Predicting tech

How To Predict The Future has a slightly silly title but uses a very simple method to look at what hardware developments say about the likely availability of breakthrough innvoation in services.

Rewiring payment

I like the ease and convenience of the three payment systems mentioned in Tim O’Reilly’s article: being able to consume effortlessly is great, and it works a little bit that way with the Auto-Top-Up Octopus card in Hong Kong. I don’t have personal...

Fiscal cliff? Fiscal schmiff.

Must-read article discussing the options for Romney (clearly no longer valid in defeat) and Obama in dealing with the “fiscal cliff”. Main take-out: if Obama does nothing, the world does not end in Jan 2013 and he ends up with a much stronger hand against...

Google Now for apps accounts

The toggle is a bit hidden at the bottom of Mobile settings>Org Settings>Android Settings. But it works. Google Apps Mobile Management: Org Settings – Google Apps Help.