At a presentation this week, someone said that computers emit more greenhouse gases than the airline industry as a whole. About 4% of all gases are from the IT industry apparently. Cows emit more gas than computers however. The numbers are horrific: at any time, 23 million cows are grazing across Europe between 9% and…
Yesterday was a day full of interesting dialogue about retail banking. Much of the discussion was focused upon future revolutions in retailing bank services, thanks to technologies such as getting rid of cash through mobile payments, using RFID in branch, virtualisation and transformation of core systems, business continuity, Banking 2.0 with social networking, and so…
Yesterday was a day full of interesting dialogue about retail banking. Much of the discussion was focused upon future revolutions in retailing bank services, thanks to technologies such as getting rid of cash through mobile payments, using RFID in branch, virtualisation and transformation of core systems, business continuity, Banking 2.0 with social networking, and so…
Actually, it’s the other way round: Germany lose Euro 2008 thanks to Twitter, according to CNet News. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, it’s a great way to communicate short messages and links and views, using SMS texting on mobile, blackberry, as well as short updates via Facebook or the internet to Twitter. It’s an…
Actually, it’s the other way round: Germany lose Euro 2008 thanks to Twitter, according to CNet News. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, it’s a great way to communicate short messages and links and views, using SMS texting on mobile, blackberry, as well as short updates via Facebook or the internet to Twitter. It’s an…
Anita Elberse has created a great discussion in the Harvard Business Review this week about the Long Tail, the theory expounded by Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine. The theory goes that you can make as much money as an online retailer from the 80% of specialised products that sell occasionally, the tail, as retail…
Anita Elberse has created a great discussion in the Harvard Business Review this week about the Long Tail, the theory expounded by Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine. The theory goes that you can make as much money as an online retailer from the 80% of specialised products that sell occasionally, the tail, as retail…
According to a press release from the International Association of Money Transfer Networks, Zimbabwe’s economy keeps going thanks to mobile remittances, even with an economy where inflation is currently running at two million percent and is expected to reach six million percent by the end of June. Less than 10% of the population is employed…
