The Daily.
Posted By Cliff Tuttle | February 4, 2011
No. 575
If you have an iPad, you’ve probably looked at The Daily. As the name suggests, it is a daily publication, more like a magazine than a newspaper, produced for the iPad. It is a bit like Time, Life and Sports Illustrated wrapped up in an electronic media format. Very slick, fabulous photography, lots of interactive stuff. Perhaps you can find everything in the Daily somewhere else on the web, but as an assembled package, it is a phenomenon.
I watched several videos, including an interview with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from shortly before the shooting in which she talks about how useful her iPad has been, especially on the long flight from Arizona to Washington. According to the article, she has been using it lately as well.
The importance of the Daily is that it illustrates how far we’ve come and the direction we’re going. Apps (there’s a word that didn’t exist not too long ago) for iPad alone are becoming a trend. A daily trend.