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How WhatsApp for web could change the newsroom

WhatsApp has just launched a web version of its very successful conversation app. It still needs to run through your phone and can only be accessed by Android users, but pioneering BBC Apps Editor Trushar Barot told Jake Evans the new service will make internal communications and co-ordination of newsgathering much easier.

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Jake Evans

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2015-01-22 13:46

L'Echo and De Tijd's Nicolas Becquet on digital tools and platforms

Nicolas Becquet is a journalist and editorial developer at Mediafin, publisher of financial and economic newspapers L'Echo and De Tijd in Belgium. He is also a blogger and trainer who focuses on new online storytelling formats and innovation in journalism, social networks and mobile journalism. In addition, Becquet has developed a kit, the kit iReporter, for mobile journalism using smartphones and tablets. 

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Amelia Loewensohn

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2014-09-29 10:45

Speed reading software to revolutionise the way we read news

New software and apps that allow users to reach reading speeds of 1,000 words per minute on tiny devices will soon become “the main source of reading,” according to experts. Paul McClean examines the rise of this potentially revolutionary technology.

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Paul McClean

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2014-05-26 17:21

Google launches Newsstand application as upgrade over Currents

On Wednesday, Google announced Google Play Newsstand, a new application that combines Google Magazines and Google Currents. The new app, which was announced through the Official Android Blog, allows for users to choose from more than 1,900 publications, both free and paid.

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Salim Valji

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2013-11-21 15:11

What news consumers watch, where, and how often is crucial as investment in video increases

As an ever-increasing number of newspapers bolster their video efforts, it’s worth taking a look at how often, where, and for how log consumers view content – and on which devices. 

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Amy Hadfield

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2013-08-26 12:19

Independent integrates augmented reality into editorial workflow

The Independent began adding smartphone-aided augmented reality features to its daily print editions on Tuesday. While augmented reality (AR) apps have been buzzing around the industry for a few years, the newspaper is the first to fully integrate the app into its editorial workflow, Press Gazette reported.

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Kira Witkin

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2013-04-26 14:36

Responsive vs. adaptive design: which is best for publishers?

This is a guest post from Garrett Goodman, a new media consultant who does business development for Paris-based startup Worldcrunch. He also blogs for the Huffington Post on innovations in journalism.

Although the differences between responsive and adaptive design are nuanced for the non-developer, the distinctions are increasingly important as publishers see more and more traffic come from mobile devices.

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2013-01-16 17:45

Mobile is not the future - mobile is now

Mobile is not the future, said Mary Lojkine, product director for CNET UK at CBS Interactive, mobile is now. “We are not a company that thinks about digital first,” she explained, “we are a digital company.”

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Emma Goodman

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2012-04-19 12:11

Mobile behavior changes dramatically

More than 5 billion people worldwide have mobile telephones, compared to 1.5 billion who have television sets. "We don't talk about mobile hype anymore, we're talking mainstream," says Walter Goldenits, CTO, Telekom Austria, who says the rapid change in the mobile market is causing "a dramatic change in our core business."

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2011-10-14 17:29

More social, more personal, more user-generated

"One of the legacies of Steve Jobs is that he's taught us to pay for content," says Adam Bird, director, McKinsey & Company, speaking of the late Apple founder in a presentation on how consumers behave with new technologies.

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2011-10-14 17:22

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