BLOGGER: ERIC M. DANIS Should it surprise anyone that the phrase “Steve Jobs changed the world” generates 50 million search results on Google? Legions of Apple fans are mourning the sad passing of Steve Jobs, innovator extraordinaire, while commentators struggle to assess the true impact of his incredible legacy. He was certainly a major driver [...]
BLOGGER: ERIC M. DANIS Sadly, it’s time to say goodbye to another brand. But while Borders might be gone, it shouldn’t be forgotten because I think service providers can learn some important lessons from Borders’ demise: Don’t miss the connected world revolution… “Borders was investing in physical real estate at the same time that shoppers [...]
BLOGGER: YOAV SNIR Is mobile communications now all about the connected world? Well, if you attended last week’s Mobile World Congress, you would think so. There were certainly enough connected devices around, with almost every original equipment manufacturer – from phone manufacturers to consumer electronic giants – apparently about to launch a tablet. Everyone else [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK Mobile money and mobile banking are seen by service providers in emerging markets as the top services they will be providing over the next half-decade, according to the recently published Connected World 2010: A survey of emerging markets. A classic example of the need for mobile money is Haiti, and not just [...]
Blog article by: Mirit Ashkenazi By 2017, there will be a predicted seven trillion networked devices. To support this connected world, where bandwidth-hungry devices and applications are connected anytime and anywhere, service providers will have no choice but to upgrade their networks to overcome the looming capacity crunch. No-one is feeling this pressure more than [...]
By Dana Porter There’s a huge buzz around Machine to Machine (M2M), and quite rightly too – we’re moving into a connected world where, within the next decade, trillions of devices will be connected to the network – but where do service providers fit in to the picture? This was definitely of great interest to [...]
By Stephen Krajewski Back at Mobile World Congress again after a two-year break, and it was easy to notice a dramatic change in the event’s focus compared to previous years: everything now seemed to be about putting anything you could possibly think of on a mobile device. Serious apps, silly apps, and those apps “you never [...]
By Jeff Barak It’s a global marketplace out there, even for the smallest of manufacturers. Alec Ross, senior adviser for innovation to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has a favorite story he likes to tell to drive home the message of the connected world. “I have a dear friend who works at the World [...]
By: Jeff Barak The massive outpouring of aid to Haiti through text messages sent by US citizens for relief efforts provides yet another example of the power of the connected world. Over $25 million has so far been donated by text, far outpacing the charity’s previous record of $400,000 for emergency relief using similar technology. [...]
By Jeff Barak There’s no doubt that the Kindle was one of the successes of 2009, even if the extremely secretive Amazon steadfastly refuses to say exactly how many have been sold, preferring instead to restrict itself to describing the Kindle as the online retailer’s best-selling product. But while Amazon throws a heavy cloak over [...]
By Kathy Cianciolo Do you remember, not so very long ago, when the only reason for using a cell phone was to make a call? That seems almost quaint now that you can text, surf the Internet, watch a video, or enjoy an almost endless supply of downloadable applications. But it’s not just phones that [...]
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