Boston.com's The Big Picture Blog Now an iPhone/iPad App
The Big Picture, Boston.com's popular blog, is now available as an iPad and iPhone app. The photo blog presents news stories solely through large-format, high-quality photographs gathered from news services worldwide. The Big Picture's wide range of coverage recently has included Iceland's volcano eruption, the war in Afghanistan, and the World Cup. It also presents photography of more timeless subjects, such as astronomy. New photo essays are posted each Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.
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September 07, 2010
There’s an App for That – A Quarter of a Million of Them, In Fact
Apple’s App Store, which opened only two years ago, now offers more than a quarter of a million applications. According to 148Apps, which tracks application development, the Apple store as of late August included 252,227 iPad and iPhone apps.
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September 07, 2010
Sony Upgrades E-readers
Sony has upgraded its grayscale e-reader devices and will introduce a reader app for desktop and mobile devices. Now available with better contrast and cases in several colors, Sony's e-readers are lighter yet have more power and memory. The seven-inch-screen Daily Edition will be available in November ($299) with optional 3G/wireless connectivity. The smaller Pocket ($179) and Touch ($229 ) Editions are available now. Other features include print capability, handwriting recognition, translations, and longer battery life.
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September 01, 2010
Caspio Releases Charts Application for Websites
Caspio Inc. now offers applications for creating visually appealing Web-based charts and dashboards for any database without coding. The new chart applications enable publication of visual reports to aid users in understanding large data sets. Step-by-step wizards help to quickly generate the charts and graphs, combining the data search, customizable reporting, and advanced publishing capabilities built into the Caspio platform.
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September 01, 2010
‘New York Times’ Adds Facebook Log In
With a metered paywall just months away from installation, The New York Times is adding a social media feature, Log In With Facebook to its NYTimes.com site, enabling users to link their NYTimes.com and Facebook accounts.
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August 31, 2010
Boston.com Launches Free Real Estate iPhone App
Boston.com's comprehensive listing of homes for sale in and beyond Greater Boston is now available to browse using a just-released free iPhone app. The new app enables on-the-go buyers to view property details and photos, share favorite homes with family and friends, and more. Features include: complete listings from across New England, with photos and floor plans; property searches by municipality or using built-in GPS; viewing by list or map; narrowing searches; local real estate market news; uploading and storing property photos and notes.
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August 30, 2010
Unidad Editorial's Orbyt Now Includes Financial Daily 'Expansion'
Launched by Spain's El Mundo in March, exactly one month before U.S. availability of the first iPad, subscription site Orbyt was initially accessible only through a Web browser, but soon also via iPhone and iPad. Now, the same publisher's financial newspaper, Expansion, has been added to the project under the ExpansionPro name. Orbyt relies on the same newsroom staff and its same Protecmedia Milenium Cross Media publishing software implementing the "Integrated Newsroom" concept that drives the project.
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August 26, 2010
AP Launches Top 25 College Football Site
The Associated Press is looking to position itself as a top source for college football news by launching APTop25.com, an interactive Web hub offering in-depth coverage and perspective on college football.
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August 23, 2010
India's EC Media Launches Wink Multi-function E-reader with Newswire
Bangalore-based digital publisher EC Media International last week launched its Wink multi-function e-reader that supports 15 languages and offers more than 200,000 titles. Wink offers one-stop access to e-books, newspapers, magazines and selected articles, as well as Wink Wire for the latest news - a result of an alliance with IANS, Indian's largest independent news service. While primarily an e-reader, Wink can be used to listen to music, check e-mail or play games.
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August 23, 2010
Font Bureau, Ascender Create Service for Improved Web Fonts
The Font Bureau Inc. and Ascender Corp. have launched Webtype.com, a venture to serve Web designers and developers with publication-quality fonts to improve site typography and readability. The service is available with various custom Web font options to accommodate sites of all sizes. Webtype collaborates with designer-consultant Roger Black, Petr van Blokland, a designer and educator specializing in typography, and Chicago-based DevBridge, which specializes in Web design and management, application development and e-commerce systems.
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August 23, 2010
Cell Phone Augments Content of German Daily's Weekly Magazine
The large-circulation Munich-based Suddeutsche Zeitung published last week what it calls an augmented-reality edition of its weekly magazine. The result of work with German technology firm metaio is more an interaction of the print medium with wireless technology. It isn't the first magazine to dabble in the area, but it is believed to be the first newspaper publisher to do so, at least in Germany.
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August 23, 2010
ShortTail Media-TidalTV Deal Attracts McClatchy
ShortTail Media is partnering with TidalTV to cross-market each other's products to offer online publishers a simple way to put video advertising on their Websites. Mediaweek reports that The McClatchy Co. has signed on to test the technology. ShortTail Media's D:30 video ad platform enables display of TV-like video advertising on any type of browser-delivered Web page. The technology creates a new layer of ad inventory, serving a video ad when users click between Web pages.
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August 19, 2010
Gannett's HighSchoolSports.net Launches Co-branded Microsites
Gannett Co. Inc. has announced that its HighSchoolSports.net subsidiary is launching hyper-local, co-branded high school sports microsites across its network of more than 100 local media Web sites, while expanding USATODAY.com national prep sports coverage. Consumers will continue to access high school sports coverage through local Gannett-owned media Web sites, with each site's microsite enhanced with HighSchoolSports.net content.
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August 18, 2010
Dell Launches Pocket-size Streak Tablet
The Dell Streak Tablet is now available, helping fill the space between smartphones and e-readers. The Android-based Streak has a five-inch touchscreen that Dell says is suited for widgets, games and apps, while presenting Web pages "in their natural form." Built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth capability and available 3G connectivity enable large-file downloading, listening to music, real-time social networking updates, and connections through e-mail, text, IM, and voice calls.
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August 12, 2010