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by: Joel Makower
Last week’s Cleantech Venture Forum in San Francisco was, like the several that preceded it over the past few years, a celebration of the growing clean-tech industry. But each year, the crowds get bigger, the presenting companies get more sophisticated, and the insider talk gets more self-assured.
Continue reading "Shipping Pallets, and other Clean Technologies" »
by: David Jennings
This week Arbitron and Edison Media Research published a report of their research survey on Internet and multimedia usage, The On-demand Media Consumer. The headline result being quoted is that "One in ten Americans show a heavy preference to control their media and entertainment". Reading the summary report, however, suggests that this conclusion is not warranted by the data.
by: Sigurd Rinde
Every now and then I stop to actually read what corporate websites says. Today I did a couple of Enterprise Software sites to see what the leaders in this area are doing to their clients.
Continue reading "A Secret Plot to Make Big Business Followers Instead of Leaders" »
In collaboration with MTV, Volkswagen is about to launch a 3 week-long lifestyle event in Copenhagen to promote the newest and youngest member of its family - the VW Fox.
Israeli product designer Ronen Kadushin has created a product line called "Open Design', which aims to close the creative gap between product design and other fields, such as music, graphic design, animation and photography that are traditionally more connected to political, social and economic flows and issues.
Last year the Swedish Social Ministry launched a web, print and video campaign called Flicka (girl) that attacks the moral of mass media.
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA and construction-firm Skanska has teamed up and launched a series of attractive apartment buildings throughout Scandinavia.
A Danish Library has tagged its entire media collection (+300.000) with RIFD stickers in place of barcodes.
An article on Businessweek.com tells about the latest generation of smart wearable garments, specifically in relation to health-related applications.
by: Sigurd Rinde
I used to love Dell and Google.
Dell.com was the place for a geek-in-training - study, tinker, choose, build the machine of your dreams, click, pay and have it delivered. I bought all my machines there, ditto for the companies I was involved in.
Continue reading "Beginning of the End for Great Companies" »
