Initial thoughts point towards creating a more seamless experience between the readers devices.
For instance, the desktop site could feature a page that can be set to the users browser home page so when they open a new window it displays all of the news they want, featuring sections that adapt to the users reading habits by using cookies and preference settings that the user can change as they please.
By using a 'tile' effect (Similar to the newer Windows 'Start Page') on each section, it would be possible to have the user be able to resize each aspect of their home page, each aspect meaning different segments such as 'headlines, politics, music, entertainment, weather, etc...'. This could use the Responsive form of a website to utilise the full size of the users screen whatever it may be. The user could then sign into their account on their iPad/Tablet/iPhone/Android Phone and so on, and be able to view exactly what they do on their Laptop/Desktop, thus creating a seamless user experience that can be adjusted for their tastes. This would create more of a buzz for The Telegraph through engagement and personalisation, also enabling more users to become accustomed to this newer way of viewing the news.
The Windows Start Page, just a quick example of how the tile sections can be utilised.
This technique is more possible due to the fact people no longer need to set their home page to 'Google' or something similar, as in all modern browsers such as Safari/Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Internet Explorer/Opera/Etc all use the address bar as a search function as shown below.
Other features could include an overlay that appears when the user has already read what is being displayed on a particular tile, all of this will be explored in more depth when the appropriate research has been conducted.
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