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“I am constantly let down by our industry’s inability to keep up, much less show any innovative leadership in mobile UX.” Greg Emerson
“No news app (with the exception of Reddit) was within the top 25 apps used by respondents.”
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If we know lots of people on social will only glance at our headlines and not tap through, why can’t we bring better information to them where they are?
“We were glad to see hundreds of people install the app and also give it permission to access their location and motion.”
“Getting things on air will reach the audience you’re looking to reach. Getting things online is important so people can find the work later.”
Well, maybe not easily, but an NYU team is building a tool to save the entirety of a news app (including underlying libraries and frameworks), as well as a digital repository to hold them for future audiences.
“A dormant, stationary Android phone…communicated location information to Google 340 times during a 24-hour period, or at an average of 14 data communications per hour.”
News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.
There’s a lot that subscription on-demand audio gambits can learn from the increasingly formidable world of mindfulness apps.