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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

5 reasons mobile will disrupt journalism like the Internet did a decade ago

Cory Bergman — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:27:54 +0000

Imagine being able to rewind to the 1990s and help your news organization make key decisions — and create new habits — to help prevent a landslide of layoffs and enable the business to thrive on the Internet. That’s the … Read more

2 major lessons from the demise of The Daily

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:57:07 +0000

The publisher of News Corp.’s The Daily said earlier this year that the iPad-only publication might need a few more years to be profitable. Today the company announced it won’t get that chance.

Although it has been one of the … Read more

What journalists should know about the new iPad mini

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:07:07 +0000

Of all the mobile devices launched in recent years, the iPad has been the most promising for the journalism business.

iPad owners are more likely than others to use the devices to keep up with news, and compared to … Read more

Pew: After email, getting news is the most popular activity on smartphones, tablets

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:44:41 +0000

The growing number of tablet owners are developing an increased appetite for news, according to a new study from Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

: Tablet owners spend more time with news from more sources.

The survey measures how … Read more

Twitter updates profiles, iPad app to unify experience, compete with Facebook

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:57:56 +0000

Twitter Blog | Today
Twitter rolled out a redesigned template for user profiles today that includes new space for a header image on each user’s profile. Similar to Facebook’s cover photos, the header image spreads the full width of the … Read more

Amazon to shake up mobile tech world with new Kindle devices, content deals

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:27:09 +0000

Bloomberg | The Verge | CNN Money
Amazon will make waves in the world of tablets, e-readers and possibly even smartphones today when it announces new devices at a 1:30 ET event. Here is what you can expect.

The … Read more

5 new apps track, fact-check political news as election season intensifies

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:52:05 +0000

CNN | ReadWriteWeb

Time to hit the app stores, politics junkies. As the party conventions and fall election season arrive, a bunch of new mobile applications are launching that help users get the latest news, engage in conversation, fact-check claims … Read more

5 lessons from developing Settle It!, PolitiFact’s new fact-checking mobile app

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:38:20 +0000

For the past few months I’ve been working with PolitiFact founder and editor Bill Adair on a new fact-checking mobile app that just came out today for iPhone and Android.

“Settle It! PolitiFact’s Argument Ender” was produced by … Read more

New wave of tablet devices could accelerate news-reading trend

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:59:27 +0000

The class of semi-portable, two-hands-required, touch-screen devices we generically refer to as “tablets” really contains two distinct species.

There are the 10-inch screens, where the $499-and-up iPad dominates and has reigned all tablets as best-in-class.

And then there is … Read more