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Being connected to everything and everyone via apps on our smartphones is changing the way we live. Apps are becoming an emotionally important and integral part of people’s daily lives. Today there is an app for just about everything. And the benefits of these apps are being experienced in various ways around the globe. Read... Continue Reading →
In this video, I talk about how new technologies are revolutionizing education. Watch the video at the Networked Society Blog >>>
Reading the latest Ericsson ConsumerLab report, Optimal Consumer Experience, made me laugh as I recalled the very funny YouTube clip Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy. Is there a limit to our expectations as consumers? Is it in our nature as human beings to always be seeking and demanding more? Will we ever be content? No, of course... Continue Reading →
Nästa vecka 15/2 kommer jag att prata "The Networked Society" och visa en del material från en nyss genomförd studie "The Game Changers - How Digitally Producing individuals are changing business making" på Telekomnätverket. Tidigare idag var det 90 personer anmälda. Om du är intresserad av att delta är det dags att du hör av dig till... Continue Reading →
When I was young, dating – or at least trying to date – consisted of slipping a note into a girl’s locker, or shuffling nervously towards her to ask her out with my friends offering humiliating support in the background. Today it’s much simpler. Ericsson’s ConsumerLab report, Social Life of the Young, looks into how US... Continue Reading →
In my last post, I discussed how Facebook has expanded our contact circles and that the ‘new’ communication channels created by the social networking platform are used differently depending on who is being contacted. Today, I will describe what these channels are, and how they are used. Read more at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/10/24/part-two-facebook-and-the-new-communication-circles/
To continue where I left off yesterday, we also asked the participants of a ConsumerLab study among Swedish teenagers to describe different Facebook personalities. Here’s what we found. Read this at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/09/27/facebookstereotypes/
On a flight to Barcelona on a plane packed with telecommunication professionals headed for the Mobile World Congress this week, I took the chance to reflect on the lack of internet connectivity and what it means not to be connected. Read this post at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/02/17/on-the-importance-of-connectivity/
Mikael Eriksson Björling 