Sometimes I get the impression that the industry believes the iPhone and iPad represent the pinnacle of human technology. Even though the majority of the market attention is on these form factors, several new UI technologies are already out of the labs. These technologies have the potential to disrupt the traditional smartphone/tablet market and might [...]
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Last night the entrepreneurial training program Startup at STING/KTH Innovation had its finale with the thirteen selected teams presenting their business plans. The Startup program is a first step in starting your own company and you can apply even before you have a company set up. It is a way to test the viability of [...] Recently, I reread the 2005 book “Blue Ocean Strategy”. I was unimpressed when I first read it and a second reading only reinforced my first impression. The book is mostly a compilation of already existing models and theories mixed with common sense insight. However, the authors should be given credit for the compelling tagline “Blue [...] Eventually the mouse and keyboard will be replaced as our primary way of interfacing with the digital world by something else. Voice input, and pen/finger based touch screens are the most well-known candidates but there are several other more advanced technologies being developed. One example is I-Tech’s Virtual Keyboard (introduced in 2005) with a red laser [...] The Economist recently ran an excellent article (“Japan’s technology champions – Invisible but indispensable”) about successful medium size Japanese companies that are global market leaders in proprietary high-tech components. As their unique capabilities are so hard to replicate they can enjoy stable and very high profits year after year. The article mentions several examples of companies [...] Sweden needs more bold entrepreneurs who dare to start new businesses. Unfortunately, Sweden comes out at the bottom in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor that measures entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, Sweden comes out on top in the EU study “European Innovation Scoreboard 2008” for having the best innovation performance in the EU. The background [...] One of the many hurdles for startups and entrepreneurs in Sweden has been the shortage of investment capital for seed financing. In the very first stages of a new company the capital requirement can be as little as a below 50,000 Euros. In countries such as the US entrepreneurs have often been able to raise the [...] Traffic data from Telegeography shows that Skype has eight percent of the international voice traffic market. This makes Skype the largest actor in the world when it comes to international voice (which includes both POTS voice and VoIP from Skype and others). During 2008 the number of Skype traffic minutes grew with 41 percent and [...] Almost two years after Google bought the startup GrandCentral they have now launched their repackaged services under the brand Google Voice on the U.S. market. With Google Voice you can manage your telephony via the web and they have developed a suite of interesting but rather obvious services around call forwarding and voicemail. Google Voice [...] |
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