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Economist Plans Chrome Web App Launch
- Journalism.co.uk, Sunday, April 7, 2013 1:55 PM
It will allow users to access the magazine's 'lean back' content directly through their desktop or laptop web browser. The Chrome app, which will be publicly released in May, is essentially a clone of the Economist's HTML5 app for the Blackberry Playbook and provides the content in an "immersive", finite magazine format rather than the potentially endless access available on the website.
