TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a non-profit dedicated to circulating “ideas worth spreading”. This week TED released an iPad app, their first official mobile app.
The app lets users browse almost 800 TEDTalks on topics ranging from “activism” to “writing”, and is now available for free download from the Apple App Store.
June Cohen, Executive Producer of TED Media, describes the iPad as “a thrilling new platform for delivering a TED experience”.
“We rethought the user experience to take advantage of the portability, the touchscreen and the focused media time people have when they travel or settle in for an evening. We think TED fans will particularly love the ‘Inspire me’ button, which creates a custom playlist to fill the exact amount of time they have free.”
Features of the app include:
- ‘Inspire Me’ button: A great way of suggesting talks for users to watch
- ‘Themes’: Serves up curated playlists of TEDTalks around topics such as “The Power of Cities,” “How We Learn,” “A Greener Future” and “Unconventional Explanations”
- ‘Tags’: Breaks down TEDTalks topics into some 250 categories
- ‘Saved Talks’: Allows users to download and queue up several hours of TEDTalks for viewing offline anytime
- ‘Playlist Browser’: Lets users browse ahead in any playlist while watching a saved talk
Here’s a few screenshots we took of the app:
