December 1, 2011
The Daily Mail’s online version, Mail Online, hits the Android Market with a Daily Mail Online app. The Daily Mail is one of Britain’s biggest news websites, and is highly popular all around the world. Mail Online offers news coverage and articles on a wide array of topics, all of which can now become accessible anywhere from your Android device.
September 2, 2011
Although Apple attracts a huge market with its computer hardware, portable devices and software, some magazine publishers and content providers are indifferent to paying the company over 30% of their revenue generated from their magazine apps sold in the iTunes Store. Instead, some publishers are pulling their apps and directing readers and subscribers to use their HTML 5 web-based apps.
April 6, 2011
The New York Times is now behind a paywall, but it’s not the only newspaper on the Internet. If you’re looking for a free alternative to the Grey Lady there are more than a few that offer quality, well-written reporting. The list below attempts to include only the best alternatives the web has to offer, so keep reading to see if you can’t find a new homepage.
March 30, 2011
Did you know that the New York Times spent an incredible $40 million on their recent paywall solution? Did you also know that it can be circumvented with all but a few clicks? If you’re interested in how the Internet has rendered $40 million worth of effort redundant, then read on.
March 30, 2011
It might be old and stale, but dated news still has its uses. Does the image of a guy who keeps stacks of yellowing newspapers in his attic seem somewhat out of the ordinary? It might be an obsessive disorder, and rummaging around in that pile may not appeal to us, but that pile could be a storehouse of valuable information.
February 7, 2011
There’s been a lot of hype surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s latest news outlet, an iPad-only “newspaper” called The Daily, and now you can see for yourself what all the fuss is about without spending a cent. The Daily puts all content from the application on the web just in case someone spots something they want to [...]
December 18, 2010
As previously mentioned, Chrome recently launched its new Web Store. Many of the apps included are, to the typical end user, little more than an icon for launching websites already known and loved. A few, however, give Chrome users access to something that more closely resembles iPad apps than traditional websites. It’s these web apps that [...]
July 14, 2010
Ebook readers are pretty fantastic, but if you’re more into newspapers and magazines than books you may think your only option is to stick to what sites offer subscriptions for your device. That’s not true. Calibre can download entire websites and convert them to any eBook format, meaning you can read your favorite news articles [...]
April 21, 2010
Waking up and flipping through the newspaper is second nature for most of us. For the news junkie, reading one newspaper is just a prelude. In my father’s time, subscribing to a couple of newspapers, if not more, was common, as was having a relaxed debate over the latest news on the front page. Welcome [...]
February 25, 2010
How newspapers will make money in the 21st century is a legitimate question. As such, the publishing world was quite excited with the prospects for new technology saving an old industry after Apple’s iPad announcment earlier this year, which included the unveiling of a New York Times app with a subscription model. The app, which [...]
