People often ask me whether QR (short for Quick Response) codes are “for real”? The short answer is that QR codes will likely not have a long shelf life. That said, in certain countries — such as South Korea, Japan (from whence they come), South...
Incoming!This battle cry could also sound appropriate for the barrage of ads and communications we receive. Our lives are polluted by the ‘incoming’ comms. Pretty much everywhere we go, we are under attack of some or other sollicitation....
I wonder how many times an iPhone is dropped on average? How often do they fall on their sides, front, corner? How frequently do they break (broken down by sex, age…)? Speaking for myself, I drop my iPhone roughly twice a month. Half of the time, it’s a...
When looking at the ever evolving improvements made to the Gmail interface (my primary email client), I shudder when I think about the unprotected SMS inbox. As a consumer, we are basically defenceless. As such, the text message could become a digital...
Minter Dialogue #61 This interview is with Giles Corbett, a fellow INSEAD alumnus, who runs Libon, as part of the Orange Group. Libon is an innovative OTT service that provides a radically different experience to ordinary voice mail. For example, it...