iPadification of the web

When I wrote about mobile apps lately and the influence they have on our mobile internet experience I already mentioned webapps as a side note. A very recent post by Mashable’s own Christina Warren and her earlier article about the „iPadification of the web” brought me back on the topic.

It doesn’t have to be Google

All the world is talking about Google streetview and in Germany they even go through heated debates. What many overlook is that Google isn’t the only provider of services of this kind. In this article I want to introduce you to some alternatives, some of which are still in early development but hold a lot of potential.

wants to change the newsworld

There currently is a ton and a half of news about almost every thing happening anywhere every day. Newspapers, TV-stations, radio-stations and blogs from all over the world keep an eye on developments with varying degrees of expertise and interest. Mostly the reader is lost in this information overflow and ends up sticking to one source for regular consumption. This isn’t a question of lacking interest. It’s a question of being overburdened. That is where the Liquid Newsroom kicks in.

Apps will take over the internet

Since the very beginnings our online experience mainly consisted of clicking links and typing or pasting URI’s in the top bar of our internet browser. Not anymore. The rise of the mighty smartphone is the apocalyptic horseman for the internet experience as we know it – at least in a mobile context. As mobile access to the worldwide web increases at an insane rate network operators become scared of the spirits they have cited. Sounds good and helps to get across the message: Mobile is key!

E-books didn’t kill print quite yet

In July Amazon announced that e-books outsold hardcover books by a ratio of almost two to one. Techblogs around the world took this as a hint that the printed book is losing it all and peaks in sales are nothing more than the death throws of a dying giant.