Influx

Watch Sheryl Sandeberg’s presentation at this year’s ANA Conference and you come away with the impression that Facebook believes its the leader in a communication revolution that’s transforming consumers from listeners into broadcasters. Consumer broadcasting manifests itself in...

One of the most appealing aspects of the proliferation of new technological channels has been the ability for content creators to allow their content to be accessed on new these new formats. The traditional hardware of old has now given way to multiple increasingly mobile forms. However, the simple...

While we are all excited about the technological additions to our lives that can help us set and try to meet goals, there’s sometimes nothing better than the real experience of human competition. With a little imagination- you can take something that might be as mundane as going for a run and...

Nick Bilton writes in today’s NYT about the increase in the number of sensors in mobile phones and their potential applications. Here’s what they will be able to do. 1. Elevation sensors could determine exactly where you are in a building to help people “find” you more...

Research work by Christopher Hsse and his colleagues at  University of Chicago has revealed some interesting traits about human behavior; namely that we are naturally inclined towards idleness to conserve energy, we would rather do nothing, but we are happier and less bored when we are busy....

This app from GE is a great example of a utility that should be able to drive incremental business for the company. Bulbs are a boring category, you buy them when one burns out or when a wave of environmental guilt hits you. Bulbs become more relevant when we think about the light they provide and...

Most of us have seen how something like Mint can be useful tool to better understand our spending habits when we compare it with others or Nike+ also us to compare our training performance with others. We are obviously going to see more of the benefits of collective data over time and especially...

Steve Jobs isn't just a genius for his contributions to technology, he was also the first to show us the power of the "happy product walk-through", where actors demonstrate the delights of new technology.With applications coming on stream everyday and in that battle for attention, these demos are...

A nice video by design thinkers, Gravity Tank, that takes a look of what people feel about phone applications. It makes a change to see real people talking about applications instead of just reading the data. gravitytank // Apps Get Real from gravitytank on Vimeo.Posted by Ed Cotton

Most engineers tend to think ads are a waste of time because they believe their great products will sell themselves. There's only one problem with this theory. What if you are trying sell an iPhone application? The iPhone ecosystem is mighty crowded with 30,000+ applications for sale which means...

One thing I've been noticing recently with the iPhone, is how interested people are in adding very analog applications to their phones. Things that seem pretty mundane and basic and somewhat counter to the technological advances of our time. Many of the most successful applications simply take...