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Yahoo! today announced an upcoming app for the iPad and Android tablets called Livestand which will aim to deliver unified, personalized content in a sharp magazine-style layout. Yahoo! has tons of properties to draw upon to deliver this content, like Sports, News, Finance, and Flickr, and they’re reaching out to advertisers and publishers to fill it up even further. As you can see, you’ll be able to peruse different categories of content and subscribe to tailor-made channels, or if you prefer, build channels based on keywords. The app is also time and location-aware, so you’ll get content specific to where you are and what time you’re browsing.
It’s an interesting idea, and they’re hinting that the experience will be coming to smartphones eventually, too. With the likes of The Daily, Wired, and others setting a precedent for magazine-style content on tablets, Livestand will likely find good company on tablets, and will be able to compete by pulling on a fast-paced stream of fresh online content. Unfortunately, it seems like these styles of apps aren’t doing particularly well on iTunes, but maybe Livestand will be able to see a bit more success if they avoid any pay-per-issue or subscription fees, and just rely on advertising and their existing online content streams to offer Livestand for free.
No launch date was mentioned, but we’ll keep an eye out for any further announcements. Advertisers and publishers can hit up the Livestand landing page.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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