Category: Technology
Hearables: wearable tech for your ears
Ten App Trends for 2022
Artificial intelligence carries a huge upside. But potential harms need to be managed
We invited an AI to debate its own ethics in the Oxford Union – what it said was startling
The Analog City and the Digital City
Since the advent of the Internet roughly a half century ago, digital media has been heralded as an agent of empowerment and democratic liberation. Along the Information Superhighway lay peace, progress, and prosperity. There were critics along the way, of course, but their warnings were for the most part dismissed or ignored. As late as...
A Four Step Strategy for Super Apps
Super apps are something you might have heard of if you live in the West. If you live in Asia, you’re probably using one since Super apps are most common in Asia. But what exactly are super apps? And what does this mean for your business strategy? Super apps are essentially a single platform for...
Alan Turing and the Uncomputable
Alan Turing (1912–1954) was the mastermind of some of the most significant scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs of the twentieth century. While he lived, the public had no idea that he was also a war hero whose astonishing feats of cerebration made him deserving of glory to rival that of the greatest Allied generals. Turing’s...
Super Apps for Media Companies – How to turn Ads into Services for Revenue
Super apps are booming due to a seismic shift in the way the ad-supported mobile app economy operates. Media companies that used ads to moneytize their content face a huge challenge: the underlying advertising platforms heavily depend on tracking users to optimize ad placements. However, with the looming end of third party cookies and privacy...
What is the Klarna Super App?
The Swedish fintech Klarna has an app that offers the buyer everything: shopping, checking accounts and payment methods. Words like “revolution” are part of the normal vocabulary of Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the founder of Klarna. Klarna, is currently one of the most successful fintechs in all of Europe. Investors valued the start-up, which started as a...