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Online Shoe Seller Zappos Leverages iPad for New Lifestyle App

By Juli | December 16, 2011 | 1 comment

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If you ask someone to name the best place to buy shoes, apparel, and accessories on the Internet, they will likely answer with Zappos.com. Over the last several years, Zappos has built a thriving apparel and footwear website, known for its large inventory of items and its easy service and hassle-free returns.

Zappos already has a highly rated app for purchasing products in the App Store, but the company has added a new resource for shoe lovers and fashionistas – Zappos Now, a monthly digital lifestyle magazine for the iPad.

KidsMag Makes Waiting For Santa a Little Easier

By Emily | December 12, 2011 | No comment yet

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Most kids can’t wait for Christmas day. Busy parents can always use new seasonal activities that channel their little ones’ excitement in creative or educational ways. Parents and kids alike will be glad to add the KidsMag Christmas Special Edition, to their iPads. The app offers kids a range of fun activities to do while they wait for Santa.

KidsMag is an interactive magazine for children 3 and up. The Christmas edition includes word games, coloring pages, and a chance to dress up Santa. The activities are similar to the Halloween Special Edition, which we loved. The app also offers a wide range of puzzles. Little users can spot the differences, identify the shadows, and find the hidden presents.

National Newspaper Now Available via Flipboard

By Juli | October 16, 2011 | No comment yet

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Aggregate news and magazine app Flipboard pulls stories and information from a large number of sources. USA Today announced this morning that it’s teamed up with Flipboard, making it the first national newspaper to have content featured in the app.

With this new collaboration, you can get the best content from USA Today right in Flipboard, eliminating the need for visiting several different newspaper sites and apps to get the news you want.

Fotopedia Launches iPad Magazine on Flipboard

By Juli | September 21, 2011 | No comment yet

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Fotopedia, the Wikipedia of photos that brings you apps filled with amazing pictures from around the world is expanding, to a new digital magazine. As of Tuesday, Fotopedia Magazine will be available through the social magazine platform, Flipboard.

Through the Fotopedia Magazine on Flipboard, readers have a new way to view Fotopedia’s arsenal of photographs, in slide shows organized as visual stories.

Cosmopolitan Magazine: Now for Guys via iPad

By Colin | August 1, 2011 | No comment yet

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Thats right, the wildly popular young women’s magazine has announced the release of a male friendly version of their publication, to be distributed exclusively on the Apple iPad.

The app is now available for $1.99/month, $3.99/issue, or as a subscription for $19.99/year. All of the entertaining articles contain the secrets to charming the ladies, written by the highest authority on the matter: women themselves.

Flipboard Major Update: A New iPad Magazine/Content Experience

By Roberto | December 2, 2010 | No comment yet

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Remember the iPad Flipboard app? It’s the “social magazine type” app that launched back in July creating a lot of press coverage. The social app launched back then with a very sleek design that captivated many folks.

Today, that same developer has said it is partnering with major content providers and advertisers with the goal of becoming a full iPad magazine producer. Their new adventure, called Flipboard Pages, will take the content from publishers and turn it into a HTML5-based sleek layout that resembles a paper magazine.

Wired for iPad – New Features and New Price

By Roberto | July 1, 2010 | No comment yet

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After more than 90,000 copies sold since going on sale, Wired Magazine has returned with the July issue and plenty of updates. Without further ado, let’s get into the details.

The Wired app is now free to download. But, keep in mind you still have to buy the full issue of the magazine, which you can update with the new in-app purchase feature. You will be able to get both future and past issues from the same app. So, if you purchased the June issue, you’ll still have full access to that issue.

Another move by Condé Nast was to drop the price of the current issue compared to last month. The July issue is a dollar cheaper, which means you can purchase the issue for $3.99. We don’t know if this will be the official price going forward, or if the price will be reduced even more. Magazine representatives have mentioned the recent price cut is associated with their investigation of different business models.

If anything, the price drop at least shows the company is trying to figure out ways to make their content available more efficiently and at a cheaper price. I’m not one that will keep every single issue on my iPad. I’ll need that space for other things eventually. But, I like the fact the new Wired app gives me some flexibility to download old issues, or skip an issue and download it later as a back issue.

Sports Illustrated iPad App Lands On App Store

By Roberto | June 25, 2010 | No comment yet

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Sports Illustrated long has been a leader in outstanding photography and writing. Their market presence in the sports world has been phenomenal for years.

About a month ago, we reported the famous magazine was showing one of the first examples at the Google I/O Conference. What amazed everyone at that time was that the magazine still followed its usual print publication layout, and showed off advanced features such as embedded videos with dynamic transitions, print-like fonts, and a very impressive pop-up navigation bar.

It almost seems it was yesterday, maybe six years ago, when the web version of our favorite magazines or newspapers was primarily a text experience with a few photos added to the web site. Everything was static and boring. Over the last few years the experience has certainly improved.

Well, Sports Illustrated’s iPad app has landed in the App Store this week. The iPad edition will give you the same stories as the print issue, but the publisher has focused on adding extra content into the app. They have added extra photos, exclusive documentary videos, a book excerpt and many more features.