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Five amazing things made reality by M2M technology

Digital Life

By , 7 December 2012 at 15:08

This post originally appeared on our M2M Blog. For insight, trends and news on the M2M industry, follow the M2M team @m2mtelefonica Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology can make incredible things possible – and we’re taking some steps down this intriguing path. But we’re...Continue reading »

[Wayra Success Story] Wearable ‘machines’ from Machina

Initiatives

By , 4 December 2012 at 14:44

By Linda Franco, co-founder of Machina (@M_A_C_H_I_N_A) When we started Machina we wanted to solve a problem. We noticed that even though wearable technology has been around since the 80s, a crucial component has been missing – Design! Since this has always...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] Envisioning Financial Technologies

Insights

By , 3 December 2012 at 15:11

Guest Author: Michell Zappa (@michellzappa), Tech futurist and founder of trend forecasters Envisioning Tech Technology and finance advance in lockstep. Our very notion of money and particularly currency are themselves technological creations which have evolved and mutated over millennia, and have proven...Continue reading »

Are you using your company’s products?

Business

By , 30 November 2012 at 16:14

By Jamie Finn (@finnstr), Director of Communications Product Design, Telefonica Digital Earlier this month, while out visiting our new colleagues at Tokbox in California, I was reminded of one of the many cultural differences that exist even amongst speakers of the same language....Continue reading »

[Guest Post] Is 2012 the year that Augmented Reality finally got real?

Insights

By , 28 November 2012 at 18:01

By Matt Mills, Head of Global Partnerships, Aurasma (@aurasma) Despite sounding like something from a sci-fi movie, Augmented Reality (or AR for those in the know), is already changing the way millions of people see and interact with the world. Thanks to the...Continue reading »

[Blog] Silicon Valley Beware – It’s the rise of the Global Valley

Insights

By , 19 November 2012 at 07:59

Gonzalo Martin-Villa (@linmvp) is Global CEO of Telefonica Digital’s dynamic tech startups accelerator Wayra. This article was also featured by the Huffington Post UK Silicon Valley is synonymous with information technology, from the founding fathers of the modern computer industry (Apple,...Continue reading »

[Brand Insight] We crave for things to ‘simply work’

Insights

By , 15 November 2012 at 10:39

By Paul Dervan, Head of Global Brand, Telefonica Digital When talking to customers, one thing that we hear time and time again is that companies do not make it easy for people to do stuff on the internet. Some of the...Continue reading »

Women in the Venture Capital world – powering ahead?

Insights

By , 8 November 2012 at 19:21

By Tracy Isacke (@tracyisacke) Director of Investments & Business Development, Telefonica Digital A few weeks ago, I participated in a USA Today Women in Technology roundtable that focused on venture capitalists and the gender issues that affect women in the venture capital world. Hosted...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] US Lags in Race for Tech Talent

Insights

By , 7 November 2012 at 16:36

By Vivek Wadhwa (@wadhwa), Washington Post and BusinessWeek columnist, author and former entrepreneur with appointments at Duke, Stanford, Emory, and Singularity University From all appearances, Silicon Valley is booming, but it’s a deceptive image. The sources of innovation that have always...Continue reading »

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Five amazing things made reality by M2M technology

[Wayra Success Story] Wearable ‘machines’ from Machina

[Guest Post] Envisioning Financial Technologies

Are you using your company’s products?

[Guest Post] Is 2012 the year that Augmented Reality finally got real?

[Blog] Silicon Valley Beware – It’s the rise of the Global Valley

[Brand Insight] We crave for things to ‘simply work’

Women in the Venture Capital world – powering ahead?

[Guest Post] US Lags in Race for Tech Talent