Data Shows Positivity Works Better Than Negativity in Social Media I could have guessed that, but maybe I should be a bit more positive in my posts from now on.

A smartphone contains all that’s needed for it to be an excellent robot controller, for a relatively low cost (certainly compared to buying its functionality separately), and you have at least one already: a very fast CPU and lots of memory fully programmable an application platform with APIs for accessing all the features of the Read more about Idea for a robot project[…]

Students Have No Idea How Google Works Well, do you know how your car, TV or PC work? I figured not. We all take commodities for granted. Admittedly I’ve been asked many times how the hell I’m able to dig up so much relevant information in such a short time when asked. I guess that’s Read more about Google as a black box[…]

Throwable robots act as smart grenades I know, it’s a sinister topic, but this is just hinting at what will come in the near term future. I imagine autonomous robots that can perform surveillance on their own based on set areas to cover. They would be so inexpensive (think the future technology (and cost) of Read more about Robots to the aid of soldiers[…]

A very interesting thought indeed. Why HP needs to merge with SAP – VentureBeat

I loved John Ribbler’s comment: “What are the drivers of customer loyalty?” To put it differently: Marketing is (also) about marketing the value of marketing, and now the terms are loyalty marketing, engagement marketing, social media etc, so beware. On a related note: “Why do many small businesses view social media as unnecessary?” That social Read more about On loyalty marketing[…]

Focus – The Future of Video Renting Distributors and distribution technologies come and go, so Blockbuster should rightly go, or have to evolve into an on-line video distributor (like Netflix). Video will of course be downloaded or streamed in the future, like music is today. Providers of media make much more money that way (prices Read more about Infograph on the future of video[…]

Be your own souvenir [The Conference] – Media Evolution The Media Evolution conference takes place August 24 to 25 in Malmö, Sweden.

HP’s TouchPad fire sale- The fallout – Business Tech – CNET News Why do a “fire sale” in the first place? That was pretty idiotic. What’s the hurry? If you have remaining stock, try to sell it for full price anyway, until you can’t. This will not affect tablet prices long term, but it can Read more about TouchPad is on fire[…]

Considering Oracle has sued Google over Java, why not sue Microsoft as well? There are so many similarities between C# and Java that’s it’s almost a “Java+”. I mean, when everybody sues everybody anyway in the fight for market dominance, why not take it up a notch? Or does Microsoft have a license so they Read more about Lawsuits galore[…]