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1) Page Widgets: Embed pretty much ANYTHING overlaying your pagesAny external content like websites, videos or scripts can be embedded to overlay your pages From youtube videos, to facebook "like" buttons, to twitter feeds and linkedin shares, we've got some great widgets already built for you.  You just need to set some fields to get these displaying right on your pages Choose the platform you

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Before you hit upload and start sharing a digital edition with your audience, here are 5 things based on our customers feedback that you should consider when creating your content, including brochures, magazines, fliers, catalogs, textbooks… Mindset. When using mobile devices, for example, the mindset of a user is different from when he or she is sitting in front of a desktop or laptop.

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Digital Publishing for MobileCharacteristicsPlatform independentFree yourself from the shackles of the app stores. Our Mobile solution has all the power of a native app without any downloads. Every publication is instantly mobile-ready with no additional costs. Any device readyStay ahead of the curve with a solution geared for the present and future. Proemags Mobile is already capable of

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously denounced Android as unable to compete with the iPad, but Android 3.0 Honeycomb could raise tablet competition to a new level. Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously (or infamously, depending on your point of view) lashed out against Google Android tablets during his company’s October earnings call, denouncing them as incapable of competing with the iPad. The “painful

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What kind of impact has Apple’s iPad had on the tablet market? In just one quarter, the iPad helped drive up sales of media tablets by 45% and took nearly 90% of the market. A new report from IDC shows that both the media tablet market and the e-reader market made big leaps in 2010. The market for media tablets grew from 3.3 million in Q2 to 4.8 million in Q3, an increase of 45.1%. That growth

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Here is the seven most exciting tablet computers coming out of CES that we think you should know about (in no particular order). You may see a common theme here -- many of them run on Android, which means 2011 could very well also be the year Android breaks out of its primarily phone-based shell. 1. Dell Streak 7 Dell's first entrant into the 4G world is its Dell Streak 7 tablet, which will

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According to Kunal Gupta from MobileMarketer, multiplatform web-based apps, tablets and commerce on-the-go will be some of the keys of the mobile market in 2011. Social Media also will keep trending. Here’s the breakdown of some of Gupta’s main predictions: “Your mobile strategy will go beyond the iPhone and iPad. With more than 1 billion smartphones expected by 2013, this is a growing market

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Video: Blackberry Playbook Vs. iPad Blackberry’s tablet, the PlayBook, could be an iPad killer, at least based on the specs that both devices offer. Here’s a quick video that explains the differences (thanks to TldToday):

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Here are some great tools to convert your sound and video files into Flash (.flv or .swf) and have them ready for most digital publishing platforms. Multimedia lets you engage and enhance your audience’s experience. So here are some of the best (and mostly free) applications to convert any kind of media -including .mpeg, .mwv, .mov, .mp3, .wav, .wma, .ppt and .doc files- into ready-for-digital

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What is the importance of having a digital publishing platform that is mobile compatible...? The following data was revealed Tuesday as part of the monthly "MobileMix" report for Sept. 2010 from advertiser Millennial Media. The company revealed that iPad impression growth in the third quarter increased 156 percent, while ad requests on Apple's iPad grew 63 percent month over month in

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        This upgrade comes with the following new improvements The Mobile Viewer can now be accessed through the Viewer API/Embedded Viewer Publications using the Viewer API/Embedded Viewer can now be accessed by mobile devices. If a supported mobile device is detected for a publication that uses the Viewer API, the user will see a splash screen for opening the Mobile Viewer within the frame

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esterday, Apple released a statement highlighting significant changes to their iOS Developer Program license, re-opening the platform to third-party development tools such as Adobe Flash. Additionally, Apple posted their full App Store review guidelines. The move has already been touted as a positive step towards App Store review transparency- which in the past has been criticized for its

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This update provides a number of important enhancements, including the following: Branding of Mobile Viewer Ability to customize the colors and logo of the mobile viewer thus making it align with your company’s brand. This includes support for transparent buttons without colors and navigation bar gradient option. A new mobile tab has been added in the Viewer editor. Statistics collected for

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Summary: The Kindle is losing its market against the new iPad; The Telegraph compares the best e-readers Apple has sold 3.27 million iPads, way more than Amazon’s Kindle… The Telegraph:  iPad is the best e-reader. “It’s not a one-trick device”, they say. Digital Publishing and e-books have a dedicated zone at the Hong Kong Book Fair. Many publishers say it’s there to stay Apps Vs. Web Content.

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Apple has sold 3 million iPads® in just 80 days, according to a release issued by the company today. The statement also reported that there are 11,000 iPad® apps available for the device. On May 31, Apple reported that it had sold 2 million iPad, showing that the company has sold one million more tablet devices in less than a month. The company only started shipping units to customers in

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Apps built specifically for iPhone, Android, or any other mobile platform will die, according to mobile search company Taptu. The firm released a comprehensive report the future of the mobile content will be dominated in the long run by cross-platform browser-based web sites – rather than apps built specific devices. showing that Taptu found that there are already more mobile touch web

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Our offices will be closed this Monday, July 5th 2010 in observation of Independence Day . Our normal business hours will resume Tuesday, July 6th at 6:00 a.m. PDT.  We will be offering email support during this closure. Wishing you and your family a happy and safe Independence Day Kind Regards, The Vmags Media Team

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Q: What do we think of Flash vs. HTML5? A: Flash is not supported on most mobile devices including Apple’s iPhone or iPad, meaning that other technologies must be used to support rich media like video these devices. HTML5 supports video playback and has the advantage that no 3rd party plug-in is required. We selectively uses HTML5 and CSS3 tags in our mobile viewers and we will continue to

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AT&T to pull the plug on unlimited iPadsThe carrier replaces the $29.99 all-you-can-drink plan with $25/mo. for 2 gigabytes of data Remember that sweet deal that came with the iPad 3G where you could buy unlimited access to AT&T's (T) cellular network for $29.99 a month with no two-year contract required? Well it's going away -- 40 days after it started -- as part of the sweeping changes

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Apple's launch of the iPad and its successive arguments with Adobe over Flash accelerated HTML5 video development. One could argue that today's tech industry is in a state of video tag euphoria.  Although many high level discussions regarding online video are circulating through the blogosphere, the practical side of HTML5 video development has been overlooked.  Therefore, when working

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A growing number of universities have begun to distribute digital editions of their media guides and other recruiting materialsOn Tuesday, April 13, 2010, the NCAA further restricted the ability of athletic departments to send recruiting materials (e.g. media guides, marketing collateral, etc.) to prospective student-athletes. The NCAA Legislative Council approved new rules that prohibit

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Android Outsells the iPhone: No Big SurprisePosted using ShareThis

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The U.S. antitrust watchdog may launch an investigation into technology giant Apple’s policy towards the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, says a media report. The U.S. department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission officials are looking into whether the company is unfairly forcing developers to use Apple’s own tools to develop applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod, the Financial Times

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Read moreThe answer of course is, no, we are neither dead nor dying, but the analysis also suggests a near moment in time when digital revenues will surpass print revenues for publishers. So, it isn’t about death, but rather about the realignment of our resources and expectations. According to the report’s author, David Renard, “Over the next 10 years, the magazine industry will

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When we decided to create a Mobile Viewer, one of the most important choices to make was whether the solution should be application - or browser-based. Should digital publications be available as downloadable apps, or through the native browser on the device? We analyzed the many options that confronted us and came to a clear conclusion: While app-based readers provide many useful options for

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We commonly get asked by our clients whether we can copy publications, unfortunately that is not currently possible within the system but it is however possible to upload a new PDF publication and copy links between publications. This is extremely helpful if you need to make a copy of a publication or have a publication with the same content but different covers and do not have the time to

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Online marketing is here to stay, and it’s time to get in on the action.Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.Yet, so many companies are continuing to market their businesses the same way — traditionally. That’s not to say traditional marketing is dead, though according to Joseph Jaffe, author of “Life After

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A study by Smarter Media Sales found out that the digital editions that make money have one thing in common: they optimized their publications for the screen, via layout, font choices and rich media. Here are some key findings: The elements that enhance the readers’ experience more are videos (75%), extra photos (58%), slide shows (37.4%), audio (35.7%) and Flash animations (30.6%)

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“The cover is still the gateway to the digital magazine. Theoretically, it will still be the first page people see, giving them hints of what’s inside and enticing them to dive into the issue.” -Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch If we follow that premise, digital covers should include not images and text, but also videos, sounds and other elements that are part of digital publications. That’s

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How the Tablet Will Change the WorldPosted using ShareThis

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Going from print to digital publishing or adding digital to your existing distribution model is a huge and necessary process but it can turn out to be complicated and tricky. It can give publishers enhanced green credentials, new demographics, more engaged customers and profit.  But there’s also the fear of making users feel alienated and disenfranchised. Which is the best format for digital

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Remember a magazine's publishers first website? For most publications it was a simple copy and paste job. Publishers copied content from the magazine and pasted it right onto the the new website. The big question of the day was, "Should we hold off posting the web content, as it might hurt readership of the identical print content. Then something unexpected happened that changed everything:

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We're really excited to be introducing our brand new Mobile platform - a universal mobile-device interface for our digital editions. The scheduled release date is at the end of April. Small screen, big impression With the mobile-friendly interface your readers can engage with your publications the same way as they do on larger screens. Users navigate by the press of a button, and click

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New Study: Digital Magazines Outperform Other Electronic Media With Ads, Readers - Matt Kinsman - Blogs Digital Editions @ FolioMag.com

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This update provides a number of important enhancements, including the following: Update your Active Publications in just 15 minutes. When making changes to an active Publication, these changes could sometimes take up to 8 hours to be reflected on the our content delivery providers "Akamai" servers, due to content caching on the network. With this latest release, active publications can now be

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For first time, however, spending on digital expected to outpace print. Consumer and trade businesses this year are projected to spend approximately $119.6 billion on online and digital advertising strategies while shelling out $111.5 billion to print projects, research and advisory firm Outsell said Monday. Some good news for print: Ad spending on magazines is forecasted to be up 1.9 percent to

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Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that mobile market is exploding. Since the Kindle's introduction in 2007, numerous e-readers from 16 other competitors (at last count) have burst onto the scene. The iPhone and Blackberry now have several smartphone cousins, and a new little thing called the iPad could be a real game-changer..or will it.The Apple iPad’s Oscar debut on millions of

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The trend of digital online - empowered publications seems to be on a extreme rapid track of growth. Digging deeply into the stats database we found some interesting and key figures. As a Software-as-a-Service solution, our customers publications are stored on and delivered from servers via our content delivery provider Vmags and partner Akamai. With an ever expanding customer portfolio, the

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For the education segment, it is highly relevant to invest time in finding the right solution for publishing interactive versions of their publications. That is why we see an increasing number of universities, colleges, schools and related organizations publishing interactive versions of anything from alumni magazines to research publications. A lot of them such as the Fresno State Athletics

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CNN published its anticipated feature  ”Top tech trends” of the past year. Digital publishing and digital editions were in the list and I thought it’d be good to share some excerpts. According to author John D. Sutter 2009 was not a year of big tech improvements but one when “technology changed us”. “At year’s end, we’re connected to each other and to the Internet like never before. In 2009, we

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A common problem some of our clients experience when integrating flash SWF’s on the page is that the movie will be resized differently to what is shown in the link manager to what is on the page.  The reason for this is that the flash preview on the enriched manager resizes the swf if there are elements that are outside the canvas area in flash. To resolve this we have created the ability to

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Today, companies are trending towards allocating more resources to online channels, where measuring ROI is far more precise than print advertising or other branding-related activities. When you publish an online version, this is the same move that your magazine will take. Your advertisers now need to look in their online budget instead of their printed ad budget. Online magazine publishers offer

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