The Seybold Report

La Razón Revamps Web Site Using Protecmedia’s ITER Web Solution

Spanish newspaper La Razón recently revamped its Web site using Protecmedia’s ITER Web solution for the creation and management of Web pages. Protecmedia says the newspaper's management chose the solution because the journalists are able to manage the site, as well as add, edit, and change content without programming knowledge or Web site development skills. more

Mobile Embrace to Sell Modap Mobile Adoption Converter in Australia

Australian integrated mobile and digital communications company Mobile Embrace Limited has signed an exclusive partnership with Modapt to sell Modapt's mobile adaption software in Australia. The converter allows organizations to adapt their Web sites to display on any mobile phone that supports Internet browsing. more

CSC and Aria Systems Partner to Provide Cloud Subscription Billing and Revenue Management

CSC and Aria Systems have agreed to allow CSC to use the Aria Systems platform as the foundation of a cloud-based subscription billing and revenue management service to be offered initially in the United States and Europe. more

EFI and Canon Creating Joint Mobile Print System

EFI and Canon are developing a mobile printing system for the enterprise-print marketplace. As a first step, Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE color and black and white office systems using Fiery-based imagePASS and ColorPASS controllers now support EFI’s direct mobile printing system, which enables printing from Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices. more

AIGA and Adobe Co-Sponsor Mobile Device Trends Webinar

AIGA and Adobe will host a Webinar on Devices Everywhere: Smartphones and Tablets and Consoles (Oh My!) Wednesday June 22 at 12 noon EDST. Kiyo Toma from Adobe and Michael Surtees from Gesture Theory will discuss trends and usage in mobile computing and of smartphones and tablets. The event is free to AIGA members. more

El Debate Publishes on Smart Phones

The Mexican newspaper El Debate is now publishing electronic editions to the iPhone, Android and Blackberry smart phones using the Protecmedia viewers. Readers can browse the newspaper’s sections and increase and reduce text size. Readers can also configure personal reading preferences. more

The Saints and WoodWing Build Smart Phone Newsfeed System

The Saints, a developer of mobile software, and WoodWing Software have announced a newsfeed solution to push content to news apps on iPhone and Android smartphones. The two companies will demonstrate the system at the WoodWing Xperience May 24-25 in Amsterdam. more

Leading Indonesian Daily Publishes to RIM PlayBook Using WoodWing

Kompas, the largest daily newspaper in Indonesia, is now publishing its weekly digital-only supplement, Jendela, to the RIM PlayBook and plans to start publishing daily editions of its Kompas Editor’s Choice to the tablet using WoodWing’s multi-platform Tablet Publishing Solution. The latest tablet to enter the market, the RIM PlayBook is expected to appeal to the business user. Kompas Daily now publishes to both the Apple iPad and RIM PlayBook using a single workflow based on the WoodWing solution. The PlayBook version can be downloaded from RIM’s BlackBerry App World. more

Vasont Announces Content Management System for Mobile Publishing

Vasont Systems has announced the Vasont Content Management System will support publishing to mobile devices and will demonstrate the new app for the Vasont CMS’s user manuals at the Intelligent Content 2011 conference in Palm Springs, CA  February 16-18. more

Hamburger Abendblatt Publishes on iPad Using Woodwing Tools

Hamburger Abendblatt, North Germany’s largest regional newspaper, is now publishing a daily electronic edition as an iPad app built using the Woodwing Digital Magazine Solution. The daily edition contains 24 lead stories and 12 top news photos from the full physical edition of the paper. more http://www.woodwing.com/

Columbian Newspaper Publishes on Smartphones Using Protecmedia

The El Colombiano newspaper (Medellin, Columbia) is publishing news items and sections on iPhone and Android smartphones using the Protecmedia viewer. Users can browse different sections of the paper using top tabs and can customize the view through preferences. The paper offers coverage of local, national, and international news. The free apps are available in the Apple and Android App stores. more

Breaking News Releases App for iPhone, Android, and Windows 7

Breaking News, a subsidiary of the MSNBC Digital Network, has released a free app for the iPhone, Android, and Windows 7 devices that provides a Twitter-like stream of real-time updates from hundreds of news services. Consumers can configure the app to send push alerts for the biggest stories. The app introduction coincides with the relaunch of the Breaking News Web site. more

Audit Bureau of Circulations Survey Finds Print Publishers Interested in Mobile Market

A survey by the Audit Bureau of Circulations and ABC Interactive indicates its publisher members are implementing strategies for increasing revenue through the mobile market. The new survey, Going Mobile: How Publishers Are Solidifying Strategies and Adapting to the Mobile Market shows publishers' interest in digital distribution through mobile Web sites, e-readers, tablets, and smartphones is growing in importance. more

Access Announces e-Magazine Service for Mobile Devices

Access Co. Ltd. has announced an e-magazine service for mobile devices. The service includes selections of e-magazine content as well as Access NetFront Magazine Viewer 2.0. The content will be published initially as part of Docomo’s e-book trial service for Docomo Android devices from Samsung Electronics, including the Galaxy S smart phone and Galaxy Tab. more

Warbasse Design Announces Turnkey Barcode Service

Warbasse Design has announced Print 2D turnkey service for barcode advertising and marketing campaigns to provide advertisers, agencies, and print service providers with a comprehensive mobile campaign platform. The service includes high resolution 2D barcodes in a variety of formats, including QR codes, mobile landing pages, and full-response tracking capabilities. more