Ideas for new products. See also: Quick Ideas for quick & dirty ideas.
Transferring and syncing files between multiple portable devices needs to be made easy and direct.
When will we get proper voice command of smartphones?
Why must we have internet-based apps OR a modern user experience?
If you need to generate all that heat anyway, why not do something useful in the process?
If newspapers are going to attempt to charge for content, how should they go about it?
Accurate webpage renderings on mobile devices are nice to look at, but unacceptably hard to read.
Brand reputation is ultimately determined by the customer’s experience, not brute force PR.
Should the institution of the university be protected from disruption?
Is there any innovation yet to be done with with digital cameras? Of course!
Streaming music like Pandora is awesome. Here are some things to make it awesomer.
Why shouldn’t we be able to access our voicemail from a web browser? Or our email clients?
Why must we be limited to only one cellphone per phone number?
Has the time of the kitchen computer arrived yet?
Rumors of the desktop’s demise are premature.
Why must we sacrifice security when opening Wi-Fi networks?
There are strong scenarios for both types of applications and a possible bridge between them
Breakthrough innovations in generalist user databases
Wikipedia knows what is on our collective mind, but it’s not telling.
Micropayments still are not mainstream. What will be needed for them to succeed?
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