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Articles tagged smartphones (35)

Jack RileyMarch 5, 2015

The next stage in the battle for our attention: Our wrists

News companies have moved from print dollars to digital dimes to mobile pennies. Now, with the highly anticipated launch of the Apple Watch, the screens are getting even smaller. How are smart publishers thinking about the right way to serve users and maintain their attention on smartwatches?

Joshua BentonJanuary 28, 2015

Snapchat’s new Discover feature could be a significant moment in the evolution of mobile news

By putting mobile-native news adjacent to messages from friends, Snapchat could be helping create part of the low-friction news experience many want and need.

Joseph LichtermanJune 11, 2014

More people around the world are getting news on phones, but paying for it is still rare

A survey across 10 countries find some things in common (Facebook’s everywhere) and some divergence (Finns dig Google Plus).

Raju NarisettiApril 7, 2014

We need to talk: 26 awkward questions to ask news organizations about the move to digital

The senior vice president of strategy at News Corp has some ideas about how to determine how outlets are really managing the disruption of their businesses — and newsrooms.

Staci D. KramerJanuary 28, 2014

“I see this as the next CNN”: Jason Calacanis’ Inside.com aims to solve news on mobile devices

Modeled on lean mobile-first startups like Instagram, the reborn Inside.com wants to be your front door to news on your phone — by using humans as aggregators and filters, not reporters.

Joshua BentonNovember 6, 2013

Tweet Buttons are less of a big deal than they used to be for your Twitter strategy

Whether it’s the growth of mobile, the shifting user base of Twitter, or something else, those sharing buttons appear to be generating a shrinking share of tweets linking to news stories.

BBC News hits a majority-mobile mark

John WihbeyJune 26, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: A generation gap in online news, and does The Daily Show discourage tolerance?

The rise and fall of a narcotweeter, how to build an online community, and when fact-checking backfires: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Mark CoddingtonJune 7, 2013

This Week in Review: Bradley Manning and leak ethics, and the future of photojournalism

Plus: Developments in the DOJ’s seizure cases, The Washington Post unveils its pay plan, and the rest of the week’s media and tech news.

NPR launches a new mobile site, bets on the scroll, and gets closer to being fully responsive

There are lots of good ideas in NPR’s new mobile redesign, which responds to the mainstreaming of mobile devices as a way of getting news. Joshua Benton

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