New Apple Ads Show What You’re Missing if You Don’t Have an iPhone

Mar 17, 2011 No Comments

If you don’t have an iPhone, well, you don’t have an iPhone. Sounds painfully obvious, but this is the message that Apple sends with its three new ads for the device, all of which show you what you’re missing if you haven’t joined the legions of iPhone users yet… Tweet This Post

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Sky News Puts Monthly Fee On New iPad App

Mar 17, 2011 No Comments

Sky News became the latest News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) property to go gung-ho about tablets on Wednesday when it launched its first iPad app for free, but the app will be wrapped in to BSkyB’s subscription packages “at some stage in the year”… Tweet This Post

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The Daily Set For Europe Availability; 5,000 Subs?

Mar 16, 2011 No Comments

Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper The Daily will be available in the UK within months, depending on when Apple’s new online subscription model becomes available in this country. The chief digital officer of Murdoch’s News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), Jon Miller, told the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that The Daily would be available in western Europe “not [...]

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The Ever-Elusive Mobile Wallet: Why NFC Chips Are Overhyped And Will Underdeliver

Mar 16, 2011 No Comments

The idea of turning your mobile phone into a digital wallet has a long and fruitless history. People are getting excited again about the prospect of mobile wallets replacing those in your pocket overstuffed with receipts and credit cards because both Google and Apple are pursuing the concept… Tweet This Post

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The Morning Lowdown 03-16-11

Mar 16, 2011 No Comments

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning: » After Ad Changes, Yahoo Media Unit Gets a Management Shakeup » On the Media: Patch.com’s Newark plan smells of conflict » AOL Asks Us If We Can Tone It Down » Moviefone’s Response to the TechCrunch Post » Breaking Down (Then Rebuilding) the Media [...]

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SI Expands App Horizon With ‘Front Row’ Photos; Flipboard, iPhone, Android

Mar 16, 2011 No Comments

Sports Illustrated’s newest digital product launches today—without an iPad app. Based on a framework developed for use across Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX), SI will showcase its photography with ad-supported Front Row as an app on the iPhone, Android devices with Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Air, on Chrome through its web app SI Snapshot and as a [...]

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More iAds Start Appearing on the iPad

Mar 16, 2011 No Comments

In December, Apple rolled out the first iAd for the iPad, but we haven’t seen any followups since – until now. Unilever and the National Collegiate Athletic Association put out an ad, and CNET has confirmed with Apple that more iAds will be coming to the iPad in the weeks to follow… Tweet This Post

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Study: Mobile Ad-Tracking Systems Are “Blind” To 80 Percent Of Apple iOS Devices

Mar 15, 2011 No Comments

Apple mobile iOS devices (iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches) are used by 130 million people, but they present a huge blindspot to advertisers. All Apple mobile devices use the Safari browser, as do millions of Apple laptop and desktop computers… Tweet This Post

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Djay Launches on iPhone, Upgrades on iPad

Mar 15, 2011 No Comments

Djay, the groundbreaking Mac app from Algoriddim featured in a recent iPad commercial, just became available on both sides of the iOS platform — and also got a significant update to its iPad version… Tweet This Post

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OC Register Plans iPad-Only Content For Tablet Relaunch

Mar 15, 2011 No Comments

While News Corp.‘s The Daily hasn’t set the world on fire with as the first major “iPad newspaper,” the influence is clearly having its affect on other outlets. But more than that, newspapers, after sensing that Apple’s dominance isn’t going away, are also looking for ways to capitalize on the device’s popularity… Tweet This Post

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Apple And PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Patent For ‘One-Click’

Mar 15, 2011 No Comments

Amazon’s patent on its “one-click” checkout system first made headlines over a decade ago, and became a notorious “Exhibit A” for those who argued that software patents were being granted too readily and were hindering, rather than helping, innovation… Tweet This Post

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Adobe Just Made Medialets Its Mobile Ad Server

Mar 15, 2011 No Comments

For all the angst about the lack of Flash on Apple’s iPads and iPhones, most of the discussion seems to center around video. But a bigger impact by far is on display advertising, which tends to be done mostly in Flash… Tweet This Post

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