among the hysterics. Apple isn’t banning apps that come from radio stations. Trevor Long at Your Tech Life heard directly from Apple and developers. It seems Apple objects [...]
Nokia smartphone shoots action movie short
Still worried about “broadcast quality?” Check out this short film, “The Commuter.” Starring Dev Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire” fame and Pamela Anderson of, well, “Pamela Anderson” fame, the flick is fun and full of action. That alone would make it worth your time. But here’s the kicker: it was shot entirely on a Nokia N8 [...]
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 [...]
Seattle Times to offer portfolio of paid apps
A couple months ago, the Seattle Times dipped its toes in the paid content waters with the debut of a $2.99 iPhone app for University of Washington Huskies football fans. “We’re pleased with the progress,” said Heidi de Laubenfels, Deputy Managing Editor at the Times. “The app reached 20 percent of our total predicted sales [...]
Knight News Challenge ’11 focuses on new areas
The details are out for the 2011 Knight News Challenge, and it’s interesting to see its sharpened focus this year. The challenge will give grants in four categories: mobile, authenticity, sustainability and community. Here’s part of how the folks at Knight define these categories: Mobile: “…projects that use mobile devices to produce, deliver, consume share [...]
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 [...]
