The Daily's Gift & Gadget Guide Tops 100,000 Downloads

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the nation's busiest shopping season in full swing, The Daily's Gift and Gadget Guide has garnered more than 100,000 downloads since its November 10th launch.  The Daily is the No. 1 best-selling iPad publication in Newsstand and The Gift & Gadget Guide is its third custom iPad publication, following The Daily's Pro Football Preview and Elizabeth Taylor Tribute Magazine.  The Gift & Gadget Guide offers readers the presentation and editorial excellence of a traditional print magazine combined with the utility of a shopping website in a user-friendly iPad experience.

"As we continue to innovate and experiment, we're finding our readers respond very well to custom publications that combine editorial and commerce with a high level of design," said Greg Clayman, Publisher of The Daily.  "It's working for consumers, it's working for advertisers, and it's driving all the way from discovery to purchase."

Featuring more than 100 pages of content and special illustrations by British artist Matthew Lyons, The Daily's Gift & Gadget Guide showcases products across multiple categories, including: general gifts, mobile apps, TV/video games, kitchen, lifestyle/health, auto, and sporting gear, with price-points ranging from $50-$150,000.  It also offers users the opportunity to purchase the carefully selected featured items instantly.

To learn how Deputy Tech Editor Daniel Dumas updated an old-fashioned idea for the tablet era with a retro-futuristic design, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiLcP6-fGXM.

Click here to download the special app for free: http://bit.ly/gadgetguide.

About The Daily

The Daily is a first-of-its-kind daily national news publication built exclusively as an application for tablet computing and emerging digital platforms. It provides readers the engaging experience of a magazine combined with the immediacy of the web and the need-to-know content of a newspaper, all while elevating user experience beyond the printed word. The Daily is a subscription-based news product, published 365 days a year, at the cost of $0.99 cents a week or $39.99 a year. For more information, visit www.thedaily.com and The Daily on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/dailysocial/.

SOURCE The Daily