Apple unveils Apple News+ subscription service

For US$9.99 a month, Apple has released its new magazine subscription service. Apple is calling it the Apple News+ service, which brings over 300 magazines to the Apple News app. Some of the titles you can expect include The New Yorker, Esquire, National Geographic, Vogue, Men’s Health, to name a few. We’re seeing this emerge from Apple’s acquisition of magazine subscription service, Texture.

The story is still developing and we’ll update later for any additional information.

Source: Engadget

Archive.org has 1950-1976 issues of influential sci-fi magazine ‘Galaxy’

For all the bad things you see online, there are an infinite number of good things, too. Like this latest piece of news that the influential sci-fi magazine Galaxy is now available for free on Archive.org. There are 355 issues that span the years 1950 to 1976 that are available on the site. And the great thing is it comes in a variety of formats, depending on what device you want to read the issues on. Galaxy Science Fiction is known to have published an early version of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, among many other great writers like Isaac Asimov, Clifford Simak, and Rober A. Heinlein. It doesn’t have the complete run of the magazine but there are tons to read through, whether to rediscover favorites or fall in love with old tales for the first time.

Source: The Verge + Engadget

Harper’s magazine debuts iOS app

Harper’s magazine has finally introduced an iOS app for the Apple iPad and iPhone. The issues are going to be free for paid subscribers or can be bought on a per issue basis for $5.99. Harper’s had an iOS app before but it was more like a PDF version of the print magazine. The publication updated the app to allow for easier reading and use. An Android version is reportedly coming soon.

Source: The Verge

Non-US Nexus 7 Tablets will not get the same exclusive content

Nexus 7 tablet buyers from Canada, Australia and the UK will not receive the TV shows, magazines and music that US buyers will have access to when the device ships later this month.

During the 7-inch tablet's release at Google I/O last week, it was heavily promoted that those who purchased the tablet would have access to 'thousands of movies' and the 'world's largest collection of e-books', but until international licensing agreements are ironed out, it could be a long while before these other countries can enjoy the other content offerings from Google.

This means that aside from existing apps, eBooks and the videos currently available to these countries, many of the key content pieces that make the Nexus 7 so compelling will be missing, possibly for months.