News & Magazines

Tablets are media consumption devices. They were made so we could watch, read or listen to our favorite media items on the go, at home or anywhere we please. Thus, for RSS junkies, a good RSS reader is not only important, it is essential for the best tablet experience. (more…)

When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPad he pushed the idea of it as an electronic magazine. Publishers were very excited about having another way to sell their magazines since print media is slowly dying. Although the iPad has been very successful, it’s clear that the electronic magazine form on the tablet has not yet taken off as predicted. Still, I believe that in the future most magazines will be consumed on a tablet or similar mobile device. Some still prefer the print magazine and can’t yet make the jump to electronic. But for those brave enough and wanting to get ahead of the curve, there are some options on Android tablets. Today, I will take a look at the Zinio app which publishes many of the the top magazines on your mobile device. (more…)

I tend to read a lot of news to keep up with sports, politics, science, technology and more. I love using my tablet because the larger screen size gives me more information in a high quality format. I use many different apps for different types of information. Some are single news sources like Time and CNN while other are aggregators like Pulse. Today I will take a look at News 360 which is a news aggregator. The unique feature behind News 360 is that it allows you access information on one news story from many different sources which is the 360 view and is not found on other news apps. (more…)