Prediction: $199 Kindle Fires = this holiday’s Cabbage Patch kids
There's carnage aplenty in the iPad's wake including RIM (BlackBerry PlayBook), and HP (WebOS). But Amazon (with Google's help) could be a force.
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Wall Street Journal app on Facebook – scary proposition for publishers?
The Company wants us to live and breathe inside its increasingly suffocating world. Shop. Talk. Watch. Read. Listen.
Evri CEO Will Hunsinger on iPad news apps, CNN’s acquisition of Zite, fly rods (interview)
We discuss the new app and its competitors, the market at large, and the potential for new business models in publishing.
Evri for iPad – A colorful, slick news app (review)
Evri is yet another compelling entry in a space that is booming. Don't forget, earlier CNN bought Zite for $25 million.
News360 for Android, iPad (review)
Topic-based news browsing for tablets potentially reduces tunnel vision.
Why Facebook can’t move as fast as Google Plus
Zuckerberg needs to walk a fine line. He needs to innovate. But his customers throw very public tizzies when an avatar is shifted, or an…
Zinio bridges paper-to-digital gap for magazines (review)
The easiest way to think of Zinio, number three on the list of top-grossing iPad apps, is as a digital newstand (with 4,500+ magazines).
Flipboard for iPad changes the game (review)
"Flipboard Pages" renders custom-branded content for publishers such as ABC News, All Things Digital, SF Gate and Bon Appetit.
After Bartz: Search for the next Chief Yahoo (interview)
"She went down in flames!" - What type of leader does Yahoo need now that Carol Bartz is out?
Gamification: Time flies when you’re having fun
Things move so fast that there is little time to savor the process, the moment of anticipation before reaching an ultimate destination.