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Cameras

The Hipstamatic War Photography Of The NY Times

12:40PM November 23, 2010 | Brian Barrett

If you thought war photography on the front page of today’s New York Times looked different, you’re right. I did too. But I’d never have guessed that it was taken with an iPhone. Using Hipstamatic, no less! More »


Software

Newspaper Publishers Still Hope Tablets Will Save Them

12:20AM October 9, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today are building special tablet-y apps for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, hoping to easily port the app over to other Android tablets. And the WSJ, knowing its core audience, wants all up on the BlackBerry PlayBook. More »


Software

This Is A Newspaper On The iPad

10:38AM April 2, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

On the one hand, you have the New York Times: “I am an internet news application!” And then you have the Wall Street Journal: “I am a colour newspaper!” And then you have USA Today: “I like Skittles!” More »


Online

How The iPad Is Already Reshaping The Internet (Without Flash)

1:00AM March 30, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

The iPad doesn’t run Flash. If your website uses Flash, it won’t play well on the iPad. Turns out, a lot of people want their sites to look pretty on the iPad. More »


Gadgets

Paid New York Times Content Plan Could Coincide With Apple Tablet Announcement

6:50AM January 18, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The New York Times experimented with paid content before, without much success, but that’s not stopping them from giving it a go again. This time, however, the paid-to-free content changeover might coincide with a certain unconfirmed mystery tablet. More »


Computing

Lose $US80 On A Netbook With $US180 Times Reader Subscription

12:37AM November 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

You’ve gotta spend money to make money, at least according to the New York Times. The paper has entered the hardware subsidisation business, offering $US100 off the Samsung Go with a $US180 Times Reader subscription. [NYT via Business Wire via Engadget] More »


Computing

On That NYTimes Editor’s Mention Of The Apple Tablet

4:10AM October 27, 2009 | Brian Lam

A lot of people are writing up this video of the NYTimes Editor “leaking” the Apple Tablet (see 8:20 in the video) in this supposedly off record talk. But this isn’t proof of anything. More »


Mobile

Japanese Mobile Phones As Mysterious Super-Gadgets: 2009 Edition

3:20AM July 21, 2009 | John Herrman

Every year or so, you’ll read the same line: Japanese mobile phones are amazing, futuristic überhandsets, and the rest of the world is stuck in the last decade. In 2009, though, that narrative has basically collapsed. More »


Mobile

IPhone 3GS Review Matrix: What Everybody’s Saying

4:00PM June 18, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

It’s time for another roundup of pundits espousing heartfelt admiration and none-too-bloody criticism of a pretty hot Apple product. How did they—I mean “it”—do this time around? Have a look-see… More »


Gadgets

NYT: ‘Newspaper-Saving’ Redneck Kindle Can’t Pronounce President’s Name

8:40PM May 8, 2009 | John Herrman

Pointing out the clunkiness of the Kindle’s text-to-speech feature is tired, but with the new Kindle DX being lauded as a newspaper savior, the NYT has a point: “Bay-rack Oh-bamma” won’t cut it.

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