armendni: Does Apple always bully content providers into meeting their demands? They better be careful or they could some day have a riot on their hands. I li... more »
Michael Scrip: I like magazines. Let's say I wanted to subscribe to the paper version of Popular Photography:
$14 for one year
$20 for two years
Or... $5 per issu... more »
NorwoodIsMyHero: Oh noes! So the iPad might not save the idiotic rantings of MoDo, David Brooks, and Paul Krugman after all?
What will the world do without all that s... more »
Blub10: No one is going to save the newspapers and magazine folks other then the newspaper and magazine folks. Putting a burden on Apple that is a vestige of ... more »
isights: If I buy a magazine off the rack how much demographic information do they get? more »
As expected, the tricky question of "How we gonna get paid?" has reportedly become a sticking point in Apple's negotiations with newspaper and magazine publishers. Put simply, subscriber information is deeply valuable, and Apple doesn't want to to share it.
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According to the Times (the LA one), the Times (the NY one) has been working on a tablet app in recent weeks. Also: Condé Nast basically admitted to the same in a press release. Familiar? Sure. But intriguing!
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You've gotta spend money to make money, at least according to the New York Times. The paper has entered the hardware subsidization business, offering $100 off the Samsung Go with $180 Times Reader subscription. [NYT via Business Wire via Engadget]
Every year or so, you'll read the same line: Japanese cellphones are amazing, futuristic überhandsets, and the rest of the world is stuck in the last decade. In 2009, though, that narrative has basically collapsed.
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It's time for another roundup of pundits espousing heartfelt admiration and none-too-bloody criticism of a pretty hot Apple product. How did they—I mean "it"—do this time around? Have a look-see...
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Pets can be difficult to photograph. Once, someone quoted me $1000 for a pet portrait! The NYTimes has a long interview with Li Ward on how to do it best.
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The Amazon Kindle DX is 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38". Bezos says it's for reading newspapers, magazines, journals, and your own PDF documents more easily. But how does it stack against its deadtree counterparts?
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Google has created an app for the iPhone that will give the handset advanced voice recognition, reports John Markoff from the NY Times. The app can answer location related questions (Finding the nearest Starbucks), give driving directions, respond to generic questions, and even search local data from the address book.
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NASA's Lunar Chariot, which costs a reported $2 million to build, has just been tested by the NYT. The top speed of 15 mph may not set tarmac on fire, but it sure as hell can burn a truckload of astro stuff, all with it's six-wheeled wackiness trailing closely behind. The front driving "turret" houses the primary control; a joystick for steering, as well as various cameras and sensors, the feedback of which is relayed to the onboard screen. John Schwartz, the NYT reporter sent out to run the test, didn't get to drive the buggy itself, but he was offered the passenger's seat / stand, and here's what he made of it.
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