Major Update of WoodWing's Digital Magazine Tools for iPad

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings

New Version 1.4 of the Tools provides a multitude of new and enhanced features, expanding the creative scope. Renowned newspaper and magazine publishers around the globe are using WoodWing´s Digital Magazine Tools to create and publish stunning iPad Apps. The new Version 1.4 of the Tools provides a multitude of new and enhanced features, expanding the creative scope. WoodWing Software, one of the innovation leaders in cross-media publishing solutions, today announced the release of Version 1.4 of its Digital Magazine Tools for iPad, supporting both Adobe CS4 and CS5. WoodWing´s Digital...

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App Store tsunami of crap apps create opportunity to Android | AppManifesto Insights

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings

Apple’s policies have created two classes of app citizens. First, the top 1% of apps that deliver unique value, showcased effectively by Apple and drive significant revenue. Second, is the other 99% of apps, which deliver the sheer size numbers that are great for PR (“App Store exceeds 100K apps!”) and taglines (“there is an app for that!”) but are effectively filler, struggle to monetize and generally slide down a descending scale of crap. The argument from industry observers is that between the 1% and the 99% there are a large number of high quality applications that get lost in...

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Internet Trends 2010 by Morgan Stanley Research

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings

via slideshare.net If you have not come across this great report from Morgan Stanley yet, it is a must read for internet marketers, mobile strategists, web and app content developers

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Mobile access using laptops and other devices | Pew Internet & American Life Project

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, Must Read

via pewinternet.org Additional demographics about wireless internet usage indicate that most laptop owners use their device wirelessly, a factor that bodes well for the rapid rise in tablet device usage. Interesting too to note the relatively even split between male and female...

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Mobile Access 2010 | Pew Internet & American Life Project

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings

African-Americans and Latinos continue to outpace whites in their use of data applications on handheld devices. Continuing a trend we first identified in 2009, minority Americans lead the way when it comes to mobile access—especially mobile access using handheld devices. Nearly two-thirds of African-Americans (64%) and Latinos (63%) are wireless internet users, and minority Americans are significantly more likely to own a cell phone than their white counterparts (87% of blacks and Hispanics own a cell phone, compared with 80% of whites).  Additionally, black and Latino cell phone...

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Dell’s Android Tablet Looks to Undercut the iPad on Price

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings

via mashable.com Will a smaller device like this present competition to the iPad, or will serious competition come only from similarly priced tablet devices?

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Amazon’s Hardware Plans Don’t End With the Kindle [RUMOR]

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings

via Mashable! Amazon is hiring a ton of hardware people, and sources close to the company say that it plans to expand beyond the Kindle … Read More >>

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“iOwners” Represent Attractive Target Segment for Digital Content

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in Digital Publishing & Tablets, General Musings, Must Read

comScore Releases Results of Study on Apple iPad and E-Reader Consumer Attitudes, Behaviors and Purchase Intent iPad Matches Amazon Kindle in Awareness and Purchase Intent Consumers Indicate Willingness to Pay for Digital Content for iPads and e-Readers, With Highest Receptivity among Younger Adults Reston, VA, March 22, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a survey of 2,176 Internet users regarding their awareness, attitudes and opinions of the Apple iPad and other e-readers/tablet devices. Results were...

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