I know I am late to this, but how amazing and obvious is this?
Like everything, obvious when it slaps you round the face.
Here I am, speaking at an industry event in Helsinki.
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Dan Foreman
The Future of Mobile is not Smartphones
At the MRMW event last week (Market Research in the Mobile World) Lumi Mobile revealed their results of over 3,000 interviews with people around the World. Read more »
Send your Smartphone to Med School
Amidst all the rubbishing of the various health apps all around the World over the last few weeks I want to draw your attention to one which I have been watching (and participated in some early work) for many years. Scanadu.
Scanadu was developed – along with others – with the Tricorder in mind. You know – that device that Star Trek takes down when they see a new alien or McCoy or Scotty want to do a quick scan on one of the Enterprise staff. Read more »
Robot Market Research
2 interesting pieces in the news this week.
Does this mean Robots are going to find their way into mainstream market research?
And … does it mean we will dispense with the inconsistency, expense and time associated with interviewing humans?
A Mobile Future?
Are humans simply the phones way of reproducing itself?
Is Kurzweil becoming more accurate by the day?
Who will be our John Connor?
Meantime, let’s embrace mobile as the way forward for all of us.
946 years on
Today mar
ks the day 946 years after William I, also known as William the Conqueror, landed in England prior to the Battle of Hastings.
Having conquered England William took on a very complex administration and simplified it. Historians still debate William’s legacy. Undoubtedly the impact on England of William’s conquest was profound; changes in the Church, aristocracy, culture, and language of the country that have persisted into modern times.
Looking East – 15 years on for Hong Kong
Is all happy in Hong Kong?
Hong Kong’s biggest protest for nearly a decade packed the former British colony’s streets Sunday in a defiant reception for its new leader and a show of popular anger after 15 years of Chinese rule.
Looking East – Consumer Confidence
As the Grand Prix passes through Malaysia, let’s look at Consumer Confidence.
After the economy shrunk by 1.7% in 2009, GDP growth bounced back in 2010 at 7.2%. Read more »
Looking East – Vietnam
As news reaches us that Panasonic is cutting jobs in Newport to switch production to Vietnam we thought it would be useful to remind us all of how Vietnam is transforming into a truly amazing business destination.
Currently growing at an annual rate in excess of 7% it is one of the fastest growing economies in the World, with PWC predicting it to be the fastest growing emerging economy by 2025, with GDP of 70% of the UK. Read more »
