A First Look at New York Times iPad App, News.Me
We do not need further reminders that Rupert Murdoch is rolling out 'The Daily' on the iPad. Or the fact that he roped in Steve Jobs. Or the delay, after delay.
As such, we are relieved and eagerly waiting for tomorrow to arrive, when the world's most influential newspaper on the Internet, The New York Times, officially rolls out News.Me.
Poised as a direct competitor to The Daily on the iPad arena, just what exactly does The Gray Lady have in store for the millions of iPad users?
In an exclusive review by TechCrunch, the app "presents the news that the people you follow on Twitter are reading", filtering the content based on the frequency it's being shared and clicked. It seems that besides Twitter, NYTimes will also be pulling in analysis from Bit.ly, the world's most popular URL shortener website, to decide what content should be displayed on your tablet.
Compare the above with NewsCorp's The Daily, Murdoch's 100-strong editorial team will produce its own articles and video content.
But, with content determined by social connectivity, doesn't News.Me work just like Flipboard? Apparently TechCrunch thinks so too. " You sign in with your Twitter account, and you can see a stream of news stories and videos being viewed by the people you follow in their Twitter streams. Instead of just seeing the links, the underlying text and images are displayed inline," reports Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch.
Schonfeld was also quick to add that full articles are displayed in the app, "some of which are licensed from other news organizations. For this reason, the app won’t be free."
With recent movements such as implementing online subscription paywall, and now News.Me, it's apparent that NYTimes is aggressively moving into digital. Is the earlier-declared end of NYTimes' print run close?
Below are some screenshot glimpses of the app:
For a more detailed review, please head here.
As such, we are relieved and eagerly waiting for tomorrow to arrive, when the world's most influential newspaper on the Internet, The New York Times, officially rolls out News.Me.
Poised as a direct competitor to The Daily on the iPad arena, just what exactly does The Gray Lady have in store for the millions of iPad users?
In an exclusive review by TechCrunch, the app "presents the news that the people you follow on Twitter are reading", filtering the content based on the frequency it's being shared and clicked. It seems that besides Twitter, NYTimes will also be pulling in analysis from Bit.ly, the world's most popular URL shortener website, to decide what content should be displayed on your tablet.
Compare the above with NewsCorp's The Daily, Murdoch's 100-strong editorial team will produce its own articles and video content.
But, with content determined by social connectivity, doesn't News.Me work just like Flipboard? Apparently TechCrunch thinks so too. " You sign in with your Twitter account, and you can see a stream of news stories and videos being viewed by the people you follow in their Twitter streams. Instead of just seeing the links, the underlying text and images are displayed inline," reports Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch.
Schonfeld was also quick to add that full articles are displayed in the app, "some of which are licensed from other news organizations. For this reason, the app won’t be free."
With recent movements such as implementing online subscription paywall, and now News.Me, it's apparent that NYTimes is aggressively moving into digital. Is the earlier-declared end of NYTimes' print run close?
Below are some screenshot glimpses of the app:
For a more detailed review, please head here.
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