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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:

Best links - week 8

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-02-26
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Facebook Announces Credits Terms For Developers (via @jaggeree)

Facebook will soon roll Facebook Credits out to even more application developers, so it has publicly announced that it will take 30% of the revenues earned for goods sold via Facebook Credits, reports All Facebook and Mashable.

 

R&D Summary – week 7

By Jonas Olofsson on 2010-02-19
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This week, the Media Map trend report project went into its production phase. All members of the R&D team were given chapters or cases to write, which resulted in several late night working sessions. We've also hired some brilliant minds from the outside, who will contribute with cases and additional perspectives on the trends. They presented a first draft today, and it looks very promising.

Best links - week 7

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-02-19
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Seesaw Internet TV Service Launches in UK (via @mattiasfyrenius)

BBC reports that the UK now has its own equivalent of Hulu. Seesaw recently launched its online TV service after less than a month of beta testing. The service offers 3,000 hours of archive and recent programs from the BBC, Channel 4 and Five.

 

Best links - week 6

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-02-15
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Symbian Makes its Smartphone Software Open Source

Symbian, an operating system used in many smartphones, is now available as an open source platform four months ahead of schedule as it looks to compete with Apple and Google's Android, writes the Guardian.

 

R&D Summary - week 5

By Björn Jeffery on 2010-02-05
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As R&D goes West, they rant about trends, meet entrepreneurs and fall in love with Gowalla.

What a week! Or two actually, since we skipped last weeks summary. The reason for that was that we were all busy in San Francisco, where we spent most of the last two weeks. Apart from visiting our office there (safely ensconced within Weldon Owen), we had a few workshops and met a bunch of inspiring people.

Best links - week 5

By Paulina Modlitb... on 2010-02-04
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A random mix of things we have read and liked this past week.

Image by Flickr user nDevilTV, cc-licensed

Is Amazon Building a Superkindle? (NY Times, via @benjaminglaser)

 

In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits (Wired)

 

Apple Pushing TV Networks To Slash Prices On iTunes (Business Insider)