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Gocomics releases free, new mobile app
As far as syndicates go, Universal Uclick has always been a leader in the mobile space. They were the first to have a mobile friendly website and one of the first to release iPhone apps for various comic titles. But I failed to realize that they didn’t have a native mobile app available. They’ve now [...]
Posted on: Apr 22, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, mobile, Technology, Comments: 1 Comment
News Corp to close down The Daily
The Daily, the much publicized first iPad only newspaper created by Ruport Murdock, is going to shut down just shy of two years. All Things D reports that the publication is being shuttered because it “could not find a large enough audience quickly enough” to make the endeavor sustainable long term. Last year it was [...]
Posted on: Dec 3, 2012, Section: Technology, Comments: 2 Comments
Adobe to forcing users to upgrade or pay full retail price
Adobe announced changes to their upgrade policy stating that only users of the latest version can upgrade to the next release at a discounted price, all other previous versions will need to pay full retail price to get the latest offerings. If you upgrade by the end of this year, you can avoid the full [...]
Posted on: Nov 27, 2012, Section: Technology, Comments: 22 Comments
iPad dominates mobile online shopping this last weekend
Interesting report from TAUW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) regarding the increase in the number of people shopping this last Black Friday from a mobile device: That usage trend is continuing, based on IBM’s retail analytics report covering Black Friday’s online shopping surge. With online sales on Friday up 20.7% year-over-year, there was a lot of [...]
Posted on: Nov 26, 2012, Section: Technology, Comments: 0 Comments
Ann Telnaes releases editorial cartoon app for election
Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has released a new interactive editorial cartoon app for the iPad and iPhone called “POTUS Pick.” From the press release: Telnaes has been intrigued by how apps could allow cartoonists to approach editorial cartoons in new ways. “In print, users are passive – meaning that editors determine what [...]
Posted on: Sep 25, 2012, Section: Comic strips, mobile, Technology, Comments: 2 Comments
The Daily lays off 29% of staff
From All Things D: The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people familiar with The Daily’s plans. The move comes 18 months after the tablet newspaper’s high-profile launch, and a little more than a month after News Corp. announced plans to split itself [...]
Posted on: Aug 1, 2012, Section: Newspaper industry, Technology, Comments: 6 Comments
Which drawing apps are ready for Mountain Lion?
For those of you using Apple’s Mac OS, the newest operating system, Mountain Lion, is publicly available today for download through the App Store for $20. Before you download, Roaring Apps has the intel on which versions of different software are ready for the new OS (version 10.8). A quick summary of the more popular [...]
Posted on: Jul 25, 2012, Section: Technology, Comments: 5 Comments
Tom Richmond reviews the Wacom Cintiq 24HD
After seven years using the Wacom Cintiq 21ux, MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond upgrades to the Cintiq 24HD. If you’ve read any of Tom’s reviews, he’s very detailed oriented and provides a lot of information. This is his first review delivered as a video and it’s up to Tom’s usual review standards. If you’ve thought [...]
Posted on: Jul 6, 2012, Section: Cartoons, Illustration, Technology, Comments: 2 Comments
Reviewed: Stephan Pastis sets high bar for iPad app
Two weeks ago Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis launched an iPad app called Only The Pearls – a 250 best of collection with audio commentary, interactive features and 22 videos of Stephan acting like an egotistical “ass#%$*” (his description, not mine. Okay, maybe I inserted the word egotistical). There’s something troubling about the app [...]
Posted on: Feb 2, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Technology, Comments: 21 Comments
The battle of Comic Sans
I noticed a while back a website called “Ban Comic Sans”. The premise is simple enough – mock the font and question it’s very existence. A few comics use the font. Vic Lee’s Pardon My Planet comes to mind.i noticed a new site that celebrates the font. Their motto: WE ARE THE COMIC SANS DEFENDERS. [...]
Posted on: Dec 15, 2011, Section: Technology, Comments: 9 Comments
Check out: New stylus for iPad
I enjoy drawing on my iPad (ArtRage app), but there are a few quirks about it. This addresses two of them: Line quality and exactness and resting your hand on the screen: Already funded on Kickstarter. Should be available in January.
Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Section: Technology, Comments: 3 Comments
Engadget looks at Nook, Fire as comic readers
Engadget reviews the Kindle Fire and Nook tablet as comic reading devices: So, how are Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet when it comes to reading comics? In a word: good. The Fire borrows a page from Comixology’s playbook, offering up the ability to read the thing panel by panel — a feature, Comixology has pointed [...]
Posted on: Nov 17, 2011, Section: Technology, Comments: 0 Comments
Newspapers giving tablets away, Amazon introduces Kindle Fire
Yesterday Amazon announced their new Kindle Fire tablet. The device is being hailed as the first serious tablet to compete against Apple’s iPad. It sells at $199 and has a whole bunch of features that you can see on their site. Here’s Bloomberg’s report about the Kindle Fire. In somewhat related news, at least two [...]
Posted on: Sep 29, 2011, Section: Newspaper industry, Technology, Comments: 7 Comments
Wacom introduces cool new digital pen
From the “can I get one now” department comes news that Wacom is introducing a new digital pen called “Inkling” which allows artists the ability to draw on paper while the pen and receiver captures the drawing. The receiver is then hooked up to your computer and you can import the drawing into Photoshop, Illustrator [...]
Posted on: Aug 31, 2011, Section: Technology, Comments: 28 Comments
Is Apple building magazine template tools for developers?
Interesting rumor from The Mac Observer. Apple may be working on building a set of template tools for iPad-based magazines to include in its Xcode developer tools. Assuming the report is accurate, such a move would give developers a standardized set of tools that could make it easier for creating publications as apps. Also rumored [...]
Posted on: Mar 14, 2011, Section: Technology, Comments: 2 Comments
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