Saturday morning coffee reading - 25th August 2012

Five things that are worth reading over your morning coffee…

• The shop window is the only place to be in the digital high street– a nice summation of the problems with Apple’s Newsstand, based on David Hepworth’s experience with the ill-fated The Word iPad app.
• Why doesn’t Julian Assange leave WikiLeaks? – an excellent question…
• What happens in Vegas happens all over the web – linked entirely on the basis of the last paragraph, which made me laugh out loud…
• Four things you need to know about young people’s media habits – The world my daughter is going to grow up in is one of perpetual connectivity and choice. Those of us who grew up in a narrowband world haven’t really grasped this yet.
• All eyes on the election – Storyful’s US election project – #ElectionEyes