The Thriving Do-Not-Touch Economy
“Do Not Touch” is this year’s revenue battle cry. Proximity sensing, voice, NFC, 5G, sensors, and the cloud are just some of the enabling technologies that make it all possible.
Tech + Society
The Cell Phone’s Father Speaks Out
Martin Cooper is universally celebrated as the father of the modern cell phone. His new memoir is a manifesto that addresses the innate need for people to communicate–past, present and future.
2020 wasn’t all bad. Technology laid the groundwork for a better future.
It’s easy to dismiss this year as a total catastrophe, but 2020 has proven that, when used correctly, the right technology can provide the hope we need for improving the way we work, learn, and...
Will Zoom Be Your New Happy Place? For Everything?
With 300 million daily participant meetings, Zoom now aims to move from being just a video conference solution to become a digital ecosystem, "delivering happiness."
“Healing America in a Time of Divides”
Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi immigrant who has spent many years working both on issues of immigration and gender equality, will appear at the session whose name I’ve quoted in my headline. She’s writing a book...
The Beauty Industry Bows to the Pandemic Beast
Tech is reshaping the beauty industry in its own image, turning it more reliant on screens, AI, AR, and personalization. Here are some changes, from the mundane to the sublime, we can expect to linger...
The Social Dilemma’s Blind Spot
A documentary on the ills of social media does well at explaining certain problems, but its own obliviousness highlights the critical underlying issue.
Why Don’t Nonprofits Have the Tech They Need?
When businesses imagine how they might do twice as much, or ten times as much, with the same money or people, they think about using technology. Why is it that the nonprofit sector behaves differently?
Tech Innovation in the Age of Conspiracy
In this time of confusion and misinformation, businesses have an opportunity to lead in fighting conspiratorial thinking, not by simply denying accusations or attacking the people spreading them, but by building goodwill with the greater...
