The other day I learned the hard way about an app in development that tracks tweets to identify which city restaurants might be the likely source of a foodborne illness. I wish I had known about it earlier. Continue reading
In a remarkably short time the internet has changed our world. Its impact has been more pervasive than that of electricity. The digital revolution has often been called the 3rd industrial revolution following previous ones driven by steam and electricity. While these earlier shifts were about creating efficiency and improvements in how products were manufactured, the ICT revolution is about a transformation of what is being processed. It’s redefining critical business assets, creating new economic models and transforming business in the process. Continue reading
It wasn’t that long ago that the world I lived in had no smart phones, tablets or widespread broadband connectivity. In fact, looking back twenty years, I can clearly remember that the pace of life was much less hectic without the electronic devices that I cherish today. Or was it? Continue reading
Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who can envision things that are still unknown but which have the potential to benefit many. Einstein saw relativity. Jobs saw the “iSeries”. Such thinking is not linear but when presented is simple and obvious. Seeing the equivalent for M2M will require thinking differently and doing differently. We used this philosophy at the AT&T M2M Hackathon in Plano TX, September 14-15, along with the Ericsson Unity Platform to answer one simple question: can we get an egg in space, and if so will it explode or freeze?. Continue reading
Major global corporations are using video communication between their main sites on a large scale today to cut back on global travel. Meetings that would have required a four-day trip between the US and Sweden just five years ago can today by conducted over a two-to-three-hour video conference. So what can we predict about our near-future learning from teams that are using video-conferencing between “executive phone booths” every day? Continue reading
As part of this series, I have discussed key enablers being considered by the Malaysian Economic Transformation Program (ETP) team as it attempts to transform the nation’s ICT sector. In my previous posts I presented thoughts on the policy and technology enablers while in this final post, I will go into more detail about business model and ethics enablers. Continue reading
Measuring coverage in mobile networks used to be easy when the bars on the screen told the full story. As the breadth of applications grows quickly, so does the need for new coverage measurements. Going forward operators need to be prepared that end-users will expect coverage for all their applications. Continue reading
Saturday was a busy day for the Broadband Commission, issuing three reports ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly. We have been particularly involved in one, Transformative Solutions for 2015 and Beyond. Continue reading
Up until now the communications world has been based on two major business models – the voice model and the internet model. We are about to enter the third major business model era, and the change might be bigger than most players in the market expect. Continue reading
I have been reading the latest Ericsson TV and Media report as well as similar reports from analyst sources and I am astonished by the findings: 72% of those interviewed use mobile devices at least weekly for video viewing while 42% do so outside the home. Online video viewing has become a mainstream activity for consumers of all ages and in all geographies. Mobile devices make up an increasing share of TV and video viewing. The reality is that consumers are using tablets, phablets and smartphones to watch videos and TV, so shouldn’t cognitive psychology have a closer look at this new trend? Is this good or bad for society and for business? Continue reading
When one person connects, his or her life changes.
With everything connected our world changes.
Let’s discuss one of the most important trends facing our planet, the emergence of the Networked Society.
Be part of it!