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Editors Fresh Apps
When we launched one of the most popular mobile portals of the daily newspaper BILD in 2006 in Germany (which today has 3.5 million unique users and 18% reach of all mobile surfers), a friend commented on the great usability and speed of the new mobile portal. In the pre-iPhone era, I […]

Apps offer breath of fresh air to editors

When the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) started, we were all waiting for the next iPhone. New hardware, new features. Just to beat the copy-world champions, Samsung! But new Apple CEO Tim Cook instead presented the next generation of the Macs: faster, brighter, and with retina displays. Fine. In his official biography, Steve Jobs […]

Apple strategy to conquer Google and Amazon

Apple iOS 6
When the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) started, we were all waiting for the next iPhone. New hardware, new features. Just to beat the copy-world champions, Samsung! But new Apple CEO Tim Cook instead presented the next generation of the Macs: faster, brighter, and with retina displays. Fine. In his official biography, Steve Jobs […]

Apple strategy to conquer Google and Amazon

Broadcaster, set-up box, and TV device manufacturers have been trying for years to replace the traditional teletext by digital offerings. Interactivity, animated infographics, and dynamic editorial content should be retrieved easily and perfectly on the TV. That’s the theory.   Smart TV is the key word. It’s now available in […]

Mobile: the first media for background checks and second TV ...

Broadcaster, set-up box, and TV device manufacturers have been trying for years to replace the traditional teletext by digital offerings. Interactivity, animated infographics, and dynamic editorial content should be retrieved easily and perfectly on the TV. That’s the theory.   Smart TV is the key word. It’s now available in […]

Mobile: the first media for background checks and second TV ...

In 2005, I was at one of the earliest mobile conventions in Germany. Most of the people there were discussing the technical side of creating a mobile Web site. And how to find a cheap degradation-concept for the approximately 2,000 different handset models. Really not easy. Another major topic of […]

Mobile content is king, but billing is King Kong

Billing Is King
In 2005, I was at one of the earliest mobile conventions in Germany. Most of the people there were discussing the technical side of creating a mobile Web site. And how to find a cheap degradation-concept for the approximately 2,000 different handset models. Really not easy. Another major topic of […]

Mobile content is king, but billing is King Kong