by John Einar Sandvand on December 4, 2009 · 1 comment
The death of 18 year old Regine Hansen Stokke in Norway demonstrates in a tragic way the power of social media. For more than a year thousands of people have followed her blog about the fight against cancer – up to the day of her death.
by John Einar Sandvand on October 28, 2009 · 5 comments
The growth of Facebook has been tremendous in Norway over the last couple of years. A new survey shows that more than 50 per cent of the population now use Facebook every week.
by John Einar Sandvand on October 27, 2009 · 3 comments
Norway’s Consumer Council warns Amazon that user terms for Kindle e-readers violate basic consumer rights. The watchdog is considering launching a formal process against Amazon, just as it did against Apple’s iTunes store.
by John Einar Sandvand on October 19, 2009 · 1 comment
The service of Alexa.com frequently is used to get an indication of which sites are most popular in different countries. Here are two top 20 lists for Norway, registered three years apart. Check the differences.
by John Einar Sandvand on September 14, 2009 · 13 comments
Norway went to the polls on September 14th. It was an event which inspired new and creative ways of doing online journalism. Here is an overview of how the biggest news sites in Norway decided to cover the election night.
by John Einar Sandvand on August 10, 2009 · 18 comments
Newspapers own less than 1 per cent of the time spent online in the US. This is in strong contrast to the situation in Scandinavia. In fact, Norway’s largest newspaper site, VG.no, have more page views than any newspaper site in English, despite the fact that only 4,7 million people live in the country.
by John Einar Sandvand on July 28, 2009 · 7 comments
One in two journalists have used Twitter, according to a new survey in Norway. Twitter is used both as a research tool, a source for story ideas and a way to connect to readers.
by John Einar Sandvand on November 11, 2008 · 0 comments
Why do all the development work yourself? Quite often users are willing to help. If you ask them, that is. The state owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) did that today – and lots of good suggestions are coming in.
