Thanks TK
Tangled Hair Animation Article
CNN Video on Tangled Animation
Huge development. Did you think it took this much to produce a movie with animated hair?
Thanks Lane.
Product development can use the smartphone as a development platform and delivery mechanism. Notice how the product includes a peripheral and software. Now, what about the online service. Humm, NPD is changing. No?
New Product Development strategy — using the phone as a platform, creating new business models, adding value through ongoing software development. Should we build “analog” products that do not have associated services? Ever?
Thank you for the recommendation Lane
Connected TV — From the article Apple “will enter the TV market with a full focus, as an
all-in-one Apple television could move the needle when connected TVs proliferate.” Controlled by iPads and iPhones of course. I have Apple TV — nice, but expensive IMHO.
What do you think?
Thanks Todd for the recommendation
There always seems to be a way. Information wants to be free, just like Egyptians. Technology workaround gets the word out. Twitter, the first to be shut down in Egypt some say, followed by Facebook and then internet access. So, people turned to the cell phone.
Why can and did this happen?
Thanks for the Update TK
This article has some nice pie charts that clearly shows that Apple is losing share to Android. However, the App Store is still very strong. ”Simple” market share may not be enough to describe success in this market. Apple OS– 25%, Android OS 29%
Which do YOU prefer, and why? Why will prevail? How will RIM compete?
Check This Out
Be sure to vote before Super Sunday!
Go Packers!
What do you think of the “real time” stats and visual representation of the data?
Thank you Jiju for this recommendation.
Seamless Integration with Amnesia Connect Article and Videos
Microsoft Surface is not dead? Check out Blackberry promo on Surface.
How cool is this? Very. Practical, maybe. Application/Uses, what do you think?
Did you see the X-ray vision? Cool, eh?
Thanks Tyler
Safety and Fuel Savings from a Road Train
Fox News Video — Volvo Road Train and Article
Love it. What do you think?
from Fast Company
I am fan of Pandora. I am listening as I keyboard this. I even pay for it!
The following fast Company article, with a link to a video of the founder talking about how Pandora was created is very interesting. I found it interesting as a lesson in product development, as well as a success story. I really like the discussion of the “magic bullet” is.
Tim Westergren Fast Company Interview
What do you think? Are you a fan?
From Fast Company
Check out this article and video
What do you think? Cool or what?
From Fast Company Magazine and Tech Crunch
I am excited about the coming of the New iPad. Of course, any APPLE release has loads of rumors and pre-release information, so I would like to share some of it iPad Rumors
The REALLY exciting aspect of the continued innovation of the iPad is the evolution of the Tablet Interface. Forrester Research predicts that One Third of online consumers will own a tablet computer of some type by 2015 or 82 Million people.
Forrester Research through Tech Crunch
From the article “Last year, Apple created a new category of computing with the iPad. Now, every other PC manufacturer is rushing to revamp or bring out their own tablet computers. New tablets are expected to dominate at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. ”
“Forrester Research put out a new forecast this morning for the growth of tablet computers. It expects the number of tablets sold in the U.S. to go from 10.3 million last year to 24.1 million in 2011, and growing to 44 million in annual units sold by 2015.”
Do you expect to won one? I do, in 2011 and that is not counting my iTouch or my new Samsung Captivate Phone.
From Fast Company Magazine
This Fast Company Slide Show presents the “most innovative” iPad Apps of 2010.
Feel Free to COMMENT and Include YOUR Nomination for the Most Innovative App OR, perhaps your Favorite and Why….
Thanks Aaron
Vehicles are getting “smarter and smarter” and always competitive. Look out FORD?
Products developed with services and software and traveling entertainment systems tied to pocket computers and smart phones. What is next? What are you looking for?
Thanks Tyler
The “ultimate social networking device” ?
Check out the article and tell us, do you think this will meet the expectation of being the ultimate social networking device? Will it beat the iPad? Do you need an iPad and a Streak 7?
What say you?
Thank you Katherine
http://www.digitalsurgeons.com/facebook-vs-twitter-infographic/
Check out this Data Visualization Tool. Nice graphic and interesting information.
What do you think? How much does the presentation of the data assist in its understanding, or, is it just pretty?
Thanks Aunt Pat
Information Technology is generally quite cool, however, it can make you vulnerable.
Check out this video on Electronic Pickpocketing
What do you think?
The original “outbreak” had folks thinking that Iran’s nukes were under attack had people thinking what COULD happen if our industrial infrastructure was attacked like our computing infrastructure often is. Now, we have an update that says the attacks could be much more far reaching.
From the article “The complex code is not only able to infiltrate and take over systems that control manufacturing and other critical operations, but it has even more sophisticated abilities to silently steal sensitive intellectual property data, experts said.”
Where do you think this could go? Are you concerned?
From Fortune Magazine, December 6
Winners in the replacement cycle
From the article ” The PC-replacement cycle (a phrase that actually covers most computer-related hardware) should have kicked off in early 2009, when the average machine in use was three years old. That’s about the age that office computers start to slow down and have problems, making it cheaper for companies to replace their equipment than repair it. However, the market collapse of 2008 and the subsequent Great Recession put that predictable surge in tech spending on hold. As the world financial system came unglued, corporate profits took a dive and company IT budgets went into a deep freeze. Global spending on computer hardware declined 12.3% in 2009, according to tech consultancy Gartner Inc.”
Do you think folks will start spending on IT in 2011? Just replacements? Or, will it be strategic investment for competitive advantage? Or, will we see a move “to the cloud”? I see “cost cutting” via the cloud — just my $.02 — and only “necessary” replacements.
