innovation
How and Why Mobile Apps are Redefining Every Industry
When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone he made a bold claim, putting Multi-Touch in the same revolutionary interface category as the mouse and the iPod scroll wheel. Horace Dediu annotated the above image to indicate the huge markets that each of these interfaces enabled. Whole markets are being redefined in the context of mobile. CTOs …
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How iBeacons are Revolutionizing Mobile App Development and Retail
How can your mobile app benefit? iBeacons have only been around since the release of iOS 7, but already they’re revolutionizing the way people shop, bridging the gap between online and in-store shopping and helping solidify mobile’s place in the retail space. How do they work? Small, inexpensive Bluetooth transmitters, Apple calls iBeacons, “a new …
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Apple – CarPlay
Apple – CarPlay Not a whole lot more information than we saw at WWDC but it’s nice to know it’s still moving. It’s promising to see the innovation of mobile phones finally coming to a car and it’s time we admit (at least in the US) that it’s almost certain a person buying a brand …
The Galaxy Gear 2 will be unveiled in London in March or April and look nothing like the original
The Galaxy Gear 2 will be unveiled in London in March or April and look nothing like the original Samsung is said to be preparing to unveil the successor to the Gear in either March or April at an event in London. Said watch will have a flexible OLED screen, and it will look “totally …
The Innovator’s Curse
The Innovator’s Curse Something if a paradox from Horace Dediu: it would appear that the market value of repeated innovation is zero due to the assumption that success can’t be repeatable. But isn’t innovation supposedly valuable? One line of reasoning he only touches on briefly in the footnotes, but that is really at the core …
Getting Apps Ready for Cyber Monday
Getting Apps Ready for Cyber Monday Many big brands don’t understand the most fundamental change that mobile apps have brought about. When it comes to mobile, state-of-the-art is not about reliably delivering cloud services. State-of-the-art is all about connecting with human emotions. If you don’t keep your eyes on that prize, you’ll miss both your …
Intersection: Updating to iOS 7
Intersection: Updating to iOS 7 Christopher Hills (who has cerebral palsy) explains the brand new accessibility features for users with switch controls. These are assistive devices that allow people with motor impairments to use a precise touch-driven interface like iOS. It is the equivalent of what VoiceOver was to the visually impaired. It is so …
Microsoft’s hardware, round 2: Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2
Microsoft’s hardware, round 2: Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 Microsoft doubles down on the Surface, releasing what is primarily a performance bump (faster processor, better battery). A considerable amount of innovation seems to have gone into the covers – which seems to profoundly misunderstand the changed basis of competition from the iPad. But there’s …
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