estatesgazette.com: Capita Symonds Augmented Reality
Monday, 5 September 2011, 10:24
"Estates Gazette and Capita Symonds have joined forces to produce the first-ever augmented reality edition of Estates Gazette. The Capita Symonds advertisements in the print edition on 3 September 2011 can be viewed using the CS AR App downloaded …
New York Times: Bits Blog: A Tool to Harvest Location Data
Friday, 6 May 2011, 16:27
Developers in The New York Times Company Research and Development Lab released a Web-based tool on Thursday that they hope will corral the location data Apple had been collecting and make it available to customers and researchers. … People who partic…
10,000 Words: How To Get The Most Out Of Your iPhone As A Reporting Tool
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 10:28
"Aside from the must-have apps, these are some practical tips and tricks — the dirty, simple basics for day-to-day reporting — that can help you get the most out of your iPhone as a reporting tool."
Reuters: Apple to ship new iPhone in September: sources
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 17:10
"Apple's next-generation iPhone will have a faster processor and will begin shipping in September, three people with direct knowledge of the company's supply chain said."
O’Reilly Radar: Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 14:57
"Today at Where 2.0 Pete Warden and I will announce the discovery that your iPhone, and your 3G iPad, is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file. … All iPhones appear to log your location to a file called "consoli…
Evolving English: Mr. Tickle continued…
Monday, 10 January 2011, 14:51
"There's a new addition to the Evolving English web pages: an interactive map onto which anyone may upload a recording of their voice. To join in, you'll need access to an iPhone or Android-based smartphone, or a computer with a micropho…
New Media Age: Mail Online launches mobile app with yearly subscription model
Monday, 1 November 2010, 19:28
"Unlike other newspaper [iPhone] apps, which are generally based on a 30-day subscription model, Mail Online’s is free for the first 60 days, with payment options at £4.99 for six months or £8.99 for a year."
FT.com: NYT broadens digital licensing push
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 11:07
"The New York Times will license its technology to develop applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPad digital devices to other publishers as part of a plan to boost revenue from digital services. … Companies that have agreed to license the mobile technology include the Telegraph Media Group …"
paidContent:UK: Behind BBC Trust’s Apps Decision: Paid Apps Are Screwed Anyway
Monday, 26 July 2010, 16:37
"A market assessment commissioned by the BBC Trust to help it decide whether the BBC should release smartphone apps came to a view many will find surprising: that the paid apps goldrush will be extinguished by the mobile web in a few short years."
iPhone app: Food Hygiene
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 11:00
"Check out before you fork out! Now over 130,000 official local authority food hygiene inspection ratings from England and Northern Ireland as published on www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk. But with this app it enables you to get them on the move, find those around you, gives you directions and phone numbers."
Advertising Age: Mobile: A Look at Who’s Getting What on Apple’s IAds
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 11:17
"Most iAd-vertisers are paying $1 million just to be on the platform, and some are paying upwards of $10 million for certain degrees of exclusivity in a category, such as automotive. Agency execs close to the deals say some marketers are paying to keep their competitors off the iAd platform as 'presenting' and "charter" sponsors."
The Next Web: Proof That Location’s Gone Mainstream: The Celebrity Stalking App
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 11:02
"Now [OK!] magazine’s publisher, Northern & Shell has released an iPhone app that is essentially a location-based guide to celebrity hangouts and misdemeanors. The app uses the iPhone’s location services to help you locate nearby celebrity haunts and find out which big names like to hang at them. … Users can chat to staff writers via Twitter from the app and if they spot a celebrity, they can upload a geotagged image which may end up getting used in the magazine."
AFP: Ten thousand subscribe to El Mundo paid news app.
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 13:43
"More than 10,000 people have signed up for Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo's paid news application [Orbyt] since it was launched at the beginning of March, the company said Sunday."
Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog: RSS feeds beat any branded iPhone or iPad news app
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 11:12
Patrick Smith: "despite their convenience, apps are a limited way of publishing information. The self-constructed, community-based, open, Google-able news eco-system gives the serious media consumer a better all-round experience than the closed off system represented by the iPad and App Store, and all it takes is a little effort to make the most of it."
