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On the heels of its acquisition of FreeRange Communications, Handmark announced that it has leveraged its Mobile Publishing Platform to release new mobile apps in partnership with the Associated Press, Canadian Press, Time Inc., Forbes.com, and CBS Interactive.
Applications that Handmark has developed include:
- Associated Press (AP) – new Spanish version featuring a range of news topics such as National, World, Showbiz, Sports, Business, Politics, Wacky News, Technology, Lifestyle and Travel — with a special focus on customizable Local News content.
- Canadian Press – new French and English versions will allow users to quickly view, save and share news and photo content from the Canadian Press.
- mine – supports a new digital magazine developed by Time Inc. and American Express Publishing Corporation allowing readers to choose content from such top brands as CNNMoney.com, Food&Wine.com, Golf.com, InStyle.com, People.com, RealSimple.com, SI.com, Time.com and Travel+Leisure.com – to create their own personal magazine.
- Forbes.com – one-click access to full stories published by Forbes.com, as well as personalized stock updates and market data.
- BNET (owned by CBS Interactive) – featuring news and advice on business and management issues.
- ZDnet (owned by CBS Interactive) – news, analysis and more for IT folks.
At the moment, the applications are available for BlackBerry smartphones only, but Handmark wowed to bring them to Windows Mobile and J2ME-based phones, as well.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
