Rupert Murdoch is a believer in failing big. That’s why he’s going to launch the Daily in as many countries as he can before it implodes. Jonathan Miller, CDO at News Corporation,was speaking on a panel at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit when he was asked about the future of The Daily. He said that [...]
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How mobile phones can extend our daily reading experience
March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
by Piotr Kowalczyk Photo: Arvind Grover Reading on mobile phones is a subject of my continued fascination. How to help people read e-books on their phones? What to do to overcome popular prejudices? Certainly, mobile phones won’t be a primary e-reader for anyone who wants to read more than occasionally, but they can be very [...]
The Daily already shedding staff
March 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · software news
It’s been just over a month since Rupert Murdoch’s iPad only digital newspaper The Daily launched and we have reports that 3 writers have already bailed – all in a single week. Coincidence? Adweek was the first to notice the 3 departures. Features reporter Lauren Bans and political reporter Jon Ward were the first to [...]
The Daily will be available on Android this Spring
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
All Things D are reporting that The Daily’s iPad exclusive days are numbered. The Daily is prepping an Android tablet version which should be ready by the end of June this year. I seem to recall that Rupert Murdoch had promised that The Daily would be iPad until next year, so I really have to [...]
I’m joining the chorus on why The Daily will fail
February 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion
One of my favorite bloggers just got hired to write a twice weekly advice column for The Daily. While I’m happy for her success, she is the epitome of why The Daily will fail. The blog is called CokeTalk. It’s an advice blog run anonymously by a female version of Lenny Bruce. If that’s too [...]
Check out how News Corp blew $3m on The Daily’s Super Bowl Ad
February 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news, video
The Super Bowl ad for The Daily just showed up on Youtube, and I have to say that the ad is as awe inspiring as the digital newspaper itself.Snide comments aside, I think we have the winner for “Most Ambivalent Super Bowl Ad”. It’s by no means the worst ad but it is the least [...]
The Daily now available in Australia
February 6th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion, software news
Jason Davis of Bookbee just came across The Daily in the Australian branch of iTunes. The contents the same, but the prices are about 20% higher. I’ve been looking at The Daily these past few days, and I still don’t understand how it’s supposed to make money. Quite some time before it launched I pointed [...]
How to read The Daily (if you don’t have an iPad)
February 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I’m sure you know that the daily was launched yesterday, and that it’s an iPad only daily newspaper. I just got word over Twitter of a new blog where someone is collecting links to all of the parts of the The Daily that can be found on the Web. It’s called The Daily: Indexed. I [...]
Will The Daily follow in the footsteps of Murdoch’s last digital newspaper?
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t know about Rupert Murdoch’s previous web based newspaper; this is the first I’d ever heard of it. Back in 1995 New Corp launched iGuide, a pioneering effort to bring daily news coverage to the web. It failed, and Evan Rudowski watched it happen. He wrote an article today [...]
Sony Daily Edition gets an update
December 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Sony sent out an email today announcing a new update for the Sony PRS-950 e-reader. I’m actually surprised at some of the new features listed. This update adds page sync and active web links, both of which should have been in the original firmware IMO. The improvements include:
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