Blogs
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Brand Aid Blog
“This time next year we’ll be millionaires!”
Yes, well, we all want to believe, but as you watched the re-runs of Only Fools and Horses over the holidays, I hope you remembered that Del Boy’s short-term tactics may be... More
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FutureTech Blog
2012 - another year closer to a better world
A few cranks are expecting the end of the world next year. Well, it just about possible, but highly unlikely. Here is my random mix of projections for a few likely happenings... More
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Brand Aid Blog
Mumsnet and Littlewoods ‘Little Darlings’
It’s a horrible thing the Littlewoods Christmas ad. A group of children singing the praises of mums who buy expensive presents in a quasi-nativity play setting is... More
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Trade Talk Blog
Wired into Africa
Like many of you reading this I spend far too much time behind a desk, so it’s all the more enjoyable when I do get the chance to meet some of the people out there at the... More
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Cambridge Today Blog
Startups will dictate durability of Cambridge Phenomenon
From Day One of its existence in Cambridge, Microsoft Research has been supportive of the technology cluster and generous in its outreach to the wider community. Of course... More
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FutureTech Blog
Augmented Reality: a virtual world of opportunity
Some people in the media world are terrified their businesses will be wiped out by new technology such as pads, clouds and augmented reality, but they won’t, not if they take... More
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Cambridge Today Blog
What if the Cambridge brains stop throbbing?
Cambridge technology entrepreneurs are being treated like people who agree to donate their bodies to medical research only to have the offers taken up BEFORE they die.... More
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Cambridge Today Blog
Enterprise warriors or Dad’s Army?
From Roman philosopher Cicero to oil magnate John D.Rockefeller, thrift has always found ready champions. Their wise words on the importance of frugality are in most... More
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Why the world needs photoshopped celebrities
Photoshopped celebrities never fail to cause outrage. The most recent pitchfork parade was started by an article on the Daily Mail website highlighting the "bizarre"... More
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BlackBerry's Seppuku: The Spectacular Collapse of RIM and What the Rest of Tech can Learn From it
It hasn't been a very good year for Research In Motion (RIM). But, it would be too easy, not to mention wholly misguided to lay blame at the door of market forces, or some... More