ProPublica.org goes responsive to better serve mobile readers
In what some like to think of an age of apps — smartphone, tablet, or otherwise — it might seem hard to get worked up over a mobile redesign. But last week ProPublica rolled out a new look for small screens that's pliable and flexible enough to fit across device types and that runs off...
Politico emphasizes personalization in its latest app update
Smartphone news apps are built on sacrifices. Few provide the full wealth of information available on the web sites news organizations have spent years building up and out; the screen size alone limits the information density an app can present to the reader. For Politico, that meant their original iPhone app exchanged some of the...
Politico emphasizes personalization in its latest app update
Smartphone news apps are built on sacrifices. Few provide the full wealth of information available on the web sites news organizations have spent years building up and out; the screen size alone limits the information density an app can present to the reader. For Politico, that meant their original iPhone app exchanged some of the...
Why The Atlantic joined up with Pulse — and what the app’s usage stats can tell data-hungry publishers
Let's face some facts: Media companies aren't entirely sure what to do with the new crop of news reading apps that are springing up at the moment. Technology like Flipboard, Zite, or Pulse could either be a thief, a new revenue stream, or an inexpensive test bed for finding new ways to get your content...
Orlando’s WESH-TV finds success with top-selling Casey Anthony app
News can make for some odd, and at time competing instincts in journalists: The responsibility and the opportunity. Look at a story like the trial of Casey Anthony, the Florida mother who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. A case like this typically pushes stations to pull out all the stops...
Showyou now lets you save videos and watch them online later
Showyou is updating its iPad and iPhone apps to make the consumption of videos shared on social networks easier. In particular, Showyou gets "watch later" capability, as well as its own website and a bookmarklet for video sharing. Next up for Showyou: an Android app.
Apple makes its subscription rules more friendly to news organizations; but were they really the target?
Interesting news on the Apple/news-biz front: Apple appears to have backed away from its requirement that subscriptions to content (such as a newspaper or magazine) be offered at the same price as in-app purchases when they're offered externally. In fact, Apple seems to have ended the requirement that such subscriptions be offered as in-app purchases...
Newsstand, Reader, iCloud: 3 takeaways for the news business from today’s Apple announcement
Yesterday's new-product announcement at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference was, overall, a doozy. In addition to introducing the long-awaited OS X Lion and to announcing a noteworthy Twitter integration, Apple has also, from the looks of things, gone on a veritable app-eating binge. The company, it announced, has created: “Reading List,” a read-later functionality that allows...
VMIX’s Vidcinity: An App for Tagging Places With Video
VMIX is best known for enterprise video distribution, but its new Vidcinity iPhone app, which is available on the Apple app store now, is a consumer-focused offering that lets users mark locations with videos that can be watched by other users nearby. 
It’s official! And kind of expensive! Here are the details of The New York Times’ new stab at a paywall
It's coming up! The New York Times' long-awaited paywall — whose existence was first announced last January, and whose details have been speculated about ever since — is set to rise on March 28. So where does the TimesWall rank, on a scale of Picket Fence to Mighty Fortress? Somewhere in the middle: The wall...
Boston Hack Day Challenge: An open door to Boston.com
Count The Boston Globe among the growing number of organizations that want hackers to come in from the cold. On the weekend of Feb. 25 they're holding a three-day event called the "Boston Hack Day Challenge," where developers, designers, coders and anyone else inclined to make apps will gather to "create new online and mobile...
Vodpod Adds Mobile Apps for More Social Sharing
Vodpod became the latest online video startup to introduce more social features with the launch of mobile apps on the iPhone and Android mobile platforms. The new apps, which are available now, are designed to give its users a new way to discover mobile videos. 
