Bonnier News - Iphone

Expressen's iPhone App Updated

By Bert Menninga on 2011-06-17
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Now with editorial, op-ed and culture sections, daily newspaper Expressen's iPhone app has been downloaded over 60,000 times.

Last week, Swedish daily Expressen launched its iPhone app. On June 14, the app was updated with editorial, op-ed and culture sections. The app has been uploaded by over 60,000 so far and quickly became No. 1 on the download list at the App Store in Sweden. The newspaper's cell-phone site is also seeing plenty of success, with a record 1,888,254 page views last week. 

TV4 Play Now Out on Android

By Jon Lindholm on 2011-05-04
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TV4 Play first came out for the iPhone already in 2009. Now in its latest incarnation, it's been launched for Android telephones as well.

Photo: Jon Lindholm/TV4

TV4 Play has been launched as an app for Android phones. According to analyst firm Mediavision's latest quarterly report for 2010, the number of Android users increased to 690,000 in Sweden. The market for smart phones is expected to show strong growth in the next two years, projections are for up to 4 million registered users by 2012.

Subscriptions on the iPad for Popular Photography

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-03
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Popular Photography+ has become the second title from Bonnier Corporation to be available for subscription on the iPad. Bonnier was one of the first publishers to take advantage of Apple's new subscription service when it launched last February, bringing annual subscriptions to Popular Science.

Toca Doctor Launched

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-29
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Toca Boca's first toy for both the iPhone and iPad available: Toca Doctor.

Toca Doctor is here! Toca Boca's third toy app, available at Apple's App Store, is the company's first for both the iPhone and the iPad. There is also a free version, Toca Doctor Lite.

Dagens Nyheter Releases New Apps

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-18
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Dagens Nyheter's etiquette expert Magdalena Ribbing and wine connoisseur Bengt-Göran Kronstam are two popular columnists who've each gotten their own iPhone apps. Björn Hedensjö, manager for DN.se, explains.

Photo: Paul Hansen

When and how did you come up with the idea for the two new Dagens Nyheter apps and how did you develop them?

When I started at DN.se in November 2009, I checked out what databases would be appropriate for packaging in an app format, since databases quickly and relatively inexpensively can form the basis of apps. Etiquette expert Madeleine Ribbing's question and answer archive and Bengt-Göran Kronstam's wine database were two good examples.

Cappelen Damm Launches App for Boating Test

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-12
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Using a test-yourself app for mobile phones, boaters can make Norway's obligatory boating test easier. 

Spring is here and boat owners are getting their boats ready for the upcoming season. Since last year, boat captains in Norway born 1980 and later must take the båtførerprøven or boat captain's test – a driver's licence for pleasure craft.

Mobilab and Pressbyrån Launch Game for the iPhone and Android

By Linnéa Pontvik on 2011-03-28
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Companies are standing in line to get their products placed on Mellanmålstur, the game from Mobilab and Pressbyrån.

Digital solution company Mobilab and newsstand chain Pressbyrån today launched a game for the iPhone and Android where players can win consumer goods that can be redeemed at Pressbyrån's stores. The game, Mellanmålstur, is connected to a campaign site where the top 50 players who've received the most points are listed and will get a cell-phone coupon for a product sent to their cell phones.

Toca Boca's First Toys Arrive

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-17
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Brickmark turns the iPad and iPhone into toys for kids.

There are plenty of digital games online, just waiting to be downloaded for a small fee from your cell phone or your iPad. But how about apps that actually turn your phone or tablet into a child's toy?

Divaani Shoppaa: App for Furniture Finders

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-01
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Helsinki interior design fans have a new app from interior design magazine Divaani.

For Finnish furniture lovers, interior design magazine Divaani has released an iPhone app perfect for shoppers on the go. Divaani Shoppaa, like its sister app Olivia Shoppaa, gives subscribers easy access to on-the-spot shopping information.

Weldon Owen Launches Customer Apps

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-22
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U.S. book publisher Weldon Owen turns its books into iPhone applications for everyday use.

U.S. book publisher Weldon Owen Inc. launched its first two iPhone apps in January 2011, one with a long-term brand-publishing partner Gymboree Play & Music and one based on its internationally bestselling book Show Me How.