Hugo PintoAug 5, 20143 min readPower to the people: 3 effects of the growth of #socialmediaIn the past few days a huge social media movement has risen about baby Gammy – the six-month-old child allegedly abandoned by an...
Hugo PintoJul 31, 20143 min readThe future of instant messaging [Whatsapp & Snapchat] is both consumer and enterpriseInstant messaging is already 16% in Japan, 12% in the US and 9% in the UK, according to Nielsen. It represents the freedom to communicate...
Hugo PintoJul 23, 20143 min readSetting the standards of your industry one story at a time: why marcomms matterI’ve written about this quite often, but it’s never enough to get every tech and innovation company, big or small, thinking how to make...
Hugo PintoJul 22, 20145 min read3 key marketing strategies for the digital age: Thought Leadership, Audience Building and PerformancThe deep transformations affecting the business models of the digital age are having a huge impact on respective marketing functions....
Hugo PintoJul 21, 20142 min readIs IBM (finally) going to convince Apple to bring NFC to IOS?The controversy has been ongoing about the “DoS” attack Apple has ensued against NFC (Near Field Communications). The explanation of...
Hugo PintoJul 17, 20144 min readThe right to be forgotten – Transparency vs. CensorshipFree will is the basic principle of freedom – but technology seems to be making it very difficult to “enforce” as we move forward in the...
Hugo PintoJul 15, 20143 min readThe 3 key transformations Microsoft and all large corporates must initiate to thrive in the user-cenMicrosoft’s new leader is making a stand, and the 3.100 word e-mail he shared publicly on microsoft’s website is the alarm bell to all...
Hugo PintoJul 9, 20145 min readSocial business will soon be just business – but it will still change everythingSystems and people are the two most important pieces of a business, but there is a third piece that brings these two together – culture –...
Hugo PintoJul 2, 20145 min readEmbrace the mobile revolution: 5 tips to use your customer’s mobileWe’ve all read about the surge in mobile activity over the last few months being reported by all the internet stars like Facebook,...
Hugo PintoJun 30, 20144 min readCould programmatic become the standard in ANY digital media format, including Rich Media and Video?Everyone remembers Elf yourself and the impact it had on personalized e-cards. Years have now passed and you expect the elves on the...
Hugo PintoMar 21, 20143 min readPersonal Data: Are we imposing the transformation on the consumers instead of taking it in ourselvesThe User-centric economy is here. Businesses change and adapt to consumers’ new needs and expectations. Computational capacity has...
Hugo PintoMar 10, 20144 min readDirect to bill, open data as a service and personal data stores: TELCO digital opportunitiesThere’s still a lot of open fields for TELCO’s to play, but there needs to be a clear understanding of what markets are growing, and...
Hugo PintoMar 7, 20142 min readIs bitcoin the finance industry’s napster?It’s no news that the finance industry has been facing a lot of threats and challenges, and in the last few years, especially around...
Hugo PintoMar 3, 20142 min readGetting the new ecosystems is of the essence if you want to guarantee a podium position on the new cIt comes as no surprise that M2M is the new ecosystem generator, and connected cars are one of the hottest ones at the moment. Apple has...
Hugo PintoMar 2, 20142 min readLike music, the movie industry still hasn’t learned: the #oscars2014The Oscars are the pinnacle of cinema, and a huge point of conversion for a lot of generations. Each generation has their preferred touch...
Hugo PintoFeb 27, 20141 min readBlackphone at #mwc14: when are we getting an app that allows us to browse, text and speak anonymouslOne of the big hypes at mwc this year is privacy and the blackphone is making its bang with its PrivatOS – a security-oriented Android...
Hugo PintoFeb 25, 20143 min readRisk management in the digital age: How Nokia & Microsoft might get back in the game by trying One of the biggest paradigm shifts large corporates like Microsoft (mentioned in a recent post) and Nokia face is stopping the adjustment...
Hugo PintoFeb 22, 20142 min readWhy the web (in whatever device you consume it) is the new personalised and ubiquitous mass mediaIt never ceases to amaze me how entrepreneurial people are. Bieber was one of the first ones to take advantage of a video camera,...
Hugo PintoFeb 20, 20142 min readWhy facebook spent 16Bn buying the engagement tool for the real-time generations16Bn sounds like a lot – but it’s a fact that disruption is already happening in social media, and snapchat, line, kik and obviously...
Hugo PintoFeb 20, 20141 min readSpringtime in London#claphamcommon #flower #photography #london #nikon #nature #d3100 #springtime
