by Minter Dial | Nov 9, 2015 | Blockchain, Mental Health, New Tech
The Web Summit 2015 was held in Dublin under an air of change, dare I say, disruption. The three-day event featured 21 different streams or “summits” as they are called, along with 700 speakers, over 2,100 startups (spanning 17 categories) and 1,500...
by Minter Dial | Oct 8, 2015 | New Tech
Perhaps I am a rather hard-headed geek, but I have now been wearing the Apple Watch for 6 months straight in lieu of my upscale ‘chic’ watch. There are naysayers aplenty. Sure, there are some quirks and nuisances. However, especially after the latest iOS...
by Minter Dial | Oct 1, 2015 | Cyber Security, Social Media
It is clear that the vast majority of people are using the Internet and their digital tools and devices without really knowing the full consequences. In a piece I wrote over the Summer entitled Internet Privacy, I categorized the different profiles with regard to...
by Minter Dial | Sep 18, 2015 | New Tech
BlaBlaCar , which is a service that connects drivers and people prepared to pay to share the ride, has just received a $200 million VC injection which puts them at a $1.6B valuation (via VentureBeat). As such, it has become the top French start-up success story and is...
by Minter Dial | Sep 8, 2015 | New Tech
My friend, Adrian Swinscoe, wrote a fine post, “The Warmth of Analogue,” about how and why vinyl records are making a return. The Guardian article, Vinyl’s Difficult Comeback, describes the 40-50% growth rates in vinyl sales in the US (9.2 million...
by Minter Dial | Aug 30, 2015 | Internet of Things, Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue Episode #161 This interview is with a dynamic duo from Sigfox, a big success story out of France, with Thomas Nicholls, EVP of Communications, and Marion Moreau, in charge of Corporate Branding. If you are at all curious about the Internet of...
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