Yahoo yesterday announced that it's bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion to communicate to millennials that it's cool, hip, relevant, and that it understands what GIFs are. But back in the early ages of the dot com-era, the company said precisely that through a monthly publication called Yahoo Internet Life Magazine. Read More >>
Featured comment by pillock:
"Aaah, printed articles about the internet. They seem incredible now - why not just use the internet to find out about the internet? But I remember spe..." More »
Dezeen, one of our favourite go-to design and architecture sites, has created the first print-on-demand magazine, in conjunction with Blurb, all about 3D printing. It's advert-free too, which makes a nice change, so if you're at all interested in 3D printing and design, it might be worth a gander. [Dezeen's Print Shift] Read More >>
The Nexus 7 just got a little bit more awesome, thanks to Google Play. In the battle for the budget tablet, content is king, and we can now officially buy magazines from Google Play in the UK. After being teased yesterday, everything's officially official now. Take that Kindle Fire and Nook HD. Read More >>
Users idly browsing Google's Android Play app this morning saw a link to digital version of T3 magazine listed on the front page, with links inside its listing letting mag buyers view a decent list of other UK magazines. But you can't buy them yet. Read More >>
Featured comment by Alex:
"I wonder if TV episodes are about to make their way over too? I noticed an update on my N7 today asking me to update Google Play Movies to "Google Pla..." More »
As printed media becomes more and more irrelevant, advertisers have had to devise clever ways to grab a magazine reader's attention. And to promote the safety features of its vehicles, Peugeot ran this brilliant ad that simulates what would happen in a head-on collision. Read More >>
As you grow a little bit older and stop taking as many tequila shots on a random Tuesday night, you'll inevitably venture into the pinky raised world of drinking wine. It's scary! It's intimidating! It's snooty! But it doesn't have to be, you can learn everything you need to know about wine with an iOS book called Wine Simplified. Read More >>
iPhone users in Brazil who also subscribe to a magazine called Capricho recently got an extra bonus in one issue. But it wasn't a promo code for a free iTunes track or anything like that. No, it was a special printed cover that turned the rolled up magazine into a passive amplifying speaker for their phone. Read More >>
The tatty magazine rack in your local WHSmith is about to lose one of its longest-serving titles, with publisher DC Thompson chopping the print version of the Dandy in favour of an all-new entirely digital copy of the comic that'll appear online instead. Read More >>
Featured comment by magicguppy:
"I was in Dundee yesterday admiring the statue. I used to read Dandy and Beano, but not so much for DD or Dennis the Menace, more for The Bash Street K..." More »
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the UK isn't going to get every wonderful thing Google showed off with its new Nexus 7 tablet. The UK simply won't get Google Play's fancy new library of magazines, music and TV shows. Read More >>
The next issue of Gardners' World Magazine will give housebound vegetation fans the chance to get a real whiff of the outdoors, thanks to featuring an equally horrifying and interesting "Scratch & Sniff" front cover, plus a mystery smell inside. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"The month after that the Journal of Infectious Diseases will come with a "scratch and catch" cover and the Journal of Erectile Dysfunction will come ..." More »
Edits is a magazine about photography. There are a million magazines about photography—the world doesn't need anymore. But the world needs every magazine that gives a damn about technology to ripoff Edits. It's stunningly beautiful. Read More >>
If you need a reminder that Google can still make cool stuff, check out their latest app for iOS and Android: Google Currents. It's pretty much a Flipboard clone in that the app turns web content (news sources, rss feeds, etc.) into a slick digital magazine with awesome visuals. Read More >>
Featured comment by Fourthletter:
"Why didn't you just install if from the Android market ? I got an Archos Android tablet for Xmas last year and have been using it the whole time." More »
Featured comment by midnightz:
""Geeks and Sci-Fi often go hand in hand"
What place did that have in this article? That iPad users are geeks or that SF fans are geeks or both?
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The first wave of magazines supporting Apple's Newsstand feature on iOS 5 went live today, which is good news. In theory, Newsstand isn't that big of a deal. But using it, you realise it's something more. Read More >>
Featured comment by OutSpoken:
"I agree.
In any case, Newsstand looks like more of an annoyance to some of us who don't subscribe to magazines. Gee, with the mammoth of free and u..." More »
Magazine publishers tripped over themselves to get on the iPad, because they thought they could sell you pretty things like this to revive their depressed print business, but then Apple was kind of a dick about it, and even though Apple took it all back, magazine publishers are still totally leery about being completely beholden to Apple for tablet moneys—but all of the Android tablets suck so nobody is buying them, leaving the publishers with not a lot of places to go, but hey Amazon's tablet looks like it might be okay, so now three of the big publishers are on board with it—Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith—but not Time, at least not yet (or Bonnier). Read More >>
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