Holiday 2012: Part VII
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI As I predicted in my earlier writings, a survey last week from Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., found that online […]
United Fares
In order to book an upgradable fare on United you have to buy a ticket in fare class W or higher. Here are the fare classes above W. V Q H U E M B Y Only airlines could convolute something so simple as the ordering of the alphabet.
The Fallacy of the First-Mover Advantage
In a recent article in strategy + business entitled “the Value of Being Second,” Oded Shenkar, author of “Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge,” introduces an excerpt on the wisdom of entering markets after first movers from “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking,” by Eli Broad. The myth of […]
Another Once-in-a-Century Event….
The East Coast is set to welcome tropical storm Sandy this week. The potential damage is expected to be especially pronounced in the the Mid-Atlantic and New York tri-state areas. Here are a few of the recent headlines: This storm adds to the dozens (if not hundreds) of natural disaster events over the last 24 to 36 […]
The Changing Landscape of Entertainment on the Web
Yesterday I was Los Angeles to participate in an event announcing several new additions to Entertainment Matters at CES which is entering it’s third year at CES. In 2013, Entertainment matters will feature a variety of events and conference sessions, including: TweetHouse Presents, Innovations in Social Business, Digital Hollywood, Content in the Cloud, Variety‘s Entertainment Summit: Film […]
Kitto Katsu
While in Japan last week, I happened to notice Kit Kats everywhere. Here’s an explanation of the huge success of Kit Kat in Japan.
Holiday 2012: Part VI
You can start by reading more here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Last week Time provided a quick overview – much of which I covered in depth in my previous posts. The article relies heavily on the report from Booz & […]
Another Approach to Gesture
I mentioned gesture in a post earlier this week. Earlier this week, Microsoft Research unveiled the gloveless digital hand interface which uses cameras and gesture. Here is a video: Another approach is the work being done by PredictGaze. PredictGaze wants to take advantage of the cameras (ie sensors) already embedded in devices like smartphones and […]
The Staying Power of Specific Smartphone Models
Google turned me on to some interesting insights culled from Google Trends (formerly Insights for Search). Here is indexed search volume for iPhone 5: You can see searches for “iPhone 5” relative to all other search activity ramp heading towards the launch, peak near the launch, and then trail down relatively quickly. Conversely, here is […]
The Changing Face of Banking
Google, Walmart, Amazon, and others entering into traditional banking. Read more here.
