February 2012
3 posts
January 2012
11 posts
One Pink Hairclip - Read, Retweet, Swap →
Ok so this isn’t about iPads but it is a must read nevertheless.
A friend of mine has started on a swapping adventure to raise money for the infant cot death charity, FSID.
Starting with a single pink hairclip, he is, step by step swapping and trading up to a house-sized prize for the charity.
So far he has swapped from:
1 One pink hairclip 2 A “flipping ladybug” toy ...
Viggle social TV app offers real-world rewards for...
Wow! The world has gone dual screen crazy.
A lot has happened since we worked up our first ipad dual screen app for a well known LA movie studio back in March 2011. It seems everyone is jostling to become THE platform for TV check in. What they seem to be missing for me is content or a real reason to use them over just using Twitter.
Rewards like this from Viggle are an interesting angle and I...
A GarageBand for ebooks: Simplifying publishing... →
Aha! So is this what that announcement is all about? A system for Book publishing…?
Meet the Pub 47 Digital Judges! - Grids - SPD.ORG... →
Its an honour to be asked. I’m honoured.
How People Watch TV Online And Off | TechCrunch →
One Laptop Per Child to launch tablet at CES |... →
Guardian iPad app adds Weekend section as... →
Barnes & Noble Reports Record NOOK® Sales |... →
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Kindle Fire Sells 1m For Christmas, Playbook Only...
I’m clearly not the only one tempted to get a Fire over christmas. According to amazon (via this piece on Mashable) Kindle Fire sold 1m units. The iPad still seems so expensive but it is encouraging that, at last, there are some real alternatives in the market and the ridiculous Apple price matching game seems to be falling away.
$699 for a Playbook anyone? Anyone? Even the formerly...
December 2011
3 posts
2 tags
Stroke Your Genius: Marty's Guide to Management...
Hooray, our latest iPad app went live today in the US. It is a Guide to Management Consultancy for a new series featuring Don Cheadle as an unscrupulous Management Consultant (is there another kind?). Out on the Nook before Christmas too. Perfect yuletide reading on your freshly unwrapped tablet device!
This is what our client Showtime say about it:
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Galweather & Stearn - Ideas & Insights →
So long and thanks for all the content...
After four brilliant years at Seven I’m leaving.
I’m sad to go but excited about the future.
I’m going to BMB to set up a mobile strand to their business. Having worked in mobile since 2002 I’m excited to have the focus back again after ‘generally digitising’ Seven’s publishing business.
Hoping to bring some of my experience with content, publishing,...
November 2011
21 posts
Oops -is that an iPhone in the LG advert? →
2012 Digital Strategy Gift Guide
(image by Jospeh O Holmes - get a print from 20x200.com)
‘Tis the time of year for round ups, lists and rampant conusmerism. SO what are the top 10 services and trends for the discerning marketer to buy-in to for Christmas?
Content marketing is the must have item for any organisation that wants to keep up with the times. Coke have announced their Content 2020 project with the release of...
Ericsson predicts tablet sales to rise to 550m by... →
There’s some really interesting data in here - chiefly the really bullish predications for growth in the tablet market.
You can download a PDF of the full report here.
Conde Nast: All Fire'd Up - Grids - SPD.ORG -... →
Apple starts publishing weekly iPhone and iPad... →
What's Smaller Than Apple? [Infographic] | Walyou →
iPad conversion rates twice as high as desktop:... →
Mobile Social Networking Audience Grew 44 Percent... →
Flavorwire » Visual Representations of 15... →
Tablets being used more during mornings and... →
Mmmmmm, data.
A human review of the Kindle Fire – Marco.org →
This isn’t good.
Katachi Magazine for iPad →
There’s some nifty thinking in here.
Shades of PROJECT.
Love the photo wall and the unfolding images but I’m not sure who the magazine is for.
I’ll have to live with it for a while.
Mobile Consolidation As Velti Buys MIG For Up To... →
Congrats to Barry, Nelson et al.
The Smartphone Wars Are Over | Fast Company →
WatchComms App - Medtronic (by mikeburgess)
Check this out. Pretty nifty eh?
Bet you wanna buy an MRI now eh?
Highly-touted Papercut iPad app scores 880 sales |... →
Maurice Sendak will be pleased but this isn’t the end - just the beginning for book publishers and I’m sure we’ll see a host of similar experiments with varying levels of success in the next 12 months.
The future seems more clear for the magazine and newspaper publishing with some great stats coming out since the launch of Newsstand on iPad.
Mac News: Mobile Advertising: Android, iOS Duke It... →
The inside story of how Microsoft killed its... →
October 2011
7 posts
Users find bugs in Facebook app for iPad - No... →
Never work with children, animals or ipad apps.
People, Power and Politics: How Digitization is... →
Adobe to Acquire World →
Adobe are really moving now. First a deal with Woodwing, then they acquire Typekit and now HTML5 cross-coding software house Nitobi (they of PhoneGap).
Next?
THE WORLD!
The Daily iPad newspaper app has 80,000 paying... →
After much speculation, News Corporation has fronted up with stats on how its The Daily iPad news app is doing. Publisher Greg Clayman tells Advertising Age that The Daily has 80,000 paying subscribers, and another 40,000 people currently on free two-week trial periods.
Adobe and WoodWing announce Alliance for Tablet... →
September 2011
14 posts
Samsung shows off odd Galaxy Tab bike with tablet... →
Whats wrong with the kids of today?
Priorities!
For me. Gears? Essential. Galaxy Tab? Not so much.
Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet - Bloomberg →
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Amazon's New Kindle May Rival Apple IPad - Video -... →
CBS exec: Mobile not big enough to sell on its own... →
CBS say mobile revenue isn’t significant enough for products to stand on their own. This may be true for traditional publishers but for brands, especially retailers, the case has never been stronger.
On the very same site ASOS.com are featured announcing a raft of mobile launches based on their observation that 10% of their traffic is already mobile.
At the risk of sounding like a stuck...