Sign in Subscribe

Technology

How technology (invention) shapes the market's future (innovation).

Cracking the luxury market in China

Cracking the luxury market in China

Cracking the luxury market in China for western companies has always been an uphill battle. Hyundai Takes a Second Run at China With Luxury Genesis BrandHyundai Motor Co. is far from the top automobile brand of choice in China but its luxury-car division is seeking to change all that with

Google lost battles for diversification

Google lost battles for diversification

Google is politely killing its gaming business known as Stadia. This is only one venture among many that Google had to switch off or ‘demote’ as corporate lingo would say. Report: Google Quietly Ditching StadiaThe service has been demoted within Google and will instead power experiences for other companiesKotakuThe A.

Self-driving cars vs. Regulations

Self-driving cars vs. Regulations

The U.S. Congress is only now begrudgingly considering what to do with self-driving cars. Don’t smile too much. Most of you are aware that deciding who is responsible in case of a fatal collision is not a piece of cake (lines of code won’t repay the families’

The Metaverse untold story

The Metaverse untold story

The untold story of the metaverse idea that Facebook (erm, “Meta”) seems to be so desperate to reboot is that, like Google, their revenues depend on ads quasi-exclusively. Facebook and Google’s Ad Addiction Can’t Last ForeverFacebook’s first-ever drop in users is an ominous sign for a business

How Springboard both invented and missed the smartphone market

How Springboard both invented and missed the smartphone market

As a quick end-of-the-year note, I was delighted by the 30 min documentary produced by The Verge on the smartphone early-stage market in the early nineties. It is a fantastic template to understand quite a few things: * How inventors are rarely innovators. * Why early actors mostly can’t see the

Death by Moore’s law

Death by Moore’s law

The principle of technology disruption, or what I prefer to describe more explicitly as death by Moore’s law, is not just catchy headlines. It’s real, it’s ongoing, and it’s still vastly misunderstood. In 2017, I was teasing executives attending my trainings or keynotes on innovation with

Coronavirus and pizza-delivery tech

Coronavirus and pizza-delivery tech

I was preparing an article just a few days ago on why “tech” startups don’t care about challenging problems and why we instead have pizza-delivery tech. Then the coronavirus hit us, and while I was regrouping with our customers and partners, I hadn’t had the time to edit