The way we watch TV is evolving continuously. About 10 years ago, it was all about the size of your TV screen at home. While the bigger the better still applies in the living room, in the past two or three years, mobile broadband and the cloud have enabled TV content to be viewed on [...]
The number of digital natives is growing. By 2020, there will be approximately 4.25 billion ‘digital natives’ under the age of 34. The number of ‘net experienced’ people in the aging part of the population is also growing – what will this mean for the Networked Society?
When I was young, dating – or at least trying to date – consisted of slipping a note into a girl’s locker, or shuffling nervously towards her to ask her out with my friends offering humiliating support in the background.
Lately, I have written a number of posts about creative individuals whose product, talent and service innovations are turning the traditional market logic upside down. Previously, homegrown innovators and artists never reached beyond their friends and family. Today, however, they are competing with corporation heavyweights and entertainment superstars by simply being recommended and pushed forward [...]
In a post I published last week, I wrote about the game changers – the innovative individuals who are creating their own products and services, and placing them online.
By: Mikael Eriksson Björling
2 July, 2012
Business , People , Society
applications,
cloud,
connected devices,
Consumers,
innovation,
mobile broadband,
Networked Society,
urban life
How can business and the public sector adapt to – and utilize – the power of creative people?
In the latest Ericsson Business Review, I wrote an article about the game changers – the creative and entrepreneurial individuals who are bringing their innovations to global social networks and letting the public access their ideas, participate in [...]
By: Mikael Eriksson Björling
23 May, 2012
Applications , People , Society , Technology
50 billion connections,
connected devices,
ICT,
mobile broadband,
Networked Society,
Smart cities,
Smartphones,
urban life
In my previous post, I wrote that commuting is the biggest source of stress and frustration for people living in cities, according to a new Ericsson ConsumerLab report, City Life.
So what makes city residents feel at ease? Social networking. Those who live in the city spend a large chunk of their time socializing. On [...]
By: Mikael Eriksson Björling
22 May, 2012
Applications , People , Society , Technology
cloud,
consumer devices,
ICT,
innovation,
mobile broadband,
Networked Society,
Smart cities,
urban life
I consider myself lucky. It takes me 15 minutes to drive to my work: Ericsson’s headquarters in Stockholm. It takes me 25 minutes if I ride my bicycle, 40 minutes if I run, and 45 minutes if I take public transport. Depending on the method of transport I choose, the maximum I have to travel [...]
This week, the New Cities Summit takes place in Paris; a city that has experienced groundbreaking changes in city planning – think Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Haussman was famous for modernizing Paris during the mid-19th century. The reconstruction of Paris involved all aspects of urban planning, including the demolition of 27,000 of the city’s 66,000 buildings. This [...]
By: Mikael Eriksson Björling
2 May, 2012
Business , News , People , Society , Technology
education,
ICT,
innovation,
mobile broadband,
Networked Society,
teaching,
Technology for Good
Last month, I wrote a number of posts on how the ICT industry is transforming the way we learn across all stages of education. As education evolves, we need more than just a new kind of teacher – we need a new way of teaching.