This video captures a demo of a Sin City style motion magazine feature about “Your Worst Sex Fears”, created for Viv Mag – an all digital magazine. The demo, by Alexx Henry, Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiun, is another example of how designers are re-imagining magazines for the iPad and other tablet computers. It’s an […]

Adobe is going to war with Apple’s iPad, as this Adobe + HP demo video shows. Apple has demonstrated that lack of Flash support isn’t going to keep people from buying iPhones by the millions. It’s betting that the same will hold true with the iPad. The HP Slate demo is pretty slick – and […]

We get that Apple thinks the iPad is “magical and revolutionary”.

But what’s really magical and revolutionary is giving individuals the power to create content that can be shared instantly with people anywhere in the world.

The Apple iPad has the potential to be an interesting new platform for doing that – but where’s the PageMaker of iBooks?

Book designer Craig Mod has published a very interesting article looking at books in the age of the iPad. He argues that print is dying – and that it’s a good thing: As the publishing industry wobbles and Kindle sales jump, book romanticists cry themselves to sleep. But really, what are we shedding tears over? […]

Flash is dead – at least at Virgin America. When the Apple iPad was introduced, we said that Flash Is Dead + The iPad Is Its Tombstone. Why? Flash is a great tool – but users and Web developers alike are better off developing standards-based content and not being locked into proprietary tools. Virgin America […]

This video is a sneak preview of Penguin Book’s iBook plans for the Apple iPad. Penguin is bullish on the iPad iBook model, because giving Apple a 30% cut could be a lot more profitable that the 50% that they give traditional retailers. One of the things that makes this iPad iBook preview interesting is […]

This video is a must-see, if you’re involved in new media: The video is a collaboration between Adobe and Wired and tries to look a year or two into the future and see where magazines are going. The presentation is not a animated demo – it’s a live demo, built with Adobe InDesign.

Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveils the next generation of Windows Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series – a new multimedia mobile phone platform that promises to be the biggest introduction since the iPhone. Windows Phone 7 will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience […]

Daisy Whitney’s latest New Media Minute video podcast takes a look at comic books – a $1 billion business that hasn’t really been hit by digital media yet. Yet the industry is already looking ahead to see how it can adapt to the iPad and other tablet ereaders. Is it time to add comic books […]

Tablet computers are going to be a $20 billion industry by 2014, and the Apple iPad is well-positioned to dominate it, predicts research firm In-Stat. According to In-Stat: The Total Available Market for tablets will be about 50 million in 2014. Mainstream tablets should be in the $400-$500 range. Apple is the only company that […]