15 February 2012 – Last year there were a series of dire warnings that app developers would be driven from the U.S. by the activities of NPEs. But lo and behold, TechNet (a telecom/technology CEO network that to which we subscribe) says au contraire. The surge in mobile software and other apps has led to a surge in [...]
17 January 2012 - When Apple introduced the iPad a couple of years ago, one of the product’s promises was that it could change the classroom experience. It looks to do that on Thursday. Having trolled the digital media bloggers plus conversations we had at CES2012 in Las Vegas last week, Apple is reportedly working with some of [...]
21 December 2011 – Google’s video publishing powerhouse YouTube recently unveiled a major upgrade to its video analytics predecessor YouTube Insight. The new system, YouTube Analytics, features a much-improved dashboard that’s easy to navigate and understand. Beyond aesthetics, YouTube Analytics also includes a cache of new tools that allows you to have a [...]
29 July 2011 — I am off for my 4-week summer holiday, heading home to Naxos for sailing-sun-sand. Each summer I take a large chunk of time and “disengage”, from late July through early September, fleeing my work-base in Brussels and heading home to Greece. It is my time, where I read a bit, write [...]
20 December 2010 — It has been a hectic 2+ weeks for me and my various teams as we attended and covered three major events: the IQPC Exchange on e-Discovery held in Munich, Le Web in Paris, and the eBook Summit in New York. So I am a wee bit late [...]
10 December 2010 - Last week I attended the IQPC e-discovery conference in Munich (in addition to EAM Capital I own a company called Project Counsel that is involved in all-things-legal-technology-and-litigation). In Munich at the same time was one of many, many software developer/tech head “unconferences” that occur around the world. This one seemed to focus on semantic technology, [...]
Samsung launched its Galaxy Galaxy Tab at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin this summer: its challenge to Apple’s iPad. It has a 7-inch screen and weighs just 380gr (the iPad weighs 730g and has a 9.7-inch screen) and runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system. I had the opportunity to [...]
6 September 2010 - Business schools. Ahead of the curve when it comes to management theory and innovation. Impressive when it comes to the implementation of cutting-edge technology such as e-book readers. Well, maybe not. Based on Kindle pilot program undertaken by seven US colleges (including two business schools, the University of Washington Foster School of [...]
31 May 2010 — Just over a year ago, at the height of the recession, Ben Roberts, a computer programmer at a hedge fund in London, was made redundant. Armed with his severance package the 29-year-old bought an Apple computer, some programming textbooks and got together with Chris Stevens, a friend from university and a journalist [...]
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