Opinion
Child health care specialists have called for anyone under the age of 18 be banned from using social media without training. The call from StemProtect.co.uk (the UK’s stem cell bank) comes at a time when cyber bullying and mental health issues among teens and young children are at an all-time high. An estimated one in three […]
Facebook has launched a wireless VR headset that appears to be very similar to Oculus Gear which addresses a gap in its portfolio but does nothing to alleviate the issues that keep VR a niche segment. At the same time Apple has admitted that real AR is years away, explaining its (and almost everyone else’s) […]
Not long ago, it seemed that 5G was still a Future Thing and something to ponder while operators were enhancing their LTE networks. Now, in the latter half of 2017, there seems to be a mad rush to be first on the block to launch the next “G” even as the standards are still being […]
There is a growing consensus that it will be Amazon, not Apple, that will be the first company on earth to be valued at over $1 trillion. There is also a view out there that Amazon is pulling away from the other Big Three and not only beginning to eat their lunch, but is eyeing […]
Never mind Asia and the US – operators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will be a major part of the 5G vanguard in 2020, according to a new GSMA report. However, the majority of the region will remain without internet connectivity of any “G” for some time. The study – released […]
When Google Glass first appeared we were less than polite about how easily it would catch on. We wrote of people walking, blinking and winking into lamp posts, of people behaving in silly fashions in restaurants and various others situations that were ripe for ribbing. Then, some time later, Google quietly withdrew Glass and we […]
The Chinese were first with the great transition from commodity money to paper money. They had the necessary technologies (you can’t have paper money without paper and you can’t do it at scale without printing) and, more importantly, they had the bureaucracy. “In 1260, Genghis’ grandson Kublai Khan became Emperor and determined that it was […]
Amazon looks to be the main beneficiary of the co-operation between Amazon and Microsoft which will see Alexa offer access to Cortana and vice-a-versa. Amazon and Microsoft are working on a co-operation where Windows 10 users will be able to get Cortana to open Alexa and perform its range of functions. Users of Amazon Echo products […]
I’m sure what you are about to read will annoy some people, but I had almost forgotten about mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and their place in the telco food chain. Big mistake! I now know that just because I am not exposed to any MVNOs where I live, or that they rarely make the […]
A banker asked me, do I really believe fintech can change the banking business. I told him, let’s think about a typical bank account, its user gets one salary payment, pays a few bills and handles some card transactions each month, do you really need one-billion-dollar IT systems, 10,000 people and hundreds of branches to […]
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