Posts tagged with 'iPad'
Not many UK retailers have released apps for the iPad so far, but Next has recently released a shopping app.
The best retail apps that have been released so far have some something new for the iPad, the Yoox.com app for instance, or Net-a-Porter's interactive magazine format.
So how does the Next iPad app compare?
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by Graham Charlton
26 November 2010 09:44am
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Is the future of the mobile internet apps or web browsers?
Despite the current popularity of apps, particularly those offered through Apple's App Store and Google's Android platform, many believe that eventually we'll interact far more with the mobile internet through the web browser than we do with individual apps.
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by Patricio Robles
24 November 2010 14:37pm
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Like many newspaper conglomerates, Gannett has struggled with "going digital" in the midst of dwindling print revenues. As VP and GM of the Gannett Digital Media Network (GDN) Josh Resnik's job is to help ensure that the company's transition to digital is a lucrative one.
GDN encompasses the flagship USAToday.com and all of Gannett’s local newspaper and TV station websites. We caught up with Resnik to get a read on how GDN is handling increased competition on the local ad front, what the company thinks about iAds, and even a glimpse into the crystal ball for 2011.
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by Tameka Kee
18 November 2010 16:43pm
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The iPad's been around for a while now, and although reviews have generally been positive, their are a few Flash and USB-shaped tweaks that many consumers are clamouring for.
Luckily, every electronics
company worth their salt has decided to ignore Steve Jobs’ recent
disparaging comments and are currently rushing out hundreds of slate
computing options in the hope of slicing off a piece of the
sure-to-be-massive tablet computing pie.
With so many quirkily named
Korean imports doing the rounds, we decided it was time to have a look
through the top options and see how they shape up, and if they could be
responsible for the iPad’s recent poor market performance.
Just in time
for Christmas, here are my top ten alternative tablet options:
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by Matt Owen
25 October 2010 14:52pm
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Are you ready to buy desktop applications through an app store? Apple thinks you are. In the next few months, it will roll out the Mac app store, which will let Mac owners purchase desktop software apps the same way iPhone owners purchase apps for their phone. And Microsoft has plans of its own for a Windows desktop software app store.
The big question: will the app store model work on the desktop? And is the desktop even a market worth targeting?
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by Patricio Robles
25 October 2010 09:03am
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The Financial Times is one of the few major print publishers that has
succeeded in a big way with paid content. And while other print
publishers who hoped that the iPad would help them revitalize their
businesses struggle with the iPad, the FT looks like it has extended its
existing success to the platform.
According to The Guardian, the FT's iPad app has now produced more than
£1m in ad revenue since it was released to the public in May. What's
more: of the 400,000 people who have downloaded the app, a decent number
are subscribing; the iPad app now delivers 10% of the FT's new digital
subscribers.
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by Patricio Robles
13 October 2010 08:50am
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Attention advertisers: what's bigger than Sunday Night Football and
Dancing with the Stars, and nearly as big as American Idol? Answer: the
audience of iOS social games.
At least that's according to smartphone analytics provider and mobile ad
network Flurry, which has a strong message for advertisers.
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by Patricio Robles
12 October 2010 08:50am
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Prior to the launch of the iPad, many magazine publishers hoped that the
iPad might do for them what the iPod and iTunes did for digital music:
provided a viable marketplace for them to sell their wares. Operative
word: sell.
Getting consumers to pay for content has, of course, proven challenging
for many magazine publishers. And despite the warm reception the iPad
has received from consumers, it hasn't exactly meant overnight success
for publishers that have rushed to develop iPad versions of their
magazines.
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by Patricio Robles
11 October 2010 08:53am
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The Telegraph launched its first app for the iPad today, bringing the 'editor's selections' to the device. The app will be available for download daily from 5am.
It's a free app, for a limited period anyway, which will be sponsored by Audi for the first 12 weeks. It's an interesting move, and a good alternative to the paid apps from The Times and others.
I've been trying the new app out...
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by Graham Charlton
21 September 2010 11:52am
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Zara finally launched online in the UK this month, but it also recently updated its mobile presence, and now offers transactional apps for the iPhone and iPad.
I looked at the previous Zara iPhone app in January and it was pretty useless, with just a few product pictures, with no prices, and not even a store locator tool.
I've been trying out the iPhone and iPad apps so see if Zara has improved its mobile offering, but have found plenty of issues with both...
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by Graham Charlton
20 September 2010 10:31am
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