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So what’s the deal? The Huffington Post launches a weekly newsmagazine for iPad, Huffington, that repurposes content from the site — mixed in with some new pieces – and presents in a magazine-like format and frequency. Each issue is $1, and you can buy a monthly subscription for $2, and an annual one for $20. Who [...]
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This article was posted on July 20, 2012 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: AOL Mobile, Bloomberg Businessweek, Huffington, Josh Klenert, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, Time
So what’s the deal? Time on iPad is not new, but what is new is that as of last week, all of the Time Inc. titles are finally offering digital subscriptions, which to me means it’s finally worth picking up. Who made it? The production is done in-house, and as far as I know, the [...]
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This article was posted on June 19, 2012 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Conde Nast, Entertainment Weekly, iPad, Time, Time Inc., WoodWing
So what’s the deal? Wired magazine is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and as part of the festivities, it has released a digital edition (for iPad) of the very first issue of the magazine, originally released in January, 1993 — as issue 1.1, which turns into 1.1.1 for this digital re-release. Who made it? The same [...]
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This article was posted on June 10, 2012 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Adobe, App, iPad, Time, Wired
So what’s the deal? PressReader is an app (for iPhone, iPad, Android, Honeycomb, Blackberry, PC/Mac, although I only used the iPad version) that lets you read tons (and I do mean tons) of newspapers from all around the world. It’s quite impressive how many titles — and countries — are covered, and although I only [...]
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This article was posted on May 19, 2012 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Android, App, Blackberry, Honeycomb, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Newspaper, Newspapers, PC, PressReader, The Guardian, Zinio
So what’s the deal? The Guardian produced one of the first great apps for the iPad in the form of the terrific The Guardian Eyewitness app, that showed just how beautiful photography can look on the screen of the device. Following the release of an iPhone app for the regular newspaper content earlier this year, [...]
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This article was posted on November 17, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Andy Brockie, App, Berg, iPad, Mark Porter, New York Times, Newspaper, NYTimes for iPad, Photography, Steve Wing, The Guardian, The Guardian Eyewitness
So what’s the deal? I’m kicking off this re-launch of reviews on the site with SPIN Play not because it’s a new release (the app came out back in the spring), but because it’s a magazine I’ve really enjoyed on iPad since its launch, and I feel like it needs to be covered here. SPIN [...]
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This article was posted on October 23, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Bottle Rocket, iOS 5, iPad, Music, Newsstand, Pricing, SPIN, SPIN Play
Despite the Bloomberg Businessweek cover you see to the side, this is not a post to review said magazine (although it’s a review that I should have done ages ago, and I still plan on doing one). This is mostly a post to get rid of the GQ cover that has been on the front [...]
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This article was posted on September 27, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Bloomberg Businessweek, GQ, iPad, SPIN, The New Yorker
I should start by saying that this isn’t just a regular review of GQ on iPad, because I’m using it as an example of something that has been bothering me of late — the use of scrolling in iPad editions of magazines — and the latest issue uses it in a way that finally made [...]
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This article was posted on July 3, 2011 under the category Commentary, Reviews, and covers the following topics:
How often has this happened to you: A gorgeous hardcover design annual comes out, but you can’t really afford to buy it. Since most of the buyers are companies and studios it’s no big deal, but there certainly could be a larger audience for these, and it’s great to see the iPad provide a platform [...]
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This article was posted on May 29, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Designing Obama, iPad, MagCulture, Scott Thomas, Society of Publication Designers, SPD, SPD 45
It’s not secret that I was a big fan of Tim Moore‘s first full-on foray into the iPad magazine scene — Letter to Jane: Late Autumn — and you can bet I was excited at the prospect of a new issue of this quartely indie mag coming out, and now here we have it. The [...]
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This article was posted on May 17, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, iPad, Late Autumn, Letter to Jane, Moral Tales, Time Moore