8 Great Mobile Technology Articles You Must Read This Week 8.25.2012
As originally published in Forbes.com on August 23, 2012. Mobile technology—devices, apps, operating systems, payment systems, mHealth, security, privacy, etc.—could not be any more at the fore, so here are eight great articles from this week that I recommend highly. Aaron Press, Commentary: How ‘Squarebucks’ May Fix What’s Really Wrong With Payments (Mobile Payments Today Aug. 14, 2012). Aaron.. read more →
How Instant Mobile Commerce Will Disrupt The Way You Do Business
Jay Callum doesn’t like smartphones. “I don’t like being connected all the time,” he told me recently. “I like to have a life.” Yet as co-owner with Mike Bard of Waltham, Massachusetts-based EP Levine (founded 1954), a tech-savvy photographic supply house that works with photographers of all skill levels, Callum understands that there is no viable technological.. read more →
Big Data And Health Care Get Engaged
As originally published on Forbes.com on June 12, 2012. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and MIT announced recently a joint initiative to tackle the enormous opportunities presented by Big Data. “The hour of big data has arrived in Massachusetts and it’s a very, very exciting time,” said Democratic Governor Deval Patrick. With a particular focus on creating jobs and.. read more →
How Intellectual Property (IP) Enables And Protects Open Innovation Platforms
As originally published on Forbes.com on April 23, 2012. For decades, Bell Laboratories, a research and development subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) formally organized in 1925, had an extraordinary stream of talent enter its ranks. Most of its scientists in the early years were young PhDs in physics who had studied under.. read more →
Six Things Google Drive Must Do To Compete With Dropbox, Apple’s iCloud, Microsoft Cloud, and Box
With the imminent release of Google Drive next week, I’ve been thinking about what I’d like to see in this offering, for which I have high hopes but equally realistic expectations. In order for Google Drive to compete with key competitors—Dropbox, Apple’s iCloud, Microsoft’s Cloud, and Box—it will have to meet six important criteria. 1. It must understand workflow – the.. read more →