by Minter Dial | Jan 28, 2016 | Cyber Security, New Tech, Social Media
I marvel how, in 2016, even in London, I still come across active people (i.e. not retired) who have decided to shun (at least a part of) the Internet. The key underlying issue is, of course, about privacy. No one in their right mind wants their private lives revealed...
by Minter Dial | Jan 26, 2016 | Cyber Security, Marketing, Meaningfulness
Last week, I published the first section of the business trends predictions for 2016, focusing on the new technology trends. This week, I present the other two sections, looking at the trends for marketing and in terms of mindset. The truth is that, if organizations...
by Minter Dial | Jan 21, 2016 | Blockchain, Business, Internet of Things
Every two years I like to put out my predictions of business trends — with a heavy marketing bias — for the upcoming year. Reviewing those I made for 2012 and 2014 and now looking at the predictions for 2016, there are some new and...
by Minter Dial | Dec 1, 2015 | New Tech
It’s true that my peers and I (as well as plenty of those that followed) went to school with any more than (at best) access to a computer. So how is society to self-educate? With parents that haven’t been trained, we are supposed to be setting the course....
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...
