The iPhone app was also substantially upgraded when we launched the iPad version in late May to include streaming audio, text-size scaling, poet bios, hundreds of new poems and more. The iPad version includes a big bonus: free PDF downloads for the four most recent versions of Poetry Magazine, the Foundation’s flagship publication.  The Android version has all the same great features as the iPhone app too.

We’re also honored that the POETRY app has been recognized with multiple awards over the past year, including winning in HOW + Print Magazines’  Color in Design 2011 Awards, an Appy Award nod, and others.

So download your favorite version from the App Store or Android Market and check out the “essential app” that hundreds of thousands of others are raving about.  Soon you’ll be reciting poetry aloud in the subway, whispering to your betrothed by candlelight, or simply pondering the wonders of beautiful verse. Enjoy!

During our kickoff meeting with the smart guys at Rhodium Group, Trevor Houser leapt from his seat, grabbed a marker and started sketching out his idea for an interactive map…on the window.

Our collaboration resulted in the successful launch of Rhodium Group’s China Investment Monitor, a web app that accompanies the publication of a major study, An American Door? Maximizing the Benefits of Direct Investment from China, written by Daniel H. Rosen and Thilo Hanemann of The Rhodium Group.

The app gives users an interactive view of Chinese investment in the United States by state, year, industry, investment type (greenfield or acquisition) and ownership (private or government).

The report has been featured in numerous articles, including The New York Times (“As China Invests, U.S. Could Lose”), The Wall Street Journal (“U.S. Warns China Is Closing Up Again”) and The Washington Post (“US: Restrictions on foreign investment are barrier to improving US-China commercial relations”).

The Paris Review website won best in category for Magazine / News websites and the POETRY app won gold in the Education category for mobile apps.

The ninth annual international competition saw over 1000 entries from 22 countries around the world. The 2010 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including web sites, CDs and DVDs, online ads, video, mobile applications and more.

We share these awards with our esteemed clients, The Paris Review and The Poetry Foundation.

The Paris Review‘s Daily Blog (Blog / Cultural category) and The New Yorker Festival iPhone and Android app (Guides / Ratings / Reviews category) were recently selected as Official Honorees of The 15th Annual Webby Awards.

Out of the nearly 10,000 entries submitted, the Official Honoree distinction has been awarded to the top 10% of all work entered.

The New York Times’ Bob Tedeschi recommends killing time by consuming poetry in bite-sized pieces.

And! The Seattle Times urges young folks to help old folks geek out this holiday season, by loading their devices with apps they’ll love—like POETRY.

The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards, which recognizes the highest standards of excellence in website design and development.

We share this honor with our talented collaborators at The Paris Review.

Félicitations.

“The first issue of The Paris Review under its new editor, Lorin Stein, hit newsstands recently, and it’s a thing of sober beauty.

Mr. Stein’s most radical act since taking over from Philip Gourevitch is visible only on the 57-year-old magazine’s crisply redesigned Web site, theparisreview.org. He’s made the entire run of The Paris Review’s storied interview series, previously almost impossible to find in electronic form, available there, free for the browsing. If there’s a better place to lose yourself online right now, I don’t know what it is.”

Read Dwight Garner’s full review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/books/23interview.html

Thanks to the International Academy of the Visual Arts for taking a shine to our work.

The Paris Review graces the upper right quadrant (highbrow / brilliant) of New York’s Approval Matrix for putting its Interview series online.

Suzy Myers Jackson, Executive Director of Opening Act had some very nice things to say at the recent launch party for their new website.

The new site was designed by students at Pratt, and developed by Tierra. We’re thrilled to support an organization that carries out such amazing work!