Using newspaper and magazine iPad applications


It's safe to say that the iPad got an enormous share of media attention from the time Steve Jobs announced it in January 2010 until early April, once the tablet arrived in stores. This isn't unusual for an Apple product - remember that little cellphone Apple unleashed in 2007?

But with a observers, that Tidal Wave of Media Coverage were built with a few Surfers of Self-Interest riding along. That's because, in addition to changing how people consume books, videos, along with other content, the interactive iPad was designed to reinvigorate printed magazines and newspapers - a business that has seen its fortunes plummet since a little thing called the Internet came along.

The iPad has inspired many news organizations to produce beautiful apps to show off their content. Some have the freedom, some charge a fee just for the content, and some charge for the app and the content. You can find all of the iPad-worthy news apps at App Store, then Categories and then News, but here are some of the big ones:

The brand new York Times Editors' Choice. It isn't the full daily paper, but the free NYT Editors' Choice app offers up an array of the day's top stories in several categories, like Technology and Opinion. Tap a tale summary to see it expand fully screen. Time. An iPad-enhanced version of this newsmagazine's weekly issue is available each Friday. You need to download the app each week to get the brand new issue, but it doesn't replace the content of your last issue.

USA Today. Just as colorful as its print counterpart, the Nation's Newspaper is looking to be the Nation's iPad App. Automatically updating headlines, sports scores, and the local weather forecast invite you in when you open the app. Tap the area name in the top-left corner to jump towards the separate Money, Sports, and Life pages.

The Wall Street Journal. Because the early days of the Internet, the WSJ has been one of the few news sites on the Web to charge for full access, and it is app continues the tradition. The app is free of charge, and you can get a limited choice of stories when you register using the company. You can sign up for a full-content paid subscription with the Subscribe Now link in the bottom-left corner.

Zinio Magazine Newsstand. Want to browse a whole bunch of magazines and flip through a few before you buy? Try the Zinio app, which offers full-color sample pages from many printed mags, all digitized and zoomable for your reading pleasure. The app is free of charge, but the magazine content is expensive. In addition to newsstand publications, news services - which frequently supply stories with a of those publications - also provide great apps. All of the ones mentioned below include videos of news events as well as text stories.

AP News. The Associated Press compiles the day's top stories right into a free-form flow of little news bars on the screen in this no-cost app. Tap one to get the scoop. Pics and vids of the day are also here.

BBC News. The British Broadcasting Corporation's beautifully-designed app neatly organizes the day's stories in an easy-to-read, easy-to-navigate grid on the screen. Along with video clips, the Beeb - once but still a radio broadcaster - provides you with a live radio stream having a tap on the Live Radio button towards the top of the screen.

Reuters News Pro. With its quick access to the world stock-market charts and a built-in currency converter, this free app from the Thomson Reuters service is great for the financially minded. The app also showcases the top stories and photographs from the news day. Love news? The App Store also has apps from National Public Radio and international newspapers like Le Monde. You can also find apps that aggregate (collect) headlines from round the world.

Some big news organizations don't give content away free of charge. To get all the publication's stories, some ask that you pay on their behalf in the form of a subscription. Prices vary by the publication, but if you are using a free or "lite" version of the iPad news app, most companies aren't shy about the Subscribe button. Tap it to sign up, supply your credit card number, and then wait for your new issues to download on the daily, weekly, or monthly basis whenever you launch the app on the iPad.

Some apps, such as the Marvel Comics reader, don't offer regular subscriptions for new issues. Instead, Marvel regularly uploads digital editions of older comics to its online store for iPad fankids to browse and buy a la carte. You can, however, sign up for email notifications when new material arrives in the Marvel store. If you are not getting notifications from an app that states alert you if you have new issues, check the app's settings to make sure you enabled Notifications.

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