Sensors, Smart Content, and the Future of News
Tue, Mar 10th, 2009
Nick Bilton from The New York Times R&D Labs was at ETech today, talking about how NYT is preparing for the future of news delivery. His presentation explored how "sensors in every part of our lives [are] helping us aggregate smart content that is relevant to the device we are using". Bilton said that New York Times is building out more real-time analytics, device detection and granular user interaction, in order to deliver this "smart content" to each user and device. They are focused on the "3 screen" experience: web, mobile, and living room. Bilton said that NYT is also exploring "Newspaper 2.0" and next generation e-ink devices (such as flexible displays).
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