Author Archives: Jose Miguel Cansado

Will Google Glasses Cross the Chasm?

Less than one day since Google released their Project Glass video, everyone is talking about it. The objective is met. People talk about augmented reality, immersive apps, wearable computing… People even make fun videos of it. Since Google wants to start … Continue reading

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Abundance: Our way out of Crisis

It takes a good crisis to get us going. When we feel fear and we fear loss we are capable of quite extraordinary things.                                 … Continue reading

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Thank You Steve Jobs

A genius. Thank you for making the World a better place and inspire millions of people.

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Google TV should turn into Chrome TV

Chrome has revolutionized web browsing. It has evolved the web in 3 years more than in the previous 10. ChromeOS, though, has failed to challenge the PC and laptop status quo, in part because it was conceived before the iPad … Continue reading

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[Chart] Search Vs. Discovery

  The chart via Business Insider seems conclusive on the Google versus Facebook war of who is more relevant for online advertisers. When people want to buy something they go first to Google. Full stop. If I want to buy a … Continue reading

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Is Google that good? or Microsoft that bad?

Comparing Chrome and IE9, I can only wonder whether Google engineers are genius, or Microsoft has lost its edge. I fell in love with Chrome since it launched in 2008. It was so much faster, with a minimalist design, the … Continue reading

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It is Time to Phase Out Nuclear Power

It is easy to be against nuclear in the middle of the Fukushima crisis following the earthquake in Japan. It seems opportunistic. But it is not. It is just that a nuclear accident HAS happened. If anything can go wrong, … Continue reading

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Who said the iPad was not for creation?

See the new iMovie and GarageBand apps that were launched at the iPad 2 special event, and you can not longer think that iPad is good just to consume content. (See demos around minute 40 to 60). Music creation and … Continue reading

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Copying Is Not Theft

It can not be explained better.

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Disruption: Technology or Business Model? Definitively, not Laws

Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com, according to the quarterly results just released. For every 100 paperback sold, Amazon sold 115 Kindle books For every 100 hardcover sold, Amazon sold 300 Kindle … Continue reading

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