Category: Innovation

  • Vine: the compelling wild place

    An app that’s captured imaginations worldwide in less than a week is Vine, a video-sharing tool launched by Twitter on January 24. Once you install Vine on your iPhone or iPod Touch – iOS is the only mobile platform it’s…

  • McDonald’s new packaging, a QR code and telling brand stories

    The next time you visit a McDonald’s restaurant, especially in the US, check the packaging for information about the nutritional value of the food you’re about to eat. While you can read concise info on the packaging itself, more interesting…

  • The numbers game of cloud storage

    Digital storage in the cloud for your documents, music, photos, videos and more is becoming a commodity with more choice for more space at less cost. Especially for individuals and small- to medium-size businesses, arguably the pioneer in this area…

  • The Kindle’s days are numbered

    Whenever I’m on the tube in London, one thing I notice is the number of people quietly absorbed in reading a book or other text content on a Kindle as the crowded trains speed their way through the tunnels beneath…

  • Good example of a social media press release from ING

    Dutch financial services group ING released the results of a survey last month on the impact of social media in The Netherlands in 2012. The depth of information ING has published is comprehensive and paints a fascinating picture of attitudes,…