Swiss tech

Switzerland: home of chocolate, banks and Apple devices

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Switzerland: home of chocolate, banks and Apple devices

Graphs via ICTJournal According to Gartner soon-to-be released research, Apple now ranks in 4th position with 15.7% in global mobile phone manufacturers against increasilying fast Andorid platform that reaches 22.7%. Nokia is still leader with 36.4%. For the smartphone market in Switzerland, things are quite different: iOS holds pole position with 52.1% of local market share and the Google platform “only” 22.9%. What about laptops and other Apple hardware devices? In 2010 Apple sold 159000 Macbook, increasing by 25% of sold items in comparison to 2009. Fewer iPad, the tablet multi-touch Apple device, have been sold by Apple during last year but still a...

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Web Monday Zurich turns 19 (and Lift11 starts today)

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Web Monday Zurich turns 19 (and Lift11 starts today)

Image from Roland Stahel If you think Switzerland is not moving towards technology and innovation, you’re wrong. If you scratch the surface, you’ll find a tech world fulfilled with tons of people working into the Web that likely want to share their experience with others. Last day of January has been the day of Web Monday Zurich, a well-known “informal, non-commercial, and completely community-driven event that aims to connect the people who are shaping the future of the internet”. Simply put: Web Monday is an event to meet people working on projects and startups related to the Web. Hosted at Tamedia, a swiss media...

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Swiss Tech: Social Networks in Switzerland, data and opinions

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Swiss Tech: Social Networks in Switzerland, data and opinions

The first post of Dandy’s brand new Swiss Tech category is dedicated to social networks and their use into Switzerland. Data are collected thorugh Google Ad Planner and show how Facebook is leading the chart by reaching almost 3 milion users, followed by Twitter and LinkedIn that can’t both breake the 500 thousands unique visotors per month line. The graph shows no specific data but gives a rough idea of wich are the most widespread site in Switzerland. If you’d like some accurate data, we need to look at those published by Sabine Dufaux in her last year survey, that follows here: Defining Social...

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Give it up for Swiss Tech, Dandy’s brand new category about Swiss Tech Companies

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Starting today I’m launching a brand new category within Dandy’s blog dedicated to tech companies, online services and social network that are born in Switzerland or created by a swiss founder. The category would be called “Swiss Tech” and published in english. My aim is to talk about infos that usually do not reach online tech blogs or sites that cover this kind of topics. By publishing all posts in english, I hope to spread news, informations and contents (as far as Dandy’s blog can go) about those companies far from Silicon Valley that live their everyday life in Roger Federer’s country. During these...

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