A digital gift for our readers

摘要

BNP Media, parent company to Beverage Industry, has updated our digital editions in an effort to make consuming the content of its publications easier for today's digital-savvy readers. Among the highlights from the upgraded platform is a responsive format. The digital edition will promptly respond to the device that is being used. For instance, desktop users will see a replica of the print issue, while mobile users will see the new contents view as the default setting. The content view setting organizes the content as a list that is accompanied with brief article descriptions and thumbnail images. The scrolling method to go through the issue also has been optimized for small screens. Given the growing popularity of podcasts and other audio formats, the new digital edition now is equipped with instant audio. Mobile users and desktop users who have selected an article title now will see a speaker icon as one of the options. When selecting this option with an Internet connection present, the platform will initiate a text-to-speech rendering of the article, powered by the same engine Amazon uses for its Alexa devices.