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iFive: The Wii Successor, Google's Profits, Apple Snags MS Data Center Exec, Color And Fox Pictures, Adobe And Wired

"The plans that I made when horizontal are working out now that I'm vertical." And one of those plans could be to catch up on the early news with iFive, to jump-start your morning.READ»

Could an Apple Magazine Template in iOS Change the Industry?

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. READ»

Foursquare Checkin Unlocks This Apartment Door, DIY Kits Coming Soon

A look into a geeked-out Brooklyn office reveals the beginnings of a product that every nerd in America would buy: a front door that unlocks when you check in.READ»

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How Branson's New iPad-Only Magazine Beat Murdoch [Video]

British tycoon and Virgin chairman Richard Branson is launching an iPad-only magazine called Project, which will hit the iTunes store Tuesday--ahead of Rupert Murdoch's Daily.READ»

Did Apple Just Open the Door to Adobe Flash on iPhone and iPad? [Updated]

Shock: Apple just pulled a surprising move, admitting it had made an error with overly strict developer guidelines. Then, a bigger shock: The new rules may permit Adobe's Flash to work on the iPhone and iPad.READ»

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iFive: MIA Spilled Oil, FBI/Google to Get Net Records, RIM's New Tablet Name, Plankton Declines, and Facebook Questions

While you were sleeping, innovation was buying up domain names, and readying itself for a launch with large retail displays that look like something from Superman's home planet, Krypton.1. Around 4 million barrels of oil from the ...READ»

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iFive: BP's On-Off Woes, CIA's $5 Million to Amiri, i-dosing, Twitter's Next moves , Old Spice Throws in Towel

While you were sleeping, innovation was, apparently, announcing its engagement to more innovation. All this took place without Mom finding out, which surely means a job at Apple can't be far behind, such are the secrecy levels of ...READ»

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Adobe iPad Publishing Tools Coming Soon

Magazine editors who've been playing around with Wired's iPad app this weekend might like to know that the Adobe software used to create it will soon be available for anyone wanting to develop a fabulous iPad app (memo to GQ digital ...READ»

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iFive: Facebook, Microsoft, Human-Computer Viruses, Green Streets, and Twitter

After a 13-month siesta, iFive has returned--so imagine just how much innovation has been going on during this mother of all power naps.1. Today we're all waiting, breath a-bated, for Facebook's changes to its privacy settings, which ...READ»

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Wired Can't Quit Adobe, Pours Cash Into Flash-less iPad App

Wired magazine's efforts at producing an iPad imprint aren't going to be stifled by the spat between Adobe and Apple over Flash, apparently. The e-mag is plowing ahead--on a path paved with cash, apparently. We're all familiar with ...READ»

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Will Magazine Design Flourish or Fizzle on the iPad?

Last week a parody of Dwell magazine made the viral rounds. Unhappy Hipsters consists of photos drawn from the magazine, each showing cool young homeowners looking forlorn in their expensive interiors. Tagline: “It’s lonely in the ...READ»

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Circulation Stats, News Corp. Say Bits Replace Ink for Newsprint

Remember back in olden days when a story would break and the chief at the local daily would yell, "Stop the presses!" Well, they've finally stopped. And in the future, most of our newspaper content will be delivered via digital tech. ...READ»

Apple Tablet Delayed, but With OLED Screen and Condé Nast Mags

Whee, the Apple Tablet merry-go-round spins and spins: Today adds a clutch of rumors that, if you grapple them all together, are another quietly confident tick in the "it's definitely real" box. But one suggestion is that the beast is ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: Balancing Your Media Diet

The USDA's classic food pyramid is the gold standard for dietary intake; what happens if we apply the same rubric to our media consumption? READ»

Adobe Says CS4 Will Be More Mac-Friendly

Adobe [ADBE] products have been famously synonymous with creative Macintosh-types for years, but early reports from Wired magazine on the beta version of the company's Creative Suite 4 are even more Mac-friendly than ever. The ...READ»

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Blogging: Changing the Face of Publishing, Branding, and People’s Lives

Mediabistro Circus’s session about blogging featured Eric Hellweg, Editorial director for harvardbusiness.org; Noah Shachtman, Contributing editor for the Danger Room Blog (on Wired.com); Anil Dash, Vice President of Six Apart; ...READ»