PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today issuu, the industry’s leading digital publishing and content discovery platform, announced the release of their new iOS 8 app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. issuu’s revolutionary app brings millions of magazines, newspapers, and catalogs, into users hands for free. With the release of this app, issuu continues to enhance its mobile offerings that unleash the full potential of its vast collection of enthusiast and mainstream content for fast, easy and free consumption. The app also incorporates new iOS 8 features such as Interactive Notifications and Handoff.
The issuu App is now integrated with Apple's Handoff continuity feature, so users can begin a magazine on one device and pick up where they left off on their other iOS device. With issuu, readers can enjoy the continuity of a truly endless discovery experience that is not constrained by time, place, or device. issuu also integrates with iOS 8’s new interactive Notification Center, offering users an easy way to streamline tasks and read right from Notifications Center, without leaving the app they are working in, allowing them to stay focused on their current task.
The issuu App includes new features to make it the ideal mobile reading experience: an improved personalization algorithm, enhanced search tools for finding high quality content, one-touch sharing, and an offline reading list that allows readers to consume content anytime, anywhere they want. The immersive reading experience facilitates discovery and sharing throughout.
issuu for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch also includes Clip, a groundbreaking new feature that lets readers easily clip and share any portion of any publication that inspires them. Combined with issuu’s deep analytics tools publishers can readily understand what content resonates with readers, helping them make key editorial and distribution decisions.
“We are thrilled to bring a truly elegant content discovery experience to readers with the release of our app,” issuu CEO Joe Hyrkin said. “We’ve really tried to stretch the limits of what’s possible on a mobile device and iOS 8 provides the perfect environment to create a great experience for readers. We are ecstatic to connect publishers who are producing fantastic content to readers who are eager to consume content through mobile devices.”
The issuu App is available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.AppStore.com.
About issuu:
issuu is where the world's most innovative content creators publish digitally. We help publishers find, understand, monetize and grow a massive global audience on any device — while helping readers all over the world discover, enjoy and share new content. As the industry’s leading digital publishing platform, we deliver over 5 billion page views each month to the 80+ million readers who care most about their content.
With over fifteen thousand new publications added daily and an unparalleled breadth of content on virtually every topic, issuu readers are spending over 1 billion minutes each month reading on tablets, desktops, laptops and smartphones – with no subscription fees or monthly charges. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, issuu is backed by Sunstone Capital and KDDI.