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In our continuing look at the evolution of Wired on iPad, the latest issue (May 2011) was mostly covered in terms of it being free instead of the usual $4 thanks to sponsorship from Adobe, which originally teamed up with Wired to develop the suite of tools for digital magazine publishing that is now being [...]
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This article was posted on May 16, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Conde Nast, iPad, Subscriptions, The New Yorker, Wired
I’ve been meaning to write an update on my experience with Newsweek on iPad — as I mentioned a while back, I decided to get a subscription following the Tina Brown re-launch. Let me start by saying something good about the app: As we’ve seen this week with the early release of a new edition [...]
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This article was posted on May 6, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Cover Junkie, Edel Rodriguez, iPad, Newsweek, Osama bin Laden, PDF, Robert Newman, Subscriptions
Yes, the long-awaited The Daily is out, and as you could probably tell from the amount of posts I devoted to it, you’ve probably guessed that I was rather excited about the project. Murdoch and News Corps’ association with it should have raised some red flags, but I assumed that Apple’s involvement would mean that [...]
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This article was posted on February 4, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Andrew Losowsky, App, Apple, iPad, Magtastic Blogsplosion, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs, The Daily
With the new issue of Wired (19.02) out for the iPad, I figured I’d take a look at a few things I noticed. Let me start by saying that I’d be very happy if they did more theme issues like this — it’s “The Underground Issue.” Editorially speaking, everything feels tighter and there’s a better [...]
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This article was posted on January 24, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, CBC Radio, iPad, Video, Wired
Fashion magazine Self Service has released a free iPad edition of its latest issue — No. 33 — and there’s certainly a lot to like from what they’ve come up with, although I do still have a few issues with some of the design decisions. Every issue of Self Service is guest edited, and here [...]
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This article was posted on January 8, 2011 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Ads, App, Fashion, Free, iPad, Orientation, Self Service, Wired
I know, I know, it seems like every time a new issue of Wired comes out on iPad I have something to say about it. But I think it’s fair to say that it is in fact the most influential iPad magazine out there right now, and so I think it’s rather important to pay [...]
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This article was posted on December 28, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, Esquire, iPad, Javier Bardem, Licensing, Purchases, Video, Wired
If you’re at all into the zine scene, then the following app is for you (and something for zine publishers to love as well). The Nieves Zines app for iPad (it works on iPhone too) brings all of the titles usually sold by the publisher directly to the device, with an in-app store that makes [...]
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This article was posted on December 17, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, iPad, Nieves Zines, Nives, Zines
So far most of my reviews for iPad editions of magazines have been for releases from the big publishers, and there’s a reason for that — right now, entry to the iPad market is still an expensive one, with digital tools provided by Adobe and WoodWing squarely aimed — in terms of pricing and licensing [...]
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This article was posted on December 7, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Adobe, App, Indie Publishing, iPad, Letter to Jane, Tim Moore, WoodWing, Zinio
I’ve been meaning to do a write-up on The Times‘ iPad version of its monthly Eureka science magazine for way too long now, and please don’t think that it’s because I don’t think it’s good. In fact — and as Jeremy also quite plainly stated in his review — quite the contrary, as I think [...]
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This article was posted on November 18, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: Eureka, iPad, Magazines, Technology, The Times
A few days ago, The Washington Post released an iPad app that gives you access to all of the paper’s content. Like the New York Times app, it’s free for now (as long as you register), but while the NYT hasn’t come out and said exactly when it will start charging, the Washington Post free [...]
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This article was posted on November 13, 2010 under the category Reviews, and covers the following topics: App, iPad, New York Times, NYT, Technology, The Guardian Eyewitness, The New York Times, The Washington Post