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Facebook Announces Mobile News Reader – Paper, Comes Out on iOS 3rd February
Jan 30th
News Apps have recently started to gain a lot of traction, some of the popular ones being Flipboard, Pulse, and many more. And now Facebook too has joined the crowd, as Facebook Creative Labs have just revealed their first application, Paper. Read More
5 Amazing Magazine-Like Experience for News Right on your iPad [APPS]
Dec 28th
The iPad has revolutionized not one but several markets. One of the markets that the tablet from Apple has completely transformed is the magazine industry which includes publishing of articles in a magazine like format. Many magazine publishers have already released iPad versions of their offering, but for those who like something more updated and recent, the below five amazing iPad Apps will present your daily news to you in a magazine like manner. Read More
Google Introduces “News Near You”
May 14th
In a quest to make news more relevant, Google has announced a new service dubbed “News Near Me”. If you now navigate to Google News from your mobile device, it will ask you for your location. After you approve, Google will determine your location and display news that is relevant to that area. Read More
iPad 2 Event on March 2nd
Feb 22nd
According to a report from Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD, the next generation iPad will be announced on March 2nd, at a special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
iBooks Won’t Work on Jailbroken Devices
Feb 15th
Looks like Apple is still fighting the cat and mouse game and its recent move will sure disappoint users of jailbroken iOS devices. A recent story points out that Apple has implemented a system that restricts users of jailbroken devices to access the iBooks App.
News Corp Sends Invites for the Launch of “The Daily”
Jan 27th
News Corp is sending out invitations for the launch of “The Daily” App for iPad. The event is going to be held at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum and News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch would be making some announcements with Apple’s Vice President of Internet Services Eddy Cue.
iPad 2 Will Have SD Card Slot
Jan 15th
Leaked Pictures of “The Daily” App
Jan 13th
The designers of TheDaily.com apparently left some code that pointed out to an image of an ad that was supposed to appear on the website after a while.
Google Street View in the News
Nov 25th
Google Street View has delighted Googlephiles and armchair explorers alike, yet flirted with controversy and provoked outrage at what critics see as an invasion of privacy. Whilst personally I love the unique detail offered, and use it regularly with success to find football stadiums across my country to write match reports the sheer volume of visual data gathered has made for whole new stream of news.
iPads Used to Access Food at JFK
Nov 22nd
Delta Air Lines have set up 200 iPads at its gates in New York, JFK for its passengers. The iPads are being used to order food items and even for fun stuff like reading things and playing games.
