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Just a passing mention, but if you don't see anything like this on AvantGo, you're not looking hard enough.
The word itself is a contraction of "newspad" or "pad computer" (like a tablet pc) and "tabloid journalism" (meaning a newspaper that presents material in a condensed and lurid form). The word "Tabloid" is a registered trademark for a method of delivering drugs or chemicals in a condensed form.
Only if you want your news fresh; this is a good newspaper name for those who remember The Glass Teat (by Harlan Ellison).
The term newspad is borrowed from Arthur C. Clarke's 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey; Varley uses this term himself in his 1979 short story Options:
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'Griff found the white and pink map distracting and switched it off using his tongue mouse.'
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