Freitag, 30. Juni 2017

Hyperloop One teases idea of 50-minute London-Edinburgh ride

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/07/hyperloop_one_teases_idea_of_50minute_londonedinburgh_ride/

The largest ever buyout of a European software company was just announced

http://www.cityam.com/267601/largest-ever-buyout-european-software-company-just

Raspberry Pi scores UK's top engineering award

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40444356

See also our other Raspberry Pi posts:

Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #208 - Mira
Raspberry Pi and CoderDojo join forces
Raspberry Pi and 007
Free AIY Projects Voice Kit with The MagPi 57!
250,000+ Pi Zero W since start
Rolls Royce and Raspberry Pi
Alexa and Raspberry Pi
Official video for the Raspberry Pi Birthday
Raspberry Pi upgrades Compute Module with 10 times the CPU performance
Review of the Raspbery Pi Zero W on Make:
Raspberry Pi annual birthday party in Cambridge
Raspberry Pi Birthday Party
More insights into Raspberry Pi Zero W
NEW PRODUCT! RASPBERRY PI ZERO W [Breaking news]
Smarte Lampen von IKEA
Google brings AI to Raspberry Pi
DIY Macroeconomic Modelling on a Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #179 - Bacteria
Monitors with integrated Raspberry Pi
Astro Pi European Challenge


#RaspberryPi #engineering #award #bbc #programming #computing #it #coding #millenials #IT #iot

Bloomberg: AI Will Add $15.7 Trillion to the Global Economy

Arianna Huffington: Augmented humanity will be the next big disruptive tech

http://www.cbronline.com/news/verticals/the-boardroom/arianna-huffington-augmented-humanity-will-next-big-disruptive-tech/

Wimbledon to use IBM’s Watson for highlights, analytics

http://www.tvbeurope.com/wimbledon-use-ibms-watson-highlights-analytics/

Dear iPhone, Happy 10th Birthday! Love, Digital Marketing


https://medium.com/udacity/dear-iphone-happy-10th-birthday-love-digital-marketing-1926fdbba9db

We compared hardware specs for every iPhone ever made

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2017/6/28/15885636/iphone-10th-anniversary-hardware-specifications-comparison-apple-ios

Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2017

Bloomberg: Happy Birthday, iPhone

https://www.facebook.com/BloombergTechnology/videos/1433789516667501/

HP enters China's 3D printing market

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2017/06-14/261401.shtml

The one law of robotics: Humans must flourish

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40423595

SAP's chief strategy officer thinks blockchain is not a zero-sum game

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/saps-chief-strategy-officer-thinks-blockchain-is-not-a-zero-sum-game.html

Forbes: 5 Simple Tips To Help You Survive The 4th Industrial Revolution

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/06/29/5-simple-tips-to-help-you-survive-the-4th-industrial-revolution/

Brexit to Hit UK-Based Broadcasters – Report

http://www.lightreading.com/video/video-services/brexit-to-hit-uk-based-broadcasters-andndash-report/d/d-id/733989

#brexit #uk #unitedkingdom #elections #poll #future #technology #europe #europa #broadcasters #impact #forecasting

Cisco UK CEO on failing IoT projects & the boiling frog syndrome

http://www.cbronline.com/news/enterprise-it/it-network/cisco-uk-ceo-failing-iot-projects-boiling-frog-syndrome/

Mittwoch, 28. Juni 2017

AI Faces

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/artificial-intelligence-generates-realistic-faces/amp/

Bloomberg: Why Europe is mad at Google

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-27/these-google-search-results-show-why-europe-is-mad

Eigene Geräte in der Schule nutzen - BYOD

https://www.bpb.de/lernen/digitale-bildung/werkstatt/249359/eigene-geraete-in-der-schule-nutzen-byod-als-konzept-fuer-die-lehre-der-zukunft

Bloomberg: Will Amazon Steamroll All Industries?

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-06-26/here-s-a-69-billion-question-is-amazon-coming-for-you

OTT: European Broadcasters Team Up to Take Down Netflix

http://www.lightreading.com/services/ott/european-broadcasters-team-up-to-take-down-netflix/d/d-id/733962

See our other posts about OTT players and streaming services like netflix:



Germany to Get 'Strong Fourth Player' With UI's Drillisch Takeover

http://www.lightreading.com/services/broadband-services/germany-to-get-strong-fourth-player-with-uis-drillisch-takeover/d/d-id/732752

#m&a #m+a #manda #takeover #hostiletakeover #hostile #ecn #banking #merger #drillisch #uis #germany #serviceprovider #telecom #telekom #vodafone #o2 #base #eplus #broadband

Bloomberg: The Electric, Driverless Revolution Is About to Hit the High Seas

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-12/the-electric-driverless-revolution-is-about-to-hit-high-seas

See also http://digitalization-lab.blogspot.com/2017/06/self-piloting-freight-ships-by-2025.html

Dienstag, 27. Juni 2017

New large scale cyber attack

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/27/petya-ransomware-attack-strikes-companies-across-europe

Vivendi Is Said to Target Hostile Bid for Ubisoft by Year-End

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-15/vivendi-is-said-to-target-hostile-bid-for-ubisoft-by-year-end-j3y6syyk

NTT Claims Largest SD-WAN Footprint

http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/sd-wan/ntt-claims-largest-sd-wan-footprint/d/d-id/733865

OTT: Pay-TV Space: More Fragmenting & Facebook

http://www.lightreading.com/video/ott/pay-tv-space-more-fragmenting-and-facebook-/d/d-id/734036

#ott #tv #cable #serviceprovider #fragmenting #streaming #netflix #spotify #hulu #facebook #films #movie #videos

Sommer der Geldautomaten

50 Years of ATM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/current-accounts/story-behind-worlds-first-cashpoint/

Tech firms including Cisco, IBM, and SAP allow Russian authorities to review product source code

https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/23/tech-firms-including-cisco-ibm-and-sap-allow-russian-authorities-to-review-product-source-code

Breaking: Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1784_en.htm


  • Google fined €2.42 billion for abusing dominance
  • for pushing it's own shopping service
  • Breach of EU antitrust rules

#eu #europeancommission #european #google #fined #antitrust #marketdominance #monopol #monoploy #online #serachengine #search #bing #yahoo #abuse #rules #breach

BlackRock invests in UK robo advice provider

https://www.ft.com/content/75f0f9fe-54cc-11e7-80b6-9bfa4c1f83d2
- Financial times (only with subscription)

Google begins removing private medical records from search results

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/23/google-begins-removing-private-medical-records-from-search-results

Good news for privacy!
#google #privacy #medical #records #searchresults #search #www #online #googlen

Volvo and Autoliv team up with Nvidia for self-driving cars

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-volvo-car-nvidia-selfdrive-idUKKBN19I0IU

#cars #car #auto #automotive #driverless #selfdriving #transportation #logistics #future


See our other articles about this topic here:


Juniper's new network can protect itself

https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3012591/junipers-new-network-can-protect-itself

#juniper #cisco #cloud #security #protect #protection #it #help #networking #networks #administration 

Self-piloting freight ships by 2025

http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Japan-aims-to-launch-self-piloting-ships-by-2025

Freitag, 23. Juni 2017

Sense Sleep Tracker Vendor Hello, Says Goodbye

http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/sense-sleep-tracker-vendor-hello-says-goodbye.html

Bloomberg: Is Your Job About To Disappear?: QuickTake

Heise: Stellenstreichungen bei Allianz

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Allianz-streicht-Hunderte-Stellen-in-Deutschland-3754144.html

Changes to Roaming in EU


  • New Roam Like at Homerule from June 15th 2017 (from European Commission)
  • Customers: roaming consumption will be deducted from your domestic volume
  • The networks must still pay the costs that arise from their customers connecting to foreign networks (easier to even it out for international service providers)
  • If a customer spends the majority of time abroad and consumes more abroad than at home over the 4 months, the operator can ask the customer to clarify the situation


See our other articles to that topic:


#eu #roaming #serviceprovider #phone #mobile #mobilephone #handy #travel #law #digitalsinglemarket

Deutsche Telekom promises investment in original content

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/701811/deutsche-telekom-promises-investment-in-original-content/

Bloomberg: Aberdeen Says Cryptocurrency Bubble Will Burst Even If Coins Change Finance

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-22/aberdeen-says-crypto-bubble-to-burst-before-coins-change-finance

Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2017

European Commission Issues Findings on Geo-Blocking and the Digital Single Market

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7bbbf2c8-d535-4f29-a945-e0e6fdfe76fd

Netflix launches 'choose your own adventure' interactive TV shows

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/21/netflix-launching-choose-adventure-interactive-tv-shows/

#IoT #education #phone #tv #tech #transformation #OTT #streaming #netflix #spotify

See our other articles related to this:

http://digitalization-lab.blogspot.de/2017/06/more-people-subscribe-to-streaming.html

http://digitalization-lab.blogspot.de/2017/02/netflixs-gamble-pays-off-as.html


One-third of preschoolers own smartphones or tablets, child health poll finds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/21/one-third-of-preschoolers-own-smartphones-or-tablets-child-health-poll-finds

Tesco customers miss out on deliveries due to tech fault

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450421076/Tesco-customers-miss-out-on-deliveries-due-to-tech-fault

Breaking: Uber CEO resigns

https://www.ft.com/content/2373ea08-5646-11e7-80b6-9bfa4c1f83d2

40 Years of Oracle Database





Die Notebooks von Huawei machen dem Macbook Konkurrenz

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/technik-motor/computer-internet/matebook-e-matebook-x-die-neuen-huawei-notebooks-im-test-15027999.html

Dienstag, 20. Juni 2017

This robot speech simulator can imitate anyone's voice

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/03/robot-speech-simulator-can-imitate-anyones-voice/

Nintendo is launching a new Pokémon game called Pokéland

https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/05/31/pokemon-nitendo-new-game-pokeland/#.tnw_NsG1z3wA

#games #pokemon #pokeland #nintendo #sony #gaming #newgame #console

Banks to be forced to reveal all cyber security breaches to the European Central Bank

http://www.cityam.com/266919/banks-forced-reveal-all-cyber-security-breaches-european

Breaking: US Voter Data Leak

https://www.upguard.com/breaches/the-rnc-files

Etisalat Nigeria taken over by Access Bank and others

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/etisalat-nigeria-taken-access-bank-others/

Atari to make first console in over 20 years

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/19/atari-make-first-video-games-console-20-years/

Ooredoo to boost education sector with technology

http://www.gulf-times.com/story/553329/Ooredoo-to-boost-education-sector-with-technology

LH goes digital

https://www.lhsystems.com/event/operations-management-day-europe

Operations Management Day Europe

Freitag, 16. Juni 2017

Fujitsu gains Tier III certification for German data centre

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fujitsu-gains-tier-iii-certification-for-german-data-centre--1200017

Breaking: Amazon kauft Whole Foods

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/amazon-kauft-bio-kette-whole-foods-a-1152509.html

http://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/aktien/amazon-schluckt-whole-foods-market-bezos-schickt-die-neue-konkurrenz-auf-talfahrt/19943594.html

Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #208 - Mira

https://www.raspberrypi.org/weekly/mira/

Honda to focus on self-driving cars, robotics, EVs through 2030

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-honda-strategy-idUKKBN18Z0KT

Bloomberg: Trump Orders Government to Stop Work on Y2K Bug, 17 Years Later

Gartner halves tech splash forecasts, blames the US dollar

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/10/gartner_halves_tech_splash_forecasts_blames_us/

Back in 2013: Fastweb signs EIB loan for broadband expansion

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fastweb-signs-eib-loan-for-broadband-expansion--962449

500 Posts and 20,000 Views

The pace of digitalization(-lab) is becoming faster and faster... only 4 weeks after our post #400 we can celebrate post #500 and will reach 20,000 views :-)

Thanks to all involved :)

First guest for celebrating has just arrived:




Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2017

ASCAP, YouTube reach deal for US performance rights

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ascap-youtube-reach-deal-for-us-performance-rights--1200075
#streaming #ott #provider #sp #youtube #licensing

IBM, VMware to launch centre of excellence

http://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/ibm-vmware-to-launch-centre-of-excellence/58879925

More people subscribe to a streaming service than they do to cable TV

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-people-subscribe-to-a-streaming-service-than-they-do-cable-tv-2017-06-09
#cabletv #tv #people #steaming #netflix #ott

Telenor chief rebuffs CEE exit talk

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/telenor-chief-rebuffs-cee-exit-talk-report/

Digitalization at schools: Fastweb, Microsoft team up to launch Italian schools offer

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fastweb-microsoft-team-up-to-launch-italian-schools-offer--1199824 

Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2017

ALDItalk

https://www.golem.de/news/aldi-talk-mehr-datenvolumen-bei-verkuerzter-laufzeit-1706-128344.html

Am  13.6. hat ALDItalk die EU-Roaming-Verordnung ohne nominelle Preiserhöhung aber mit mehr Datenvolumen (z. B. 1,25 GB statt 1 GB im Tarif  Paket 300), umgesetzt.

Die Laufzeiten wurden von 30 auf 28 Tage ( "4 Wochen") verändert, was je nach Nutzungsverhalten eine geringe Preiserhöhung bedeuten kann.

Eine Laufzeitverkürzung um ca. 7% gegenüber dem erhöhten Datenvolumen (25% im Beispiel) erscheint aber durchaus akzeptabel.

HPE’s Whitman Sees Acquisitions as Bigger Part of Strategy

http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/hpes-whitman-sees-acquisitions-as-bigger-part-of-strategy

Verizon plans to cut 2,000 jobs at Yahoo, AOL

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-verizon-jobs-idUSKBN18Z2EF

Cisco CEO Robbins On 'Severe' Competition, WannaCry Attack, Political Uncertainty And More

http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/networking/300085506/cisco-ceo-robbins-on-severe-competition-wannacry-attack-political-uncertainty-and-more.htm

Dienstag, 13. Juni 2017

Breaking: Uber CEO takes a break

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/uber-ceo-to-take-leave-diminished-role-after-workplace-scandals

How do you pay when virtual reality shopping? WorldPay has a way with new prototype

http://www.cityam.com/265417/do-you-pay-virtual-reality-shopping-worldpay-has-way-new

HPE focuses on digital transformation with partner program changes

http://www.computerdealernews.com/news/hpe-focuses-on-digital-transformation-with-partner-program-changes/54813

SAP: ‘I genuinely believe in creating career opportunities in tech’

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/liam-ryan-sap-leaders-insights
#jobs #workforce #employees #tech #it #sector #sap

Tech leaders reject minority government's immigration policy on the grounds it will undermine the sector

http://www.cityam.com/266504/tech-leaders-reject-minority-governments-immigration-policy

#tech #jobs #expats #expertise #employees #leaders #it #work

Breaking: Darmstadt gewinnt den Wettbewerb Digitale Stadt

http://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/wirtschaftsticker/unternehmen-darmstadt-siegt-bei-wettbewerb-digitale-stadt_id_7239571.html

Montag, 12. Juni 2017

The top requirement for 90% of shopping centres is free WiFi

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-requirement-90-shopping-centres-free-wifi-bradley-powell

#wlan #wifi #internet #shopping #mall #oulet #architecture #future #consumerbehaviour #consumer #requirement

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed a huge deal outsourcing nearly 1,500 tech jobs to IBM

http://www.cityam.com/266112/lloyds-banking-group-has-agreed-huge-deal-outsourcing

Google reveals when it'll stop supporting Pixel and Nexus phones

https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/10/google-reveals-pixel-nexus-end-of-life/

Security is the holy grail for partners says Cisco exec

http://www.computerdealernews.com/news/security-is-the-holy-grail-for-partners-says-cisco-exec/53815

Microsoft relaunches Beam as Mixer, and it has a new feature to compete with Twitch

https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/25/microsoft-relaunches-beam-as-mixer-and-it-has-a-new-feature-to-compete-with-twitch/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Bventurebeat%2FSZYF%2B%28VentureBeat%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

Sonntag, 11. Juni 2017

FAZ: Befreit die Kinder vom Code-Wahn!

Bettina Weiguny setzt sich in einem Beitrag in der FAZ kritisch mit der digitalen Bildungsoffensive auseinander, indem sie diese auf Coding reduziert: 


Was dazu wohl die Raspberry Pi Foundation sagt?

Wer die Begeisterung der Kinder - insbesondere der im Grundschulalter - auf einem Raspberry Pi Event einmal erlebt hat, wird sich dem Kommentar der FAZ wohl nicht anschliessen können.

Einen kleinen Eindruck kann man z. B. hier bekommen:
https://digitalization-lab.blogspot.de/2017/03/raspberry-pi-annual-birthday-party-in.html

Ob der Begriff Coding ideal ist, sei mal dahingestellt, die Fähigkeit aber, ein großes Problem in Teilprobleme zu zerlegen und damit letztlich zu lösen, ist eine bedeutende Fähigkeit. Und genau diese wird durch Coding vermittelt, logisches Denkvermögen trainiert und eine systematische Herangehensweise an Probleme geübt ... was mehr kann man sich von Schule wünschen?

Persönlich bevorzuge ich auch den Begriff Entwicklung statt Coding oder Programmierung, da dieser umfassender ist und nicht die Assoziation des reinen Umsetzens fremder Vorgaben mit sich führt, wie es Bettina Weiguny andeutet: "Programmieren ist ein Handwerkszeug für Spezialisten, um die Ideen anderer umzusetzen: Hoch lebe die Arbeitsteilung!"  Klassenkampf 4.0?

Sonntag, 4. Juni 2017

Uber slammed for putting prices up during London Bridge terror attack

http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/04/uber-slammed-for-putting-prices-up-during-london-bridge-terror-attack-6683200/#mv-b

Uber Is Using AI to Charge People as Much as Possible for a Ride

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-19/uber-s-future-may-rely-on-predicting-how-much-you-re-willing-to-pay

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/uber-is-using-ai-to-charge-people-as-much-as-possible-for-a-ride

Telekom named best German mobile network, O2 still lags

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/telekom-named-best-german-mobile-network-o2-still-lags--1197109

New York City Could Be ‘Ground Zero’ for the Next Generation of Political TV Ads

http://observer.com/2017/05/altice-audience-partners-cablevision-addressable-political-campaign-ads-television/

Cisco Enterprise Agreement revolutionises software licensing

http://www.cbronline.com/news/enterprise-it/software/cisco-enterprise-agreement-revolutionises-software-licensing/

Heise: Computer ersetzen an der Wall Street hoch bezahlte Finanz-Analysten

https://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Computer-ersetzen-an-der-Wall-Street-hoch-bezahlte-Finanz-Analysten-3730284.html

Samstag, 3. Juni 2017

Britisch Airways ... revisited

About a week after BA's system outage first explanations appear in the media:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ba-power-fiasco-blamed-on-staff-blunder-tbfhxwsw2

But this is not undisputed:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/02/ba-shutdown-caused-by-contractor-who-switched-off-power-reports-claim

Reminds me of an incident I had witnessed (not caused) as a student at a data centre of a bank about 1990, where an operator, having just returned from holiday, started his usual batch jobs with a punchcard... Unfortunately the processes were changed when he was on holiday.

The data centre was out of operations for two days... Only person happy about this was me - full pay for no work for these days ;-)

Toronto school joining the Connected North program to expand experiences for students

http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/connected-north-helps-take-indigenous-education-into-21st-century/90041

Schwachstelle im Mobilfunknetz: Kriminelle Hacker räumen Konten leer

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/it-sicherheit-schwachstelle-im-mobilfunknetz-kriminelle-hacker-raeumen-konten-leer-1.3486504

Urlaubsstimmung: WLAN im Flugzeug? Expedia zeigt es an!


Seit heute gibt es die Möglichkeit, bei Expedia zu sehen, ob es in-flight Wifi gibt!







#Urlaubsstimmung #WLAN #flugzeug #Expedia #wifi #travel #connection #inflight #wifi

Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley’s 16,000 Human Brokers Get Algorithmic Makeover

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-31/morgan-stanley-s-16-000-human-brokers-get-algorithmic-makeover

Freitag, 2. Juni 2017

SAP 96,32

Mit 96,32 € erklomm die SAP-Aktie an der Deutschen Börse in Frankfurt heute am 2.6.17 einen neuen Rekordstand - die Restrukturierung hin zu Cloud, Mobile und HANA scheint die Erwartungen der Investoren zu erfüllen.

The HTC U11 is the world's first squeezable smartphone

http://www.cityam.com/264759/htc-u11-worlds-first-squeezable-smartphone-which-stupid

Why Financial Services Firms in EMEA are exploring Blockchain - Study

http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-ups-its-blockchain-game-2017-5?international=true&r=US&IR=T

708 Millionen Verlust bei Uber


http://manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/a-1150195.html

Harvesting big data could bring about the next transport revolution, right now

https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2017-05-31/harvesting-big-data-could-bring-about-next-transport-revolution-right-now

Donnerstag, 1. Juni 2017

Amazon: Neue FBA-Gebühren ab heute

https://www.onlinehaendler-news.de/e-commerce-tipp/29143-01-06-2017-amazon-neue-fba-gebuehren-ab-heute-erpressungstrojaner-jaff-umlauf-ritter-sport-circus-halligalli-schokolade-joko-klaas.html

Deutsche Telekom CEO Claims Driver's Seat on T-Mobile US M&A

https://www.bloombergquint.com/technology/2017/05/31/deutsche-telekom-ceo-claims-driver-s-seat-on-t-mobile-us-m-a

Heise: Die Mär vom rasenden Fortschritt

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Die-Maer-vom-rasenden-Fortschritt-3728493.html

Wie Eva Wolfangel in einem Online-Beitrag zu einem entsprechenden Artikel in Technology Review
 (ebenfalls Heise) feststellt, ist der technologische Fortschritt - dass Wort Digitalisierung vermeidet
 sie - offenbar doch nicht so schnell und disruptiv, wie oftmals behauptet. "Der Fortschritt wird immer schneller, behaupten Medien, Vordenker oder Unternehmensberater immer wieder. Doch eine Analyse von Technology Review zeigt: Es stimmt nicht."

Diese Aussage wird dann anhand von Adoptionsraten von technischen Geräten in Privathaushalten, Unternehmen in Aktieindizes oder Gründungsraten von Start-ups belegt. 

Diese Aspekte können aber wohl kaum als Messgrößen herangezogen werden. Sicherlich hat z. B.  der Wandel von SMS zu Whatsapp keine grundlegende neue Art der technischen Kommunikation erzeugt, das Geschäftsmodell der Telekommunikationsanbieter aber grundlegend disruptiv verändert.

Insbesondere einen wesentlichen Aspekt vernachlässigt die Studie: die Disruption äussert sich insbesondere qualitativ und nicht nur quantitativ. Eine vernetzte, always-on-Gesellschaft wird insbesondere von neuen Applikationen, Geschäftsmodellen und Beziehungen geprägt, die auf dem Verbreitungsgrad einer Technik (insbsondere Smartphone) aufbauen, aber nicht nur von der quantitativen Menge bestimmt wird. Mit dem Smartphone als flexiblem, intelligenten Kommunikationsgerät ist die Plattform etabliert, auf der die neuen Geschäftsmodell aufbauen. 

Dabei ist insbesondere der Wechsel von z. B. SMS zu Whatsapp durch die Installation der entsprechenden App möglich, es wird keine neue Hardware benötigt. 

Sehr gut illustriert dies die disruptive, plötzliche Ablösung der SMS durch Messengerdienste seit dem Jahr 2013, wie es die Grafik aus dem Jahresbericht 2016 der Bundesnetzagentur zeigt: