Sherlock lives. Who cares? Luther returns! A true detective is back

Idris Elba’s award-winning detective Luther, a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can’t always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions is returning for two special episodes in 2015, the BBC has announced. Unlike all those people who do not watch television, I actually do. Big fan of Doctor Who, who like Sherlock, […]

Over-innovation limits Facebook’s future

Facebook has an innovation problem for which it compensates by “over-innovation” of existing products. That strategy backfires, hurting the company’s reputation, making it hard to expand into business software with its recently announced Facebook@Work, a tool for messaging and collaboration, The company is successful because of its first mover advantage, networking effects and the backing […]

Uber is not a tech startup

Bloomberg columnist Katie Brenner wonders “what happens when you’re pushed out of the tech startup club”, but Uber, a smartphone app to order a taxi, is just another 21th century company. Is Uber a tech startup or is it a company that acts as intermediary between passengers and drivers, using custom software to take their […]