The Daily optimizes app for new iPad

The debut of the new iPad today marks a media milestone as Rupert Murdoch’s nascent digital publication The Daily will soon become the world’s first HD newspaper — and it paves the way for others to follow suit.

The techies behind the cutting-edge, Big Apple-based periodical are busy designing an updated version of the Daily’s app that is optimized to run on the tablet’s new ultra-high-definition screen, with a pixel density of 2,048 by 1,536.

“The changes will be notable for the readers who have the new iPad,” said the Daily’s publisher, Greg Clayman, in an interview. “We design to make sure everything looks fantastic.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Huntsman may run on third-party ticket

thedailyfeed:

Jon Huntsman hinted to The Daily that he might run as the nominee for a party other than the Republicans. 

After vowing to run as a Republican or nothing at all, Huntsman gave himself a little wiggle room this week to be the nominee of Americans Elect, a well-funded nonprofit group well on its way to getting on the presidential ballot in all 50 states.

 The lagging GOP contender told The Daily he is “not even considering” an Americans Elect run, though he quickly added the qualifier “when I’m running as a Republican.”

High-res thedailyfeed: Hackers, spirit animals, CIA operatives and guns in the desert — the final half of Zach Baron’s epic pursuit of Hunter S. Thompson’s ghost across the Vegas Strip. After the briefing, the weapons came out: sawed-off shotguns, AK-47s, short-barrel Uzis, Desert Eagles, big revolvers, and, on a blanket, near the ground, a Browning M1919 machine gun. Next to the Browning, a man laid out, piece by piece, a DPMS SASS, a modified AR-10 rifle which, its owner told me, was accurate up to 500 yards, and so was currently being wasted on the range here — a mere 150 yards or so to the rock bluffs and mountain.  We watched as the hackers set up their firing zone, dragging out bits of rebar and chicken wire, old PCs, sofas, traffic lights, wooden crates, and paper targets, including an Osama bin Laden and a couple of lady zombies. There were a few children running around, including a tiny girl with a handgun — it looked like a .22 — holstered at her waist. Most of the adults wore black T-shirts despite the considerable heat, paired with gym or cargo shorts, floppy hats and shades. One guy was wearing a kilt. Several had dyed their hair purple. There were more women than you might guess.  Up and down the line could be heard the metallic snap of rounds sliding into their chambers. Off to the left of the main firing range, three men were busy cobbling together what would reveal itself to be a .50-caliber sniper rifle, about 4 or 5 feet long. This is what U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan use to shatter car engine blocks at great distances and to kill enemies from as far as a mile-and-a-quarter away. Its bullet isn’t much smaller than a classic Coca-Cola glass bottle. When you fire the .50-cal, a great big cloud of dust goes up around the shooter, and the ground shakes.  The all-clear was given, and the shooters raised up as one. The noise was incredible. Out of the rock face down the range, you could see the heavier guns taking their toll on the shale and dirt in the back. Chunks of the bluffs that backstopped the field were flying off, chipped to pieces in a steady fusillade of automatic weapons fire. The sound was all whistles, squeaks and bursts of full-auto mayhem. By the water jugs, Fleur looked sick.

thedailyfeed:

Hackers, spirit animals, CIA operatives and guns in the desert — the final half of Zach Baron’s epic pursuit of Hunter S. Thompson’s ghost across the Vegas Strip.

After the briefing, the weapons came out: sawed-off shotguns, AK-47s, short-barrel Uzis, Desert Eagles, big revolvers, and, on a blanket, near the ground, a Browning M1919 machine gun. Next to the Browning, a man laid out, piece by piece, a DPMS SASS, a modified AR-10 rifle which, its owner told me, was accurate up to 500 yards, and so was currently being wasted on the range here — a mere 150 yards or so to the rock bluffs and mountain.

 We watched as the hackers set up their firing zone, dragging out bits of rebar and chicken wire, old PCs, sofas, traffic lights, wooden crates, and paper targets, including an Osama bin Laden and a couple of lady zombies. There were a few children running around, including a tiny girl with a handgun — it looked like a .22 — holstered at her waist. Most of the adults wore black T-shirts despite the considerable heat, paired with gym or cargo shorts, floppy hats and shades. One guy was wearing a kilt. Several had dyed their hair purple. There were more women than you might guess.

 Up and down the line could be heard the metallic snap of rounds sliding into their chambers. Off to the left of the main firing range, three men were busy cobbling together what would reveal itself to be a .50-caliber sniper rifle, about 4 or 5 feet long. This is what U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan use to shatter car engine blocks at great distances and to kill enemies from as far as a mile-and-a-quarter away. Its bullet isn’t much smaller than a classic Coca-Cola glass bottle. When you fire the .50-cal, a great big cloud of dust goes up around the shooter, and the ground shakes.

 The all-clear was given, and the shooters raised up as one. The noise was incredible. Out of the rock face down the range, you could see the heavier guns taking their toll on the shale and dirt in the back. Chunks of the bluffs that backstopped the field were flying off, chipped to pieces in a steady fusillade of automatic weapons fire. The sound was all whistles, squeaks and bursts of full-auto mayhem.

By the water jugs, Fleur looked sick.

Let's show them what Tumblr can do and give The Daily's app the 'Mutt bump!

brooklynmutt:

Hey guys — The Daily, where I am a writer, launched its free Facebook app today [yesterday]. Of course, and I say this without an ounce of bias, this app is the greatest thing to hit Facebook since Farm-Mafia-ville, I swear!

Activate the app so you can read what I’m writing and then Friend me on Facebook so you see what I’m reading. 

Thank you! You guys have been great! 

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