Technology
Many news publishers focus their mobile strategies on platform-specific apps—but the mobile web may actually be more important, since a mobile website is easier to discover, link to, and share from a mobile device.
While the original Nook Tablet sported 16GB of onboard memory, the new
version will feature the same amount as the bestselling Kindle Fire. A
decrease in memory capacity also signals a corresponding dip for the
price tag.
If 2011’s headline for local news apps was that outlets needed to have one, the message for 2012 is that apps can make money, too.
The Colombian newspaper La República has prepared a whole edition with all journalists and editors working on a remote basis, out of the office.
About 70 percent of children in households with tablet computers used these devices, according to fourth-quarter results from research firm Nielsen.
Atex, a leading global software company providing solutions for media-rich industries, has opened a new office in Colombia.
As magazine newsstand sales continue to plummet, publishers and markets are coming around to digital magazine formats.
Agderposten, a daily newspaper published in Arendal, Norway, has signed an agreement for Atex’s Web Content Management Solution. The new, advanced system will be hosted as part of the Edda Media environment and offer improved functions and features, at a lower cost.
The McClatchy Company, the third-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, has signed an enterprise-wide agreement with Digital Technology International (DTI™) to implement DTI Circulation via DTI Cloud for all of its 30 newspapers.
As tablets and e-readers become a growing trend for news consumers, the newspaper O Globo launched the first digital edition in Brazil designed for iPad, “O Globo a mais,” on Jan. 30.
Southeast Asia’s leading media organization Singapore Press Holdings Ltd has selected Atex’s editorial content management system, which is an upgrade of SPH’s existing software.
Mobile is more and more a go-to channel to reach consumers.
1 million iPad sales to date in South Korea.



