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Fantastic futures? Technology and business in 2012 27 December 2011Last updated at 00:08 By Fiona Graham Technology of business reporter, BBC News Look into the ball: What does 2012 hold for business technology? Although those of us following the Mayan long calendar may be heading into 2012 with some trepidation, for those taking a longer-term view here is our annual peek into what next year holds. Just as there are 12 days of Christmas, 12 people from across the technology spectrum give their insights to what the next year will hold. Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch - McKinsey Quarterly - High Tech - Strategy & Analysis Two-and-a-half years ago, we described eight technology-enabled business trends that were profoundly reshaping strategy across a wide swath of industries. We showed how the combined effects of emerging Internet technologies, increased computing power, and fast, pervasive digital communications were spawning new ways to manage talent and assets as well as new thinking about organizational structures. Since then, the technology landscape has continued to evolve rapidly.
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The 22 Best Infographics We Found In 2011 2011 was a huge year for infographic design. Large companies embraced data renderings as a business strategy like never before, whether it was to promote their brand (GE) or bolster their bottom line (the New York Times). Nowhere was that more evident than at Facebook. Timeline, the site’s most ambitious redesign to date, brought the central tenet of data viz--organizing unwieldy bits and bobs into a compelling, visual narrative--to millions of people around the world. As infographics go mainstream, infographic designers grow bolder. Some of the most tantalizing projects we came across this past year stretched our understanding of what a data visualization can be: It can be a set of interactive commuter-train maps plotted not according to distance but time.
The blog of artist Lisa Congdon Reflections on Overwhelm I realized this morning that I had not written a blog post with more than 50 words in a long time. And that’s because I’ve been really, well, you guessed it: BUSY. s February 2011 Trend Briefing covering CITYSUMERS The INTERNET OF CARING THINGS means connected objects that serve consumers' most important needs: physical and mental wellbeing, safety, security, oversight of loved ones, and more. You're probably already familiar with the innovations that have blazed an early CARING trail. The Nest smart thermostat*, NIKE fuelband and Fitbit, for example. But now, as consumer demand and technological capacity converge, the INTERNET OF CARING THINGS will evolve in exciting new directions. Check out the examples below – divided into five categories of CARING – for a glimpse of these... * Indeed, just after we first wrote about the INTERNET OF CARING THINGS in December 2013, Google placed a USD 3.2 billion bet on it with their purchase of Nest Labs.
About Hello We’re on a mission to work with the world’s most innovative marketers. The biggest threat to business isn’t rejection: it’s indifference. IDEO: Five Companies That Mastered Social Media's Branding Potential This is the next piece in our PATTERNS series, written by IDEO. Read more from the series here. Social networks can breathe new life into old brands by enabling companies to build collaborative relationships with consumers like never before. But what's a corporate giant to do when no one wants to follow it on Twitter or be its friend on Facebook?
About <div id="page-warning"> Hello! It looks like Javascript is not enabled in your browser. To see this site as intended, please enable Javascript. </div> 12 Internet Predictions For 2012 This note is from Business Insider Intelligence, a new internet industry research service. To learn more and sign up, please click here. Yes, predictions are hard, especially about the future.
68% Of Brands Struggle To Integrate Social Media Into Marketing Strategies Social media is a two way street, there has to be reasons for both marketers and consumers to engage with each other. But what either side is looking for can be two completely different things and if marketers don't realise this, then they will greatly limit the level of interaction between the two groups. A survey conducted by CMO Council looked into what results marketers and consumers expect from a brand's Facebook page. From a company point of view, they are currently struggling to integrate it fully into their marketing strategy with 34 per cent saying that while they've developed strategies which include social media, it still isn't fully integrated into their strategies. Another 44 per cent said that they either have some social media strategies brewing or have loosely connected strategies, but only 17 per cent said that they had a full and integrated strategy. One real area where both marketers and consumers differed somewhat was in what they felt was the meaning behind a 'like.