Wasn't The Economist available online long before the iPad was even a twinkle in Job's eye?
It was.. The challenge was then lugging a laptop always online and reading it. Now the app makes it offline and easily readable on the move.
How the iPad fired my building Watchman
11–13 of 13 posts
Re: How the iPad fired my building Watchman
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, I'm wondering what the holdup was. I've been reading Economist articles online, without a subscription, for years. Also, it seems an odd Peculiarity of Indian people that they tend to Capitalize the first Letter of random Words. I'm not Sure why this is.
Probably something to do with the level of exposure. It seems most Indians know English pretty well, but not as many have taken that last step from "know" to "fluent". It's difficult and probably not strictly necessary. Also, en_IN and en_SG are just different from en_US and en_UK. Apparently in southeast asia, "do the needful" is a perfectly cromulent phrase. (My main complaint is the seeming lack of consistency whe…
:-) There is so many 'english' versions spoken and written in India, those who are not exposed to our country will be baffled. The big big move is 'Hinglish' - Hindi meets English. And yes, I do admit a lack of consistency or rather attention to the capitalization of words.
Re: How the iPad fired my building Watchman
#13Wasn't The Economist available online long before the iPad was even a twinkle in Job's eye?
Sure, but it wasn't a native client app. What good is an app if it doesn't take up storage space? The once newfangled Internet with it's lightweight footprint, and on-demand access to content only when you need it is clearly outdated. I'm afraid it's the revenge of the fat clients.
I'm mighty happy with it. Much better than the National Goegraphic apps etc