The New York Times on Adobe AIR
- Filed under: General
- Date: May 11,2009
Newspapers might have fallen on hard times, but they’re not going down without a fight. The Wall Street Journal is trying micropayments, while The New York Times isn’t only getting innovative with ads, but also debuting an impressive application:
Times Reader 2.0, an Adobe AIR application that comes as close to the newspaper reading experience as you’re going to find on the desktop.
Once you’ve downloaded the upgraded Times Reader, the application automatically updates with the latest NYT content every 5 minutes, meaning you can take it offline (Times Reader 2.0 has Google Gears-like offline support) with up-to-date news. Read the rest of this entry »
