I’ve been tracking this space for the last 3 years and put up a number of posts relating to this area (check out this, this, this and this) and this will be an area I’ll be expanding on further in my new E-Book however some latest developments in technology indicates this space is moving quickly. As this article states: “Sci-fi films show you can control big screens with hand gestures, open websites by clicking something in the air, and activate controls by saying passwords. These stuff are not fiction, or far off into the future anymore. Gadgets giant Samsung catches up with technology and redefines “high-tech” with a...
Google Consumer Surv...
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I entered the Research Industry when I was 16 years old in the call centres and have been a part of the industry for over a decade now in a wide variety of roles. Industry after industry Digital Innovation has caused a disruption. A few years back at a conference I raised the question...
The Google Story
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Google is the kind of company that has warranted countless books over the years. Its one I write about often in terms of progress on the internet and within the entire digital sphere, and a company I continue to follow closely and study as it continues to evolve (more on Google TV, Google...
Amazon enters film p...
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A few days back I’d written about Amazon the company, how it started, and the man who runs the show at Amazon. Since then, Amazon has now entered into two new fields-film & TV as well as high-end fashion (with a bit more seriousness). As the article from NY Times states...
Confirmed chapters for Yourality.is
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The final FINAL version has finally gone to the editor….sorry this has taken so long and I promise my next book (fingers crossed) will be in lot quicker succession… Yourality will be 100% FREE however if you feel the book has been of some use to you, your business life or your personal life or helped inspire you or forced you to think differently then please feel free to DONATE generously. Below are the confirmed chapters for Yourality.is. CHAPTER 1: The next billionth to enter the internet economy; web 3.0; the personalized web; what is the value of passion; Social Karma CHAPTER 2: Old media versus new media and changes in the...
Cloud 9 Comix Brings Indie Comics to Android
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The Android app, available now as a FREE download from Google Play (formerly Android Market) was developed by the same team behind the iPad app internally at Spectrum Pacific Publishing and it features a store-front that lists the available comics, previews of each comic, and a handy shelf feature where the purchased comics are stored and easily accessed. The simplicity of use of the app is one of its strengths and the comic book fans will surely enjoy flipping between the pages of the growing number of comic books and graphic novels available in the store, with many available as a free download. In addition, the app features ‘panel by...
Pinstagram, Viddy an...
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I wrote about Instagram a few weeks back when it had just been bought out by Facebook. The rise and growth of video content across the web is still growing (Reuters reported here that YouTube is now streaming 4 Billion videos…daily). I termed the coin that night “image driven...
Real-time Facebook &...
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I’ve written plenty about the use of RFIDs at events in the past, however this concept in relation to retail and fashion is very funky…a clever little piece of innovation from Brazil. A new initiative called Fashion Like allows people to ‘like’ certain items of...
Jeff Bezos and the rise of Amazon…..ONE CLIC...
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I’ve been a bookworm since I was a little kid. A lot of my time was spent in libraries. Disruptive digital innovation has caused ripples across many industries, and the rise of Amazon (as well as the Kindle) was the turning point for the book and print publishing industry in many ways. ONE CLICK is a fascinating book which sheds light into one of the largest technology companies of our time which profoundly changed the way we transact, how books are written, sold and published, as well as shedding insight into one of Silicon Valleys shrewdest and relentless (arguable) visionaries. At the heart of Amazon is a very simple yet highly...