The big news today is the launch of the Apple Tablet yesterday. Gizmodo has a helpful summary of features.
We have also just released a new version of our generic iPhone App Exactly, which has an important improvement. It allows the user to sync the latest issue of her subscription to the phone. This makes the reading experience much more consistent and speedier, and of course it is then feasible to read the latest issue of the magazine on … Keep Reading
The best blog posting on the Apple Tablet that I have read this week is at Gizmodo, by Jesus Diaz, The Apple Tablet Interface Must be Like This.
Anybody blogging now about the Tablet has an excellent chance of being proven wrong in 5 days time. But the most interesting aspects of Diaz’s piece are historical, where he speculates about the interface by thinking about what has already gone before, in which he notes that the iPhone has already … Keep Reading
There has been some reports of Twitter’s growth slowing in recent months. ReadWrite web reports some HubSpot research which shows Twitter’s growth slowing to merely 3.5% month on month growth in October; down from 12% in March 09. But it all depends what you are measuring. It seems unlikely that the Twitter investors are getting anxious. HubSpot is measuring new users and followers and the really interesting change is that Twitter usage is growing very fast still, but most of … Keep Reading
The other day I was talking (mostly listening) to someone who works in trade publishing. That is the kind of publishing in which books are ‘sold’ for advances of £25K, or maybe £250K, or very occasionally more than a million smackeroos. This friend/acquaintance was explaining that the house she works for controls very few of the electronic/digital rights in the books they publish and she was frustrated that agents seem highly reluctant to grant any rights, or even to experiment … Keep Reading
The midwinter break seems to be getting longer. But we have been busy improving the Exact Editions App functionality in the last few weeks.
There have been some important changes in the way we view Apps. The first big change is that the Exact Editions App platform now supports full issue sync-ing to the iPhone. The sync-ing is only possible in a WiFi zone and it happens in the background, automatically whilst you are using WiFi. The sync will only … Keep Reading
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