Google Glass is Doomed


Google Glass is becoming an enigma. Over the past week the fashion world, via hair care product vendor L’Oreal, made a bigger commitment to the, as yet, un-launched device. But at the same time uber-...

Will Wearable Computing Be Tim Cook’s Rubicon or Waterloo?


Many misinterpreted my column of yesterday as predicting that Tim Cook and Apple will fail. Even Paul Carroll, my “New Killer Apps” coauthor, took it that way, and suggested that Napoleon at the...
    






CES: Looking Back 25 Years


While many felt that the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) lacked anything revolutionary, the change over 25 years is remarkable. Computer vendors and consumer electronics vendors once had...
    






Laster SeeThru Augmented Reality Glasses hit Kickstarter


Since the launch of the Google Glass wearable computing device, a lot of companies have been working hard to get their own wearable glasses and devices onto the market. A new wearable computing...
    






Will Tim Cook Be the Next Steve Ballmer?


History tells us “Yes.” Wearables will be his Rubicon. Apple CEO Tim Cook is already one of the most successful managers in the history of business. Yet one must wonder whether Cook will ultimately...
    






These 12 Companies All Want Your Body In 2014


Wearable computing is the ultimate convergence arena. Stimulated of course by Google and Google Glass, excited by Apple’s still to be seen iWatch, in the past twelve months a wide range of Davids...
    






A New Way Of Looking At The World’s Most Innovative Companies


Over the past six months I’ve been involved in creating a new innovation benchmarking index. I’m really happy to say it is launched today. You can see the inaugural Elastic Innovation Index here. It...
    






The hottest gadgets of CES: 3-D printers to 4K TVs


The coolest tech at CES, from driverless cars to sugar printers and heat cameras for iPhones LAS VEGAS (AP) — The biggest gadget trade show in the Americas wrapped up on Friday in Las...
    






The Consumer Electronics Show’s Lessons On The Separation Of State And Technology


While most of the country endured the polar vortex this week, the annual tech vortex known 2014 Consumer Electronics Show took over Las Vegas. I took a pre-Show tour of the International CES floor...