AR firm Layar reveals Creator--an attempt to turn printed material into a portal to digital content. Harry Potter's animated newspapers may yet be real.
In a move that'll help some digital magazine publishers and possibly streaming content providers, Apple has adjusted the terms and conditions for its subscriptions service. But how much help will it provide the struggling industry?
In publishing, there's a lot to be said for making images big. (You may have noticed we subscribe to that philosophy around here.) But no matter how big and beautiful a digital image gets, it's still just an evanescent group of pixels. As designer Tom Crabtree tells Co.Design, "as we consume more and more visual culture online, we’re certainly discovering what’s out there, but not experiencing it in a physical or permanent way."
The iPad is a natural device for magazine content--it may be the future of the genre, in many ways. But successes have been few and far between so far, so Apple may be trying to help digital magazines by building in a template to its code.
A new study shows readers of iPad magazines find their attention wandering. A lot. And any way you spin it, that's a tricky finding for both publishers and advertisers.
After an extended period when we knew they were coming but had no insight into how they'd work, subscription powers have hit Apple's App Store, ready to support digital magazines and newspapers.
Amazon's just revealed it's expanding the capabilities of its Kindle apps, starting with Android, to include digital newspaper and magazines singly or in subscription form. It's a big move, but is it timed to compete with the iPad "Daily" newspaper?
