Blog Beyond Mobile
By Scott Jenson - August 1, 2012
The Internet of Things (or IoT) is finally going mainstream. Not only do I read about it frequently online, but I’m now talking about it with clients at frog. Unfortunately, as it has become popular, it has also grown to the point where it can span everything from home Wi-Fi networks to smart cities. Much like the story of the three blind men describing an elephant, the essence of IoT depends on your point of view.
What we need is a simple breakdown, both physically and functionally, so we can discuss the many facets and challenges ahead. The simplest is to start by device category as there is a huge range of devices that can be thought of as being part of the Internet of Things. Fortunately, there are really only three broad physical categories: Bears, Bats, and Bees.
Blog Beyond Mobile
By Scott Jenson - April 18, 2012
Smart devices require a significant shift in thinking
This blog explores how to design smart devices. But these new devices are just so new and require such new insights, that our quaint, old school notions of UX design are completely blinding us. We are stuck between the classic paradigm of desktop computers, and the futuristic fantasy of smart dust. The world is either fastidious or fantastic. The path ahead is hard to see. Alan Kay said the best way to predict the future is to invent it… but what if we don't know what we want?
Blog DONG XI
By Emily Chong - April 17, 2012
China, the second-largest economy in the world, is considered home to the world’s factories, manufacturing everything from zippers to photovoltaic cells. With its population of over 1.3 billion and still a booming economy, consumption has been on the rise, leading to a new class of super consumers bred on instant gratification and constant connectivity.
中国这个制造大国作为世界第二大经济体系，不断制造并向世界输出着小到拉链大好光电管的产品。超过1.3亿的人口不断刺激市场并拉动着消费水平的提升。结果导致了一种超级消费群体的产生，他们及时行乐并且相互关联。
Blog frogs on the road
By Tim Leberecht - March 7, 2012
Last week, frog took part in Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the world’s largest gathering of the telecom industry (with a record 70,000 attendees this year) and an increasingly important forum for everything that falls under the rubric “Connected World.”
Blog Amphibious
By Adam Richardson - February 29, 2012
Walking down the main avenue here at Mobile World Congress I watched some gulls having an arial battle, oblivious to the crowds below who all work for companies fighting it out in the turbulent mobile industry. The pace of change in mobile was a theme running throughout the keynote/panel with John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, René Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telecom, and Ben Verwaayan, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent. The topic was ostensibly mobile cloud, but the discussion touched on subjects that affect all of the mobile industry, primarily from carrier and network infrastructure standpoints.
Blog frogs on the road
By Sabrina Sandalo - September 26, 2011
Telco 2.0 is a London-based research firm focusing on innovative business models for the telco industry. It cultivates a strong network of decision-makers from communicatons, media, banking, and technology and runs several industry conferences. frog is an official sponsor of this year’s Telco 2.0 New Digital Economics conference, M-Commerce 2.0: How Personal Data Will Revolutionize Customer Engagement.
Blog Beyond Mobile
By Scott Jenson - September 24, 2011
I've written previously that the history of mobile has been a long, painful process of copying desktop computers and then sheepishly realizing that it just doesn't quite work right. This is actually the way of all progress, not just in technology. Art and music follow a similar pattern of copy, extend, and finally, discovery of a new form. It takes a while to shed old paradigms.
Mobile apps are clearly successful and in some cases, very profitable. For me to say they MUST die appears to fly in the face of overwhelming evidence. But all things come and go, especially so in fast paced world of technology. When a paradigm shift occurs it's rarely because the old model is hated or even useless, it just can't take advantage of new opportunities. The old guard clings to their ways, angrily shouting that everything is perfectly fine, you're exaggerating!
Blog Remarketables
By Sabrina Sandalo - September 14, 2011
This week's collection of remarkable links, curated by the frog marketing team.
Your Next Home Will Be a Robot: The future of smart homes.
Concept You from Volvo: Combining exquisite design with smart pad technology.
Blog Interpretations
By Elizabeth Roche and Rayna Wiles - August 25, 2011
It is tempting for an outside observer to conclude that people with extremely limited means are unable to plan ahead or to make sound financial decisions. When we first arrived in Cairo on a design research trip this year and talked to members of disenfranchised classes, we found ourselves precariously close to making such a mistake. We noticed puzzling behaviors that challenged our Western perspective and initially encouraged us to draw the wrong conclusion.
Blog Intrapreneur
By Kristina Loring - June 17, 2011
It’s clear that mobile technology is a powerful vehicle for sharing information and creating meaningful connections in previously isolated communities. Mobile tech has the power to transform industries from energy to journalism, and frog and its partners believe it can transform healthcare in a deeply impactful way as well. We created Project Masiluleke in partnership with the Aricent Group, PopTech, iTEACH, Praeklt, Nokia Simens, and others to build a network of support and awareness around HIV/AIDS.
