iPad Pulse Reader app goes from keynote hero to App Store zero thanks to NYT

Pulse News Reader — a news aggregating app for the iPad — got itself the ultimate stamp of approval yesterday by being featured in Steve Jobs’ keynote speech. A few hours later, however, Apple had removed the application from its App Store, following a complaint by the New York Times that it was infringing on its rights. Although Pulse collates publicly available RSS feeds, the fact it costs $4 a pop is being interpreted as a “commercial use” of those feeds, and therefore a violation of the New York Times and Boston Globe ’s Terms of Use.

iPad roundup: New York Times and others get HTML5 video, iPad app store, and more

The momentum towards HTML5 and away from (or at least in parallel with) Flash seems to be accelerating with today’s launch of the free Brightcove Experience framework for HTML5 — a “way to publish, distribute, and monetize web video for the iPad and other Apple devices” according to the Brightcove press release. While Brightcove might not be a household name, some of its 1,000 customers, including Time Inc. and The New York Times (a Brightcove investor), certainly are — both of whom are already using the new HTML5 solution in preparation for the iPad’s April 3rd US launch

Amazon buys touchscreen startup Touchco, merging with Kindle division

In what we’re hoping bodes well for future Kindle iterations, Amazon ’s pulled out its credit card and picked up New York-based startup Touchco, who specializes in — you guessed it — touchscreen technology. The company will be merged with Lab126, a.k.a

New York Times to begin charging for access… something something, Apple Tablet

Is it a stretch of logic, or purely logical? You be the one to judge. New York Magazine is reporting from what seems to be pretty solid word that the New York Times will start charging online readers for its content

Unauthorized iPhone news readers raise eyebrows

Here’s an interesting little new media legal dilemma for you: apparently there are several paid apps in the iPhone App Store that bill themselves as “readers” for publications like the New York Times , CNET , and the BBC, but aren’t actually licensed or official in anyway — they’re just pulling RSS feeds. That means people paying for an app like The New York Times Mobile Reader aren’t actually getting an app from the Times — and, perhaps more importantly, the Times isn’t getting anything from anyone

New York Times: Palm Pre to launch in the first week of June

Guys, guess what? The Palm Pre is really, seriously, totally coming out, like, super soon.

Live from Amazon’s Kindle event in NYC!

We’re on the ground for Amazon’s latest, crazy shindig at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University in NYC.

Keepin’ it real fake, part CCIII: New York Times undercover edition

When the New York Times sent one of its ace reporters to Shenzhen to check out the KIRF scene, they came to a startling conclusion: these things are really quite popular. And why not? Your iPhone might be a terrific device, but is it really $400 better than the Hi-Phone , or the iorgane ?

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