We’ll fight for what we believe in

The world’s most successful digital companies have quickly managed to take over the world through a clear and consistent design and personality, across borders…

Reality is making a comeback

As machines know more and more about us, the need to express our humanity and responsibility increases, whether it is taking a stand for independent…

A paper of war heroes

Perhaps it’s true that VG is not loved. Most people in any case are reluctant to declare their love. Some of them hate the newspaper, some fear it, but most…

Investment trends

New regulations and technology are enabling fintechs to deliver banking services without being banks themselves. Consumers can pay, lend and borrow directly…

Play your card

How did two of our times’ strongest brands build their success? Grown out of American college campuses, with organizations packed with engineers, Google and…

Bye bye, web tv – hello online video

A recent study shows that 60 percent of Swedish 15–19 year-olds get all their video consumption digitally, no linear viewing at all. So OK, linear decline is a…

Reduce, reuse, rethink

The concept, which is built on reduce, reuse, repair and recycle, has no founder or date of origin. But it has gained momentum since the late 1970s, led by…

Context trumps data

This is shown in a study on how advertisers should navigate the digital landscape of new technology, data and purchasing methods. The study is conducted by…

Let the algorithm do the job

The theme is journalism after the election of Donald Trump; a president who calls both The New York Times and other serious media brands “fake news” and…

Fill it with facts

The afternoon in the newsroom at the newspaper VG had been typically quiet on this somewhat slow day in July. I arrived at my work as News Editor around 1.30…

Millenials worry about online integrity

Millennials are the first generation to grow up surrounded by mobile technology and social media. They live in the moment and have been described as…

The art of doing good

She was engaged in the refugee crisis in the wake of war, she knitted as part of a social movement, she was part of an international network. She shared her…

Trends in worklife

The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2020 robot automation will lead to 5 million less jobs across 15 developed nations. This might also lead to totally…

The heart of France

Leboncoin’s stats are impressive: 27 million classifieds posted and 26 million monthly unique visitors, making it the fourth most visited website in France,…

Biking into the future

Everything has changed,” my grandfather said. He lay in his bed in a hospital on the west cost of Norway and he was dying. From his bed he could look out at…

Trends in tech

The last ten years have evolved around the shift from big screens (desktops) to smaller screens (mobile). We are currently in the early stages of a journey…

Be prepared for the post privacy era

The realization that the digital footprints we’re leaving behind are telling the story of our lives and our personalities has started to sink in.

20 years of online happiness

Infojobs is soon turning 20. Maturing in a Spain reeling from the financial crisis, the company morphed into something more than just digital job hunting.

Three ways of plugging the gender gap

During 2017, two events put gender diversity at the top of corporate agendas around the world. At Uber, a sexist culture was revealed and Google fired an…

One ID to rule them all

What do 90 percent of all Swedes have in common? They use Bank-ID. In no time, a unified digital identification layer has become a daily savior. But sometimes…

How to make friends with robots

Imagine. It’s 2025, and you’re slowly waking up. The robot next to your bed is beaming artificial sunlight in sync with the natural sunlight outside your…

Stop typing, start talking

Machine learning and AI are fundamentally changing the way we interact with our computers. Perhaps the best interface will be no interface. Let’s just talk.

AI will power our life

In October 1881 in the small British town of Godalming, the world’s first public electricity supply went on stream, lighting a few dozens incandescent lamps in…

About Schibsted

Schibsted Media Group is an international media group with some 7 000 employees in more than 20 countries. From Scandinavia to Brazil – millions of people…

Meet our people

Avito has become a role model in Morocco. The marketplace is an inspiration to push market economy and for its culture, and not least, for reaching 6 million…

Credits

This is our take on trends within tech, people and business. It’s written by people at Schibsted who wish to share their thoughts and knowledge on phenomena we…