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Do mobile-friendly redesigns run the risk of frustrating desktop users?

Sam Kirkland — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:00:44 +0000

Pardon my contrarianism, but I don’t do most of my web browsing via mobile on the toilet or in bed yet. I do most of my web browsing on a computer — a machine with a keyboard, mouse and no … Read more

What mobile journalists should have on their holiday shopping lists

Sam Kirkland — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:00:57 +0000

Here are a few ideas for the mobile journalist’s holiday wish list as news production increasingly relies less on expensive, high-end cameras and laptops.

For the non-photojournalist who doesn’t want to take ‘iPhone photos’

: Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone

It won’t … Read more

With ‘newsletter for mobile,’ Dalton Caldwell wants to make your native app obsolete

Sam Kirkland — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:58:13 +0000

: Dalton Caldwell is CEO of app.net, which introduces a new app today allowing publishers to send alerts, called “Broadcasts,” to readers’ mobile phones.

“Imagine if you had to download a different email client for every email newsletter you subscribe to.” … Read more

Is Google Play Newsstand a viable alternative to standalone Android apps?

Sam Kirkland — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:51:47 +0000

Google introduced its latest platform for consuming news on Android devices today, suggesting that news organizations’ native apps aren’t serving readers well — even as those apps continue to be offered in the Google Play Store.

The new Google Play … Read more

New iPad Air comes closer to all-in-one reporting device for mobile journalists

Sam Kirkland — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:13:21 +0000

Mobile journalists — those who report on the ground and file stories at Starbucks, for instance — should be tempted by the iPad Air. While it’s unlikely to revolutionize on-the-go computing, it definitely brings us a step closer to having … Read more

ESPN’s unique mobile visitors surpass desktop: ‘We’ve seen this coming for years’

Sam Kirkland — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:01:16 +0000

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Mobile edged desktop 47.4 million to 46.1 million in unique visitors to ESPN in September, dealing the desktop site its first loss to long-time underdog mobile.

It’s a milestone already reached by Buzzfeed. BBC News saw majority … Read more

Why news organizations shouldn’t write off tablet magazines

Sam Kirkland — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:00:05 +0000

Jon Lund in GigaOM recently declared tablet magazines a failure.

That’s true in the sense that they haven’t substantially impacted overall magazine circulation. Using Alliance of Audited Media numbers, Lund lists the percentages that “digital replica” paid subscriptions, … Read more

What news organizations can learn from Facebook’s remarkable mobile turnaround

Cory Bergman — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:58:07 +0000

Just last year, Facebook was the punching bag of mobile. Users hated its mobile app, and investors fumed over the social network’s dismal IPO.

“Facebook is a bad investment,” read one Forbes headline, underlining the widespread doubts that Facebook … Read more

How news organizations are experimenting with ‘digestible digital weeklies’ on mobile devices

Sam Kirkland — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:26:36 +0000

In the world of magazines, monthly printing provides content in tidy but untimely bundles, while Web posting does so in immediate but disorderly bursts.

Hoping to seize on the advantages of both models while ditching the downsides, two venerable monthly … Read more

As Android tablets grow, publishers struggle to match the iPad experience

Sam Kirkland — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:21:26 +0000

When the IDC forecast this month that Google’s Android operating system would soon surpass Apple’s iOS in tablet market share, publishers of digital magazines could be excused for some handwringing.

Since 2010, Apple’s dominance of the market allowed publishers to … Read more