The iPad is going to sell even more units in 2010 than we'd previously thought, and in 2011 it'll outsell Macs, unit for unit. So says a prominent industry analyst. He's probably right, and it bodes well for Apple's shareholders (as well as changing the entire PC business).READ»
As smartphones and handheld computers move into classrooms worldwide, we may be witnessing the start of an educational revolution. How technology could unleash childhood creativity -- and transform the role of the teacher.READ»
One can easily argue that Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC XO computer predicted the entire netbook phenomenon. Now the company's revealed its vision for the OLPC XO3 in 2012--Is it similarly visionary? You betcha.READ»
This is way too long for a blog, but what the heck...
“There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system”- Machiavelli (1469-1527)
One of the ...READ»
Teaching a child with autism can be an exercise in frustration--for both teacher and child. But designers at the Boston office of the design firm Continuum have developed a teaching aid--still in the concept stage--that could go a ...READ»
What a mess. I'm sitting on the floor of my apartment, surrounded by electronic parts, a cigar box, a soldering gun, and stray bits of wire. I'm trying to build my own steampunk-style clock — hacking a couple of volt meter dials to ...READ»
The tech world has been abuzz about reports that India is developing it's own ultra low-cost PC, peaking with its supposed "unveiling" yesterday. But the Sakshat laptop turned out to be nothing at all like the official hype had ...READ»
On February 3, the Indian government will unveil a $10 educational laptop intended to bring computing to the masses, reports the Times of India. By comparison, a computer-shaped cake pan is $20 plus shipping in the U.S. Will the $10 ...READ»
Intel's first Classmate PC followed in the footsteps of Nick Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child XO PC by being a similarly cheap, robust portable PC intended for educational use. Last year Intel upgraded the specification to the ...READ»
Nick Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child XO PC scheme never made it below the magic $100 barrier that it was originally touted at and now it looks like the march of technology, and the netbook phenomenon has caught up to it in the US. ...READ»
This is a reposting of an article I wrote last week for NextBillion.net. NextBillion is a site that "brings together business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the ...READ»
Can biology teach us anything about innovation? The essence of Darwinism is that progress is created by adaptation to changed conditions. What starts as a random mutation can also spread to become the norm through a process of natural ...READ»
Not even a seemingly noble cause can distract Intel from the developing-world marketing efforts we wrote about in "Intel's Amazon Ambitions" (February). After long dismissing the efforts of the One Laptop Per Child foundation to give ...READ»
The FBI is turning to a small Boston software firm for help in transforming surveillance video into high-resolution images -- and then using the pictures to help track terrorists. Call it the ultimate killer app.READ»
John Coné
John Coné joined Dell in 1995 as vice president of education and president of Dell University. In that role, he has been responsible for the education of all Dell employees worldwide. Since joining Dell, Coné has ...READ»
Clinical Professor of E-Commerce and Technology at the Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Department, Kellogg Graduate School of ManagementREAD»
A few years ago, experts thought a new pricing model would sweep the Internet in which users would gladly pay a few cents a page for the content that they liked. It was a costly misjudgment.READ»
One of the world's most powerful advertising executives, Martin Sorrell, offers a provocative set of ideas about doing business around the world. His biggest worry: "It's all too easy to get out of touch with what's really going on."READ»
