Quick Takes
NPR One joins Apple’s connected car platform
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NPR One is now on Apple and Google’s connected car systems.
Programs/Content
CBC approach to election coverage offers lessons for U.S. pubmedia
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The CBC digital team’s latest major voter-engagement initiative is a collaboration with Google’s civic engagement team.
Quick Takes
Google updates Currents aggregation app, signs licensing agreement with APM
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Google released updates to its Google Currents news-curation app March 20, including enhanced audio capabilities, and Minnesota-based American Public Media is taking advantage of them. The free app, currently available on Android platforms, has a structure similar to those offered by other digital news curators such as Flipboard and Pulse. Users subscribe to feeds from news outlets that appear as simple RSS lists or, if the provider has signed a licensing agreement with Google, as enhanced magazine-style content. Its latest updates include audio playlists and media bars with options to pause and skip tracks. More than 10 million users have installed Currents since its December 2011 launch.