Virgin, Sir Richard Branson's company, is to go into e-publishing, with an iPad-only publication called Maverick. And, if the AdAge report is anything to go by, it sounds like it's going to be a direct competitor to FastCompany.com. So, here's the first review of the app--before it's even out, that's how ahead of the curve we are: It's Awful. (Oh, that's just my rich sense of British irony getting in the way of an interesting story, we at Fc are magnanimous enough to welcome new kids on the innovation front.)
So, what's not to like about the news? It's called Maverick (although, unlike its namesake, it doesn't fly--and it probably isn't big on Scientology), its "family ambassador" is to be Branson's pulchritudinous daughter Holly (seen here with Dad and bro at a rather embarrassing Virgin product launch last year) who left medical school to join the family firm,...
So, what's not to like about the news? It's called Maverick (although, unlike its namesake, it doesn't fly--and it probably isn't big on Scientology), its "family ambassador" is to be Branson's pulchritudinous daughter Holly (seen here with Dad and bro at a rather embarrassing Virgin product launch last year) who left medical school to join the family firm,...
- 7/16/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
Stephen Fry's business partner details the creation of the new FryPad iPad app, and the upcoming launch of their online talent agency, Untied Artists.
Today, the iPad launched in the U.K. And alongside all the apps that you'd expect to see--Financial Times, Murdoch's Times--there was Stephen Fry's FryPaper. A gratis app (are you listening, Murdoch Senior?) that was the second most popular free download on iTunes' app store within a couple of hours. We got in touch with Andrew Sampson, Stephen's business partner in SamFry Ltd., to talk about the creation of the app, their company, and the entrepreneurial life of one of Britain's best-loved polymaths.
"I come up with the stage and Stephen will do the material," says Sampson of his relationship with Fry. "I provide the infrastructure and Steven will build the ideas."
The partnership extends far beyond Fry's Web site. The two have created...
Today, the iPad launched in the U.K. And alongside all the apps that you'd expect to see--Financial Times, Murdoch's Times--there was Stephen Fry's FryPaper. A gratis app (are you listening, Murdoch Senior?) that was the second most popular free download on iTunes' app store within a couple of hours. We got in touch with Andrew Sampson, Stephen's business partner in SamFry Ltd., to talk about the creation of the app, their company, and the entrepreneurial life of one of Britain's best-loved polymaths.
"I come up with the stage and Stephen will do the material," says Sampson of his relationship with Fry. "I provide the infrastructure and Steven will build the ideas."
The partnership extends far beyond Fry's Web site. The two have created...
- 5/28/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
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