Posts Tagged ‘innovation’ (4 entries)

Will Siri and her offspring bring the semantic web to life?

Friday, October 14th, 2011

One of the screenshots of Siri, answering strange requests. By thisismynext.com

Apple’s digital assistant Siri, which ships with the new iPhone 4S, has gotten a lot of attention the last few days. Initially the reaction to Apple’s new flagship phone wasn’t that enthusiastic. This all changed when people actually got the chance to test this new [...]

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We shouldn’t need @Soluto, what we need is a better OS where apps can’t drain resources by design

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

I find it ridiculous that, after so many iterations of the Microsoft Windows operating system, we still need a service like Soluto (which won the TechCrunch disrupt 2010 competition) to be able to have a proper personal computing experience and to force the industry to change in the future. No offense intended here, Soluto just [...]

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When will we see the first car web application store?

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

This story on Mashable (’The Connected Car: Ford Introduces MyFord Touch’) got me thinking: when will we see the first store for Internet car applications?
Car manufacturers could provide an open platform for (approved) car Internet application that provides access to in-car functionalities and features in a safe way. Applications, developed by third parties, can [...]

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Google’s online store: a nice surprise to me, but so obvious for Google

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

I must be honest to say that I didn’t follow the whole Nexus One hype too much. Maybe that’s why I was surprised to read on the Engadet’s live blog of the Google Android press conference that Google is launching an online store where (in the future) you can buy more devices, with service plans [...]

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