Aviram Netz

The world of technology is in disarray and not just because of the old news that is the Yahoo takeover by Microsoft. The EU are at loggerheads with the US over the tariffs that are charged for high tech goods. The problem is focussed around the EU hiking up prices on a number of goods including multi-function printers and TV set-top boxes that have internet capabilities. The US are not happy as they believe this to be in violation of the terms of the World Trade Organisations Information Technology Agreement, or ITA which eliminated duties om high tech products from 1997 to encourage trade. The EU began charging duties on these specified products since 2005 arguing that they are no longer exclusively high tech products, they are in fact consumer products and therefore fair game. The US are none too happy about this and .. more»

In the last few years, there has been much being mentioned and overheard about a wireless networking solution known as Bluetooth technology. And, even though it seems to have become a pretty common term, many people are still in the dark about what Bluetooth mobile wireless technology is and what it does. It is a wireless technology networking communication method for short ranges. In the last few years it has been used to replace many different cables that connect either portable electronic devices, such as cell phones, or fixed electronics, such as desktop computers, to other devices. Many people are grateful to be freed from the tangle of wires that previously were needed for their electronic gadgets to communicate with each other. Three of the greatest benefits of Bluetooth technology enabled devices are: low power usage, robustness and low cost. A Bluetooth .. more»

A Challenge to the Beauty Industry to Man-Up!  Industry Story: Default or Design?  The story of an industry is often a tale more of default than design. That is, when we step back and trace the evolution of an industry, we typically see that things ‘are the way they are', because that's just how the dominoes have fallen. There was no sophisticated Master Plan, no conscious effort to steer things one way, or another - the pieces just seemingly fell into place.     This phenomenon – and a very common one at that – is, quite frankly, not always a problem. Not when the default designcontinues to run on sound business fundamentals of delivering customer value and generating worthwhile profit (in that order).  But when it's not working - when the default design ends up harming an entire industry and its customers instead of helping it, then .. more»