-
- By Guest Author
- 10 October 2012
There is an alarming contrast between the prevalence of women as consumers or inhabitants of the internet and their likelihood to be creators in the same space »
-
- By Guest Author
- 27 September 2012
Despite continuous advances in technology, from touch technology to near field communication, consumers are increasingly demanding more intuitive technology that understands their needs and reacts to them instantly »
-
- By Guest Author
- 29 August 2012
Transmedia storytelling usually ends up in the shape of alternate reality games, which all-too-often become scheduled, passive on-rales experiences for the user. How can content creators make it more meaningful? »
-
- By Guest Author
- 23 August 2012
The next big consumer technology breakthrough will require complex mathematical solutions rather than just inspired design and applied technology expertise »
-
- By Guest Author
- 20 August 2012
There needs to be a Raspberry Pi equivalent in higher education to ensure that Stem subject undergraduates learn how to use technical computing language as part of their course »
-
- By Guest Author
- 13 August 2012
Companies should be looking beyond predicted customer lifetime values and towards customer network lifetime values, which factor in an individual's influence over their peers »
-
- By Guest Author
- 07 August 2012
Creative businesses are feeling disorientated as they figure out how to prosper in some of the world's fastest-growing economies like China and India »
-
- By Guest Author
- 07 August 2012
The launch of Apple's App Store in Africa will likely spur the development of "hard" apps around agriculture, micropayments and education, argues lawyer Vanessa Barnett »
-
- By Guest Author
- 07 August 2012
The argument for "e means free" forgets that somehow, somewhere, someone needs to invest. Online or not, innovation requires resources »
-
- By Guest Author
- 06 August 2012
Dr Joe Cohen has worked for 30 years to invent the RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate, which is currently in late stage testing in sub-Saharan Africa. He describes the challenges of defeating the complex parasite »
-
- By Alan Martin
- 03 August 2012
Why do we expect public figures and companies to effortlessly rise above their instincts in the face of criticism? Why don't we let them have the occasional outburst of rage? »
-
- By Max Tatton-Brown
- 31 July 2012
Devices that tap into the "quantified self" trend, such as Fitbit and Fuelband, have hit the mainstream in 2012. Apple is well placed to swoop into the market with an upgrade to its iPod Nano »
-
- By Guest Author
- 25 July 2012
In another generation's time, the concept of life before digital will be something you tell grandchildren about and something they may hear about in history class. Digital immigrants must reflect on this enormous transformation »
-
- By Guest Author
- 20 July 2012
Apple's global patent war smacks of a brand petrified of its competition, argues Grey EMEA's President and CEO David Patton »
-
- By Guest Author
- 17 July 2012
On 11 July, O2 experienced a network outage that caused many customers to lose all 2G and 3G connectivity. As customers flocked to social media to express their dissatisfaction, O2 gave a masterclass in crisis management »
-
- By Guest Author
- 16 July 2012
Museum curators are experienced in exhibiting physical artefacts. But what about digital ones? How do you preserve and display a twitstorm? Or an online activist movement? This is the challenge facing digital curator Hilary Young »
-
- By Guest Author
- 13 July 2012
The way in which we buy and consume products is rapidly changing. The world we once knew -- where we owned physical products like CDs, DVDs, newspapers and even cars -- is rapidly coming to a close »
-
- By Guest Author
- 03 July 2012
Business needs to get comfortable with more emotionally-led decision-making and become more comfortable with following human instincts around fairness, altruism and simply doing the right thing »
-
- By Guest Author
- 29 June 2012
To solve its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) skills gap, create more jobs in the field, and regain competitiveness, the UK needs to look to other countries which have made strides in these areas »
-
- By Guest Author
- 26 June 2012
The failure of Acta, Sopa and Pipa was not just the consequence of enlightened politicians or successful campaigning by civil society organisations -- it was the result of the set of democratic institutions that allow critical civil society to exist »
-
- By Guest Author
- 25 June 2012
Businesses assume they're covered by their third-party hosting provider when they suffer a DDoS attack -- but they won't be »
-
- By Guest Author
- 20 June 2012
Brands and organisations are increasingly turning to social media, but a lot of them are continually getting it wrong and only aggravating the customers they hope to engage »
-
- By Chris Owen
- 18 June 2012
The classified work of the heroes of Bletchley Park was vital to winning the Second World War, but it reflects the secrecy of a world long-gone »
-
- By Guest Author
- 07 June 2012
The games tax relief is a chance to create a level playing field for UK developers and it could be the stimulus for growth that would give our economy the sort of boost that is required »
-
- By Guest Author
- 06 June 2012
Tenacity and failure go hand in hand -- without both, you can't move forward, argues Greylock's DJ Patil »
-
- By Guest Author
- 30 May 2012
Web 2.0's personal data landgrab has generated a toxic battleground over personal data. Empowering individuals to control their own data in personal data stores is the only way to realise the economic and social potential of the digital age »
-
- By Max Tatton-Brown
- 23 May 2012
Ebook publishers should think about allowing people to record metadata relating to how and where an ebook is read in order to entice book lovers wedded to the printed page »
-
- By Guest Author
- 16 May 2012
Just as the 1970s brought on the advent of the role of Chief Marketing Officer, the Chief Design Officer is an important new role emerging in the C-Suite »
-
- By Guest Author
- 11 May 2012
One the surface, Facebook's Timeline has been good for companies seeking to showcase their content to fans. But according to a study by Wunderman, this is at the cost of fan-to-fan engagement »
-
- By Guest Author
- 03 May 2012
An article published on Wired.co.uk argues that businesses take a huge risk when they use online design marketplaces to source their creative work, but the data doesn't bear this out »
-
- By Lea Simpson
- 02 May 2012
New social media site Zurker is taking on The Zuck, but you might have to be a sucker to invest, argues Lea Simpson »
-
- By Guest Author
- 30 April 2012
From talking to dominatrices about blister prevention to inviting transsexuals to comment on hair removal cream, market researchers must seek out extreme consumers in order to come up with breakthrough ideas »
-
- By Guest Author
- 26 April 2012
Despite all the hype about mobile payments, it's still the same credit card companies shaving 2-3 percent off your transaction; it's not the big revolution in finance that we have been waiting for, argues Christian Lanng »
-
- By Guest Author
- 25 April 2012
Ever since The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it was going to lift the restrictions on Global Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs) speculation as to the consequences of this move has been rife »
-
- By Guest Author
- 23 April 2012
Not a week goes by without a new self-publishing success story being reported. This relatively new form of publishing is exploding in popularity and is fast becoming the avenue of choice for talented authors across the globe »
-
- By Guest Author
- 23 April 2012
How do we fund online content? It's a question that has persisted since the beginning of the internet. We've seen a variety of models come and go »
-
- By Guest Author
- 11 April 2012
Mobile payments businesses such as Square, iZettle, PayPal and MPowa will change the way people think about and track their money, and Apple is in line to pick up a new revenue pipeline in their wake, argues TH_NK's Ramzi Yakob »
-
- By Guest Author
- 11 April 2012
Crowdsourced design is a burgeoning industry, but can be severely detrimental to both designers and clients, argues graphic designer David Airey »
-
- By Guest Author
- 04 April 2012
Not everything non-software based is bad. Personal, expert advice is still a valuable and sought-after commodity. Don't approach an industry thinking "I'm going to change all of this", approach it thinking "What is good here, and what is bad?" »
-
- By Guest Author
- 04 April 2012
Put yourself in the boots (or gloves) of a goalkeeper facing a decisive and potentially World Cup winning penalty. In the end it doesn't matter how skilled you are at saving penalty kicks if you dive right and the kick goes left »
-
- By Guest Author
- 21 March 2012
Today, science and technology are still very male dominated sectors. If you ask your friends and relations to name a woman famous for her contribution to science you quickly get, Marie Curie, and maybe Florence Nightingale »
-
- By Guest Author
- 20 March 2012
The rise of the Kony2012 social media campaign and its evolution into Horny2012 shows that the line between memes and movements has blurred, argues Lea Simpson »
-
- By Guest Author
- 15 March 2012
Microsoft dominance of the classroom IT market set the UK's ICT skills back by a decade. A new wave of open source tools is allowing children to learn to break free from boxed software and start to hack, code and create »
-
- By Guest Author
- 05 March 2012
The arrival of the Raspberry Pi has been unanimously welcomed, but in order for it -- and other similar initiatives -- to thrive, we need the wider industry to support its emerging ecosystem »
-
- By Guest Author
- 28 February 2012
The concept of machines and robots stretches back into ancient myths of Western and Eastern civilisations and the ideas surrounding machines 'taking over' has long been a popular topic both for writers and scientists »
-
- By Wired.co.uk Staff
- 20 February 2012
If you're looking for the roots of our obsession with real-time information, you could do worse than look to the London Stock Exchange around the time of the Napoleonic wars »
-
- By Guest Author
- 17 February 2012
Tax. It's an emotive subject. Pay too little and accusations fly, yet very few of us (aside George Soros) want to pay more »
-
- By Olivia Solon
- 16 February 2012
Wired.co.uk introduces two new content hubs: one to cater for Europe's thriving startup community and the other to house opinionated guest posts »
-
- By Max Tatton-Brown
- 14 February 2012
Despite something of a shaky UK launch, it's hard to deny that The Huffington Post is on to something. In a world where content is king, it has discovered a way to make money by curating contributions from bloggers »