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Beyond the S Curve

Venture capitalist Mary Meeker has been presenting her deck on internet trends for a few years now. Twenty-three, to be precise. They’re good, albeit lengthy, always thought-provoking. And each year I see if I can use her data to tell…

//July 4 / 2018 //read more

Mobile publishing: A reality check

With the search engine and social media giants dominating the mobile advertising market, and with smartphones now accounting for about a third of news website usage, what can news businesses do to develop revenues in the short term? News…

//January 16 / 2014 //read more

Networking giant Cisco predicts more mobile data devices than people by end of 2013

US networking giant Cisco has released its latest five year forecast for mobile data use. The report highlights how rapidly increasing mobile data use will have profound implications for news organisations as mobile becomes the primary way…

//February 12 / 2013 //read more

African news organisations need to embrace mobile web opportunities

Africa 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 more

Mobile phone association launches global data portal

We often talk about the mobile revolution here on Knowledge Bridge. But just how big of an opportunity does mobile present in your country? Now you have a service to help answer that question with a new free data portal created by the GSM…

//June 15 / 2012 //read more

Sizing up The RuNet, Russia’s internet market

The Russian internet is booming with growth and lots of potential for even more growth. The number of internet users in Russia is expected to soon pass the number in Germany if it hasn’t already. A new report cuts through the competing…

//June 7 / 2012 //read more