Mobile roaming costs to be abolished within EU

Door Arthur Lubbers | 03/10/2016

Per 15 June 2017 so-called roaming costs will be abolished within the EU. From next summer we should be able to use mobile phones for calls and internet use without any extra charges. European Commission´s vice-president Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip announced this last Wednesday. Telecom companies will have the option to curb unlawful use.…

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Lumi: web2print for packaging

Door Rob van den Braak | 30/09/2016

It is difficult to understand why this didn´t already exist, a website for ordering and customizing packaging. Lumi fills the gap. Jesse Genet, known from other print start-ups, came up with this brilliant idea which is sure to find a following. More information via this link.   

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Online marketplace Flyeralarm

Door Arthur Lubbers | 29/09/2016

Flyeralarm has introduced the online marketplace Flyeralarm Projects. The German online B2B print shopper wants to connect supply and demand. Clients can offer (print) projects and suppliers can react and offer proposals for the print or website work. The client can do this free of charge. The supplier invoices the client directly. Flyeralarm earns a…

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Bike lane made from recycled toilet paper

Door Beate den Engelsman | 28/09/2016

World´s first bike path made from recycled toilet paper has been constructed between Leeuwarden en Stiens (Friesland, the Netherlands). 180,000 tonnes of toilet paper is flushed down the loo yearly in the Netherlands. Waterschap Friesland (regulatory body for water in the province of Friesland), Stowa, civil engineers Jansma en Roelofs, Esha Infra Solutions and KNN…

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Online advertising desktop decreasing faster than print

Door Marco den Engelsman | 25/09/2016

Desktop advertising has reached the top and will decline faster in the coming two years than the advertising budget for newspapers and magazines. This is what international media agency Zenith Optimedia predicts. Between 2015 and 2018 desktop adspend will shrink by US$10.7bn, more than the other two declining media – newspapers (which will shrink by…

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Laurel Brunner: dreams of a better paper and plastics world

Door Rob van den Braak | 21/09/2016

Paper has a lot of advantages over plastic in so far as recycling and environment taxes are concerned. But plastic has the big advantage of durability, strength and  uses. Laurel Brunner made a list of all pros and cons and includes new technological developments which will counter a few of plastic´s cons. Read her Plastic…

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What the print industry can learn from a luxury bag brand

Door Rob van den Braak | 20/09/2016

Just like the print industry bag makers are dealing with a saturated market where cheap copies push down margins. The solution found by 1Ateltier, a startup that combines digital technology and craftsmanship, is combining quality and intensive internet marketing. The ease of ordering via the web combined with quality which previously could only be found…

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Blokboek.com milestone: 40,000 ScoopIt reads

Door Rob van den Braak | 19/09/2016

We are, dare we say it, proud to announce the 40,000th ScoopIt rear. ScoopIt is where it all started for Blokboek.com. This is where we started in March 2011 with our free news service for the creative communicator. ScoopIt is a content curating blog platform to post news items including comments or extra information. These scoops…

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CO2 neutral printing at no charge to customer

Door Arthur Lubbers | 16/09/2016

BrunelPrint in Bristol claims to be the first real CO2 neutral print shop in the UK that does not charge its customers the compensationary premiums for this. BrunelPrint which uses 3 HP Indigos and 2 Speedmasters, knows exactly how much CO2 emissions are involved in a print job. Electricity, gas, transport and materials are included.…

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Social Media Publishing triggers Multi Channel Publishing eruption

Door Rob van den Braak | 15/09/2016

The Multi Channel Publishing eruption is making its first waves felt with social media publishing. From Facebook Instant Pages which uses all your “friends” to publish content to Flipboard which, the other way around, looks for “friends” to fit that content, social media brings valuable content to billions of internet users worldwide.   3,424,971,237 potential…

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