Tag: new normal

My summertime reading book list

By Matthias Schrader

Matthias Schrader stacked up his personal list of thought-leading book picks for this summer.
Your phone is now your hotel room key

By Adam Tinworth

There are some things that get me unreasonably excited. Anything that takes physical clutter out of my life…
Holidays should be the New Normal

By Adam Tinworth

This blog has been on holiday, and come back looking different - and feel refreshed. And we should all be taking more time off, if we want to be really successful in work.
NEXT14: what the bloggers said

By Adam Tinworth

With over a week passed since NEXT14, what sorts of discussions have been opening up online based on the two days in Berlin?
Peter Hinssen: the network always wins

By Adam Tinworth

Our marketplaces are becoming networks, and so our companies need to become networks to survive, argues New Normal author Peter Hinssen
Mikko Hypponen: better digital security needs more European startups

By Adam Tinworth

We've handed over our data to American companies, and given up our privacy with it. We need to understand what the threats are - and to build an European online world that keeps our data safe, says Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure.
Preparing for the New Normal (Opening Session)

By Adam Tinworth

Talks from Nils Wollny and Brigitte Zypries explore the future of culture - and the German economy.
Startup thinking: building businesses fit for the new normal

By Adam Tinworth

Are we trying to manage 21st Century businesses with the management thinking of the 1800s? NEXT 14 speaker Lee Bryant thinks so - and he has solutions.
For society to accept Google Glass, we need more wearers

By Adam Tinworth

Right now, only a few thousand people have Google Glass. That's not nearly enough for people to start making real decisions about how they feel about it.
Embrace Unfairness: it’s the very heart of disruption

By Adam Tinworth

Attempts to hold back the rise of app-based taxi booking are the equivalent of the government going "it's not fair". Well, life isn't fair - and because that allows disruption, we should be grateful.
Notes from the New Normal – 14th April

By Adam Tinworth

Transmedia storytelling makes money, the mainstream is getting in on the smart home action, and coffee shops are banning laptops. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the #newnormal
After Heartbleed: code vigilance is the new normal

By Adam Tinworth

Heartbleed has exposed a massive vulnerability at the heart of internet security. As our lives move ever further online, we need more attention to our code.
Microsoft after Windows: a new normal for the company

By Adam Tinworth

The last week has seen a transformation of Microsoft: Windows relegated to just one product, a more open approach to other platforms, and great new software. Will it be enough?
Got Google Glass? We want to talk to you…

By Adam Tinworth

Got Glass? Going to be in Europe in early May? We're trying to put together the biggest gathering of Google Glass wearers in Europe…
Wireless Mesh Networking: a connectivity cloud for Apple’s wearables?

By Adam Tinworth

Lurking inside the most recent version of iOS is a technology called wireless mesh networking. Could this be the backbone of Apple's wearables?
Wearables: Motorola watches while Apple waits

By Adam Tinworth

All eyes are on the… wrist? Wearables seem to be the next area of interest technological development, and the next wave of Android smartphones is only a few months away. Will customers wait for Apple?
What would an iPad Pro look like?

By Adam Tinworth

The team at CURVED/labs have been speculating as to what a theoretical, larger iPad Pro might look like. This is what they came up with…
Notes from the New Normal – 17th March

By Adam Tinworth

The web is 25, and needs a bill of rights. The (online) kids are fine (really) and shopping is about to get a lot more digital. And we have robot fish. This is the #newnormal
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.
Apple’s CarPlay: Will our phone choice start to determine our car choice?

By Adam Tinworth

Apple's new CarPlay allows direct integration with cars from a limited number of manufacturers. As our phones become the centre of our connected lives, will they determine our car choices?
Five more tales from the #newnormal – 2nd March

By Adam Tinworth

From the fall of Mt.Gox through iOS in your car, to a washing machine you can control from your phone… This is the #newnormal
Is $19bn the price of protecting Facebook from disruption?

By Adam Tinworth

In the New Normal the disruptors get disrupted. Facebook saw this disruption coming - but couldn't rise to the challenge, and has paid a heavy price.
Fact, fiction and Twitter in the New Normal

By Adam Tinworth

As the line between fact and fiction blurs on social media, the New Normal demands more critical thinking of all of us.