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Is a mobile app right for my content?

By Steve Gogolak

We recently had an excited discussion on our corporate Yammer feed about mobile apps and what sort of content was appropriate for a custom app vs a mobile-optimized website. The conversation was sparked by our UX guru, Brian Yoder who posted an article from Wired Magazine titled “The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet.”

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I jumped on that idea right away because I see the line between apps and sites as pretty clear cut, noting that the article is “true, but i’m not sure that browser-based stuff is ‘dead’ completely.  It seems like people are going to apps for specific, recurring tasks while the “web” is being used more for seeking out information. there is also something scary about moving from an uber-compatible web to a lot of different, incompatible device platforms.” Read This Post

Google Realtime – Google Updates

By Greg Jones

The Real time web has recently taken a giant leap forward. Before, if you wanted to find breaking news you had to subscribe to the feeds you thought would bring you that news. Now, Google has introduced real time search right in their search engine.

This allows your search query about earthquakes to bring up the Wikipedia entry first when using the default search, but by switching to “Updates” on the left-hand side bar, it pulls in the most recent tweets, status updates, blog posts, etc on the query. This allows a user to search more intelligently on a query, and provides individuals as well as companies to keep up with what the entire web is talking about at that moment in time.

Here is a video explaining Google Realtime:

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Flipboard Turns iPad into Social Magazine

By Greg Jones

I never thought I’d say this, but I kind of want an iPad. Why? One App which was recently released makes so much sense that it has single-handedly changed my perception of what being socially active on the web should be.

Flipboard is the App, and it promises to unify all of your social media consumption and interaction in one place. Flipboard pulls all of your friend’s tweets, Facebook posts, etc into a digital magazine where you can view thumbnails of and click to read full articles of everything your social circle is linking to online.

The app has a very natural “flip” gesture to turn pages and navigate, but better yet, it allows you to comment back on anything your friends are posting, all from one place. It makes so much sense it’s surprising it took so long for someone to make our lives a bit easier!

What would show up on your Flipboard? How would you apply this app to your business?