Google is not particularly great at keeping secrets. Its Nexus devices always leak and peeks at code are constantly revealing features before they're announced. So, it's no surprise that, exactly one month after we reported references to a Google Play Newsstand popping up, Mountain View is taking the wraps off the new content hub. Like its Apple counterpart, it will play home (get it?) to both newspaper and magazine subscriptions, and it'll even pull in articles from sites and blogs you choose to follow (like this one, we hope). And, even though you'll be able to have your New York Times subscription delivered through Newsstand, you're not forced to use it. The stand alone Times app will continue to be available directly from your home screen. Articles viewed through the new Newsstand app will be specifically formatted for your tablet or phone, complete with images, audio or video inline. And they'll be available offline so you can can catch up on your news, even if you happen to be on one of the few flights left in the US without WiFi. And, if you come across something particularly interesting, but don't have the time right now for a 4,000 word expose on how Facebook uses your personal data, you can mark it to read later. Filed under: Internet, Software, Mobile, Google Comments Source: Google Play Newsstand Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Google’s ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed and all but set for a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J K Rowling's agent Neil Blair has played down reported concerns over the decision to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp's digital tablet magazine The Daily is letting go of 50 employees, around 29 per cent of its total, as it streamlines production to focus on its most popular features. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEW YORK -- This fall, the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald -- a print publication for more than 90 years -- will ditch the daily for digital, publish a twice-weekly magazine, and launch a mini-tech start-up called The Garage. It' ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reveal, the celebrity weekly magazine published by Hearst, has launched its first website, which has attracted advertising from Gap. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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QuadrantOne, an online ad platform created by a consortium of newspaper publishers, including Gannett, Hearst, the New York Times Co. and Tribune, is introducing three new ad management tools intended to improve targeting and measurement of online ad ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We'd say it's about time. Although it's almost two years late to the party, Barnes & Noble is responding to Amazon's Kindle for the Web with Nook for Web. Much like its counterpart across the virtual aisle, the Nook web edition lets readers browse free samples and whole books entirely from a... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All publicly funded scientific research will be made freely available by 2014 according to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The sale to Buzzmedia, a portfolio of music and celebrity Web sites, calls into question Spin's future as a print publication. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a troubled print advertising market, publishers still believe in the power of glossy paper and ink: They launched 114 magazines in the first half of 2012. That puts the year roughly on par with 2011, when 111 new titles appeared during the same period, according to online database... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News updates all day from Fast Company.One of the advantages that Google's Nexus 7 tablet may have over its Amazon rival the Kindle Fire is that Google wants to push it out internationally sooner, whereas Amazon is overly US-centric now. But it's emerged that when the Nexus hits British shores,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than half of tablet adopters are reading books and other media on their tablet screens instead of relying on paper. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google took a cue from Amazon's Kindle Fire announcing the Nexus 7 tablet optimized for content from Google Play including books, games, TV shows, movies, apps, and magazines. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of the divided News Corporation empire but will not be chief executive of the publishing arm, home to The Sun and The Times newspapers, the media company today (28 June) confirmed. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper companies, of the type News Corp. might spin off, are trading at premiums to book value, suggesting investors still see value in the business. New York Times Co., McClatchy Co. and Gannett Co., three of the biggest newspaper companies, all ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another big magazine company is looking to ad tech to make its online ad inventory more valuable. Six months after Conde Nast launched a private ad marketplace to increase the sell-through of its online ad space without opening it up to public ad e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, Time magazine hosted its first Google+ "Hangout On Air,"a video chat that is streamed live to the public and shared via Google+, YouTube and Time.com. Hangouts On Air are an offshoot of Google+'s standard Hangouts Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dow Jones is closing the print edition of SmartMoney, the 20-year-old personal finance magazine, and expanding its digital news team, the company said today, confirming news first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The print edition's September issue will be its last, meaning the elimination... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 20 years in print SmartMoney magazine will cease its print presence with the August issue and direct all of its content efforts to SmartMoney.com. At the same time the Dow Jones publication will expand its digital team (to 15) and report to the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York, NY − June 18, 2012 − The Online Publishers Association (OPA) has released “A Portrait of Today’s Tablet User – Wave II,” a study unveiling a range of trends on the attitudes and be ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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