Category: innovation | 革新 | 독창성 | 改変
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Hong Kong banks + more
Hong Kong banks Hackers threaten to take down websites of Hong Kong banks unless they pay bitcoin ransoms – interesting move and good PR by Akamai, the block chain has allowed researchers to see which Hong Kong banks are paying up. Business Chinese Soccer Prepares to ‘Fly Alone’: Will Success Follow? | WSJ – moving away from…
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The limits of Google
Earlier I wrote a post on the work blog: Alphabet: what does it all mean? – which I have republished below. One thing that came through to me from this exercise was the growth limits of Google and by extension the growth limits of online advertising. The ceiling on advertising is limited by a number of…
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Speed of trust and the sharing economy
‘At the speed of trust’ was part of the title to an article in on SiliconAngle the other day. The language was loaded with symbolism for me. Speed of trust reminded me of the dot.com era. The internet was going to change everything – and it has been changing a lot of things with time.…
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3 & Wind merger + more things
Consolidation in Italy as Wind, 3 ink €21.8bn merger | TotalTelecom – I I hope that it won’t affect 3 UK roaming? I wouldn’t be surprised if 3 did similar deals in other mature European markets like the UK. Li Ka Shing is no one’s fool and wireless is mature and capital intensive. More wireless related…
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Invisible cloaks + other things
Invisible cloaks The possibility of invisible cloaks straight out of a Marvel comic hero’s tool kit or a wizarding wardrobe a la Harry Potter. The underlying technology involves some science that sounds more like science fiction. Could ‘Harry Potter’-like invisible cloaks really exist? – CNET On a more serious note invisibility cloaks have applications in the…
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Seabasing
In a tale of fact imitating fiction the US Navy is looking at ways to support the military in future conflicts by creating bases which allow ships to act as a combined space, which they call sea basing (or seabasing). The reason for this is in battles with the likes of China they may not…
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Apple Pay in the UK
Even if I wasn’t interested in technology I would have known about the launch of Apple Pay in the UK some eight days ago. My inbox was bombarded with emails from credit card providers explaining how I use their card on the service. Logos for the payment service appeared in retail partners and on billboards…
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Burberry turnaround + more things
Jing Daily: Burberry’s plan to turn it around in Hong Kong – go local – it makes sense that Burberry comes up with designs that better suit the humid subtropical climate of Hong Kong and southern China. Burberry has China as its biggest market Getting Hong Kong right is mission-critical for Burberry. More related posts here.…
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Pizza Hut Projector Box + more
Pizza Hut Projector Box Pizza Hut Projector Box + Subtraction.com – interesting Pizza Hut projector box design by Ogilvy for Pizza Hut. You know that the image from the Pizza Hut projector is likely to be a bit like watching an old VHS pirated recording of a film. I would have serious worries about a smartphone…