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  Books I have co-authored |
With the arrival of the New Year, trend forecasting firms have compiled lists of trends to watch during 2010. JWT Intelligence (the research arm of the American marketing communications giant JWT) has compiled a list of 100 things to watch in 2010. A similar compilation is available from the Dutch firm Trendwatching.com. I think they both covered [...] 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 [...] After 9/11 it was inevitable that the trade-off between civil liberties and security would shift in favor of security. The thinking of this period can neatly be summarized in a quote by Tony Blair who said something like “if there is a new terrorist attack, people will not ask why we infringed on civil liberties [...] The conflict between the tech industry and the copyright lobby has been going on since the 1990s. The current controversy surrounding the EU Telecom Package is very similar to the fight that took place in 1999 when the EU Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) was put to a vote in the EU Parliament. At that time the copyright [...] Sometimes I get the feeling that those of us who are active in the tech sector (IT, telecom, mobile, new media) are victims of a collective delusion. We would like to view our own industry as more advanced than the rest of the economy. More innvovative, higher salaries, more ”wow” factor. Incomprehensible for outsiders. We [...] |
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2009-2010 Mobile Foresight |
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