Official NY Times app for Windows Phone 7

You know those 25,000 apps that are now available for Windows Phone 7? It looks like you can count an official New York Times among them. While there were already a handful of unofficial apps which allowed you to read the latest stories from the Gray Lady, this is the first time the newspaper has offered its own app for the platform. Top news stories… Read more »
News.me iPad app shows the best articles from your Twitter contacts… and from theirs too

News.me is an iPad app that shows you the stories you’re most likely to find interesting based on the people you follow on Twitter. There’s nothing particularly unusual there, since social news apps are a dime a dozen. But News.me has a few things that really set it apart. First, in addition to seeing the top stories shared by people you follow on Twitter, you… Read more »
New York Times paywall kicks in, older mobile apps stop working

The New York Times launched a new version of its iPhone app last week, in advance of the launch of a new paywall which would only allow readers to view 20 articles per month for free on the web, or the the Top News sections for free on a mobile device. I kind of wondered what would happen if you didn’t upgrade to the new… Read more »
New York Times 3.0 for iPhone adds push notifications, photo & video sections

Just a few days before the New York Times paywall is set to take effect, the newspaper company has pushed out an updated version of its iPhone app. I doubt failing to update the app will allow you to keep reading for free, but I guess we’ll find out on Monday. Top stories will be free to read with or without a subscription either way…. Read more »
New York Times unveils digital subscription pricing for web site, mobile apps

The New York Times is starting to roll out digital subscription plans in Canada this week, with US and international subscriptions set to take effect on march 28th. Readers will be able to view the paper’s home page for free, and read up to 20 articles per month at no cost. You’ll also be able to access the “Top News” section of the company’s mobile… Read more »
New York Times launches free iPad app

The New York Times has scapped its “Editors’ Choice” iPad app with a new app that offers all the content currently available at the New York Times web site. It’s available as a free download and the content is free… for now. Eventually the paper plans to charge users a fee to read the web site starting in 2011… sort of. You’ll be able to… Read more »
New York Times app for Android now available

The New York Times has released an official news app for Google Android. At first glance, the app looks like a clone of the newspaper’s iPhone app. Both allow you to sort news by category (World, US, Politics, N, Travel, Magazine, Latest, and so on). And both apps are much faster and easier to navigate on a mobile device than the New York Times web… Read more »
New York Times App for Android coming soon?

The New York Times offers an excellent free news app for the iPhone that makes it easy to catch up on the latest news from the paper without trying to navigate the NYTimes.com web site in a mobile browser. So far there’s no equivalent app for Google Android, but it looks like one should be available soon. The New York Times has created a FAQ… Read more »

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