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How the iPad will kill small DVD players

June 10th, 2010 · No Comments

You know that little portable DVD player you have for the car. The same one that sits on the back of the seat of that jet you flew on? The same one you use at home to keep the kids quiet in their bedroom when you have guests over?
Well it’s dead.
And its killer isn’t a cheaper version. [...]

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Tags: Information Technology · Innovation theory · Telecommunications · Travel and Toursim

A workable cure to the Healthcare Crisis

October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For some time we have heard media, political opposition parties and lobby and community groups complain about the hospital bed crisis.
Put simply, there are not enough Hospital beds for those patients who need them.
However,  the solution that is often put forward - building new hospitals, commissioning new wards, creating new beds is not the answer.
In [...]

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Tags: Biotechnology · Government · Innovation theory · Telecommunications · Travel and Toursim · healthcare

Disruption in the Mobile Phone

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

As the world welcomes the new Apple 3G iphone and the existing phone makers (HTC, Samsung, RIM, Nokia) rush to develop the iphone killer it strikes us that maybe there is a big opportunity that’s gone missing.
The current trend is for phone designers to pack more and more into their mobile phones as they follow [...]

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Tags: Telecommunications · Travel and Toursim

Travel health - the magic wand answer

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

As the baby boomers reach retirement age one of the more obvious beneficiaries is the travel and tourism industry. Recent reports would indicate that Australians are travelling overseas in increasing numbers. So with all these people on the move, travel health has become an increasingly important issue for businesses in this industry.
One of the [...]

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Tags: Travel and Toursim