The App Economy: a Zero Sum Game

Since the introduction of the smartphone the ICT sector is no longer leading when it comes to information technology. The pendulum has definitely swung towards information as the key driver of growth rather than technology. It gets harder to amaze us with yet another mind blowing gadget. Instead we just ask ourselves: what can this […] Read more »

Publishers: An Endangered Species

Publishers have been slow to adapt to the digital future that has yet arrived. Both the movie industry and the music industry have in the end -and not without fierce and still ongoing battles- accepted the new digital reality of Youtube and Spotify. The oldest mass medium, print, is still struggling to get to terms […] Read more »

Deceiving Dashboards

Living in the age of Big Data, everything seems possible. With all the data we have and generate at our fingertips, we should almost be able to create our own destiny. But as we use more and more data presenting results in a meaningful way is not always easy. Moreover it is a big challenge […] Read more »

Nine Examples of How Big Data Can Be Used Or Abused

Big data is overhyped and unable to meet the expectations created by suppliers and consultants. So what exactly are the issues surrounding the big data paradigm? Below are nine examples of different interpretations how data can be used or abused. Apple – Good data, bad app. Last year, Apple came up with the idea of […] Read more »

Why IP should be kept out of TAFTA

IP doesn’t only stand for Internet Protocol but also for Intellectual Property. For a very long time intellectual property was safely captured through copyright and patent acts. But increasingly 19th and 20th century’s copyright and patent legislation is out of sync with an IT reality that enables copying and distributing at the speed of light. […] Read more »

The Future Of Work: Print Your Own Device

And there it was: department store De Bijenkorf in Amsterdam was selling the Cube 3D printer for €1050,=, making 3d printing available for the masses during its annual sale campaign of October 2012. But there is no reason we now should run to our local electronics store, buy this machine and start making all the […] Read more »