03.24.10
Where are the black magazine iPhone apps?
IPad Subscriptions Could Boost Mag Circulation – BLACK ENTERPRISE.
Where are the black magazine & newspaper iPhone and web apps? There is something wrong with this picture. Technology is one way to overcome the obstacles in the real world, but getting on the forefront of the technology is crucial. It’s time that we start creating our own paths and stop waiting for others to chart the territory first, then jump on board. You have fewer opportunities to dictate the terms when you wait. Black magazines are all talking about the effect that iPad could have on magazine, all the apps you can get for your iPhone, but they don’t have an app, nor do they seem to have a plan for one. Essence Magazine even had an article iPhone Apps for Ladies but no Essence iPhone/iPad app seems to be in the works. The only black magazine app I have seen is Black Men Magazine. Essence, Ebony/Jet, Black Enterprise please tell me that you have these products in development and that we are not going to sit back and “see” how well the iPad does before we jump on board. “CP” time with technology is not cool at all and can be extremely costly.
Cliff Samuels Jr said,
March 24, 2010 at 1:00 pm
I agree. Lets create a contest for young Black app developers to create these programs for the smart-phone market. I believe that an incentive is necessary to spark the interest of the youth to get involved in changing the landscape of the Internet.