W7.3 Reading Management Tools
Reading Management Tools
Readability
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Readability Links to an external site.(born in 2009) started as an Arc90 Lab experiment that cleaned up web-delivered text and made it more readable - starting with the removal of all the ads. Readability also allowed the user to choose how the text should be formated for the users' optimal reading experience (font size, color, and page width). Today, Readability does all that as well as enabling you to read now or later on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. Many people save articles they see in Social Media to their Readability app, then sit down for dedicated reading sessions and catch up on their reading.
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View all the Readability Apps Links to an external site. that are available. I can't seem to find a decent Readability tutorial, so let me know if you find a good one. You might also be interested in the Readability Top Reads Links to an external site. page.
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Readability: Read comfortably: Anytime, Anywhere.
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| Flipboard Links to an external site. (born in May 2010) was first released for iPad. It recreates your RSS feeds as an integrated magazine-like format where you "flip" through pages. Images associated with the RSS content play a prominent role in the Flipboard App and the effect was to make images a "must have" item with every content piece. | ||
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There's a downloadable How To Guide for Flipboard (PDF) here Links to an external site.. One of the benefits of Flipboard is that you can connect it to your social networks Links to an external site.. Flipboard will also let you make and publish your own "Magazine" Links to an external site. using the content you curate.
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Flipboard for iPad - A Social Magazine App
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Pulse
| Pulse Links to an external site. (born in May 2010) was also first released for iPad. However, the app was released on Android and iPhone far earlier than Flipboard. In the Pulse interface, images also take a prominent role, but stories are are rendered in a panel of images, rather than a magazine style. | ||
| Some interesting reading: New York Times Forces Apple to Pull Popular ‘Pulse’ iPad Newsreader Links to an external site., by Charlie Sorrel, Wired, June 8, 2010. | ||
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Pulse on Android
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