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The downsides of scale

By Martin Recke

Scale is almost unlimited in the digital sphere, but its negative effects so far have been externalised. This needs to change.
The Big Crunch of the digital universe

By Martin Recke

The digital world of today looks like a universe that is recollapsing into the black holes of Amazon, Facebook, and Google. From cosmology, we can only tell that this won’t end well.
Who will fix Facebook first?

By Martin Recke

Facebook is simply ripe for some good old disruption, like MySpace was in the middle of the last decade.
22 years later, calmness still is a fundamental challenge

By Martin Recke

If we think about calm technology today, the concept is obvious and evident. But in 1996, who would have even thought this far?
Apple & Google: applying a digital fix for mobile addiction

By Adam Tinworth

Last night, Apple gave Facebook the finger, live on stage. Well, OK, not literally.
Is there a future for the online marketing industry?

By Martin Recke

Thinking about regulation as a possible fix for the digital woes our societies suffer from, the future viability of the online marketing industry quickly came into question, for a variety of reasons. In 2017, more than 60% of the worldwide online advertising revenue went into the pockets of only two companies.
How will the end of smartphones look like?

By Martin Recke

The fourth cycle of personal computation will be dominated by strong platforms that can tie lots of very different devices together with software and services. The winner will be whoever provides the superior user experience.
With Regulation on the Rise, is there a Future for the Online Marketing Industry?

By Martin Recke

Government regulation is not only seen in a much more positive light now, it is also widely regarded as an urgently needed fix for the digital woes our societies suffer from.
The AI-first world requires new products

By Martin Recke

It's not enough to simply add an Alexa skill to an existing product, like it wasn't enough to make your website responsive or launch a mobile app without changing anything else. AI-first means reimagining your product for a world driven by AI and voice interfaces.
Google ushers in the decade of AI – and intelligent assistants

By Adam Tinworth

Google is building an intelligent assistant right into its phones - and Samsung buys Siri's little sister. Are we finally entering the age of AI?
THE BEST INTERFACE IS NO INTERFACE

Golden Krishna challenges our world of nagging, screen-based bondage, and shows how we can build a technologically advanced world without digital interfaces.
The smart home skirmishes begin

By Adam Tinworth

A new battleground is opening up between Google and Apple: the smart home, For once, though, it's not a winner-takes-all game.
Google targets Smart Cities infrastructure

By Adam Tinworth

Google has announce the creation of Sidewalk Labs - its first step into the world of seriously smart cities.
Two sides of the (Google) Glass

By Adam Tinworth

While everyone focuses on wrist-mounted screens, the post-mortems for the explorer version of Google Glass rumble on.
Robot/drone hybrids will construct Google’s new offices

By Adam Tinworth

Google's new buildings will be as innovative in construction as they are in design.
Goodbye, Internet – Google’s Eric Schmidt predicts its disappearance

By Adam Tinworth

Eric Schmidt thinks the internet will disappear - but grow more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Google Glass: death or reincarnation?

By Adam Tinworth

Is Google's big Glass experiment shattered? It appears not - but the next step will mean success or failure.
Google’s huge work/life balance experiment

By Adam Tinworth

Google has been renowned as a great, but stressful, place to work. Now the people operations team are applying a data-centric approach to making their employees' lives better.
NEXT Up: essential reads you might have missed

By Adam Tinworth

Google and Microsoft's heads speak, Taylor Swift talks tech, and Britain contemplates deep linking into your inline activity…
Google I/O: It’s all just smart glass

By Adam Tinworth

Google's major keynote of the year was long, rambling and technical - but it still painted a picture of a company with a unified vision for the future.
Google & Apple: two different ways of building the future

By Adam Tinworth

The tech press loves to portray Apple and Google as two big beasts fighting over the future. But is that the reality of these businesses?
The Apple TV Air: a conceptual response to the Chromecast

By Adam Tinworth

What might an Apple TV Air look like? Could it follow the path of the Google Chromecast and essentially vanish from view?
Monday morning catch-up reading

By Adam Tinworth

Five stories to kickstart your week - or to make for an interesting lunchbreak…

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