Tag: content

• What to expect from iOS 8?

  Last week, Apple spent a large part of its keynote at WWDC 2014 talking about iOS 8, its new operating system for its handheld devices. These are the main features that we can look forward to as part of iOS 8: Touch ID – Apple’s “Touch ID” fingerprint recognition system is currently only available on iPhone 5S […]

  marcabraham

  June 11, 2014

  Apple, Data, Mobile, Technology

  Apple, content, strategy, technology, video

• Book Review: “Mobile First”

  “Mobile First” by Luke Wroblewski is a great introduction to designing web experiences that cater for both desktop and mobile devices. With a large number of people accessing the web on their mobile devices, “Mobile First” is all about designing user experiences beyond the confines of the desktop. Naturally, there’s likely to be overlap between the […]

  marcabraham

  July 27, 2013

  Book Reviews, Mobile, Uncategorized, User Experience

  book, content, cross-platform, mobile, UX

• Barnes & Noble doesn’t only do books and tablets, it also does recommendations

  I’m always intrigued to find out how digital businesses tackle the issue of user engagement through tailored recommendations. Content providers like Netflix and Amazon notoriously spend a lot of money and effort into their recommendation engines and it was interesting to find about how Barnes & Noble (‘B&N’) are now handling recommendations through their latest “NOOK” device. […]

  marcabraham

  December 18, 2012

  Amazon, Digital Content, Digital Publishing, Digital Strategy, eCommerce

  Amazon, book, content, eCommerce, recommendations, Tablet

• zeebox – the value is in sharing and discovery

  Like music, TV is another traditional medium that has gone social. Forget about ‘just’ watching a show on TV’ that is only half the fun nowadays. Watching something on telly is one thing, but the conversation around it on  social media such as Twitter and Facebook is pushing the way in which we consume TV […]

  marcabraham

  June 6, 2012

  Digital Content, Social Media, Startups

  content, cross-platform, discovery, Rdio, socialmedia, Spotify, startup, TV

• Pottermore and the digital publishing extravaganza

  ebook publishing is taking off in more way than one. Back in April the Association of American Publishers reported triple-digit growth in ebook sales. Earlier this week Louise Voss and Mark Edwards became the first “indie authors” to top the UK ebooks chart. Finally to top it all off, JK Rowling, author of the iconic “Harry […]

  marcabraham

  June 26, 2011

  Digital Content, Digital Publishing, Digital Strategy, Online Trends

  Amazon, content, ebooks, publishing, Random House