Clik here to view.
Updated: Exclusive: AP Branches Out, Adds Pulse To Its Digital Mix
Over the years, the Associated Press has made a profile for itself by syndicating its news across thousands of newspapers both in the U.S. and abroad. Now as newspaper readers move to new platforms...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Read It Later’s app goes free and gets a new name, Pocket
Read It Later is making its app completely free — no more $2.99 Pro version — and renaming it Pocket to express “how simple it is to take any content users discover with them, no matter where they go.”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulse vs. Flipboard: Which will win, subscriptions or ads?
In a one-two punch involving digital news-aggregation services, Pulse announced on Tuesday that it has formed a partnership with the Wall Street Journal that will allow it to distribute the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Web discovery engine Trapit launches iPad app — but it’s not another Flipboard
Trapit, a discovery engine for web content from the group behind Siri, is releasing its iPad app Thursday after launching a public beta web version last November. With the introduction of its tablet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zite adds LA Times, Chicago Tribune, others to its publishers program
Personalized reading app Zite is adding more publishers to its three-month-old ZitePublisher program. The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hearst’s Harper’s Bazaar, the International Business Times,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LinkedIn reportedly buying news reading app Pulse for over $50M
LinkedIn is buying the news reading app Pulse, AllThingsD reported Monday afternoon. The reported purchase price is between $50 million and $100 million. GigaOM’s Om Malik previously spoke with sources...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LinkedIn confirms purchase of social news reader Pulse
LinkedIn confirmed Thursday that it has acquired the social news reader Pulse, explaining how the company wants to use Pulse’s tools to improve the content on LinkedIn’s site. AllThingsD had previously...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mobile app redesign proves LinkedIn wants to be your destination for news
If it wasn’t already obvious from the company’s acquisition of social news reader Pulse and launch of Influencers, a professional blogging service, LinkedIn’s mobile app update on Thursday shows that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yup, Facebook is working on a Flipboard-like mobile news reader: Report
Rumors that Facebook is working on a news-reading product gained more ground Sunday night when the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook has spent over a year building a mobile app that “displays...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life after Google Reader: GigaOM’s guide to the best options
For news geeks, it might have seemed like the end of the world when Google Reader announced it was shutting its doors on July 1, killing a product that was much-loved by its fans but apparently not by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Did The NYT Get The Pulse News Reader Yanked From iTunes?
Is the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) trying to shut down news reader apps that rely on RSS or is it just trying to smack down one in particular… Why Did The NYT Get The Pulse News Reader Yanked From...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulse Beats The Drum For International Growth, Signs Up Al Jazeera
Pulse, the news-reading app for iOS and Android devices, has signed up its first international partner, and it's a biggie: Al Jazeera will b… Pulse Beats The Drum For International Growth, Signs Up Al...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulse Aims For ‘Mainstream’ With USA Today, Women’s Health, New Yorker
Mobile news reading app Pulse is reaching out to a more mainstream audience with its announcement of three new publishing partners: USA Toda… Pulse Aims For ‘Mainstream’ With USA Today, Women’s Health,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulse Goes Native On Windows Phone In Reader Landgrab (Plus Interview)
Flipboard may have raised $60 million and counting, and Zite may have just been bought by CNN, but another popular reading app, Pulse, sees… Pulse Goes Native On Windows Phone In Reader Landgrab (Plus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You can now buy a fitness tracker from Withings that’s also a gorgeous $450...
If you don't like the way fitness trackers like those made by Jawbone and Fitbit look, then you might be interested in the Withings Activité, which looks like a truly classic wristwatch. You can now...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ind.ie scales back, focuses on Heartbeat social networking client
The pro-privacy project Ind.ie, which I covered a couple times last year, has scaled back its ambitions due to a lack of resources – despite having raised over $100,000 in a crowdfunding campaign just...
View Article
