African mobile phone subscribers hit 100 million mark [Mobile Africa]
The number of mobile telephone subscribers in Africa has risen from 8 million, five years ago, to 100 million, Kenya`s information and communication minister Mutahi Kagwe said Tuesday. He said one in every nine Africans subscribes today to a mobile…
Peter Morville presentation on ambient findabilility at SXSW
The shape of robots to come [The New York Times]
“The next big thing is us” or Time Magazine’s take on what’s next
Business Innovation Insider reports on the cover story in this week’s TIME Magazine which looks at cutting-edge developments in nearly every sphere of human endeavor, including politics, technology, sports, medicine and fashion: There’s one unifying theme here: “We are on…
Gadgets and the consequences of their design
Design Studies journal has user focus
Man versus machine in newsreader war [Wired News]
Going off the beaten path for new design ideas [The New York Times]
The future of television [The Guardian]
Europe losing education race, study shows
Europe is falling behind Asia in terms of education and skills, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and released today by the Lisbon Council. It blames France and Germany which are criticised for…
How the masses will innovate [Business Week]
Designing for Stanford’s d-school
Bruce Sterling on the internet of things
“Value creation through experience” executive course
Wireless networking baffles some customers [Reuters]
Jim Wicks on weaving design into Motorola’s fabric
Design for social justice
What do European businesses and citizens think of widespread RFID use?
The role of ethnographic research in driving technology innovation – Lessons from Inside Asia
In a story in Pakistan’s Daily Times, Bill Siu (whom I presume to be an Intel Vice-President), shares some of the insights gained from Intel’s ethnographic research in Asia. The Inside Asia project team, led by Dr Genevieve Bell [which…