25 2020 July
How Ultra-Niche Phones Are Going Tiny, Rugged and Bringing Back Keyboards
Each time a “game-changing” new mobile phone is announced with a camera that has incrementally more megapixels, it sparks another moment of tech envy. Every...
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26 2019 December
5 Non-Obvious Megatrends Changing Our World In 2020
For the past ten years I have gone through an annual ritual of publishing a book about trends that describe our shifting culture and business...
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21 2019 February
Samsung’s Quiet Innovation, Men’s Makeup and Why Long-Term Space Missions Might Need Funny Astronauts | Non-Obvious Insights 02.21.19
Samsung’s Quiet Innovation That Everyone Ignored This week Samsung launched the world’s first folding phone. They also defied Apple and Google by keeping the 3.5mm headphone...
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12 2018 July
Pokemon Go Isn’t Dead … It’s Quietly Dominating
A little over two years ago, Pokemon Go was everywhere. People walked down the street glued to their phones. And then one day it all...
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02 2018 April
Selfie Medicine, Luxury Marketing And How To Get Paid To Watch Netflix
This week my story picks range from exploring the future of luxury marketing and healthcare to addictive game design to the world of people who...
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30 2017 October
The App That Lets You Brag About Disconnecting
As more experts suggest that we should all stop bragging about how many hours we work, this app from Ariana Huffington is timely as it rewards...
Read Now12 2017 September
Why One Reporter Won’t Be Getting The iPhone X
In the first Night at the Museum film, the hero invents a “snapper” device to control your lights, but it loses to the “clapper” because clapping is...
Read Now17 2017 August
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Measure Food By Its Ingredients?
We already have Artificial Intelligence using features like facial recognition to personalize experiences for us, but this story about “AI Gastronomy” looks forward to a...
Read Now08 2017 August
Your Next Camera Will Retouch Your Pictures While You Take Them
Starting with a set of 5,000 images that were retouched by five different photographers, Google and MIT built an algorithm that can automatically retouch a...
Read Now14 2017 July
Fender Uses eLearning To Help Guitarists Not Give Up So Easily
For anyone who has ever aspired to play the guitar, taken a few lessons and then given up … Fender has a new solution to...
Read Now13 2017 July
KFC’s Surprising Reason For Launching Its Own Mobile Phone
On the surface, this announcement that KFC is partnering with Huawei to launch a new smart phone may seem like a random move. The phone...
Read Now21 2017 June
The Swiss Town That Banned Travelers Posting Photos On Social Media
How do you get attention for a sleepy little Swiss ski resort town that few people have ever heard of? Ban photos and promise to...
Read Now20 2017 June
Brazilian Publisher Offers On-Demand Clever Captions For Your Selfies
Sometimes it is hard to pick the perfect caption for your selfie, but Brazilian publisher Leya has a solution to help … and introduce you...
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