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Flexible tablet apps the way forward?

By Julie Starr | Published: December 7, 2010
Many magazines and newspapers are opting for a full-edition-download model for their iPad apps. This one looks a little different. Haven’t had a chance to play with the app, but the following passage stood out for me in this post by Martin Bryant. [The TRVL travel magazine app] doesn’t have one vast weekly or monthly [...]
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Link wrap: What people are saying about a NewsCorp iDaily for iPad

By Julie Starr | Published: November 29, 2010
Much talk in the past week or so about NewsCorp launching an iPad news app called the Daily. There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of clear sources for the story, so I can tell you that it may or may not be iPad-only, may launch next month or next year, may or [...]
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News apps and iPads

By Julie Starr | Published: July 21, 2010
In honour of the iPad finally going on sale in New Zealand soon, and in anticipation of the NZ news apps we expect to see soon after, here’s a link to Josh Benton’s review of a few news iPad apps, which is worth a look. Here’s an excerpt: Just about every news website created in [...]
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NZ news on the iPad

By Julie Starr | Published: April 6, 2010
Lance Wiggs went to the US, bought an iPad and posted some screen shots of New Zealand news websites as they appear on it. A nice little preview, thanks Lance. Here’s stuff.co.nz, herald.co.nz and nbr.co.nz: Lance looks at a bunch of other sites too and checks out how well ads and various functions work. Worth [...]
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