Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 134, providing a
summary of major news items from the printing, publishing, packaging,
digital, and communications technology sectors. PIND incorporates brief
summaries and links to the week’s key news stories so that you can look
up that all important detail, digging deeper behind the headline.
Inkling offers an alternative digital publishing
environment: competition for Apple and Amazon it would seem. Pearson,
DK Publishing and HarperCollins show interest says TechCrunch.
All change at ABC: as digitally published magazines grow in popularity, so reporting stats have to change. Time-honoured ABC circulation figures are now able to point directly to both printed circulation and digital editions. This month marks that change point, and whilst print is still dominant for all leading players, how long will that remain the case we all have to ask.
The Sun to drop its iconic page three? Wouldn’t that be suicide for already dipping circulation figures? Murdoch and suicide don’t go together in our book.
It’s not all plain sailing however. Amazon competitor Barnes & Noble posts further gloomy news re Nook numbers. Publishers too are walking a thin line: Time Warner reportedly looking to sell Time. Hearst meanwhile is going headlong into the digital world.
Ricoh, it is said by the PrintWeek, has launched a digital v. offset calculator.
The aim is to help users select the most appropriate printing
technology. I wonder where it is weighted? Ricoh makes digital, not
offset: a clue?
As a follow up to last weeks heavy metal view, the Australian team at Print 21 publishes its thoughts on Heidelberg’s latest sales figures.
Design for mobile, that a message that was promoted late last year by our friends at ccDotmeter,
but it is strongly echoed at Poynter, where the stress is on the
disruption for news-based sites. It points out very succinctly that
mobile is going to be the dominant platform by next year, meaning that we are already very nearly there!
Want Winston to read you the latest? Great iOS app for reading through the latest news headlines from home, as well as from Twitter and / or Facebook. It’s not perfect yet by any means, but Winston is a great eye opener as to what is possible.
Ways to create multiple Dropbox accounts? We have thought about it, but for now the easier option is surely to create more Google Drive accounts if you want free storage space? Mega has loads too!
Need more than nine browser tabs open at a time? Lifehacker says no need. We are not wholly convinced. OK, you don’t need hundreds, but we tend have to seven pinned tabs in Firefox before we actually start browsing for real (mail, the diary, Twitter, the blog, etc). That leaves room happily for six or seven full sized tab headings as well if needed, which is rarely. Good post to read though!
Android Tips: Not quite so much a pure Android tip this week, more a general tablet talk piece really, and you could say several tips wrapped into one! This week we talk mobile and mobility. Still lugging a heavy, large, and ungainly laptop around with you? Struggling to find a train seat that will accommodate your on-the-go work unit? We just question whether you really need all of that hardware in tow: some will answer an unwavering “yes” to that, others might ponder on an answer and start thinking tablet. Tablets offer various configurations for working on the move. We offer a couple of very useable Android examples for your consideration:
Take Samsung’s 10.1 tablet, add the suppliers own Keyboard Dock station and its USB connector placed into the power slot
on the right of the keyboard. Stick in any cordless mouse USB plug and
you have a perfect imitation of a DIY laptop. The advantage, of course,
is that the tablet separates
at any time you like to provide a far more portable unit for swift
internet browsing. Type your thoughts into Evernote, connect to your
Dropbox account, and create Documents To Go while you travel.
Option
2: Connect just about any Bluetooth driven keyboard to a Google Nexus 7
tablet for a rapid transformation into a mini desktop. A similar USB to
mini-USB plug will provide access for your cordless mouse if desired,
however, landscape mode would be more successful for this – especially
if you are using a cheap and cheerful stand, as shown in our picture.
The devices shown really will provide a pocket sized computer for your
excursions: the keyboard folds to fit in a jacket pocket, as the Nexus 7
slides into your inside pocket too.
For both of the above, connect to a 3G signal when you need it by tethering your phone’s connection and picking up that network on your tablet device. Mind you, how about doing all of the above on your phone (or should I say "phablet") anyway? Great connectivity focused video via YouTube featuring Samsung's Galaxy Note II phone and a few cables!
Keep your finger on the pulse: grab an RSS feed of PIND (copy this link into your feed reader); click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily to get the latest daily stories; or click here for regular Tech & Comms updates in blog or RSS form. You can also connect to a free subscription of the Print Daily for an update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology delivered straight to your in-box every day! For details on Genesis Marketing – publishers of PIND – click here.
PIND134
Missed Issue 133, with hard times for heavy metal? Then simply click here!
Issue 132: Morgana turns Swedish
Issue 131: Kodak out of IPEX
Issue 130: Start of Android Tip Series
Get your Tech & Comms updates direct from the blog, use the RSS feed, or keep updated via Twitter.
Inkling offers an alternative digital publishing
environment: competition for Apple and Amazon it would seem. Pearson,
DK Publishing and HarperCollins show interest says TechCrunch.All change at ABC: as digitally published magazines grow in popularity, so reporting stats have to change. Time-honoured ABC circulation figures are now able to point directly to both printed circulation and digital editions. This month marks that change point, and whilst print is still dominant for all leading players, how long will that remain the case we all have to ask.
The Sun to drop its iconic page three? Wouldn’t that be suicide for already dipping circulation figures? Murdoch and suicide don’t go together in our book.It’s not all plain sailing however. Amazon competitor Barnes & Noble posts further gloomy news re Nook numbers. Publishers too are walking a thin line: Time Warner reportedly looking to sell Time. Hearst meanwhile is going headlong into the digital world.
Ricoh, it is said by the PrintWeek, has launched a digital v. offset calculator.
The aim is to help users select the most appropriate printing
technology. I wonder where it is weighted? Ricoh makes digital, not
offset: a clue?As a follow up to last weeks heavy metal view, the Australian team at Print 21 publishes its thoughts on Heidelberg’s latest sales figures.
Design for mobile, that a message that was promoted late last year by our friends at ccDotmeter,
but it is strongly echoed at Poynter, where the stress is on the
disruption for news-based sites. It points out very succinctly that
mobile is going to be the dominant platform by next year, meaning that we are already very nearly there!Want Winston to read you the latest? Great iOS app for reading through the latest news headlines from home, as well as from Twitter and / or Facebook. It’s not perfect yet by any means, but Winston is a great eye opener as to what is possible.
Ways to create multiple Dropbox accounts? We have thought about it, but for now the easier option is surely to create more Google Drive accounts if you want free storage space? Mega has loads too!Need more than nine browser tabs open at a time? Lifehacker says no need. We are not wholly convinced. OK, you don’t need hundreds, but we tend have to seven pinned tabs in Firefox before we actually start browsing for real (mail, the diary, Twitter, the blog, etc). That leaves room happily for six or seven full sized tab headings as well if needed, which is rarely. Good post to read though!
Android Tips: Not quite so much a pure Android tip this week, more a general tablet talk piece really, and you could say several tips wrapped into one! This week we talk mobile and mobility. Still lugging a heavy, large, and ungainly laptop around with you? Struggling to find a train seat that will accommodate your on-the-go work unit? We just question whether you really need all of that hardware in tow: some will answer an unwavering “yes” to that, others might ponder on an answer and start thinking tablet. Tablets offer various configurations for working on the move. We offer a couple of very useable Android examples for your consideration:
Take Samsung’s 10.1 tablet, add the suppliers own Keyboard Dock station and its USB connector placed into the power slot
on the right of the keyboard. Stick in any cordless mouse USB plug and
you have a perfect imitation of a DIY laptop. The advantage, of course,
is that the tablet separates
at any time you like to provide a far more portable unit for swift
internet browsing. Type your thoughts into Evernote, connect to your
Dropbox account, and create Documents To Go while you travel.
Option
2: Connect just about any Bluetooth driven keyboard to a Google Nexus 7
tablet for a rapid transformation into a mini desktop. A similar USB to
mini-USB plug will provide access for your cordless mouse if desired,
however, landscape mode would be more successful for this – especially
if you are using a cheap and cheerful stand, as shown in our picture.
The devices shown really will provide a pocket sized computer for your
excursions: the keyboard folds to fit in a jacket pocket, as the Nexus 7
slides into your inside pocket too.For both of the above, connect to a 3G signal when you need it by tethering your phone’s connection and picking up that network on your tablet device. Mind you, how about doing all of the above on your phone (or should I say "phablet") anyway? Great connectivity focused video via YouTube featuring Samsung's Galaxy Note II phone and a few cables!
Keep your finger on the pulse: grab an RSS feed of PIND (copy this link into your feed reader); click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily to get the latest daily stories; or click here for regular Tech & Comms updates in blog or RSS form. You can also connect to a free subscription of the Print Daily for an update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology delivered straight to your in-box every day! For details on Genesis Marketing – publishers of PIND – click here.
PIND134
Missed Issue 133, with hard times for heavy metal? Then simply click here!
Issue 132: Morgana turns Swedish
Issue 131: Kodak out of IPEX
Issue 130: Start of Android Tip Series
Get your Tech & Comms updates direct from the blog, use the RSS feed, or keep updated via Twitter.
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