Swisscom Magazine

6. September 2021

Test: Do you spend too much time on your mobile phone?

How do you react when you accidentally leave your mobile phone at home? Or when you receive a new message, but you can’t check it…

Swisscom to become part of the world’s largest oracle network

Swisscom is joining Chainlink, the world’s largest oracle network, as part of a pilot initiative. The Chainlink network provides important data for what are known…

Manage your cryptocurrency yourself

If you want to understand and use digital assets like cryptocurrencies, there’s no getting around “wallets”, which provide direct and secure access to digital money.…

“Playing a video game together never replaces meeting people in person.”

Will gamers get through the pandemic with better mental health? We considered this question in an interview with Oscar “Sleety” Thomsen, Loris “Dokhan” Jungen –…

From the analogue cash register to the digital POS system

The cash register: from anti-theft device to digital jack-of-all-trades

The first cash register was patented in the US more than 140 years ago. A lot has happened since then. In those days, cash registers…

Eight criteria to consider when purchasing a POS system

Eight questions before you buy or rent a POS system

Are you opening a café, hair salon or shop? Or maybe you’re expanding your branch network? Congratulations – this is a big and courageous step…

Using blockchain to realise new business models

Digitalisation

Test: Do you spend too much time on your mobile phone?

How do you react when you accidentally leave your mobile phone at home? Or when you receive a new message, but you can’t check it…

“Playing a video game together never replaces meeting people in person.”

Will gamers get through the pandemic with better mental health? We considered this question in an interview with Oscar “Sleety” Thomsen, Loris “Dokhan” Jungen –…

The cash register: from anti-theft device to digital jack-of-all-trades

The first cash register was patented in the US more than 140 years ago. A lot has happened since then. In those days, cash registers…

New Technologies

Swisscom to become part of the world’s largest oracle network

Swisscom is joining Chainlink, the world’s largest oracle network, as part of a pilot initiative. The Chainlink network provides important data for what are known…

Manage your cryptocurrency yourself

If you want to understand and use digital assets like cryptocurrencies, there’s no getting around “wallets”, which provide direct and secure access to digital money.…

Electronic seals and signatures: an overview

A valid way to exchange digital documents

The authenticity of a document can be proven digitally. Documents can also be signed digitally. But how does this work, and what is the difference…

Data Security & Infrastructure

A valid way to exchange digital documents

The authenticity of a document can be proven digitally. Documents can also be signed digitally. But how does this work, and what is the difference…

Games for commuters

Four million Swiss citizens commute to and from work every day. Their journeys are dreary and tiring. Smartphone games provide the distraction they need to…

Business Break

2 min 6. September 2021

Test: Do you spend too much time on your mobile phone?

4 min 3. August 2021

Manage your cryptocurrency yourself

4 min 8. June 2021

“Playing a video game together never replaces meeting people in person.”

3 min 10. March 2021

From gamer to e-athlete

Business Talk

3 min 5. August 2021

Swisscom to become part of the world’s largest oracle network

4 min 31. May 2021

The cash register: from anti-theft device to digital jack-of-all-trades

7 min

Eight questions before you buy or rent a POS system

6 min 23. April 2021

A valid way to exchange digital documents

8 min 16. April 2021

No rose-tinted glasses here: how Silvia and Simon became full-time entrepreneurs

5 min 8. March 2021

An etiquette guide for successful online meetings

Digital Transformation

An etiquette guide for successful online meetings

In recent months, we have all become acquainted with the benefits of online meetings – and their perils. This etiquette guide will help you to…

These seven life hacks will solve (almost) all your work-from-home woes

Working from home has major advantages: you have fewer interruptions, won’t bother anyone if you make a call, and don’t have to commute. However, poor…

How SMEs can work efficiently with external partners

How to work efficiently with external partners

Cloud-based data repositories and online meetings are proof that collaboration within companies has become well and truly digitalised. But how do we communicate efficiently with…

Start-Up

No rose-tinted glasses here: how Silvia and Simon became full-time entrepreneurs

An idea became a hobby, then a part-time project and ultimately a start-up: Simon Krähenbühl and Silvia Nadenbousch have been working full-time on their glasses…

Full-time or part-time? Whichever, so long as you’re self-employed!

Should you jump right into the adventure of self-employment, or start out part-time? This article will help you decide. 2021 can only be better than…

The winners of the StartUp Challenge 2020

In 2020, the Swisscom StartUp Challenge was open to start-ups from around the world for the first time. The competition called for 5G applications and…

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