About digital transformation, design, creativity and lifestyle in the Networked Society.
In my last post, I wrote about two-way flexibility – about people trying to understand the new norms and rules in the changing landscape of work and leisure. In this post, I want to continue that discussion further and look into what issues arise as the private and personal spheres merge. In his book from 1963,... Continue Reading →
Den senaste tiden har det varit presentationer och mediaövningar i Moskva och Stockholm kring Networked Society och hur arbetslivet förändras. Open Innovation - Moscow 1/11 paneldiskussion om "Smart devices and portable gadgets: How the Internet of things is changing the world" med en riktigt bra sammansättning i panelen: Ralph Simon modererade och vi som samtalade var Qaizar Hassonjee,... Continue Reading →
It’s no longer just the early adopters who are driving the growth of smartphone and mobile internet usage. Now we’re all doing it! More and more people around the world have smartphones and we are expanding the way we use them – from keeping track of our health to being on top of our social... Continue Reading →
Det är intressant och se hur barnen använder apparna på Ipaden och mobilerna, hur de lär sig, hur de interagerar och vilka appar som de tycker är kul i längden. För ett år sedan fanns den inte många appar för barn. Men sedan dess har strömmen stadigt ökat och framförallt är det många indie-producenter, folk... Continue Reading →
Back home after a great week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Tired but satisfied! Barcelona is great this part of the year with lovely weather and good business! I spent five days at the MWC talking about Ericsson's vision about the Networked Society and how the society is transforming. We used a large... Continue Reading →
The web is the web – even though we consume it on devices of varying screen sizes. At work, we browse the internet using laptops; at home, we sit on a sofa in front of the TV and use iPads, and while waiting for the bus we use smartphones. We surf the internet all day... Continue Reading →
Enabling anything that can be connected to be connected, the Internet of Things is the hero of this story. Read this post at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/12/05/ka-pow-its-the-internet-of-things/
This year Gartner added the Internet of Things to their hype curve, along with other hyped words such as ’big data’, ‘gamification’ and ‘customization’. According to Gartner Research, the word Internet of Things is “on the rise.” This is the stage before the mass media hype begins. I think this analysis is spot on. The vision of Internet of... Continue Reading →
Mikael Eriksson Björling 