Yahoo Finance updates its iPad, iPhone apps
Yahoo Finance has redesigned its iPhone and iPad applications, writes Alex Diaz, vice president of mobile and emerging products. Diaz writes, “At the center of the Yahoo Finance app are the companies and stocks you care about – whether it’s breaking news and information, beautiful interactive charts or real time price changes you can easily […]
FT launches app for Salesforce.com
The Financial Times launched Wednesday the FT news feed app on the Salesforce AppExchange, which allows more than 100,000 Salesforce customers to see FT headlines relevant to their clients, client’s competitors and market sectors. The FT is the first news provider to create a news feed app for Salesforce. The app is free to download […]
Social media and the Financial Times
Timothy Gibbon of SMP.com interviewed FT.com’s social media manager Rebecca Heptinstall, who shares tips on social publishing and brand reputation. Here is an excerpt: SMP: How many are in the social media team at the FT? RH: We have three staff dedicated full-time to social media including two in editorial: our communities editor Sarah Laitner […]
A financial news CTO explains his job
Martin Bryan of TheNextWeb.com interviewed John O’Donovan, the chief technology officer of The Financial Times, about his job. Here is an excerpt: Anything else you can tell us about what you’re working on? Our editorial team are continually exploring different ways to tell a story using data, providing a richer level of analysis by proving […]
Financial Times reboots app
Business newspaper The Financial Times has introduced a refreshed version of its web app for visitors using an iPhone, iPad or Windows 8 device, reports Doug Drinkwater of The Tab Times. Drinkwater writes, “The daily newspaper announced the redesigned site on Wednesday and the changes see the inclusion of a customizable content hub where readers […]
World’s longest-running biz paper to stop print edition
Lloyd’s List, which has provided shipping news from London since 1734, has decided to abandon print and go fully digital, reports Robert Cookson of the Financial Times. Cookson writes, “The world’s longest-running business newspaper started as a notice pinned to the wall of a coffee shop in the City of London, offering news and information […]
The Deal launches new iPhone app
The Deal, which was acquired a year ago by TheStreet.com, announced Wednesday the launch of a new version of its iPad application and a new iPhone app. The apps provide news articles and video reporting from The Deal’s newsroom in addition to a new feature for the iPad app that offers information about the initial […]
Building a business news startup
Kara Tabor of Silicon Prairie News takes a look at Missouri Business Alert, a business news startup being lead by Missouri journalism professor Randy Smith and Michael Stacy, former editor of Silicon Prairie News. Tabor writes, “The site launched publicly in late July, covering business news across the state. In addition, it receives wire news […]
Forbes rolls out scrolling streams
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about new technology being used on Forbes.com called scrolling streams. Dvorkin writes, “Today, we began to roll out a new architecture for page screens. We call them intelligent scrolling streams. You’re on one right now. One key feature: rich, continuous streams of content (post after post […]
CNBC’s Carney on how he uses social media to cover Wall Street
As the editor of the NetNet blog and the journalist who covers Wall Street and finance at CNBC, John Carney relies on social media to find out the latest on the street; who’s making what deals, who’s making news before they’re making news, who’s out, who’s in and of course the wayward ways of those […]
