Three firms, each once dominant in their industry, are attempting to transform their operations and culture, and while it won’t be clear for a few years whether or not they will succeed, it is fascinating and instructive (and sometimes painful) to watch:
Microsoft, where a long-time, hard-charging number two has taken the reins from the man [...]
Like all large, long-lived organizations that believe they are immune from the brutal force with which technology and innovation reshape the world, the government, and especially the Federal government, struggles to understand whether they should do anything, and if so what, in leveraging the web and sharing information broadly.
(Note: The private sector is replete with [...]
Startup Weekend Boston was a great reminder of . . .
the ability of interested individuals to self-organize
the way in which small groups of creative individuals can rapidly iterate, going from idea to fleshed-out concept in short order
the passion and commitment that fuels people to work late into Saturday night and then be up and at [...]
In the echo chamber that is the web, a reassuring voice is never far away.
Today’s Wall Street Journal reported on consolidation in LCD manufacturing with the agreement of Innolux Display Corp. to buy Chi Mei Optoelectronics, both of Taiwan, in a $5.3 billion stock deal.
Innolux was founded six years ago by Terry Gou, who also founded and is chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world’s largest ( by [...]
Verizon Wireless confirmed that they’re going to stop selling their “Hub” home phone product.
When the Hub was launched nine months ago, their press release claimed . . .
Only Verizon Wireless can launch a new touch screen home phone system designed to replace old-style home phones with a souped-up home communications system, bridging wireline and wireless [...]
A recent survey (link to slides) sponsored by PowerReviews, a company that provides a product review service, is another reminder of the disconnect between companies and their customers.
The surprising finding, as shown in the first chart below: Not the importance of reviews or the popularity of social media–Facebook, Twitter, and the like–but the very low [...]
Truth be told, you won’t find 1,028 earlier posts here about the impact of technology on newspapers, just one, but the number of posts and articles written on this topic in the last six months is easily ten times that figure.
Nonetheless, the lead editorial in this morning’s Boston Globe is a good example of those [...]
The Boston Globe is only the latest print mass media publication to wrestle with their cost structure—they are currently losing roughly $1,000,000/week—and with every incident, “Whither newspapers?” turns into “Whither journalism?”
This confuses many things, including what is created (a news story) with the means and form of delivery (ink on paper tossed on to my [...]
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