R&D Blog - March 2010

Bonnier Hack Day wrap up

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-03-15
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24 hours of hacker bliss.

[Original blog post can be found here.] 

The first Bonnier Hack Day is now over. Oh boy, what a day. Despite the fact that the alarm went completely berserk at around 5 pm, amazing participants, concepts, discussions and food made the event a huge success. And a big plus: the Internet connected worked fairly well for the most of the time.

Best links - week 10

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-03-10
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Rapid Rise of Children With Cellphones (NY Times)

 

Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Bullish (Media Week)

 

Google 'Trialling TV Search Service' (The Guardian)

 

Best links - week 9

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-03-05
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Facebook Revenues For 2010 Could Hit Between $1.2 To $2 Billion

According to a recent WSJ article, Facebook executives have mentioned that "revenues for 2010 could hit between $1.2 to $2 billion", reports TechCrunch.

 

First Look: How Penguin Will Reinvent Books With iPad

Paid digital content

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-03-01
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Guess what? Paid content isn't about the content, after all.

Last Thursday, Bonnier R&D invited a couple of guest speakers, e.g. Forrester Analyst Nick Thomas, Sapient AD Cassian Opara, SSE researcher Henrik Sjödin, and a large number of colleagues to discuss and exchange experiences regarding the popular topic of "consumers' willingness to pay for digital content". The event was internal, so the exact conclusions can't be revealed. However, the following four public sources were referred to during the seminar and are highly recommended: