OPen Culture
At least once in the last year, I have marveled about i Tunes U or mobile language learning or free music or movie content. All this yelping about free resources, doesn’t do you much good if you can’t actually find them. When I found myself stuck with the springtime flu this weekend, I decided to [...]
Add a new line to your Smart Phone
A new application, Line2, is shaking up established cell phone user models by allowing an iPhone-user (for now—Android users should get their fill in a few months) to add a second line to their mobile phone, therein enabling them to establish a separate contact list, voicemail, etc.
Digital Capital Week, Washington DC
The city and the people that brought us the Apps for Democracy Model for service innovation in 2009, will launch the 2010 Digital Capital Week in June of 2010; The Purpose of Digital Capital Week is to strengthen the capital region’s digital economy via a 10 day series of events focused on creativity, technology, entrepreneurship, [...]
Taiwan’s Policy to Promote e-Books
The Office to Promote the Digital Content Industry, an agency that helps develop an industry worth tens of billions of US dollars, was unveiled on September 29, 2009. The establishment of this agency is testimony to Taiwan’s intention to develop its e-book industry. Xu Qing-qi, Director of the Office to Promote the Digital Content Industry [...]
A How to Guide for Mobile Internet Calls
Want to avoid heinous roaming rates and sky-high mobile bills–the type capable of inducing an early-heart attack–when travelling abroad and using your mobile phone? Here’s a useful article in the NYTimes giving step by step advice on how to avoid these noisy bills.
New telehealthcare service in the US
Next year, OptumHealth, will give patients in the U.S. the ability to connect with primary care physicians online through NowClinic, an online platform that uses video chat. For 45 dollars, patients with or without insurance can have a consultation with a primary physician, avoiding the stress and hassle of making appointments.
remap with Bestiario
This Friday I’ll highlight a project from the young and scrappy Barcelona/ Lisbon-based company, Bestiario. Combining art, science and design to create thrilling user experiences, the Bestiario team has put forth numerous unique interactive media experiences since it was founded two years ago. Check out their portfolio here.
Shifting Economies and New Commercial Models in Education
Cengage Learning, one of the largest textbook publisher in the U.S. announced two weeks ago that it would begin renting textbooks to students at discounted rates, Here’s an informative article from the New York Times. And, here are a number of responses from NY Times’ readers. I anticipate this is the first of many adjustments [...]
Living Lab Grythyttan – A Story of Taste
The small Swedish village of Grythyttan in the municipality of Hällefors should most likely have been a non-distinct place sleeping quietly many miles from the rush and life of Stockholm. It used to be a mining town and its population is just around 1200 people, but instead of disappearing into complete obscurity the town has [...]
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