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Google introduces Currents: magazine-like news reader for Android and iOS (video)

Ahmet — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000

Google’s rumored Flipboard competitor is finally here, and it’s ditched the Propeller codename for something a little more appropriate: Currents. The app is available for both Android and iOS — in tablet and phone-friendly formats — and delivers a more magazine like reading experience for perusing your consumable content

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Next Issue Media strikes deals with more Android tablet makers ahead of full launch

Ahmet — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:29:00 +0000

After launching its digital newsstand for the Galaxy Tab earlier this year, Next Issue Media is now looking to expand to other Android tablets, as well. The company, which was founded by a quintet of publishers including Conde Nast, Hearst and Time Inc., has just signed partnerships with a slate of slate manufacturers, including Motorola, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, along with Verizon Wireless. Next Issue Media didn’t specify which devices would support its app, but it did take the opportunity to announce new digital magazines, like Car and Drive, Coastal Living, ELLE, Golf and Real Simple. The goal is to have a full 40 titles by the end of the year, ahead of its full-fledged launch in 2012. Turn past the break for more details in the full PR.

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Amazon bringing 400 magazines, newspapers, flame retardants to Kindle Fire

Ahmet — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:11:00 +0000

It’s been a busy week for the Kindle Fire. First came news that Amazon would be bringing Facebook, Hulu and “several thousand” other apps to its forthcoming tablet, and now, we’ve got confirmation that hundreds of magazines and newspapers are on their way, as well. Yesterday, the company announced that more than 400 “full-color” titles will be available on the Kindle Fire Newsstand, including Us Weekly, The New Yorker and Reader’s Digest, among others. Users who subscriber before March 1st, meanwhile, will be able to access a full 17 Condé Nast titles for free, as part of a three-month offer. Amazon is also promising plenty of interactive editions with built-in video and audio, which you’ll be able to check out for yourself next week, when the Fire begins shipping. For more details, check out the full press release after the break.

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Zinio arrives for the Touchpad, with fashionable lateness

Ahmet — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:23:00 +0000

The Touchpad may no longer be with us, but that hasn’t stopped Zinio from launching its reader app on HP’s abandoned tablet. The tool hit the App Catalog earlier this week, bringing magazine subscriptions and single-issue purchases to users still clinging to their 9.7-inch slates. The newsstand is available as a free download, and, by all appearances, doesn’t stray too far from the layout and functionality found on previous iOS and Android releases. News junkies can grab the app now, though according to some early users on PreCentral‘s forums, it may act a little buggy.

Zinio arrives for the Touchpad, with fashionable lateness originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google wants you to add writers on Google+, so do writers

Ahmet — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Find an interesting article, add its author. That’s the very simple idea behind a very simple feature that Google has just begun testing. As TechCrunch recently noticed, Big G has started rolling out a new “add to Circles” button within some search results, allowing readers to more easily and instantaneously follow their favorite web authors on Google+. Writer profiles have already been integrated within search pages, but until now, users had to actually click on author pages before following them. This new circle button, on the other hand, cuts out that middle click and seems like a logical next step in Google’s ongoing integration. It also seems like a great way to help writers feel better about themselves, which we always support. And if you’re not seeing it, you’re not going crazy — Google’s just rolling it out to only a few users.

Google wants you to add writers on Google+, so do writers originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 2PM ET!

Ahmet — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:01:00 +0000

Friday afternoons just aren’t the same without a mobile podcast to listen to, but hopefully your Sunday afternoon is now a heckuva lot better this weekend. It turned out that 2PM ET was the perfect window of time for Myriam and Brad to get their rants in order and dissect the absolutely gargantuan week of wireless happenings all at the same time. Join us for a special Sunday edition of the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 2PM ET (11AM PT, 6PM GT)!

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Facebook adds real-time ‘ticker’ to overhauled news feed, donates old layout to science (video)

Ahmet — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:01:00 +0000

Facebook is about to turn your social life into an online newspaper. That’s the takeaway from a new slate of changes the company unveiled yesterday, ahead of its annual f8 developer conference in San Francisco. From now on, if you log in to Facebook after a lengthy hiatus, your news feed — much like the front page of a daily paper — will consist of a list of “top stories,” photos and updates that were posted while you were away, with each high-priority item tagged with a blue earmark. More frequent users, on the other hand, will find a list of most recent stories presented in chronological order, along with larger photos embedded directly within their news feed. The company has also introduced a new “ticker” feature that provides users with real-time updates on their friends’ activity, displayed along the right-hand side of the home page. Here, you’ll find the exact same updates you’d see on a real-time news feed, with the crucial difference being that you’ll be able to interact with each development without missing a beat. If you see that a friend comments on a cat video, for example, you’ll be able to click that item in the ticker and add your two cents, without having to navigate away from the home screen. Facebook will likely provide more details on these new features at its f8 tomorrow, but you can find more information in the demo video, after the break.

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Facebook adds real-time ‘ticker’ to overhauled news feed, donates old layout to science (video)

Ahmet — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:01:00 +0000

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Philly newsies to offer Archos Arnova 10 G2 tablet for $99 with subscription bundle

Ahmet — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000

Taking a cue from other publications pushing tablet content, two major Philadelphia newspapers are offering discounted subscriptions bundled with a discounted device to read it on — the Android-based Arnova 10 G2. The Philadelphia Media Network and Arnova will offer the tablet for $99 when purchased with a two-year digital subscription to The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News for $9.99 a month, or $129 for the year. That tally is substantially lower than the HK $1,680 (around $250) mark that the slate alone hit when it launched last month, but it’s not apt to attract too much attention outside of Brotherly Love’s favorite locale. So… which paper’s lined up to play copycat? Check out the more coverage link after the break for some hands-on video with the tablet.

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Bit.ly quantifies internet impatience, old links get no love

Ahmet — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:55:00 +0000

Oh internet, we love your animated GIFs and sad Keanu websites, but how much attention are we really giving each link? According to a recent study by URL shortener Bit.ly, a standard link is clicked for an average of three hours until traffic subsides by 50 percent, eventually fading away into oblivion. If we’re talking about a super timely news story like an earthquake hitting the east coast, well, its half-life was a paltry five minutes. When URLs are shared on social networks, they last around 3.2 hours on Facebook and 2.8 hours on Twitter, but those on YouTube persist more than twice that long. There, link half-life is 7.4 hours — probably because it’s home to phenom bomb memes like the one found after the break.

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Bit.ly quantifies internet impatience, old links get no love originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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