News

Tablet users don't want to pay for news

Tablet users don't want to pay for news

Although tablet owners spend more time consuming news than poking around on Facebook, they're reluctant to pay for news content.

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iPad

Why The Glass Is Half-Full For Tablet Magazines

Andrew Losowsky has peered into the glass of the iPad and decided that the world of magazine apps is half empty. So we feel it necessary to cheer him up a bit and fill the glass.

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Richard Branson

iPad: Can it save the magazine industry?

When the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off its annual event in Las Vegas next week, it will bask in the glow of more than 50 models of tablet computers either on display or announced. 

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Motorola

Motorola teases new tablet, calls iPad a “giant iPhone”

Motorola has released a teaser video for its upcoming tablet unveiling at CES calling the iPad an iPhone and taking us through a history of tablets. 

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Nook

Barnes & Nobles Nook Color Review

We’ve been impatiently waiting for a serious color e-reader for a long, long time. Monochrome e-readers have been out for a while now, and a few color e-readers have even popped up recently, but none of these recent color e-readers have had enough polish to really be desirable.

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Amazon Kindle

Kindle giving Amazon millions in revenue despite iPad popularity

According to DaringFireball.com, Amazon has managed to sell millions of Kindle units in just 73 days. Although the exact figure was not announced, a report says the “millions” is about 2 million minimum, based on a mathematical deduction since the Kindle DX is still on sale.

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Txtr e-reader 

Txtr ereader reportedly erased

It seems the ereader market may be a little less crowded than we expected, with word that the German txtr device has been abandoned by parent company Txtr. According to an ex-employee speaking to The Digital Reader, the txtr – which was due to be launched earlier in the year, considerably later than initially promised – has been quietly ditched while the company attempts to work on its software ebookstore business.

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Callaway Digital Arts

Why Callaway Digital Arts is Poised to Take Digital Publishing to the Next Level

Talk about killing two birds with one stone. Callaway Digital Arts (CDA), a publisher of iPad apps, announced a partnership with Martha Stewart and $6 million of Series A financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ iFund today.  

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Vogue iPad

The story behind Vogue's iPad app

After 94 years as one of the most beautiful products on the newsstand, Vogue, the magazine that never misses a chance to remind us of its status as the holy book of the fashion industry, has been reconfigured as an application for Steve Jobs and his iPad. 

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Nook Color

Color Nook Challenges Kindle, iPad

More than just an upgraded e-reader, analysts view the new full-color version of Barnes & Noble's Nook device as a worthy challenger to the iPad and other tablet computers.

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