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Why Nokia Love Will Never Transfer to Microsoft #DOA
Over the last five years I’ve thought a great deal about Nokia’s fall from grace. I’ve participated in many forums and discussions around it’s strategy, and had a wonderful network of friends and...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup is Sport – Racing on the water re-invented
Have you seen America’s Cup? If not you are missing out. I spent the weekend at the America’s Cup Village enjoying both the atmosphere and the on-the-water racing. Sunday was some of the most exciting...
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Apple’s iPhone Launch Stirs Questions and Observations
Well fanboy blogs are full of Apple’s iPhone announcements today. Apple stock price is down slightly. Generally most will yawn and then more iPhones will be sold than ever before. A quick review left...
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Wave Your Phone – Make a Payment. PayWave is NOT the future of mobile payments
How does the phone become a smart wallet? The following description doesn’t appear to make life simpler. Seen referred to down under in New Zealand which has an advanced banking system and the small...
View ArticleiBeacon is Making Proximity and Context Marketing a Reality.
Simplicity, the user experience, and location / context is why iBeacon increasingly looks better than NFC related solutions like PayWave. This article (linked below) is a must read if you are a...
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Time to Re-Think When Robocars Arrive and Impact – Future Watch
This well-linked article below may be the best summary of recent links on the future of robocars, self-driving cars or autonomous vehicles. I’ve also linked to a series of articles that refute the view...
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Shift the Mindset from Mobile First to Pocket Strategies. Here’s Why!
Tomi Ahonen writes a good post on mobile strategy. He says the fever is catching on and “mobile first” is now many top priority for many companies. It is true we see it everyday, and yet the label...
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What is Apple’s Pocket Store Strategy? Why Its Next SVP Retail Must Have One
I’ve been mulling over the job specs for the next SVP of Apple Retail. What qualifications and experiences does he or she need to have? The job is still vacant. In January 2012 Apple hired John Browett...
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Pocket Strategies to Focus Mobile Business Direction
Where is User Experience, Users Pocket UK data suggests that few companies are thinking effectively about Pocket Strategies. Fact is, less than a third of the UK’s largest companies even have a mobile...
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Yesterday 34th America’s Cup Heart-Pounding Action
What’s right and wrong with America’s cup? Right – the racing, wrong perhaps the bias toward Oracle commentary at times! Let’s hope the wind allows racing to continue tomorrow. “If you didn’t enjoy...
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Context not Screen Type Defines the Multi-Screen Life
Totally agree with this POV that context around a multi-screen life rather than screen type may help you think through who sees what, when and why. We also saw examples of small screens, such as...
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When Stats About Kids and Tablets Require Context
I like stats however, these are telling us what we already know, and can guess at with a high degree of accuracy just by observation and extrapolation. When you consider the context of kids lives and...
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Apple TV, Your Mobile and the Smart Home
Wake up another technology shift is here! Yesterday I read how you can “Tap to Setup” your AppleTV. Yes that’s right wave your iPhone with iOS7 within a few inches and most of the work is done for...
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Indoor Navigation and Neural Networks – An IOTC or Internet of Things Cloud
There will soon be a very nice business in installing Bluetooth LE networks in retail stores that are tightly planned (example supermarket planograms). The installation will involve making sure there...
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Why Relationships and the Shopping Experience Will Define Mobile Payments
The coming changes to mobile location services will be highly disruptive to advertising and promotions, payments and relationships. For two key reasons. Every product or brand is going to become a...
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Why Lowe’s Retail Mobile Location Strategy has a HUGE New Opportunity
A recent article was sharing how Lowe’s is helping customers find items on their smartphone app while in the store. Apparently 20% of Lowe’s online visits are from the mobile. The snip below was what...
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Mine is Bigger than Yours and Stuck to a Windscreen. Smartphones in Cars in...
Not so long ago, our Mumbai team was doing a lot of car watching at gas stations and noticing what was inside cars. We were studying design of auto interiors. Before I tell my car story, I must take...
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Philips Hue Needs Fine-Grain Location Control
I have a new little want. I like my Phillips Hue light bulbs. They are LED low energy, WiFi connected, multi-color bulbs that are just really cool. They also do a neat thing of turning on when I return...
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In India 90% of all Phones sold cost less than $80.
A few Indian Mobile facts to keep our thinking and perspective, honest. 90% of all mobile phones sold in India cost less than Rs. 5000 ($80 approx). 97.5% cost less than Rs.10000. For perspective,...
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In Search of the $100 Android Smartphones – India
The $100 price point was once a big deal for the PC (One Laptop Per Child). $100 was also the point of reference for the Smartphone. That’s the price (no-contracts) where people said they would start...
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