Watch a selection of TV shows on your iPad thanks to the «Tages-Anzeiger TV Sélection» application.

"What's on TV tonight?" The cultural editors of "Tages-Anzeiger/Newsnet" answer that question with a selection of program tips and recommendations, and their selections are now available to watch on the iPad using the "Tages-Anzeiger TV Sélection" app.

Launching the application starts a virtual video recorder. Recorded series, movies or documentaries are then available to view anytime and as often as desired. It is also possible to watch all programs from a wide range of selected channels using "Total Recall" search.

The video content for the "Tages-Anzeiger TV Sélection" is provided by Zattoo. To make the app possible, Zattoo worked closely with Liip in order to improve their existing Zattoo API. The API is used to manage user information, deliver the video playlists, and stream the actual programs. The app relies solely on HTML5 and Javascript to handle program logic and drive the presentation of the videos. The app does not rely on a web server but instead gathers all of the necessary data directly over the Zattoo API. Liip developed the app using the NIWEA paradigm and packaged it in PhoneGap to have access to iOS native features such as In-App purchases.

Liip picks up award at "Le Meilleur du Web 2011"

At the first-ever "Le Meilleur du Web" Award-Night in Geneva last Wednesday, Liip won a special award in the "Technology and Innovation" category.

The event provides an important platform for the web industry in the country's French-speaking region, where Liip has a strong presence with offices in Fribourg and Lausanne.

The first prizes in the different categories went to the following agencies and projects:
- "Creation and ergonomics": Antistatique.net for Uchitomi
- "Digital Campaigns": Vanksen for L'Oréal Paris Suisse
- "Business & Marketing": Lombard Odier for E-Merging
- "Technology and Innovation": Virtua for Status Hopper

Liip was given the distinction in the «Technology and Innovation» category for their development of a mobile and a barrier-free version of the Union of European Football Associations’s (UEFA) news site, designed by the Liip-Lausanne team.

The "Le Meilleur du Web" competition for contenders from the French-speaking part of Switzerland was held for the first time this year with the support of the organizers of "Best of Swiss Web" (BOSW).

For a full report see our blog.

Innovation at Liip from the inside

At Liip we have had the good fortune of celebrating quite a few awards in the past years. We received many of these because of innovation in client projects or our own products.

In order to sustain our level of innovation Liip invests heavily into its own internal innovation process which includes the entire company. Innovation needs room for experimentation. We use this room continuously to try out different approaches, which lets us find solutions that wow our customers and their end users.

For example, Liip allocates additional resources to customer projects with innovation potential. Internal projects that promise to make Liip development and our tools more efficient can also tap into this innovation fonds. Self-developed innovation ideas that are of strategic importance to Liip's goals are completed with the allocated time. Some examples of this innovation advancement is Liip's involvement with Jackalope, YUI, Drupal and the Symfony CMF but also the iPad app Radios and twichteln.ch.

For the selection of the innovation projects we use the ECOSTAR process. An innovation committee supports the development of the idea. The project idea is iteratively refined with a series of pitches in front of different groups until finally the idea has the support of the management and the entire company. Smaller innovation ideas up that require 2 weeks of effort may use a shortened process that can be submitted to management after a single meeting with the committee.

Through this process at Liip ideas of one single person frequently mature to market-ready products. Always with the goal of developing our skills, so that we can realize more awesome and successful customer projects.

niwea.ch is online

For mobile web applications, Liip coined the term NIWEA. We invite you to visit niwea.ch and learn more about this concept.

NIWEA is the acronym for «Native Interoperable Web Apps». NIWEA promises web apps for a broad range of devices without dependencies on device manufacturers or distribution channels.  It is based on the web, specifically on the established technologies HTML5, CSS and Javascript. From the point of view of a smartphone or tablet user, NIWEA applications work the same way as traditional native applications. But unlike native applications, a single NIWEA application can be installed on many devices - be it an iPad, iPhone, Android or Blackberry.

At Liip we believe in NIWEA because we are convinced that the Web is the new "native".

The NIWEA concept was officially launched by Hannes Gassert in 2010.  Liip is putting the concept into practice on a daily basis.