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Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition
Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition
In the latest installment of our Required Reading feature, we focus on television and digital video as well as some of the latest trends and tools in mobile and social media. Online advertising may overtake television advertising in the US…
//September 7 / 2012 //read moreThe 140 characters of Twitter updates can feel limiting to people who aren’t headline writers, but journalists and non-journalists around the world are using the service to provide a stream of news and information to hundreds of thousands…
//September 4 / 2012 //read moreIn a new feature for the Knowledge Bridge, we highlight digital media trends and insights from around the world. This week, we look at how print media in South Africa recognise the digital transition by adding it a digital focus to their…
//August 10 / 2012 //read morepaidContent has compiled a list of the 50 most successful digital media companies. The list is a goldmine of information about digital media developments around the world and also business models and revenue streams that you might want to…
//August 3 / 2012 //read moreHackathons are an excellent way of getting editors, journalists and developers to work together at news organisations to create new mobile and web applications that the paper, website or radio or TV station can use. Focusing on content,…
//August 2 / 2012 //read moreAfrica is set to become the world’s second largest mobile market by the end of this year. Audiences and advertisers are rapidly moving to mobile, with many African mobile owners only accessing the web via their phones. News organisations…
//July 26 / 2012 //read moreWith more than 1 billion internet users, Asia accounts for nearly half the world’s online users. And it is the explosion of mobile phones that is driving the move online. Asian users are also more likely to use banking services and shop…
//July 12 / 2012 //read moreRecent surveys show that people who use mobile devices – in particular tablet-users – consume more news and are more willing to pay for access than those who use computers. News organizations can benefit by building mobile services to…
//July 11 / 2012 //read moreEmerging markets have been the engines of growth for major social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, with India being one of the biggest success stories. Much of this growth has come from mobile users in India, and Facebook is…
//July 9 / 2012 //read moreOpen-source web browser maker Firefox has launched a mobile operating system to compete with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Handsets using the web-based OS will launch smartphones at a fraction of the price of those currently on the…
//July 3 / 2012 //read more