Online

The Most Beautiful Online Magazine We’ve Ever Seen

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.


March 1, 2012
Online

The New York Times Tells Its Entire Life Story On Facebook Timeline

The New York Times‘ Facebook Timeline goes all the way back to 1851, and it’s filled with some choice photos and milestones from the paper’s history. It also tells the story of how technology changed the business of keeping you informed.


February 24, 2012
Software

Amazon Pulls 5000 Ebooks From The Kindle Store

Almost 5000 ebooks have been pulled from the the Kindle Store because of a change made to Independent Publishers Group’s contract with the online seller. The move is a result of Amazon’s demand for upfront payment from publishers, required to host their books on the store. [Paid Content]


February 1, 2012
News

Barnes & Noble Declares Wimpy War On Amazon

Some people still buy books — and even buy them in paper format. So Barnes & Noble’s decision to block books published by Amazon is fightin’ words! But how much does it matter, and who’s getting hurt?


November 29, 2011
Software

Rolling Stone Is Coming To The iPad After All

In a rather unexpected about-face, Rolling Stone’s parent company, Wenner Media, has announced that the iconic music magazine will soon be available on the iPad. But first, it’s porting The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide to Apple’s tablet — like this week.


October 13, 2011
Software

iOS 5′s Newsstand Is More Awesome Than You Think

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.


Computing

HP Wants You To Print Magazines With Your Home Printer

Two wrongs don’t make a right. I think I learned that as a four-year-old. Apparently, HP and Condé Nast skipped out on that life lesson because they’re combining two dying things — print media and printers — to create the unholiest of unions: your HP printer at home will print out Condé Nast magazines for you to read.


October 7, 2011
News

Steve Jobs Remembered On Front Pages Around The World

Thanks to Steve Jobs, it’s way more likely that you learned about his death from a smartphone than a newspaper, but editors all over the world paid tribute to Jobs’s impact with impressive, often sentimental, front pages.


September 27, 2011
Computing

Amazon Tablet Will Be Filled With So Many Magazines

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.


September 10, 2011
Geek Out

How IKEA Redesigned Its Bookshelves For A Bookless World

Books aren’t dead. Let’s not even say they’re dying, not yet. But physical books, the musty tomes you checked out from the library, are most certainly on the decline — to the point that IKEA has redesigned its products to accommodate a world without them.