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The Guardian has released itsnew iPhone app today, launching with the intent to provide “more frequent updates”, offer a broader range of content and make the iPhone news-browsing process a more pleasant experience. Back in Novemberwe reportedthat the Guardian was to release a new version of its iPhone app which introduced a switch from a one off fee to a subscription charge model, showing The Guardian was looking to gain repeat income from readers, perhaps to prevent it from having to move its content behind a paywall....

The UK’s Guardian newspaper is now available onAndroid, and the good news is it’s free of charge. The publicationlaunchedits subscription-basediOSapp back in January, and whilst the mini iOS app version offers a selection of stories for free, access to the full app in the UK costs £2.99 (or local currency equivalent) for six months, or £4.99 for 12 months via an in-app purchase. The iOS app is free and ad-funded in the US, where it has been downloaded over 50,000 times....

Twitter needs no introduction these days – TV and radio shows seem to mention it all the time, meaning that even the least tech-savvy of people have a basic idea of what it is and how it works. However, yesterday showed that we’re still learning the boundaries of how it’s acceptable to use tweets. Yesterday’s tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks saw a number of news organisations recounting the events of that day in 2001 on Twitter as a real-time list of events....

Just one month afterThe Guardian launched in America, The Guardian News & Media announced its Guardian iPad edition is now available on the App Store today. The Guardian App, mirroring the Guardian’s Monday through Saturday paper, was created specifically for the iPad. The Guardian iPad editionis available on Newsstand, a feature ofthe new iOS 5that allows users to find digital newspapers and magazines in one dedicated place in the App Store, and organize them within a digital bookshelf....

A few months ago I attended the press screening for The Social Network and I wasblown away. I felt that it was the first movie to properly explain why exactly it is so cool to work with the web, with start-ups and to be involved with the fastest growing medium in the history of the world. Well, today I’m writing about a similar, but different, kind of movie: Middle Men...