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Digital technology
2011 Worldwide Mobile OS market share comparison
2011 Worldwide Mobile OS market share comparison. There are several ways of looking at the market share comparison map by iCrossing. One is to highlight that Apple now has gone over the 50% market share mark in many countries (per below). 2011 Worldwide Mobile OS market share comparison Another is…
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Digital technology
Microsoft kills the PC, once again, but it might not work
Microsoft is trying to kill the good ol’ PC once again, but it might not work. As Erik Sherman demonstrates in his piece on the death of the PC. After all, as the late Mark Weiser (the true inventor of tablets) originally came up with his idea of ‘ubiquitous computing‘ in…
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Marketing & Innovation
Chinese Internet industry ready to grow beyond borders
China will be the World’s next Internet giant! Which Internet company generates the greatest number of micro transactions for virtual goods on a daily basis? If they were asked this question, most of our Western readers would undoubtedly mention Google, or Facebook and they would be wrong. In this piece,…
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Marketing & Innovation
Startups Don’t Need Marketing … Or Maybe Later by Fred Wilson
Startups Don’t Need Marketing … Or Maybe Later. Is a piece by Fred Wilson, an NYC Venture Capitalist, about why Marketing isn’t what a startup needs when its initiative is kick-started. Startups need intuition, hunches, “segmentuition” as I often say, not pricy surveys or acquisition campaigns. All of that comes…
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Marketing & Innovation
New shopping cart being implemented at last … but not by IDEO
The new shopping cart is here, at last. In this interesting story, Yannig Roth provides a follow up to the early developments of new style shopping carts as was described in a famous 1998 IDEO video. New shopping cart being implemented at last … but not by IDEO As Roth…
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social media & social networks
Title of my new social media book to be announced on Blogtalkradio
I will soon unveil the title of my new social media book. I have been invited by Eve Mayer Osburn (aka Linkedin Queen) and Mary B. Adams for a chat at Blogtalkradio. Here’s an introductory video to the show (due to take place on Friday June 24th at 5.00pm CET) and…
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digital Transformation
Helping employees better perform should be the focus of managers
Helping employees better perform should be the focus of managers. Despite the fact that his flight was not able to take him further than New York and let alone Munich, Fons Trompenars was brought live from New York by Orange thanks to its network of telepresence rooms. Helping employees better…
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Web, Internet and the Economy
IDC: 70% of future growth in emerging markets will come from Asia
Aisis will be driving growth in emerging markets, Adrian Ho from IDC declared during his “new technologies & future priorities for IT departments” presentation. He was replacing Sandra Ng who unfortunately couldn’t attend that meeting. IDC: 70% of future growth in emerging markets will come from Asia Asia is shaking…
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Marketing & Innovation
The workspace of the future will be all about conversations
The Workspace of the future, an industry analyst perspective In his introduction, Michael Burrell from Orange Business Services described some of the main market trends include: Consumerization of IT, tuning the way that IT is working on its head. The millenials are also changing things in the workplace Mobility is…
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Web, Internet and the Economy
Thorniley updates us on the state of the global economy
What’s the state of the global economy? Daniel Thorniley (left) runs his own private business consultancy, but in his own words, he is not a “loser”. He has 235 Corporate clients even though he is on his own. He was able to acquire so many clients because he knew them…
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social media & social networks
Why Blog writing is the slow and subtle art of pondering
Why is Blog writing is the slow and subtle art of pondering? A few days ago, I came across a piece on Bnet on which there was a mention of Sun Tzu‘s “the Art of War” in not very favourable terms. I therefore asked the Vincent Berthelot, who is very…
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digital Transformation
Hockey legend Mark Messier’s leadership lessons
Hockey legend Mark Messier taught us some great leadership lessons on May 10, 2011, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The guest speaker at that Orange Biznis meeting was the much revered Canadian Ice Hockey legend Mark Messier, who is now retired. Mark had come to share with us some of his best tips…
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