Tag: connectivity

The new MacBook: lessons in brutal simplicity and utility

By Adam Tinworth

Apple surprised most people with the launch of the new MacBook - with only a single port. Is this a compelling vision of the wireless future, where computers are just another handy appliance?
Missing aircraft: time to get serious about the internet of things

By Adam Tinworth

The fact that an airliner can vanish in the days of broadband on an airplane is an damning indictment of how we're failing to take the internet of things seriously.
The Weird Is Yet To Come

"We need to stop worrying about connectivity, and start worrying about what we do with it." - Watch the inspiring talk from Freelance IOT-Consultant Martin Spindler at NEXT13.
Our internet is a fragile thing

By Adam Tinworth

There's a lurking hidden dragon in the internet: our connectivity is more fragile than we are aware of, much of the time. A single person can deny a country internet access, and the minerals to build our phones are running out.
René Obermann – What’s beyond digital?

At NEXT Berlin 2012 René Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, established that today the transition between digital and post-digital is complete or at least will be in the near future. In his keynote speech Obermann explained why this paradigm shift represents a threat and a great opportunity at the same time.