Poynter’s most recent Eyetrack study reveals some interesting findings about how readers consume news on tablet devices. During a live chat, Poynter’s Sara Quinn and Northwestern University’s Jeremy Gilbert talked about the findings and their implications for journalists.

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As Poynter releases the findings of its latest Eyetrack tablet research, we are also excerpting an abridged section from Mario Garcia’s new book, “iPad Design Lab.”

Storytelling is the one thing that has not changed, regardless of how … Read more

Building a good app starts with asking yourself the right questions.

The most fundamental one: What does my audience want? That’s the problem that people at ABC News have tried to solve since launching an iPad app almost two years … Read more

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Nick Bilton reports Google will be selling eyeglasses with an embedded digital display by the end of the year. What kinds of new news products and sources will emerge to fit this new class of devices?

Bilton's sources say the Android-powered headsets will cost "around the price of current smartphones." They'll have a small screen on the side of the viewing area, wireless Internet access, and sensors like GPS, an accelerometer and a front-facing camera to "monitor the world in real time and overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings and friends who might be nearby." This description sounds similar to the glasses envisioned by Matt Thompson and Robin Sloan in "The Storm Collection," their vision of a future when digital information overlays every part of the real world. (more...)

Apple’s Siri voice technology is one of the must-have features of the iPhone 4S, and has become one of the phone’s biggest selling points.

Voice technology is not new. What makes Siri and similar technologies different is that it … Read more

Several stories that will brighten or inform your Tuesday afternoon:

• After being criticized for inaccessibility to media, Romney agrees to appear on "Fox News Sunday." (The Huffington Post)
• Another British journalist defends phone-hacking, but this one works for the Guardian, not News of the World. (Guardian)
• The Atlantic tweeted an ad. For a Kobo e-reader. (The Washington Post)
• Readers don't buy the optimistic take on Lee Enterprise's bankruptcy. (JimRomenesko.com)
• The end of the world "would be a great time for really good service journalism," according to people at NewsFoo. (If you don't know what that is, you weren't invited.) (The New York Times)
• News from the first edition of The Washington Post, 134 years ago: "An old bachelor died of the combined effects of cat-bite with his own folly." (The Washington Post)
• Jon Stewart learns about conflict photography from Ben Lowy. (The Daily Show)

Evening reading:

• Scott Klein describes how ProPublica reworked its site for smartphones (Key term: "Responsive design.")
• Alexis Madrigal and Howard Owens weigh in on Clay Shirky's latest essay on the news business.