The iPad’s Retina Display Spells The End For Bloated Magazine Apps | Cult of Mac

The Cult of Mac has an interesting article about how the Retina display is going to make it unmanageable for “magazine” apps that store all of their content as fullscreen images: The iPad’s Retina Display Spells The End For Bloated Magazine Apps.

What’s the solution?  Smarter content creation, they argue, and here’s what made my ears prick up:

“custom rendering and layout tools

Doesn’t that sound a lot like the iBooks Author program that Apple introduced recently?  Sure, it may not fit the bill right now, but I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on that product’s roadmap.

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About Adam Platt

Adam Platt is a technologist with more than a decade of experience across the full stack. His passion for technology and penchant for rendering complex technical ideas into simple terms have made him an in-demand speaker. His resume includes BriForum, the PowerShell Summit, teaching engagements and more.

He is one of the 10 types of people who understand binary and he can solve a Rubik’s Cube.