THE STREAMING MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO STREAM UP Maysoon El-Ahmad on Jul, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON As the last 2 Blockbuster stores in Alaska announced their closure last week leaving just one remaining in the entire world based out in Oregan USA, a new range of streaming platforms are ushering a new age of content. In …
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THOW BLOCKCHAIN COULD DISRUPT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY Maysoon El-Ahmad on Jul, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON Two weeks ago renowned Hollywood film producer Teddy Zee stated that “blockchain is the next game-changer, it will shake the whole entertainment industry from film to TV and music”. For those unfamiliar with this technology, in its simplest form, blockchain is …
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TECH GIANTS LATEST PUSH INTO LIVE SPORTS Maysoon El-Ahmad on Jul, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON With social media now ubiquitous, the way we consume media and all forms of entertainment has changed dramatically over the last decade, particularly how we watch sport. Scripted broadcast programming has experienced sharp drops in ad buying driven by the …
FROM TECHLASH TO RESPONSIBLE TECH Maysoon El-Ahmad on May, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON In business years, the tech giants are still quite young and therefore have lots of growing up to do. Just like teenagers, the last few years may have been their reckless years, with experience now on their side and with big wake …
FROM TECH DARLINGS TO TECHLASH Maysoon El-Ahmad on May, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON Once seen as the saviours of democracy, openness and free speech, sentiment towards the tech giants we idolised only a few years ago is starting to turn sour (namely Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook). The tech giants have brought huge benefits to …
WHEN TECHNOLOGY MALFUNCTIONS Maysoon El-Ahmad on May, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON The digital era is well and truly upon us, we are all digital, the eldest of the digital generation most commonly known as the millennials are about to enter their fourth decade, we are no longer transitioning to a digital world, we have arrived. …
WHEN PERSONAL DATA CROSSES BORDERS Maysoon El-Ahmad on March, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON Internet data by its nature is a global commodity which transcends national borders, making the way we manage it on a national and international scale a very delicate task. Data sharing and data management is becoming an increasingly difficult task as different countries start to …
THE NEXT FRONTIER OF BIG DATA Maysoon El-Ahmad on May, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON Traditionally data has been all about reporting on historical performance and telling us what we did, but we are fast moving towards a future where data is becoming more forward-looking to predict, anticipate and advice in real time. The sheer amount …
THE NEW DEAL ON DATA OWNERSHIP Maysoon El-Ahmad on March, 2018 WHAT’S GOING ON With more people online than ever before, the growth in wearable technology, sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT), data is being produced at an exponential rate, with some analysts estimating a rate of 50% growth per year. So, by 2020 …
THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT ALGORITHMS Maysoon El-Ahmad on Dec, 2017 WHAT’S GOING ON Artificial intelligence algorithms are becoming increasingly important in the development of product functionality. Despite enabling greater accessibility, flexibility and personalisation, little consideration has been given to their ethics. Recently, there have been warning signs that AI algorithms have the capacity to …
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DESIGNING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR A DIVERSE WORLD Maysoon El-Ahmad on Dec, 2017 WHAT’S GOING ON Despite decades of fighting for equality, we are now seeing a new diversity problem emerge in the tech field which tends to be dominated by ‘young white men’. Speaking during a panel discussion on AI at the World Economic …
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THE NEED FOR ETHICAL UX Maysoon El-Ahmad on Dec, 2017 WHAT’S GOING ON By definition, UX, or User Experience, is design tailored to enhance user accessibility and engagement. To do so, designers need to be intimately attuned to the behaviour and psychology of the user. We are already used to ‘stopping cues’ or ‘active decision-making’; …
