Posts Tagged ‘Apps’

Will magic, I mean technology, save us?

If you listen to the media, humanity is doomed. If you visit an Apple Store, life is wonderful. Which is it? People, including me, are entranced with what technology can do. Explain all you like, but it’s magic, pure and simple. I can’t wait for the next spell. But why aren’t we actually getting smarter?
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You created it, but can you explain it?

Over at Apple, the App Store now has more than 472,000 apps. That’s a lot of innovation. Tech start-ups continue to pop up, despite the economy. If anything, it’s gotten cheaper to launch start-ups; two or three founders can often get a beta version running. But can these folks explain their innovations? How many of
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Smartphone generation brings smart customers

This article was written by Roberto Pieraccini, CTO of SpeechCycle. Smartphones are transforming how consumers communicate, not only with one another, but also with the companies with whom they do business. These mobile-savvy customers are doing much more than talking on these devices – they browse the Web, download apps, manage emails and send text
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1toEverything, part 2… how to invent cool new Apps

The best way to predict the future is often to invent it, so I’d like to encourage you to use this chart to invent the apps you’d most like to have at your disposal. You don’t actually to build them; odds are if you can dream them up, it won’t be long before someone else
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