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News Corp. has put The Daily 'on watch'

New York Observer :: There are internal rumors that Murdoch's The Daily has been put “on watch.” According to a source the status of the groundbreaking iPad tabloid—which loses $30 million a year—will be reassessed after the November 6 election.

Continue to read Kat Stoeffel, observer.com

Extreme journalism: Waterproof and disinfectable iPhone and iPad covers

Maybe interesting for those of you using iPhone and iPad as reporting tools.

siliconrepublic :: Healthcare professionals who are using touchscreen devices on the job can now protect their iPhones and iPads from water and contamination with a new and transparent form-fitting skin. SEAL SHIELDS polyurethane covers have been designed to make iPhones and iPads waterproof, washable and disinfectable.

A report by Tina Costanza, www.siliconrepublic.com

Google+ app for iPad available in the App Store

Offical Google Blog :: In May, we redesigned the Google+ experience for iPhone, adding full bleed photos that fall into place and bold visual elements that bring your stream to life. Today, we’re introducing new features for iPhone and an iPad app that you won’t be able to put down.

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Next Issue brings 39 all-you-can-read magazines to iPad

paidContent :: Digital magazine joint venture Next Issue Media is finally available for the iPad, three months after it launched for Android. With the app, users can read popular magazines like People, Vogue, the New Yorker and Real Simple for a flat monthly fee. Next Issue’s expansion to iPad is its first real chance at widespread adoption.

Continue to read Laura Hazard Owen, paidcontent.org

Launch appears near for 'iPad mini'

Wall Street Journal :: Apple Inc.'s component suppliers in Asia are preparing for mass production in September of a tablet computer with a smaller screen than the iPad ("iPad mini"), people familiar with the situation said, suggesting a launch for the device is near.

Continue to read Lorraine Luk, online.wsj.com

Better Homes' iPad edition charges $1,500 for a hotlink

AdAge :: Another magazine company has decided to charge advertisers for something as small as a working hotlink in a tablet edition. Each functional link in tablet versions of Better Homes and Gardens, Fitness and Parents will soon cost $1,500, according to Meredith Corp., which publishes the magazines.

Continue to read Nat Ives, adage.com

'Podcasts': Apple launches free podcasts app

Macstories :: When Peter Kafka at AllThingsD hinted at an upcoming Podcasts app for iOS, we didn’t expect to see it until this Fall. Some early tells clued us in that Apple was working on something, and today our best guesses and inside sources held up: Apple has launched their forecasted Podcasts app, and you can download it right now from the App Store.

Apple's Podcast app Cody Fink, www.macstories.net

Spotify takes aim at Pandora with mobile radio feature

Guardian :: Spotify is rolling out an updated version of its iPhone and iPad apps that will include the revamped radio feature that launched in its desktop application in December 2011. "Mobile radio" will be available in the coming days on iOS, enabling users to create stations based on individual artists, albums and playlists.

Continue to read www.guardian.co.uk

Why the updated ABC News iPad app changes by time of day

Poynter :: Building a good app starts with asking yourself the right questions. The most fundamental one: What does my audience want? That’s the problem that people at ABC News have tried to solve since launching an iPad app almost two years ago. But the snag was, there’s not just one answer to that question. “We realized that people are using the app in different ways at different points of the day,” Joe Ruffolo, ABC’s senior vice president of digital, told me.

What's behind the strategy? - Continue to read Jeff Sonderman, www.poynter.org

Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang: Why we're now selling iPad subscriptions

AdAge :: Time Inc. on Thursday ended its long refusal to sell iPad subscriptions in the App Store, deciding that earlier concerns over Apple's power and policies weren't worth the missed opportunity. In a Q&A with Ad Age, new Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang explained that the reversal wasn't actually an about-face for her personally.

The interview - Continue to read here Nat Ives, adage.com