Editor's Pick: Google Offers New Mobile Story Tech to Publishers

Google Offers New Mobile Story Tech to Publishers

John P. Mello Jr. Feb 14, 2018 5:00 AM PT
	Google has rolled out a developer preview of its new AMP story format, which is designed to give content publishers an easy way to deliver news and information on mobile devices with visually rich, tap-through stories. "On mobile devices, users browse lots of articles, but engage with few in-depth," noted Rudy Galfi, product manager for AMP at Google. [More...]

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