Some numbers from App Store turns 3 years old [tipb.com by Rene Ritchie]
Storytelling gets an upgrade: Beyond tactile stories — from digitalbookworld.com by J.C. Hutchins, novelist and transmedia storyteller
Excerpt:
Over the course of my two previous pieces on storytelling upgrades, I showed how tactile and kinetic features native to the iPad can be linked to traditional narrative devices, such as foreshadowing. However, where it gets really exciting is how the device can unlock a deeply interactive and immersive environment in which the “reader” is an integral part of a nonlinear story—all narrative features that cannot be rendered in print.
Up to now, I had been focusing on the tactile and kinetic, but there are dozens of ways exist to leverage the iPad’s other built-in features, including…
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StoryWorld Conference + Expo is a timely event for:
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Onswipe launches tablet publishing platform with Hearst, Slate, Ziff Davis, Forbes and more — from Onswipe.com
Excerpt:
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (June 21st, 2011) – Onswipe, a platform for publishing and advertising on tablet devices, is launching today with an Iconic group of publishers including Hearst, Slate, and Forbes. The Onswipe platform lets publishers use the scale of their web audience to provide a beautiful app-like experience in the browser. Onswipe is also joined by Iconic advertisers Sprint with Slate and American Express with Marie Claire.
Onswipe provides the ability for publishers to make their content look amazing on tablet devices such as iPad while providing an advertising platform to make publishers boatloads of money. In under 3 minutes, a publisher can make their existing content provide an app-like experience within the web browser to their audience. The Onswipe platform works with publishers of any size whether their audience consists of 100 people or 1 million.
(PDF) Connected Device, iPad Impressions Continue to Rise — from Trendbird.biz
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Announcing the Cisco umi Mobile App for iOS and Android–– from Cisco by Gina Clark
Excerpt from Cisco (emphasis DSC):
Today, I’m pleased to announce a new addition to the umi family — the Cisco umi mobile app is now available for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices.
The umi mobile app is a cool new way for umi subscribers to access video messages and recorded videos on the go. In addition, you can use your mobile device’s touchscreen to add/edit contacts easily with the onscreen keyboard, or even as a remote control for umi on your HDTV.
Relevant addendum later on 6/16/11:
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I originally saw this at The Educational Technology Guy blog
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A mobile learning platform matrix — InsideHigherEd.com by Joshua Kim
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Joshua give us the pros, cons, costs and considerations of several options.
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Scientists have developed the first mobile app to identify plants by simply photographing a leaf. The free iPhone and iPad app, called Leafsnap, instantly searches a growing library of leaf images amassed by the Smithsonian Institution. In seconds, it returns a likely species name, high-resolution photographs and information on the tree’s flowers, fruit, seeds and bark.
Apple’s new video regarding their iOS 5 operating system
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I have it that these technologies will be used for educationally-related purposes/materials as well; including digital storytelling, transmedia storytelling, transmedia-based interactive/participative educational materials and more.
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