What a pivotal year in our industry! Let's face it, IT has been attesting more evidences that its tectonic forces at work did let emerge new leaders and previous ones fade.Mobile: now at the core of IT, Apple and Samsung getting much of the coverage and dominating the smartphone market - surpassing now regular phones … Continue reading What a pivotal year in our industry! Mobile, Cloud and Social making new leaders
Natural User Interfaces with Physiological Sensing | TechFest 2010 | Channel 9
Natural User Interfaces with Physiological Sensing | TechFest 2010 | Channel 9Some interesting demos of future mobile UI that are very promising
We’re moving from Desktop to Webtop
"Microsoft and IBM executives Wednesday admitted feeling heat from Google now that the Web search giant is trying to make inroads into the enterprise market with its hosted suite of communication and collaboration tools." says NetworkWorld.Desktop productivity suites -- i.e. Microsoft and Open Office -- are beginning to appear as legacy apps for younger internet … Continue reading We’re moving from Desktop to Webtop
Google Gears: last mile to a 100% web based application world?
In a meeting recently, in my new job at Sage, we were discussing with R&D about the client model in our new world. Interesting debate among specialists that are seeing the world through RIA (Rich Internet Application), RDA (Rich Desktop Application) and the fading 100% HTML or client/server models. It clearly shows we've been moving … Continue reading Google Gears: last mile to a 100% web based application world?
Microsoft finally strikes back
Even on holidays, I could not escape the news: Microsoft finally made its mind on how to enter the $125 billion Advertising Market, they acquired aQuantive on May 18th for $6 billion.Interestingly enough, not only do they acquire one of the most powerful web media buyer but they also acquire web design services through its … Continue reading Microsoft finally strikes back
What business are we in: Software or advertising? Google latest news
I just couldn't help but coming back on Google (GOOG) latest news, accelerating innovation and dominance -- read Google expands office software for more on businessweek.com -- attacking both Yahoo and Microsoft at the same time :"Google announced Friday it would pay $3.1 billion to acquire ad-management technology company DoubleClick Inc....Google announced the acquisition Tuesday … Continue reading What business are we in: Software or advertising? Google latest news
Increase Marketing effectiveness: use behavioral targeting
It's been around for quite a while, the late 90's. But as privacy and technical issues are going away, marketers should consider behavioral targeting in their on-line advertising campaigns. For those who just missed it, behavioral targeting is the ability to deliver ads to consumers based upon their recent behavior viewing web pages, shopping online … Continue reading Increase Marketing effectiveness: use behavioral targeting
Emmanuel Obadia & Partners | Transform & Innovate 