First, just to be clear: the web is not dead. Despite Chris Anderson’s attempt to create another catchphrase like the “long tail”, his attempt to say that the traditional browser-based web is finished – and was about to be replaced by closed ecosystems like Apple’s App Store – was a stretch. There are variety of reasons that Anderson was wrong. As Boing Boing pointed out, web traffic is still growing, even if as a percentage of internet use, it’s less than in the past. This is obvious; all that other stuff like mobile and video didn’t exist before, so of course its use would proportionally go up. What’s…

Wired has finally released an iPad-friendly version of its magazine (iTunes link), and early indications are that it’s pretty damn good. There was a brief snafu where Condé Nast worked with Adobe to build the prototype application using AIR, an Adobe framework which is banned from Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Now the app has been rejigged, and Wired has released its first ever digital edition of their printed magazine. Advertisers have been offered premium spots in the digital app, allowing interaction and animation. Advertisers include GE, Olympus, Fidelity Investments and HBO. The app costs…