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And whereas Rather's news consumption tools today include a tablet and an iPhone 6, there's still plenty about him and about gathering the news that hasn't changed.
Plus, Flud had to work against the fickle, uncertain and ever-evolving relationship people have with news and news consumption tools.
As PCs are no longer only used to create content but are more and more becoming consumption tools, new devices and new form factors are appearing.
Media remains a massive market — mobile devices are, after all, media consumption tools — so there's scope for a multiplicity of approaches to get traction here.
Apparently, the mobile version of both Preview and TextEdit are meant to be strictly consumption tools and endpoints for iCloud functionality, rather than editors, with Apple hoping to direct people to apps like iBooks and Pages for modifying and creating new docs and managing PDFs.
But there are still some companies working on building RSS/news consumption tools for more hardcore users: Feedly, Wavii, Reeder for iOS and Mac does a good job with style, Betaworks just invested in Bloglovin, and YC-backed NewsBlur went back to the basics.
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It's a mass consumption tool — but it's not a consumption tool for the masses.
"They should take actions that make their product cleaner and better for people who use Facebook as a news consumption tool".
And when you add in split-screen multitasking (also announced today), the iPad can truly transform from a consumption tool to a real computer.
27 This validated alcohol consumption tool provides a detailed day-by-day account of alcohol use in the 90 days prior to the interview.
It's a big step to making the iPad even more of an educational resource, not just as a content-consumption tool, but as something educators can turn to in order to run their courses, without the need for a traditional computer as a primary hub.
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