There is a great deal of puzzlement in The Times newsroom about the proposed switch to ‘edition-based’ publishing across its digital media.

We are told that the decision came after consultants looked at the website’s traffic patterns.

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) launched their new app this week at a sparkling Covent Garden reception.

It's the first app launch party I have attended, but the star of the show deserved the celebration and attention it received.

Even professionals read on mobile: two case studies

Last week I gave a talk to the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) conference in London about how to create and edit digital magazines for mobile readers.

At a tech talk on digital editions at the UK Publishers Association (PPA) in London last week one of the panelists was typically direct. ‘We think replica editions are a crime against humanity,” said Jon Marks, co-founder of HTML app builders Pugpig.

As their business is predicated on turning magazines into HTML apps, and they have no place for replicas in that process, he is not unbiased. But agreeing with him were two replica companies: Zinio and Pixelmags.

By focussing on audience behaviour the Swedish daily Aftonbladet has put mobile at the core of the newsroom.

Last month I went to a fascinating conference at News UK’s stunning new headquarters titled ‘news on the move’.