The Business Model Canvas - in 2 Minutes
A 2 minute overview of the Business Model Canvas, a tool for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. This method from the bestselling management book Business Model Generation is applied in leading organizations and start-ups worldwide.
Find out more here.
If you are interested to put the Business Model Canvas into practice, then have a look at the neat iPad app for the Business Model Toolbox. There is also an online website, where you can “fiddle” around with your business model, the Business Model Fiddle
IKEA’s 2013 catalog enriched with augmented reality
Hands on of the German 2013 IKEA catalog by newgadgets.de. A software used to enrich a catalog like IKEA did is provided by Merlin Mobility.
Awesome, no? and very useful. More here.
App - Burner gives you unlimited phone numbers
“stay safe online with Burner, a new app for iOS!
Burner enables you to create a temporary number that routes to your real phone number and can be set to stop working (or “burn”) after a set amount of time.
This app is perfect for online dating, job searches, short-term projects, craigslist transactions, or other times when you want to maintain a little privacy. It’s not meant to be used for 911 or other emergency calls.”
iPad - awesome Photosynth by Microsoft Thought already around for the Ipad since a year, and much longer for PC’s, it is awesome on the new IPad. PhotoSynth allows you to take 360 degree pictures with your mobile device, which gives an all immersive and unique viewing experience - like nothing else. Certainly one of the most underestimated and most impressive apps for your iOS device.
Ipad Redux: Ipad 2 or the New iPad 3
Watch as Apple customers try to tell the difference between the new iPad & iPad 2. Clip by The Next Web. No more “..one last thing..”
MUSIC - KORG’S IKAOSSILATOR
Amazing little app! Korg has revolutionized the musical instrument world with their dynamic line of Kaoss products, using an intuitive X-Y Touchpad to provide expressive musical control. The palm-sized KAOSSILATOR synthesizer placed modern music-making in the hands of thousands of musicians and non-musicians alike. Now that same excitement has been captured in the iKaossilator app for iPhone. And it works extremely well on the iPad too!
VIBE -ANONYMOUS, GPS-BASED, SELF-DELETING MESSENGER
Did you heard about the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York? Some turned violent.
Vibe is the app behind - and in a similar role as the BlackBerry BBM during the recent riots in the UK.
From the developer: “Vibe is a new mobile app for communicating with people around you without necessarily knowing them. They can be coworkers at work, schoolmates on campus, folks in the park, or residents in your building. Vibe works by GPS and is unique in that you choose the range and duration of your messages. It’s also anonymous. You can Vibe to exchange ideas, ask/get advice, buy/sell stuff, or even organize flash mobs!”
TABLET - NOOK ON ANDROID
A WSJ journalist is sharing his discovery how to turn a Barnes&Nobles tablet, the NOOK, into an Android-running tab. A good one, with a good screen, he goes, and for merely 200 USD. The patch to turn the e-reader into a well-designed tab is for free to download.
AD - TABLET EVOLUTION BY MOTOROLA
Motorola teased technology watchers Monday with a video about the history of tablets — up to but not including its upcoming Android Honeycomb device.
IPAD - NELL’S PRIMER
This clip exists since a while on Youtube. It is amazing. Watch how this 2.5 year old girl plays with the iPad. Wonderful, isn’t it?!
IPAD - READING WITH IPAD’S E-READER APPS
Walt Mossberg from the WSJ takes a look at the iPad’s three major e-reader apps - Apple’s iBooks app, Amazon’s Kindle app and Barnes & Noble’s Nook app. He tells you which is the slickest, the most comprehensive and the friendliest. He also reaffirms that the IPAD is an excellent tool to read ebooks.
