The 10 Best New iPad & iPhone Apps of 2010
We've highlighted 10 very cool non-gaming apps for iOS that will help you appreciate the night sky, stream all your iTunes, cut your dining budget in half and turn Twitter into a nice-looking magazine. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 20 Best Magazines of 2010
While we no longer publish print, we certainly still cherish it, and these magazines are the biggest reason why. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGourmet Magazine Returns as an iPad App
Times is tough in the print industry; to thrive, one must adapt. And no one knows that better than giant publishing conglomerate Conde Nast, who announced recently the reintroduction of one of its most celebrated titles, Gourmet Magazine, as an iPad app.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsDigital Edition of Wired Available on iPad
“The irony that Wired, a magazine founded to chronicle the digital revolution, has traditionally come to you each month on the smooshed atoms of dead trees is not lost on us,” a Wired article announcing the launch of the publication’s iPad-compatible digital edition reads.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsShop Talk: Overwhelming Undersharing
The New York Times published an article last week called T.M.I? Not for Sites Focused on Sharing. In it, Brad Stone wrote about the growing number of sites that allow you to share absolutely everything online, from your location (Foursquare and Twitter), to purchases you’ve made (Blippy and Swipely) to the number of push ups you’ve done (iPhone app Skimble). The underlying message of the piece was cautionary, discussing the possibilities of identity and financial theft, and when Blippy announced early this week that Google had crawled and saved users’ transaction data (including airline confirmation numbers and parts of credit... read more
Found in: Culture, ColumnsThe 20 Best Magazines of the Decade (2000-2009)
We love magazines. Because we publish one, we don't get to spend a lot of time writing about our peers. But our passion for magazines runs as deep as it does for music, movies, and yes, even beer. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDid Wired Editor Chris Anderson Plagiarize Wikipedia for His Upcoming Book?
One of the very first things high school students learn nowadays is that Wikipedia should never, ever be considered a legitimate source for research. Maybe Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson was in high school before Wikipedia was a big thing, but at some point down the line, he should have gotten the speech about how plagiarism is wrong. If he did, according to some recent reports, it seems like it maybe didn't stick. Or, maybe he just got really caught up in the topic he was writing on. In his forthcoming book, Free: The Future of Radical Price, about the business... read more
Found in: Books, News10 Magazines to Follow on Twitter
In my continuing weekly quest to discover the masters of brevity—so that my constant poring over a Twitter feed is not a complete waste of otherwise valuable time which could be used reading FailBlog (or, you know, working)—here's a look at some of my favorite magazines. Yesterday, Wired executive editor Thomas Goetz established a #magazinemonday hash-tag for Twitter, where users gave shout-outs to some of their favorite 'zines. Hopefully, you already follow @PasteMagazine, but the following list shows how other magazines condense their gorgeous printed brands into 140-digital-character bursts. (See also, 10 Musicians, 10 Comedians, Five Trekkies and 12 Music... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayJ.J. Abrams to produce film based on Wired article
Joshua Davis, contributing writer for Wired, will have his article in the April edition—about a band of diamond thieves—translated into a film set to be produced by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek). ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Meta-List: The 10 Best Lists of 2008
Since October 27 this year, we've published a new list every day on PasteMagazine.com—everything from the "10 Best NES Games of All Time" and the "40 Best TV Theme Songs" to the "Top Five Not-So-Thinly-Veiled Sexual References to the Male Genitalia in Classic Blues and R&B." So we know how hard it is to execute a good one. As the year ends, we take a look at some other great lists. Call it the 2008 Meta-List. We hope this is the best List of Best Lists that you come across. Or that it at least makes the Top 10.10. The... read more
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