Apple continues to sign up more publishers for its in-app subscription plans, the appeal of which is fairly obvious, but there also seems to be a growing wave of interest in doing an end-run around Apple and using the open web to offer a magazine experience. Read More »
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Khoi Vinh, former design director for the New York Times, says he can’t stand most magazine apps created for the iPad, such as the ones from Wired and The New Yorker, because they are too big and don’t take advantage of being connected to the web. Read More »
Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, author of the book “The Long Tail,” has written a provocative piece for the magazine about how the “web is dead.” But while the rise of task-specific apps is a reality, the web is far from dead — it is evolving. Read More »
Adobe has launched a “digital publishing platform” that it says will allow other magazine publishers to produce flashy interactive iPad apps just like Conde Nast did with Wired magazine. But is that really what publishers need as they try to move into a multi-platform digital world? Read More »
Wired editor Chris Anderson’s theories about the Long Tail have been the source of considerable controversy almost since the day his first Wired magazine piece on the topic was published in 2004. The initial criticisms of his thesis centered on whether there was such … Read More »
To some, a web site like Craigslist asking you to verify that you are indeed a human by retyping distorted, nonsensical words is irritating. But the next time you do it, you could be helping to fill in some historical blanks. NPR ran a story … Read More »
‘Long Tail-Schmong Tail, Chris Anderson’s-free-will-be-the-death-of-me.’ Or some such, griped founder Hank Williams over at Silicon Alley Insider yesterday in “Free” is Killing Us–Blame The VCs”: Venture capital has totally distorted the market. VCs are investing billions of dollars in companies with instructions to … Read More »
Adobe has decided to jump on the free consumer service bandwagon with the release of its new Photoshop Express online photo organizer and photo editor. Because Adobe also will store the photos (up to 2 gigabytes), it’s also the first big test of Adobe’s custom-built … Read More »
In a few weeks, online bookmaking site Blurb will launch a new community called BlurbNation, a section of the Blurb site where people can connect with a professional designer that will take their photos, stories, recipes or any other images and pull them together … Read More »
1) Revenues & Up-selling in a Recession: Related to Larry Chiang’s post this week on the topic, now read Level up for features instead of freemium?, in which Andrew Chen writes: “Everyone is familiar with freemium models – that is, make it free for … Read More »
Recession-mongering got you down? Regardless of what the pundits and macro-metrics say, 80% of your time still should be focused on bringing money in the door. The “R” word might be hovering, but here are 7 ways to power through the economy’s … Read More »
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