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Trends from BlackFriday, CyberMonday, and the Reshaping of Retail

The dust has settled. The results tallied. Black Friday, CyberMonday,

Influencers Are Quietly Taking Over Retail Circulars

It all started innocently enough, with seemingly normal individuals blogging

Amazon’s Football Experiment is about Data

Amazon’s foray into streaming live sporting events is about digital

Cyber Risk and Changing Corporate Structure

With a growing list of CEOs losing their jobs because

Apple Watch and Cellular Connectivity – from Internet Experiment to Healthcare Application

We are introducing the internet to more and more diverse

Augmented Reality is Changing the Supply Chain Workforce and Improving Operational Efficiency and Profitability

We are starting to see viable applications of Augmented Reality

Trendcasting Artificial Intelligence

To truly understand Artificial Intelligence, we have to understand where

What Apple Really Accomplished with the iPhone

Last week was the iPhone’s 10th anniversary and there were

I Hope You Will Be Treated Unfairly…

Last month Chief Justice gave the commencement speech at Cardigan

A Purposeful Life in a Land of Robots

Bill Gates writes on Yuval Noah Hattari’s most recent book

Voice-first Commerce

The idea of voice-first commerce is nothing new but it’s

A Few Thoughts on the Labor Market

With the April jobs report out last Friday there are

Has Silicon Valley Cornered the Talent Market for Self-Driving Vehicles?

Porsche announced today they would be opening an office in Silicon

What we Learn from Echo Look

Amazon introduced the Amazon Echo Look today. There’s been a

The End of Random

Digitization is eradicating randomness. It’s a bold conjecture. But one

Why is the Retail Apocalypse Playing Out Now? A Few Thoughts on Structural Changes

Through the first 90 days of 2017, nine retailers have

Should the Internet Aspire to be More?

I stumbled upon “What the Internet cannot do” today. It

Amazon Alexa at our Dinner Table

Family dinner is the goal. And I’m reminded of this

The iPhone at 10 and the Future of Internet

Ten years ago today (January 9, 2007), I was cutting

A Long Recap of Some of What I Learned in 2016

I love reflection and especially the reflection that bookends a

2017 is (again) the Year of Video

Yes, we’ve had a few years we’ve called “The Year