Google Union or the virtual communism of the digital age?
Recent presentations from Google outline the company’s goal: to control the means used to bring information to consumers using PCs, Smartphones and even TVs. A monopoly worse than the one Microsoft has been found guilty of, is actually building itself up and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Continue Reading >>
Provoke design at Mobile Concepts 2012: Express, Feel and Share
In 2007, Provoke made a conceptual study showing where mobile phone trends are heading in 4 years. Mobile concepts 2007 is a collection of clearly differentiated devices for focused end-user segments. Provoke presents three of these concepts: Express, Feel and Share as prototypes at New York Design Week.
A design team focused on the end-users’ actual needs innovated differentiating benefits for them.
What do users really want to do with their communication devices in the year 2012?
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Sezmi promises next-generation television experience
Sezmi, a startup company originally known only as Building B, is planning to launch a hybrid set-top box that combines broadcast and broadband programming to create a personalised viewing experience. Sezmi is starting pilot trials in preparation for commercial launch later this year and says it has entered into agreements with broadcasters in its initial markets in America.
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Competitive Intelligence :: Do you know what Motorola is doing?
Here comes the second one about competitive intelligence after Competitive Intelligence: Do you know what NDS is doing ?
This presentation from Joe Goldberg Senior Director, Corporate Business Intelligence Corporate Strategy Office at Motorola gives a definition of intelligence at Motorola followed by a description of its evolution and current state in the company.
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Bye Bye Joost?
JOOST, the online television service launched with a fanfare last year by the founders of internet telephony firm Skype, is preparing for a major retrenchment after failing to attract enough users and top-flight broadcasting rights.
The company is expected to rein in its global ambitions to focus solely on the US market.
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