Luca Perugini

Twitter has became a medium to getting in touch with world mood (some trending topics: iPad, Valentine’s Day, Haiti ).
It was used on Iran’s protest, Google integrated it on search results, and now, maybe for the first time, it’s used for resignation.
Jonathan Schwartz wrote about his resignation on his twitter account:

“Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more,” Mr. Schwartz wrote.

(source: Sun’s Chief Executive Tweets His Resignation )

Excited by the next rumored iPhone 4G’s feature, a RFID tag reader embedded, I’ve googled for “iphone hardware”.

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The touchscreen interface seems better suited to sweeping gestures than tapping ones, although programs like Bebot have implemented clever workarounds.

But with Apple opening up the iPhone’s dock connector to third parties, I wonder: Couldn’t a manufacturer develop a hardware music keyboard with an intelligent docking station? You’d slot in your iPhone and get a high-res screen, tactile controls, and all kinds of sound-making capabilities.

(source: A hardware Music Keyboard for the iPhone – O’Reilly – David Battino )

As reported by ReadWriteWeb, there’s rumor about the RFID reader feature of the next iPhone, the 4G’s.

So, it’s seems that the iPhone will be a platform for an huge different field: as a mobile self-payment system, or as chemical detector and as a RFID tag reader.

According to a number of believable blog reports, RFID is set to be a part of the as yet unannounced iPhone 4G. Apple holds a patent for a touch screen RFID tag reader and is said to be testing an RFID-enabled iPhone currently. So RFID could be a feature of the iPhone 4G as soon as Spring 2010.

(source: ReadWriteWeb – iPhone as RFID Tag & Reader: Coming Soon)

iPhone RFID: object-based media from timo on Vimeo.

The video outlines the basic themes of the European Union’s Future Internet initiative. These include: an Internet of Services, where services are ubiquitous; an Internet of Things where in principle every physical object becomes an online addressable resource; a Mobile Internet where 24/7 seamless connectivity over multiple devices is the norm; and the need for semantics in order to meet the challenges presented by the dramatic increase in the scale of content and users.

(source: Service Web 3.0 Video)

Smart Meter may help CO2 reduction while puts you in control of your energy cost.
By 2015 something like 250 million smart meters will be installed worlwide.

According to a new report from Pike Research, more than 250 million smart meters will be installed worldwide by 2015, representing a penetration rate of 18% of all electrical meters by that time, up from 46 million in 2008.

(source: PikeResearch – Smart Meter Installation to Reach 250 Million Worldwide by 2015)

It’s time to Christmas Shopping? Bring your cellular with you and start to search.
As reported by Deloitte, 20% of shoppers it will use or they have intention to use their cellphones as a smart searching tool for reviews, word of mouth, buzz.

One in five shoppers said they intended to use their cellphones to shop this holiday season, according to an annual survey by Deloitte, the accounting and consulting firm. Of those, 45 percent said they would use their phone to research prices, 32 percent said they would use it to find coupons or read reviews and 25 percent said they would make purchases from their phones.

(source: Mobile Phones Become Essential Tool for Holiday Shopping NYTimes)

Internet for Peace

• Internet is driving us to a new era
• Internet is helping us to increase knowledge each other
• Internet is a collective consciousness
• Internet is part of us, we are part of Internet
• Internet is a tool for Peace

Sign up to sustain the candidacy for the Peace Nobel 2010.

Global o Local? Glocal the answer.

LBS & LBC will be the next mantra for the advertising industry.

“LBS services include services to identify a location of a person or object, such as discovering the nearest banking cash machine or the whereabouts of a friend or employee.“  (wikipedia – LBS)

LBC: stand for Local Business Center, the new local advertising service powered by Google.

A mixed of LBS, LBC and GPS will drive the next wave on advertising.