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The launch of the iPhone App store this summer has offered a number of innovative applications to become available for people to enhance their mobile experience.
The iPhone took the mobile world by storm and within one year has resulted in the mobile ecosystem to be turned on it’s head. Apple’s iPhone App Store for [...]
It’s confirmed! CScout Japan will be taking part in the PSFK Conference Asia in Singapore on October 10th. We’ll be on a forum on “Asian Youth Trends” moderated by Ian Stewart of MTV along with other Asian trend professionals from around Asia, and trying our best to tie together what is indeed a highly variable [...]
On September 8, 2008 at the Ars Electronica digital media festival in Linz, Austria, 170 people from fields spanning business, culture, arts and technology gathered at Mission Future to explore the power and potential of open innovation and collaboration. Under the theme „We’re Open“, participants spent the day immersed in presentations, panels, interviews, breakout sessions, [...]
As summer transitions into fall, MINI will be taking over a rooftop in the Clinton neighborhood of New York for ten days, starting on September 4th. The rooftop was designed by local architecture firm HWKN, and will including LED lighting and an 8 ft. grass hill. As CScout provided MINI strategic consulting in the early [...]
Mission Future again brings together creative masterminds, innovators and business leaders to envision and drive the future of the knowledge-sharing economy. The event takes place on September 8 in Linz, Austria, amidst Europe’s foremost celebration of media and digital art innovation, the Ars Electronica festival.
300 guests and speakers from around the world will attend this [...]
Now that the Japan Inc. magazine has gone monthly once again, CScout Japan’s contributions will be ramped up as well. Look out for us every month in the Trends in Japan column, but be sure to check out the entire magazine as well by getting a subscription.
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The CScout team in Tokyo provides expert insight into developments in Japan’s digital POS market.
The latest issue of Japan Inc is out, on the shelves and tucked into the seat pockets of select airlines. CScout Japan’s fourth contribution focuses on digital POS trends, including digital signage, that are making significant progress in Japan [...]
Michael Keferl shares his expertise on the latest in Japanese food trends.
CScout Japan Managing Director Michael Keferl was a guest on CNN Today with Kristie Lu Stout and Andrew Stevens to talk about some food trends in Japan. The focus was on our recent posts about character lunch accessories, “udon†pudding, and a new [...]
CScout Japan CEO Sven Kilian was featured again recently in the Norwegian technology magazine Forbrukerteknologi. It looks like a great piece, but we’ll have to make a point of brushing up on our Norwegian for the future.
Also included in the article are references to the Sega Homestar Pro home planetarium and the Sony Rolly.
From February 10 - 15, 2008, CScout conducted a Trend Tour in Seoul and Tokyo for VDZ, a German magazine publishers industry association. Executives of German media companies spent the week with visits, including: social networking virtual world, Cyworld; online citizen journalism innovator OhmyNews; Naver, Korea’s most visited web portal; Japan mobile giant KDDI’s [...]
