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2013 Research: Media tablets now used by at least one-third of U.S. adults
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What journalists need to know about the difference between Web apps and native apps
Facebook’s recent unveiling of Home, a software suite for Android phones (and soon tablets), offered more evidence that apps rule the mobile world. Just a few years ago, usage of apps lagged Web browsing within that world. But we now spend more than 80 percent of our mobile time with apps, according to Flurry … Continue reading
Don’t be “platform agnostic”
News publishers have to understand the contours of the shift or risk mobile becoming “digital hesitation 2.0.” The market research firm comScore recently released its annual major mobile report. A dive into the data distills lessons for journalism right now, some of them counterintuitive. Move aggressively to mobile immediately — don’t wait for revenue to … Continue reading
RJI: Tips for creating tablet apps to reach younger audience
Creating a tablet application for your news organization is challenging but doable. Be ready to admit your failures and build on them, said digital media guru Doug Bennett. “When you’re in digital you have to recognize that there’s no recipe for success because you’re always experimenting and trying new things,” he said. Bennett is the … Continue reading
Design trends of 2012: The good, the bad, and the ‘die already’
As we play taps for 2012, let’s take a look at what developers and designers got into over the past 12 months, aesthetically speaking. Web (and tablet and smartphone) design this year was more than ever characterized by relatively new technological capabilities. Advances on the dev side made tricks and conventions on the design side … Continue reading
New Poynter Eyetrack research reveals how people read news on tablets
It’s all about touch. People were either intimately involved with the iPad screen while reading during recent eyetracking study — keeping nearly constant contact while touching, tapping, pinching and swiping to adjust their view — or they carefully arranged a full screen of text before physically detaching as they sat back to read. This intimate … Continue reading
News Corp Shutting Down “The Daily” iPad Publication
The latest News Corp press release says that the Daily, its standalone daily iPad newspaper, will “cease standalone publication”. The newspaper had a high profile launch in February 2011, but had apparently struggled to pay its way — recent reports suggested the losses were looking like $30 million a year, and rumors that Rupert Murdoch … Continue reading
Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012
Section 1: Watching, Reading and Listening to the News Television continues to be the public’s top daily news source. In the current survey, 55% say they watched the news or a news program on television yesterday. That is little changed from recent news consumption surveys. In the 1990s, however, far more Americans said they watched … Continue reading
Google 7-inch tablet rumoured for release in July
The market for smaller tablets just got a little bigger with Google apparently set to throw its hat into the ring this summer. Rumours have begun circulating about a Google collaboration with Asus to launch a 7-inch tablet PC following a report from DigiTimes. The report on the Taipei-based news website claims the tablet will … Continue reading
Poynter ‘EyeTrack: Tablet’ research shows horizontal swiping instinct for photo galleries
by Sara Dickenson Quinn Poynter’s “EyeTrack: Tablet” project, the latest in our long tradition of research to understand how readers view news, can now announce some early results: iPad users have an overwhelming instinct to swipe horizontally through a full screen photo gallery, regardless of portrait or landscape orientation. Our Poynter research team thought … Continue reading
