Tag Archives: consumer electronics

The wisdom-of-crowds mechanisms thrive best in a multi-polar world.

That is my… short thought of the day. Prompted by this CES coverage: From China to Brazil, Russia to Mexico, India to Turkey and many places in between, consumers want instant voice and data connections from their handhelds on every … Continue reading

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Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks. – REDUX

Last time, I told you about TED 2007 and I noticed Nathan Myhrvold (former MicroSoft CTO –he founded MicroSoft Research) in the speaker list. That prompted me to visit his site, Intellectual Ventures, home of his “invention company”: Intellectual Ventures … Continue reading

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