Tag: digital world
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The Six Million Dollar man 40 years on. Wearables, Smartphones, 3D printing. Cost to you <$100k!
As a teenager in the 1970s I loved Steve Austin, the astronaut who crashed and was rebuilt. Remember the tag line “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology, the capability to make the world’s first Bionic man”! It captured my imagination and has come to the front of my thinking now as I…
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What tech is out there for disabled people?
Recent interview with Telefonica about accessibility technology available today and in the future. I’m not the one in the bow tie…. Lewis Insight Interview with Telefonica
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You’re blind: How do you ‘read’, join in social media and find your way around, let alone run a business?
Picture the scene: a blind man walking down the street moving white stick to and fro. He is muttering to himself while clicking a small black thing in his left hand. What is he doing? Actually, he is running his business, doing email, messaging, reading documents, checking-in for his flight and working out the best…
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Are telcos losing pole position as digital disruption impacts demand and supply?
A client recently asked me to present on the top 5 disruption themes in the industry. A pretty broad brief given that I have covered almost every aspect of the industry over the years of being an analyst. So, I had to find a framework within which to identify the disruptions. The following evolved: Demand…
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Accessibility At The Top Table At Mobile World Congress 2015
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week accessibility took to one of the main stages. IBM, Microsoft, Google and the Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) joined me to present perspectives on how accessibility is going mainstream. I introduced the session with some of the key findings from the second Telefonica accessibility report “Digitising the Billion…
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Managing the egos in the digital eco system
Straddling different industries as an analyst raises some fascinating anomalies. Telecoms, Networking, IT & Media are, like the US and the UK, often divided by a common language. Some interpretation is often required when talking about managed services, multi-channel, multi-screen, let alone Customer Experience. And, each industry believes it holds the upper hand when it…