Tech Headlines For May 9th: Conde Nast Joins iPad Subscription push, Google Starts Construction On New Office Campus

→ by Andy Yen < @renowned >

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at 11:32am May 9, 2011

The New Yorker is moving to cheaper digital iPad subscriptions – Apparently the new $5.99 a month pricing model works out to $1.50 an issue which is a far cry from the $4.99 per issue of the current app. The WSJ reports that Apple’s 30% cut is still in place, but they made a couple of concessions on allowing publishers to charge $10 more for a print + digital subscription. Sounds like the publishers aren’t really getting that much, but it’s something. At least consumers will have fair pricing options afforded to them.
Google pays Mountain View $30 million to lease 9.4 acres of land – Apparently Google is growing so fast that they need a LOT of offices to accommodate new hires. It’s hired German architects Ingenhoven Architects to plan out a very green friendly campus utilizing the latest in conservation techniques and renewable energy sources. I’m sure it’ll end up being awesome and make you hate your current office all the more.
Groupon and Live Nation launch ticketing deals website GrouponLive – Took them long enough. Live Nation often has gobs of events that it can’t fill up so it only makes sense to use the Groupon format to try and sell them.
Google Calendar adds the ability to color code events – Such a basic feature that you wonder why it wasn’t there before.

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