The 100 Top Tech Stories for 2012
CNET assembled their list of the 100 most influential people, tech, trends, and news stories for 2012. It’s a great list that does a good job of capturing the major stories of 2012.
IBM’s Sixth Annual 5 in 5 Tech Picks
Read IBM’s sixth annual 5 in 5 tech picks here. I think point two hold tremendous promise: Recognition systems can pinpoint a face in a crowd. In the future, computer vision might save a life by analyzing patterns to make sense of visuals in the context of big data. In industries as varied as healthcare, […]
Digitization of Everyday Things: Wells in Africa
An AP story from earlier this week highlights the work Scott Harrison and Charity Water is doing to to install sensors in wells in Africa so water flow can be monitored remotely. With declining sensor prices, expect to see more sensors deployed to monitor charitable work in hard-to-reach places.
How Companies like Groupon and Kickstarter are Shrinking Design Cycles and Improving Supply Chains
Companies like Groupon, Quirky, and Kickstarter are slowly starting to have an impact on design cycles and supply chain efficiency in very interesting (and unexpected) ways. Take Groupon for example. It is in over 500 markets in 44 countries. Earlier this year Groupon launched Groupon Goods. Established companies are now using Groupon Goods in a number of […]
The Changing Flow of Story Telling: The Potentially Large Impact of the Second Screen
Today there is a tremendous amount of focus on the proverbial “second screen.” But today when most refer to the second screen they mean some screen adjacent (and subservient) to the television. I think this relationship is changing. As I’ve outlined in other places, ownership rates of connected devices has increased significantly in recent years. […]
The Innovator’s Dilemma in Entertainment: Netflix, Original Content, and the Value Chain
The Innovator’s Dilemma in entertainment is playing out in real time, and Netflix is its most visible example. When Netflix released its first original series in February 2013, it was more than a gamble – it was a strategic step up the entertainment value chain. By year’s end, the company planned at least five proprietary […]
The Changing Flow of Video – from the Tablet to the TV
The popular news site, Huffington Post, recently released a new iPad app to accompany the HuffPost Live – the social video site it launched back in August. As the app description states, HuffPost Live is a live-streaming video network that uses the most engaging stories on The Huffington Post as the jumping-off point for real-time […]
Holiday 2012: Part VIII
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 Holiday 2012: Part VII A tremendous amount of Holiday and Black Friday news in the past few days. Let’s jump right into it:
Thoughts on DEMO Fall 2012
I went through some of the DEMO 2012 companies. Here are the ones I find most interesting: YouBetMe: Facilitates betting on anything with your friends RecBob: app/platform for managing recreational sports The Taploid: turns your facebook feeds into Onion-esque tabloids ube: app/platform for managing multiple connected devices
2012 CES Trends: Windows 8 Hardware Innovation
Over the last two weeks we’ve seen massive promotions and much fanfare around the Windows 8 launch. Here are just a few of the circulars and email promotions I’ve caught over this time. One thing somewhat unique about this Windows launch compared to previous Windows launches is hardware innovation. Of course there is always some hardware […]