Archives for the 'Trends in Technology' Category
Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung
An interesting article about change has been published by Knowledge@Wharton.
The example of the cell phone industry is worth reading. It talks about how Nokia surprised Motorola, and how Samsung surprised Nokia.
Michael Tchong TrendShow
Interesting video about trends with trendspotter Michael Tchong.
Inteview with Don Tapscott
A very interesting conversation with Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics.
Some of the topics covered:
The relationship between technology and business.
“The Perfect Storm”: The changes in technology (Internet), demographics, society, and economics.
The paradigm shifts.
Music should be a service, not a good.
The power of mass collaboration.
Opening the boundaries of the companies.
Google is a digital conglomerate with software, advertising, […]
An interview with Kevin Roberts
An interview with Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi, has been published by Knowledge at Wharton.
Kevin provides very interesting concepts. For example:
Brands were invented to charge premiums.
The power has switched from the big companies (such as P&G) to big retailers (such as Walmart) to the consumer.
There are three things that we think make a […]
Great article about Freeconomics
A great article about businesses that are free has been published by Wired. One of the most remarkable concepts is that free is very different from charging one cent.
The story about Gillette is very interesting too.
Other authors that have talked about the free economy are the writers of Funky Business and Karaoke Capitalism.
The Most Important Products of 2007
According to an article published in Business Week, many of the most important products of 2007 were cell phones, monitors and cars. The top player seems to be Apple, which had four of the most important products, including the iPhone, a new Mac, Apple TV and Apple Leopard.
The Declination of the CD
An interesting article published in The Economist talks about the transformation of the music industry. It says that “In America, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the volume of physical albums sold dropped by 19% in 2007 from the year before—faster than anyone had expected. For the first half of 2007, sales of music on CD and […]
The Future Of Software
According to this article from Knowledge at Wharton, the future of software is much related to the Internet.
Particularly, this seems to be a great challenge for Microsoft, the king of off line software.
On the one hand, Google has its own Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, already online (Google Docs).
On the other hand, there are others threats […]
New Website With Opinions: Hey! Nielsen
A new website where you can monitor trends by reading opinions on TV, movies, music, personalities, web sites and more: Hey! Nielsen. An interesting idea.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page talk about Google
Sergey Brin and Larry Page talk about Google, their culture, innovation, Adsense, the future, and so on. A look at one of the most interesting companies in the world today.
Excellent Interview With Steve Jobs And Bill Gates
In this joint interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs talk about trends in technology and business: the past, the present, the future, mobile devices, Apple and Microsoft, entertainment, advertising, internet, and so on.
Here we include a video with the highlights of the interview, but in total it is about […]
Apple, The World’s Most Innovative Firm
According to The Economist, Apple consistently ranks first in polls of the world’s most innovative firms. Those people who are interested in innovation probably will enjoy this article about Apple and its main products (Macintosh, iPod, iPhone), and also this article about Steve Jobs.
Another article that talks about the innovative Apple appeared on Business […]
