Late in December, we were approached by the Google Chrome team to be an beta partner responsible for building some exciting Chrome Extensions for their Chrome 4.0 launch. So we reached out to a few people, played around with some ideas, and last week, put a few Extensions live. And we are seeing some superb [...]
This post follows from “The Publishers’ Dilemma: To Google or not to Google?” to detail the major products that Google has built for news delivery, and a little announcement of our own.
Google has been building tools to deliver news for years. These generally focus ruthlessly on utility and end user benefit and don’t try to [...]
So the iPad now exists. Superb. And as a delivery device for news and entertainment content, it looks absolutely fantastic. Of course, the normal Apple disclaimers apply… Yes, not many people will have one initially. Yes, the cost of repurposing content for this interface will not be negligible. But from the first look it seems [...]
Over the last few years, I have been watching the discussion, desperation, and corporate posturing around paid content closely, and this coupled with being part of the development community on Google’s next big move, has left me in no doubt as to the future of content delivery.
Short version:
Publishers no longer control digital distribution. The [...]
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I’ve been purposely avoiding posting about the frequent digital-magazine-on-a-tablet demo launches that have occurred over the last few months. But now the (potentially completely unsubstantiated) hype about the supposed launch of an Apple tablet device has gone into overdrive, I though I would sum up some of the best efforts and make some [...]
After using, building, and writing about digital magazines extensively, the conceptual definition of a digital magazine is less clear to me than ever. I have been pondering this issue for a couple of weeks, looking at the various forms of online publishing that call themselves “magazines” – and there is huge diversity. The one thing [...]
I recently came across this video again – and thought it was worth sharing. It is a great way of explaining some of the massive changes that are sweeping through the information economy. It finishes with a very pertinent question: are we ready? Enjoy!
Bill Keller, the Executive Editor of the New York Times, made a speech to his staff last week, in which he addressed issues of concern – such as paid content. During this, he outlined the 7 digital priorites for the NYT.
They are the following:
the future role of Times Topics and other “living articles”
openness [...]
We have been thinking and experimenting a lot recently with news delivery, and I’ve come to the conclusion that Wikipedia has already solved many of the issues of news delivery. Ok, it wouldn’t pass the criteria of the NYT’s design department, but it provides a working reference for how we should look at news interfaces.
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