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Flipboard a Threat to Digital Magazines?

Paul Armstrong blogging at PaidContent thinks that Flipboard poses a major threat to content industries and magazine publishers in particular:

The reality the publishing needs to understand, though, is that Flipboard has (smartly) maneuvered itself into a powerful position. With the flick of a switch, it could deal a serious blow not only to the traditional old media but also to a variety of digital platforms – Tumblr, Flickr, WordPress, among others – as it pivots from purely curation-based interaction

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Nostalgia on Apple Newsstand – Back Spin & Back Pass Magazines now available in the App Store

The retro football magazine Back Pass and it’s cricket partner, Back Spin, are both now available whenever, and wherever you like via Apple Newsstand.

Dedicated football and cricket fans can now reminisce on their iPhones and iPads, bookmarking their favourite articles and pages for later reading and sharing.

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Dazed & Confused App currently being featured on CBS Outdoor Campaign by Apple

Spotted on the London Underground, Apple’s latest CBS Outdoor Campaign for the iPad. Out of 300,000 Apps, they have chosen to feature the Dazed & Confused Magazine App. The Exact Editions developed App holds the iconic magazine’s Twenty Year archive, with every issue available at the tap of a button. The chosen cover is from the December 2012 issue featuring renowned stylist Nicola Formichetti (picture of the ad on his Tumblr) and J-pop Princess Kyary Pamyu … Keep Reading

Integrated Platforms for Digital Magazines

Apple is still puzzling to many industry observers, the Cupertino company is clearly different to all of its closest competitors in being highly integrated. Asymco wonders why the competition is not imitating Apple’s methods rather than copying their products? Fifteen years ago, the conventional wisdom in computing was that winning business models tended to emerge from companies that could establish horizontal quasi-monopolies: Intel in chip design, Microsoft in PC operating systems, Microsoft in Office software, Oracle in heavy duty database … Keep Reading

Bookmarking, Bookmarking Searches and Social Sharing

Exact Editions new apps (v 6.6) are now rolling through the works: Radical Philosophy and Blues Matters are two of the first through the gates. On the iPad they have a strong new bookmarking function. The user can bookmark interesting pages. Also searches can be bookmarked and sharing actions will be bookmarked in a ‘Shared’ folder. These are powerful tools and we think they will be greatly enjoyed by the magazines’ subscribers.

The Exact Editions apps now also have enhanced … Keep Reading

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