Nine Examples of How Big Data Can Be Used Or Abused
Big data is overhyped and unable to meet the expectations created by suppliers and consultants. So what exactly are the issues surrounding the big data paradigm? Below are nine examples of different...
View ArticleE-ink moves beyond e-reader
Nothing beats printed paper when it comes to the quality of reading. But quality has long since become an overrated feature in electronics. The e-ink reader has failed to become a mass medium despite...
View ArticlePersonal Cloud: Is It Safe?
Are you a firm believer in the good government and its self acclaimed right to sift through your communication in order to protect you from terrorists whenever they see fit? Or do you think governments...
View ArticleBling Phones Mark Maturing Smartphone Market
The introduction of the iPhone 5 was carefully planned by Apple management, leaving nothing to chance. As a result most people and especially Apple fanboys were expecting nothing less than another...
View ArticleFrom Turing to Watson
Can machines think? This was the question Alan Turing asked himself in his research paper ‘Computing machinery and Intelligence‘ in 1950. To address that question he had to change it since the term...
View ArticleTablet Getting Ready for Business
When Apple launched its iPad in 2010 a new device market was born. With Apple’s success competitors soon launched their tablets. It appeared that the PC was to be replaced by the tablet. Of course it...
View ArticleHow Apple, Cisco and Huawei Disrupted the Telecom Equipment Market
Now that Alcatel-Lucent is to become part of Nokia, it’s a good time to look back and see what has happened over the last decade or so in the global telecoms equipment market. The picture that emerges...
View ArticleDutch Start-Ups Go International
Two Dutch startups are exploring new horizons. De Correspondent, a Dutch digital only magazine, and Blendle, an article republisher, both recently announced plans to conquer the international market....
View ArticleBlocking Ad Block Blockers
Last year The METISfiles reported on the business model for social media – advertising – and the increasing annoyance it causes with users. As advertising budgets follow the eyeballs, online...
View ArticleThe GM & Lyft Alliance – If You Can’t Beat Them Join Them
Last week’s announcement of GM’s $500 million investment in Lyft may well be the turning point both the car and the software industry have been waiting for. Up to now innovation in the car industry has...
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