In my recently published research agenda, one of the topics that I included was networked business. I gave a brief definition of…
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Research Agenda of Larry Hawes, Lead Analyst
Greetings! As my colleague Stowe Boyd announced yesterday, I am part of a fabulous group of smart, well-respected people that have joined…
Read MoreThere are many paths to a smart home. And that’s the problem.
People always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.…
Read MoreStaples takes its connected home business nationwide
Staples, the office supply chain, is doubling down in the smart home. It's expanding of the number of stores that sell its Staples Connect hub and is supporting more radios and devices.…
Read MoreDid Facebook miss a massive opportunity by building a walled garden instead of a truly open platform?
When Facebook launched its platform strategy in 2007, it seemed as though the social network wanted to create a kind of social operating system anyone could use and build on -- but the reality has turned out to be something very different.…
Read MoreTwitter tweaks its mobile search product, hopes more actually use it
Twitter has made a few changes in how users interact with tweets on mobile through the search and discover and connect tabs, improving the interface slightly as the company works to make Twitter search more useful and interesting.…
Read MoreiGroups: Apple’s Welcome to the Social
An interesting patent of Apple’s (s aapl) relating to a social networking app surfaced recently. Dubbed iGroups, the app aims to solve…
Read MoreZynga Wants Apple to Build Facebook Connect Into iPhone
The Palm (s palm) Pre is here, and while it hasn’t exactly felled the Goliath of Apple’s (s aapl) iPhone, it does…
Read MoreApp Review: Leaf Trombone: World Stage — Like American Idol But With Leaves
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Read MoreGist: Where Your Inbox Meets the Web
No one questions just how important the process of gathering business intelligence is. Knowing about the folks you are working with, or…
Read MoreWill Cisco Kill Veodia?
There are always two ways to look at a competitor getting into your market: It either validates what you are doing, or…
Read MoreFirst Clearwire WiMAX PC card modem gains FCC approval, availablity in 2H07
Clearwire’s WiMAX modem card got the official A-OK from the FCC yesterday, the first of many WiMAX products to be sure. Availability…
Read MoreCbeyond, the first VoIP IPO
Forget Vonage, the first VoIP IPO is actually going to be CBeyond, an enterprise VoIP service provider targeting the small and medium…
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